Installing Windows 7 W/O Disk

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 11:55

Hey guys, I have a Product Key for Windows 7, and I was wondering where the best place I can find a raw download or something for it would be? Any ideas?

Will Gill · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:12

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495

or just google if you have a different version

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:35

Will Gill said:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495

or just google if you have a different version

Thank you very much

marc2003 · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:37

don't download that. you can only use an enterprise key with an enterprise disk and i doubt you have one.

all the other editions can be installed from the same disk. you can find download links here.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18308715

N31L777 · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:56

marc2003 said:
don't download that. you can only use an enterprise key with an enterprise disk and i doubt you have one.

all the other editions can be installed from the same disk. you can find download links here.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18308715

+1.

Make sure you use the correct edition.

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:56

So I just DL this and burn it onto a CD?

N31L777 · 28 Jan 2012 at 12:59

johngaz1 said:
So I just DL this and burn it onto a CD?

Yes, then boot to it.

Make sure you have the correct edition and architecture.

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:03

N31L777 said:
Yes, then boot to it.

Make sure you have the correct edition and architecture.

I downloaded the windows7 professional 64bit english, and its finished downloading (took 45mins or so) and have it saved to desktop, when i go to open it it says that

"To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer"

any ideas?

Stoner81 · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:10

It is an ISO so you need to burn it to DVD, use something like IMGburn which is free just Google it

Stoner81.

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:12

Stoner81 said:
It is an ISO so you need to burn it to DVD, use something like IMGburn which is free just Google it

Stoner81.

Thats what I was thinking, so once I burn it onto a CD, and put it into my computer when I build it, it will work all fine? DL'ing IMGburn now

Stoner81 · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:16

Yeah it should do

just make sure that your BIOS is set to boot from the CD/DVD drive first before any other device and it will/should prompt you to press any key to boot from cd.

Stoner81.

johngaz1 · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:17

Stoner81 said:
Yeah it should do just make sure that your BIOS is set to boot from the CD/DVD drive first before any other device and it will/should prompt you to press any key to boot from cd.

Stoner81.

Great, well now I have to find a CD that can hold 3gig's of memory

Johnnytoxic · 28 Jan 2012 at 21:22

smithy83 · 28 Jan 2012 at 23:49

do you have a usb flash drive with 4gb of memory handy?

this may be useful if you cant find any disks

http://windows7usbcreator.com/

Photek · 29 Jan 2012 at 08:48

johngaz1 said:
Great, well now I have to find a CD that can hold 3gig's of memory

The thing you're looking for is called a DVD

LOL!

they hold about 4.7GB on a single layer disc.

johngaz1 · 29 Jan 2012 at 13:50

smithy83 said:
do you have a usb flash drive with 4gb of memory handy?

this may be useful if you cant find any disks

http://windows7usbcreator.com/

I think I'll go with this one, looks the easiest

J.B · 29 Jan 2012 at 14:01

I boot all my installs from USB now, much easier than faffing around with DVDs

3dcandy · 29 Jan 2012 at 15:05

I tend to burn the iso and keep it stored somewhere, and then boot from usb key. Can alway re-create a usb key from the dvd then if needed...

johngaz1 · 31 Jan 2012 at 23:17

okay guys, I got the ISO file (3.1gigs) and its on my desktop now. I also have the windows7usbcreator. I have an 8gig USB plugged into my laptop now, when I open it and try to put the iso file onto it this comes up:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ddddsst.png/
(had to put url as the

didn't work).

I was looking around, and is there anything that I need to do with the iso file before I can put it onto the usb? currently it is just a white file on my desktop and I cannot open it as it says it needs another programme to run with it. Do i need to extract anything or?

-John

Johnnytoxic · 31 Jan 2012 at 23:35

win2flash is great for sticking a Windows iso to a USB.