>build PC a year ago
>fell for Windows 10 meme (now we've established that I'm retarded, okay)
>finally decide to make a partition for Windows 7
>make partition on HDD
>okay neat that worked, (this is the last time anything works as intended in this story)
>Run Windows 7 iso
>Run setup
>gets to the first reboot point
>on reboot get error message "The digital signature message for this file couldn't be verified" (system32/winload.efi)
>okay, I'll try booting it from USB
>use Microsoft's USB Tool
>installs files but get error "could not run bootsect"
>use Rufus' USB Tool instead, that one works without problems apparently
>now I should be able to boot from drive, right?
>wrong!
>Reboot, press F8, boot from USB
>Get to Windows 7 Install
>"drive device driver is missing"
>Use DoubleDriver to backup all my drivers in one spot
>try to re-install every single compatible USB driver at the W7 setup screen
>none of them work
>see a common solution online to be simply moving the port that the USB drive is plugged in to
>that doesn't work
And that's where I'm stuck now. I'm ready to give up unless someone can whip my retarded ass into doing it right. I've been hand-held through this by someone who parititioned W7 on their machine with the exact same method, but he didn't have any of these issues.