Burning Win7 to disk

ojrules

ojrules

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Before everyone jumps on the www.googleit.com wagon.. i have done and have come to no avail :p .. I downloaded win7 y'day using the microsoft download client, i made a copy (just incase) and i've now extracted the zipped copy. However rather than finding an ISO file, i've got a number of folders and files etc.. Do i still just burn these to DVD or?....
 
ok :P

Yeh?- because im fairly sure rather than downloading the "uncompressed iso file"-(microsoft website) ive downloaded the "collection of compressed files"....




H'ok... im burning it to disk now.. im using Active@ ISO burner, and it seemed to recognise the file as a disk image...
 
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Also- some people advise not overclocking the pc when installing an OS- i don't know whether i can be bothered to trawl through the settings (although it probably quite easy)- assuming the overclock is stable- which it is, will i be pretty fine?
 
I downloaded both the 32 bit and 64 bit ISO images through the My Digital Life site. Then removed the ei.cfg file so it's an 'all in one' disk that will prompt you which version you wish to install. Fixing more and more machines now running Windows 7 so it was badly needed :)
 
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Also- some people advise not overclocking the pc when installing an OS- i don't know whether i can be bothered to trawl through the settings (although it probably quite easy)- assuming the overclock is stable- which it is, will i be pretty fine?
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Do the install and then just stress test it again. It's a bit of a hard one to call but that's what I'd do.
 
ojrules said:
Also- some people advise not overclocking the pc when installing an OS- i don't know whether i can be bothered to trawl through the settings (although it probably quite easy)- assuming the overclock is stable- which it is, will i be pretty fine?
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Having even a stable overclock in one OS can cause issue when installing a new OS. Try it without removing the overclock, if it works, brilliant, if not, turn it down to stock.
 
done the install and it all runs swimmingly.... i wouldn't hold anyone to any advice on overlocking, but i went ahead anyways (well i'd started before i got the replies)... i'm in a bit of a pickle atm though because i payed for a student upgrade and the product key got sent to my school email address... I have since lost the product key, and now since i have left school they've gone and deleted my email account... i'm still a student since im off to uni.. but i guess i'l have to phone up microsoft-- does anybody know of any contact details, i keep going in circles on the web without getting any contact details
 
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tried magic jelly bean , but i get a message upon activation along the lines of the key given being a generic key... and magic jelly does recognise that it hasnt given "enough keys".
 
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- I got the product key in the end from a mate who was an admin at the school :) ...... Quick question, i did a clean install using the media, and the code is an upgrade code, i do have a valid xp code which i was planning on using in conjunction with the upgrade code, but when i use the code i get a message telling me the code is not for clean install, only upgrades... so what do i do?- i really cba to install xp fresh, then install win7 ontop of that.... surely theres a better way than that?!!?
 
Regedit to change the install type from upgrade to retail. Didn't need to do it myself with my upgrade media but I did it for a mate and it worked fine.
 
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