I have an ASUS N56-DP Laptop and I have the EXACT problem. I cannot turn off the UEFI option, there is no such option, I have deleted everything on the drive, and still Windows 7 would hang at the Starting Windows Screen, I love the laptop, but the clean install and the install within Windows is such a frustration, please help, Thank you.
I also just got this exact same laptop, and I'm trying to do a clean install of Windows 7 on it, but this boot option and BIOS is giving me hell.
I have read ginamarat's solution, but I'm at a loss here, I don't seem to have a secure boot option even available to disable or enable in my bios!
If that Windows Boot Manager path is the secure boot then I have tried disabling that and enabling Launch CSM and then saving and exiting, but it just brings me straight back to the BIOS after the laptop restarts, but this time with Launch CSM and the Boot Option disabled.
Please help! If I can't get this laptop to windows 7 with a fresh install, it's going right back to the store.
Edit:
After watching a few videos, I have found the Secure Boot option in the Securities tab, I'm currently loading up the Windows 7 disk I have, wish me luck!
Edit 2:
I got to the part where the installation asks me to select a drive to install to, and my whole hard drive was partitioned into about 6 partitions. There was one called System and another called Data with the biggest partitions. On the bottom, it said I could not install to the System or Data partition because it was a GPT partition; so I formatted the System partition hoping that it would do the trick, but it didn't. I'm currently trying to find a fix, ill keep this updated.
Edit 3: SUCCESS!!
All thanks to this:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 0db62af309
First I tried TrekDozer's method with GParted. I deleted both the System and Data partitions and then created a new partition with the space they left behind, and then I booted again trying to install windows, but no avail. The installer still said that it was still a GPT partition; my heart sank. I scrolled down to see if there was another solution; so I started doing what Seven of Ten posted. Method 1 failed, the partition was still GPT; so I tried Method 2 and it worked like a charm, the partition was cleared and was no long GPT.
Now I'm currently installing Windows 7. I'm on the Install Windows screen - Expanding Windows files, but it's at 0% and it's been -Correction 1% now; so everything should install correctly. The 5600RPM drive must be the reason why it's expanding so slow from CD-ROM->Hard Drive.
Edit 4:
Windows 7 has successfully been installed, and everything is running fine!
Cool story bro, but I won't tell it again.
-Pasted from original thread at Tomshardware-
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/page- ... ml#t269468
I would also like to extend a big fuck you to Microsoft for pushing so hard on Windows 8.
