Windows 7 Disc Install With No DVD Drive

ScoobyDoo · 4 Mar 2015 at 14:37

yashiro said:
www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

Doesnt work for OEM keys though

cats_five · 4 Mar 2015 at 17:55

yashiro said:
Or just use the official MS link I posted which now works for Windows 7 owners.

Only for retail keys. My academic one it doesn't work for, but the stuff earlier about the SHA 5 will let me check if the disk I have is OK much faster than doing another download.

MagicBoy · 4 Mar 2015 at 18:01

Uhtred said:
Awesome. DOes that include the 100s of post SP1 updates too? Long overdue if so.

It won't. Even EA subscribers can't get anything later than SP1.

Windows 7 is now in extended support so it's not going to happen in the future.

dreigns · 4 Mar 2015 at 18:48

tnx said:
There are a lot of people who would say the optical drive has had its day.
I would be lost without one, even if it only gets used now and again.

I still got a drive in my system but I install windows by usb even installed an XP machine via usb

but then I do have a lot of old pc games on cd and dvd

BennettWHU · 6 Mar 2015 at 16:40

tnx said:
My preferred method,
Run Command Prompt as Admin

Simply copy the Windows image files to the USB and boot from USB.

Any idea how to reverse this? I've done this to a laptop drive and can't install a copy of Windows 8.1 onto it as I forgot I'd done the command prompt thing with it. I need to reverse that.

tnx · 6 Mar 2015 at 17:29

BennettWHU said:
Any idea how to reverse this? I've done this to a laptop drive and can't install a copy of Windows 8.1 onto it as I forgot I'd done the command prompt thing with it. I need to reverse that.

Dont quite understand this.

You want to reverse the USB drive ????

Just sling the USB drive in and format it under Windows.

If your having trouble installing Win 8.1 onto your laptop drive.

Boot up from the USB drive and do a CUSTOM install.

Delete ALL partitions on the HDD then create a new one, this will actually make three, if its UEFI.
Format the largest partition then select install.

Away you go.

Skillmister · 7 Mar 2015 at 13:23

cats_five said:
Only for retail keys. My academic one it doesn't work for, but the stuff earlier about the SHA 5 will let me check if the disk I have is OK much faster than doing another download.

I've just had this issue, I've had to find an iso from another source because my key is in the format xxxxx-xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxx and so the official recovery tool doesn't accept it. What a ******* ball ache!!

The one posted earlier in the thread seems to be a bloody slow download but it will have to do.

Stoner81 · 7 Mar 2015 at 23:11

Try the link in my sig for ISO's I use them at work all the time and have used them with OEM and refurb licences without any issues.

Stoner81.

TaKeN · 8 Mar 2015 at 09:26

Stoner81 said:
Try the link in my sig for ISO's I use them at work all the time and have used them with OEM and refurb licences without any issues.

Stoner81.

Microsoft pulled all these a few weeks back, they now want people to use their software recovery website.

Unfortunately the software recovery website doesn't accept OEM Keys :rolleyes:

...Thanks Microsoft!

Quartz · 8 Mar 2015 at 10:51

BennettWHU said:
I'm going to start building my new PC today. I have a legitimate copy of Windows 7 OEM, but I don't have a CD/DVD drive for my new system. Is there any way I can take Windows 7 off the disc and put it on a USB stick to install it on my new system that way?

You could buy a USB DVD drive.

MagicBoy · 8 Mar 2015 at 11:13

TaKeN said:
Microsoft pulled all these a few weeks back, they now want people to use their software recovery website.

Unfortunately the software recovery website doesn't accept OEM Keys ...Thanks Microsoft!

Rule of thumb is to contact the OEM though...

Stoner81 · 9 Mar 2015 at 23:08

TaKeN said:
Microsoft pulled all these a few weeks back, they now want people to use their software recovery website.

Unfortunately the software recovery website doesn't accept OEM Keys ...Thanks Microsoft!

Oh for crying out loud Microsoft! What a dumb bass ackwards thing to do! Really glad I kept them all now

Stoner81.

needforspeed · 10 Mar 2015 at 03:20

BennettWHU said:
AVG flagged Imgburn as a Trojan. Can I not just copy/paste all the stuff from the DVD to my USB stick?

It's actually adware. It's how they make money (or by donations) while making the Imgburn software free.
When installing Imgburn it asks if you agree / accept (press cancel) to installing toolbar / bundled software, etc. Custom installation might be needed.