Windows 7 Installation on Satellite L70-B-126

Hello,
I recently bought a new Satellite L70-B-126 laptop computer, that shipped with Win8.1 preinstalled.
However, quite a few of the programs I regularly use do not work on any OS newer than Win7, so I decided I wanted to make my PC dual-bootable, with Win8.1 and Win7.
I have bought a Win7 license key way back when they could still be obtained officially, and ave downloaded an ISO file, from which installation media (DVD or USB drive) can be created.
How should I go about installing Windows 7 on this computer, to create a mlti-boot setup with pre-installed Windows 8.1?
Markus Gelbmann

First of all you need to create additional partition on the HDD for Win 7 installation.
Additionally you would need to disable the secure boot option in BIOS because in case the secure boot option isn’t disabled, you will not be able to boot from external sources.
The BIOS mode should be also set from UEFI to CSM mode

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