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That install error is likely caused by the fact it's not a legit disk.
You can try circumventing that shady CD drive stuff by using a USB stick to install, using either Wintoflash or the official tool from microsoft.
Well, kinda, in the sense that it's only the install media. Without proper activation, it'll just lock out after 30 days. What makes a Windows install "legit" is having a license, activating it, and using that license properly per the TOS.
There's a myriad of tools that can make a setup USB. I like WinToFlash. Microsoft also makes their own tool to do this. There's lots more that you could find with a quick Google search too, as you said. Hope this helps!
http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
Get to a friend who has the Windows 7 disc then create the OS USB-installer with WinToFlash. Plug it in, boot from the flash drive and install -- also faster compared to installing from DVDs.
What are the hardware specs of the PC you're trying to install Win7 on? Are you doing a clean install, or trying to set up a dual boot 7/XP install (trying to figure out where XP comes into this....)
If you have another working PC (I assume you do since you posted to Reddit from something) and a 4GB flash drive, you can use Win2Flash
If you have a Windows CD, a sufficiently large USB disk (thumbdrive), and a spare computer you can use WinToFlash. I have used this to install Windows on various computers and I believe even a DX5150 or two.
It should provide all the same functions as the CD. Just gotta make sure to boot to it from the BIOS (most BIOS default to booting off the CD or HD, but not USB). Boot menu is typically accessed by pressing F12 when the BIOS screen shows up.
Just putting an ISO on a flash drive won't do anything, you need to make it bootable. You could use the tool above or mount the iso (I think you can do that by default in 7) to a virtual disk and copy the contents to the flash drive. Or you could use rufus, winttobootic, or wintoflash. Any of which should be pretty self explanatory.
you may be able to bypass this step in Bootcamp by using the Win 7 USB/DVD Tool. I know it says Win 7 but works just fine creating Win 8 bootable USBs.
EDIT: WinToFlash also work great and is free too.
The best bet is to install a bootable ISO to the usb drive. It looks like WinXP is only a little over 600Mb, so 1gb should be sufficient. You could try something like WinToFlash. There are ways to get XP from torrents and things, but I'm not sure if it is legal even if you have the activation code.
As long as you use your own CD Key, I don't think you have to feel guilty downloaded a Windows OEM disk from torrents. After that, unzip the iso to a folder using 7zip, and transfer it to a USB using this program:
Yes! Use a windows to USB program such as http://wintoflash.com/home/en/ . You basically load the image onto the flash drive using the program(make sure there is nothing you need on the flash drive first!) and then in the BIOS menu of the computer you're installing on, set it to boot from USB drive first. And then follow the install process as normal.
Yes, you can prepare a bootable Windows setup USB with a physical disc or .ISO image using a number of different tools. I prefer WinToFlash, and I'm sure others will chime in with some good alternatives as well.
I have Fx-8350 on Asrock 970 Extreme4 and it works well (Differences are probably just amount of PCI-e ports) If your mobo is on sale and it fits your needs, why not to buy?
I have GTX 760 and 750W corsair (semi-modular) PSU. My builds recommended wattage is about 460W.
If you buy boxed version of cpu it comes with heatsink w/ thermal comboud and in this case stock heatsink has thermal "sticker" on it See here. The stock fan is pretty loud and doesn't have the capacity to overclock. I got an CM 212 Evo and with it comes thermal paste.
Condiser an SSD if it fits your budged. Also does the case come with fans?
If you still have the serial number, it might be on a sticker on the laptop somewhere, download an official windows 7 oem iso here, then you can burn it to a dvd or set it up on a flash drive, using WintoFlash, or my favorite bootable usbmaker pendrive linux, I would just make sure I had the drivers at least the chipset or lan, and wireless drives beforehand, on either a flashdrive or a cd, if the usbs don't work without the chipset driver.
Ok, that makes sense.
Yeah, the method described in the article you linked but using imgburn to write to an ISO file instead buring a disc. Then follow up by mounting the ISO and using wintoflash to write the files to the USB drive, or doing it all from command prompt should work if the i386 folder hasn't been modified.
ctrl+f11, if memory serves...
hopefully, your brother didn't delete the restore partition...
if he did though, then what you need to do is get a hold of an OS ISO, use this (http://wintoflash.com/home/en/) to create a bootable USB installer
drivers are here (http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs) just type in your service tag
I went through hell trying to do this about three days of no sleep and no progress, finially this saved me http://wintoflash.com/home/en/ . Worked right the first time I couldn't have been more pleased.
thats what they call it, but since you can't go 32-64 bit without a clean install, it is in actuality a fully fledged version of windows. i recently did a fresh install to a blank brand new spinpoint f3 with a downloaded student upgrade edition.
if you want help when the time comes, don't hesitate to ask me. here is the guide which i found to be the best: http://www.winsupersite.com/article/windows-7/clean-install-windows-7-with-upgrade-media i went with option 3, which is pretty painless. to do so you will either need to be able to burn an iso file to a dvd on your old rig, or have 4GB+ flash drive and a little program called wintoflash (http://wintoflash.com/home/en/) i found that the windows program to do the same sucked at working with my thumbdrive, but wintoflash worked perfectly.
Yes, you can write a Windows ISO to a USB and install from there. See here for more info. You could also have a look at WinToFlash, which converts DVDs to bootable USBs.
You haven't chosen an SSD, I think gaming performance will be better if you get an SSD, ditch the optical drive.
As for the graphics card, it is often a sentiment that "I will upgrade later" but unless you are flush with cash, are you sure you will?
If you have the money grab an SSD for a boot drive. Also unless you have a specific need to use the optical drive id drop it because you can install windows with a USB
.Bajate Windows 7 ultimate de algún torrent.
.Bajate Novicorp win to flash. http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
.Agarrá un pendrive vacío y seguí la guía del programa para mandarle windows al pendrive.
.Apagá la PC, poné el pendrive, prendela. Si no te arranca el instalador de windows, seguí estos pasos para cambiar el boot. Es uan guia general pero deberia darte una idea.
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/bootorderchange.htm
.>game is hard
.Una vez que arranca la instalación dale todo a next. Cuando llegás a la parte de los discos duros, como parece que no estás muy interesado en detalles, borrá todo al carajo cono hombre, borrando todas las fotos de tu vieja y la musica de tu hermana. Cuando te queda un "espacio no particionado" dale new a eso y mandale todo el tamaño. ez game ez life.
.Seguí dándole next.
.Bo dale necst negro noma
.Se te va a reiniciar. En lo posible sacá el pendrive ahora porque si tenés una mother vieja puede que te reinicie la instalacion y no levante el windows.
.Dejalo que termine.
.DEJALO QUE TERMINE MIERRRRDA NO SEAS IMPACIENTE.
.Ahora tenés un widnows 7 horrible vacío. Bajate:
-Los drivers de la placa de video.
-Chrome
-winrar
-VLC
-porneta
.A los 6 meses reformatear.
.ggwp
Because it isn't a program. It's a little operating system that has to be booted itself. To give you an analogy of what you're wanting to open a program in Windows 7 to overwrite Windows 7 is the same as having a person eat themselves to nourish them self.
Yea you can put it on a USB stick if its 8GB or bigger. WinToFlash is the program I like to do this with.
Might be the way you did it then using Rufus....
I saw this as one of the solutions: "When Windows is asking for driver, just click Cancel. You will be brought back to the welcome screen. At the welcome screen, remove your USB drive, insert it back to DIFFERENT USB PORT. Click Install Now again. The installation process will be like usual. "
Try using Wintoflash instead of the Microsoft tool.
E: forget that. Your installation is perfectly fine, it's just that the installer only recognizes a handful of USB ports. Try switching ports until it works. Usually it'll detect in a pair of ports but not another.
All you need is win2flash. Either put the Windows 7 CD in your dvdrom drive and or mount the iso with something like Virtual Clone drive which is free or daemon tools or whatever is your preference. Then point Win2Flash at the drive and your usb key and let it do its magic.
Win2flash can be found here.
http://wintoflash.com/home/en/
Virtual Clone Drive can be found here.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
Once install you only have to double click the iso to mount it voila.
Enjoy your windows 7 usb key installation :)
You can with XP. You can use WinToFlash to created a bootable USB drive to install XP off of. I've done it for laptops that don't have a CD drive. It's tricky, but it works when you set everything right.
EDIT: As for Vista, probably not though WinToFlash says it is supported. I never liked Vista so never tried it.
Either with the official Microsoft tool, which doesn't seem to work systematically on files of questionable origin. I found Wintoflash to work reliably for that purpose.
But you've got USB ports.
(It's always good to have an option to go back to a fresh install in case you need it. ;) )
Here is a video on how to make a bootable OS installer using WinToFlash.
And since you already own XP, you can pull that down from most any torrent site. Not your fault the media was lost since the time of purchase...
Let us know how the troubleshooting goes. :)
If the official tool doesn't work, you can use this nifty little piece of software. Download should be no more than 5Gb, even torrenting a .iso shouldn't be an issue since you have a real CD key.
I'll go against the general grain and stand up for the ODD. Although I personally believe everything should have started coming out on flash drives 5 years ago, which would have inevitably lead to extremely cheap drives, stuff is still produced very easily and with very little expense on cd/dvd/bd. it makes sense to spend the 15$-20$ for the practicality of having it should you need it. Windows 7 lets you use a cd-r just like a usb drive, which is pretty neat. redbox rents for very cheap on dvd/bd formats.
Of course, if I could entirely replace the cd format with a 32GB flash drive, I would have already.
if you're looking for a program to make a bootable flash drive (as opposed to a boot cd) for installing windows or another os, I recommend wintoflash it helped me install windows 7 when the microsoft tool wouldn't write to my flash drive
I do this all the time. Get WinToFlash point it at the iso and then at a empty usbkey and voila. Shaves some minutes off the install and I also put all the tools drivers and such that I need on the same usbkey.
You can most likely transfer that copy to the new computer by just installing it on the new build and doing a phone activation. it won't be legally licensed on your old computer, but it also shouldn't break the os either.
from the interwebs, >"The previous install will NOT somehow become deactivated. It will become, in a purely legal sense, a working but unlicensed installation.
>bobkn's answer is the correct answer. There are no inbuilt mechanisms which prevent this from occurring. Adherence to the relevent legal requirements is the responsibility of the license owner. It is possible to deploy two working installations on two different PCs, but it is not possible to do so in legitimately licensed fashion."
there are student versions of windows available for around 65$ http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/us/software/windows/default.aspx a .edu email address is all that is required. installing is a little different, but can be done quite easily with an 8gb flash drive and a little patience. if you choose this route, wintoflash is a program which solves all the headaches associated with making a bootable flash drive using the .iso you end up doanloading from m$. I would skip the microsoft supplied program. all it did was give me headaches.
some people advocate pirating it, i don't happen to, but if you really can't afford the extra expense of the operating system, it's something to consider. there are also alternate operating systems of the linux variety.
USB drive
There are many ways to mount an OS installation as a bootable disk on a USB drive.
I think the utility I used for Win 7 was Wintoflash
Edit: Linked WinToFlash to the website
Ease of re-install options:
Depending on the OEM - sometimes - re-imaging your machine is a boot time option.
Replace optical drive
Use an external optical drive - if that works. I have not had a lot of success with that.
Use Win2Flash to build a USB installation source (flashdrive).
I would install XP over vista since you can downgrade your license IF there are drivers for XP for that machine.
Install Windows XP from USB stick. This one is easy peasy. does all the prep on the usb for you.