Latitude E7240: How to Install Win 8.1 Pro [+ "Invalid Partition Table" Solution]
In this video, I walk you through installing a copy of Windows 8.1 Pro onto an E7240.
Please use the timestamps below to move around the different sections of the video.
00:00 Introduction
00:20 Start and press F2- to go into the BIOS
00:58 "Invalid Partition Table" solution
1:29 Save settings
1:40 Press F12
1:53 Boot from USB
2:25 Set language, time and currency
3:20 File copying
4:25 First restart
5:55 Connect to wi-fi
6:15 Sign into Microsoft account
7:27 Installation complete
My E7240 has 8GB RAM and 128 GB SSD.
It is a 64 bit machine and so it is important that you install a 64 bit copy of Win 8.1- otherwise not all the drivers will install correctly.
Another issue that I had with the installation was that every time the laptop restarted during the installation it would display the "invalid partition table" error and I show you my solution to this right at the beginning of the video!
Other than that a full installation took around 9 minutes.
All of the most important drivers were loaded correctly.
However this copy of Win8.1 Pro wasn't activated and I couldn't find a licence key anywhere on my laptop...
I downloaded a version of Win 8.1 Pro from the link below. I used Rufus USB software to turn the ISO into a bootable USB and I didn't modify it in any other way.
https://www.softlay.com/downloads/win...