Asus ZenFone 2 can boot Windows 7

Stefan, 10 July, 2015

The latest smartphone that can boot an OS it will likely never need is Asus ZenFone 2. A crafty XDA Developers member ported Microsoft Windows 7 to the Intel Atom-based smartphone.

The desktop OS was ported on the ZE551ML variant of the ZenFone 2. Windows 7 runs on the smartphone as an aSPICE KVM virtual machine.

The desktop OS runs a tad slow on the mobile device, but is still surprisingly usable. See it in action below.

As you have probably guessed by now, getting Windows 7 to run on your ZenFone 2 is not a casual exercise. You will need to root your device, keep its bootloader unlocked, as well as install a number of additional tools on it before you can even get started.

A large capacity microSD card is also recommended alongside a partitioner for it. The whole exercise is explained in detail at the source link below.

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Reader comments

T
18 Feb 2016
0Up

the phone has MHL tehnology , so you can connect a HDMI to it through the usb port

AnonD-418091
16 Jul 2015
4tk

To even run windows, you will need a processor that actually even works on Windows. Processors in mobile phones won't even install or even run. Asus Zenfone has a Intel processor which makes it able to run Windows.

zenphone heater
13 Jul 2015
9LA

well this device has low specs thats why it can not even run w7...u need a real phone ... 4k screen 5.5 inches... 80 mpx camera rear..50 mpx for front facing dual xenon flashes ...8 gb of ram,,,1 tb of internal storage + 2tb external drive support, d...