Tom's Hardware on MSN

Windows insider creates Windows 7 install measuring just 69MB — system boots, but has been pruned so severely ‘virtually nothing can run’ for now

A bootable Windows 7 install that consumes a mere 69MB of disk space has been shared online. However, it isn't a very ...
Ars Technica

Options to dual boot Windows 7 on a pre-installed Windows 8.1 desktop?

I have a Windows 8 desktop that has been updated to 8.1. The list of incompatible things has grown to a point that I want to get a copy of Windows 7 that I can boot into, as needed. I tried to create ...
The Register on MSN

Developer puts Windows 7 on a crash diet, drops it to down to 69 MB

Trim down for obsolete operating system leaves it booting, but not much else Stripping Windows to the bare essentials is a ...
Ars Technica

/boot/bcd error when trying to install Windows 7 from flash drive

I am in charge of upgrading a small computer lab from Windows XP to Windows 7 and I'm having a hell of a time with it. One quirk of these computers is that they don't have a DVD drive, so I've made an ...
Neowin

Microsoft bizarrely adds half-baked UEFI Secure boot to Windows 7 right before killing it0 0

The extended security update (ESU) support for Windows 7, alongside that of Windows 8.1, ends today. This means no more security updates, via Patch Tuesdays, will be released, and users will either ...