Windows 7 Change Windows 7 from UEFI to BIOS mode

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I have an older computer with Windows 7 installed. I want to transfer that installation to a VirtualBox Virtual Machine. I am using Acronis 2019 Universal Restore in an attempt to restore an image backup of the Win 7 to the VM. The issue I am struggling with at the moment is this: On the hardware computer, the Win 7 OS is booting using the UEFI bootloader. On the Virtualbox I can configure the VM to boot using UEFI, but VB says that it is for "special OSs" and not recommended for Windows 7. I was able to restore the Windows 7 image to the VM, and set the UEFI boot mode but when I try to boot i

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