missing windows 7 install disc

TigerUK · 3 Apr 2011 at 14:17

I got a w7 home premium licensed version on my netbook, but dont have the install disc, even if i had it, it would be no use, because I want to upgrade from 32bit to 64bit.

The netbook has 4gb ram, and is currently only using 3.3gb of it, which is such a waste.

are there any legit sources where i can download the iso, ideally oficially from microsoft, because i dont trust these 3rd party torrent sites.

marmalade · 3 Apr 2011 at 14:48

First of al naturally one needs a netbook with a chip that acccepts 64 bit. Then one needs an oem windows 7 copy applicable to ones netbook vendor (HP/Dell etc) as the copy needs a slic 2.1 applicable thereto. What make of netbook is it?

TigerUK · 3 Apr 2011 at 19:43

it's a asus 1201n, it has a dual core chip atom 330. I have a license sticker at the back Windows 7 home premium OA.

Is the asus windows DVD an absolute must? what would happen if i installed a generic version?

ic1male · 3 Apr 2011 at 19:48

slic 2.1?

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

TigerUK · 3 Apr 2011 at 20:17

ic1male said:
slic 2.1?

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

ditto

Stolly · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:18

I want to install Win7 home premium OEM onto my Dell laptop too, its got Ubuntu on at the moment. Had Win7 preinstalled when i bought it.

I've got the product key on the laptop, but no installation media. Can you just download the Win7 eval and licence it using the OEM key i have ?

Meatball · 3 Apr 2011 at 21:21

Stolly said:
I want to install Win7 home premium OEM onto my Dell laptop too, its got Ubuntu on at the moment. Had Win7 preinstalled when i bought it.

I've got the product key on the laptop, but no installation media. Can you just download the Win7 eval and licence it using the OEM key i have ?

Should be fine

OP: Have a look on the MyDigitalLife forums for an ISO of Windows 7 media. You should be fine using generic media and your serial key ALTHOUGH you may have to activate via phone

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Stolly · 3 Apr 2011 at 22:55

Meatball said:
Should be fine

OP: Have a look on the MyDigitalLife forums for an ISO of Windows 7 media. You should be fine using generic media and your serial key ALTHOUGH you may have to activate via phone .

Hmm apparently this is easier said than done. You can't seem to download the Eval for Home Premium. Gah, I own the key, i just don't have the media. Where can i download an .iso from ?

ic1male · 3 Apr 2011 at 22:56

Stolly said:
Hmm apparently this is easier said than done. You can't seem to download the Eval for Home Premium. Gah, I own the key, i just don't have the media. Where can i download an .iso from ?

Someone on here might be able to help if they have a Technet or MSDN subscription.

richb93 · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:00

Yes you can download the ISO from an official source. Contact via trust if you want me to point you in the right direction

(half afraid to post it on here despite it being an official MS source

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TigerUK · 3 Apr 2011 at 23:18

Meatball said:
Should be fine

OP: Have a look on the MyDigitalLife forums for an ISO of Windows 7 media. You should be fine using generic media and your serial key ALTHOUGH you may have to activate via phone .

thanks, downloading it, will do a crc check to confirm it's untouched.

TigerUK · 6 Apr 2011 at 16:37

I installed the 64bit windows 7 home premium, but my problem is still the same. the computer only recognises 3.3Gb of the ram.

I thought a 64bit os fixes all that, feel like I wasted my time, luckily i took a snapshot with acronis, so I can reverse the changes back.

monkeyspank · 6 Apr 2011 at 17:02

Not my business, but this seems a lot of hassle for what is IMO pretty pointless.

marmalade · 6 Apr 2011 at 17:45

TigerUK said:
I installed the 64bit windows 7 home premium, but my problem is still the same. the computer only recognises 3.3Gb of the ram.

I thought a 64bit os fixes all that, feel like I wasted my time, luckily i took a snapshot with acronis, so I can reverse the changes back.

Perhaps the Video card must be hoggin it!

CaptainCrash · 6 Apr 2011 at 19:05

TigerUK said:
I installed the 64bit windows 7 home premium, but my problem is still the same. the computer only recognises 3.3Gb of the ram.

I thought a 64bit os fixes all that, feel like I wasted my time, luckily i took a snapshot with acronis, so I can reverse the changes back.

Is memory mapping enabled in the BIOS?

robinbredin · 6 Apr 2011 at 19:17

Stolly
I want to install Win7 home premium OEM onto my Dell laptop too, its got Ubuntu on at the moment. Had Win7 preinstalled when i bought it.

I've got the product key on the laptop, but no installation media. Can you just download the Win7 eval and licence it using the OEM key i have ?

Normally Dell systems have a D Restore partition on then, to access it press F8 when you see the dell splash screen. You can also get a disc from dell support UK.

BigBoy · 6 Apr 2011 at 20:25

Sounds like the onboard graphics card is using the reserved ram.

Asus Support website

TigerUK · 8 Apr 2011 at 14:24

BigBoy said:
Sounds like the onboard graphics card is using the reserved ram.

Asus Support website

thanks a lot mate, I think that's the issue here, I took out a 2GB ram stick, and it only recognised 1.75gb of it.

I decided to stick with 64bit win7, (mainly because my acronis restore failed.. so annoying). There seems to be a very slight performance improvement, my firefox used to freeze sometimes, now it doesn't, though im not sure if it's down to the upgrade onto firefox 4 or what.

Deleted member 77746 · 8 Apr 2011 at 15:21

I bet there is a restore on the system itself. It's why there was no disc supplied.