Ultra-Thin

[1337Ph0B0s]

Recently I have a acer aspire m5-581tg. I came with windows 8 and the experience is not good. I do not like that OS, so I tryed to move this machine to my windows 7 licence, but I found it almost impossible.

I want to know if someone has changed it because I encounter very difficult to move from 8 to 7.
 Please explain the way to reset BIOS (or at least how to enter there) and change the booting order to install windows 7 in my acer product.

Thanks to all, community!

[Alan-London]

Have a look at my replies here:

http://community.acer.com/t5/Acer-Notebooks-Netbooks/Downgrade-E1-531-4624-from-Windows-8-to-Windows...#

Search for other Win8 to Win7 posts - a number are here.

I have the M5-581TG. The switch to Win7 is straight forward and the result is excellent!

Briefly:

Make a backup of Win8 if you think you may want to run it in the future (1 x DVD and 1 x 16GB USB).

Make a note of which touchpad and wifi you have.

Get all drivers and apps that you need for Win7 from Acer downloads (Use USB). You will need nVidia for Win8, not Win7.

Do *not* change BIOS. Win8 BIOS that you currently have is fine for Win7.

Enter BIOS (F2) and set supervisor password temporarily.

Disable 'Secure Boot'.

Remove *all* passwords.

Switch from UEFI to Legacy.

Install OS as normal.

Enjoy your Win7 upgrade!!

[DHannon]

Do I need to purchase a Win7 OS system disk?

[SrinuVasu]

Yes you need to purchase the Windows 7 discs and the follow the steps as mentioned in this link:-

http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29401

[Martin1983]

this is great and usefull but i have another question to this metter..

There is solid mess in partitions and i don't know where to install my new OS.

This is how it looks there..

Name                                        space     free

Disk 0 Part 1                               3,7 GB    0,0 GB  primary
Disk 0 Part 2                              14,9 Gb    0,0 GB  primary
Disk 1 Part 1 Recovery                 400 MB    0,0 GB  OEM
Disk 1 Part 2 ESP                         300 MB    248 MB  system
Disk 1 Part 3                               128 MB    128 MB  MSR                       
Disk 1 Part 4 Acer                        447 GB  409,4 GB  primary
Disk 1 Part 5 Push Button Reset      18 GB    2,6 GB   OEM

So can I delete all partitions and reschedule it how i want it? Will my hybrid disk work correctly?