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| 866099 | 2010-03-11 07:50:00 | I have an Asus N10J netbook which I want to install Windows 7 on. I have been reading up on installing using a bootable USB drive. I want to use my sandisk 16GB USB pendrive. All the guides I've looked at talk about making 'USB' the priority in the boot settings for the notebook. I don't see a 'USB' option but I do have 'removable device' ...is that USB then? |
supersi (8401) | ||
| 866100 | 2010-03-11 07:55:00 | Is it plugged in while you're in the BIOS?? You're looking under the boot menu? It maybe removable drive. There is a program that'll let you do this, but it'll only work with a version of Windows 7 you downloaded from digitalriver or something | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 866101 | 2010-03-11 08:07:00 | I just looked and now it shows as a hard drive. It doesn't work. I've just found a program that is called Windows 7 USB DVD Download tool but it asks me for an .iso file. i only have a proper install DVD. How can I create a .iso out of the install DVD? | supersi (8401) | ||
| 866102 | 2010-03-11 08:13:00 | Thats the program I was talking about. You cant use it. It only works from a site people downloaded the Win 7 ISO from. They had to pay for it before they downloaded it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 866103 | 2010-03-11 08:18:00 | I just remembered MagicISO..what about if I used this program to create an ISO file and then use the Windows 7 USB utility to create a bootable USB stick? | supersi (8401) | ||
| 866104 | 2010-03-11 08:18:00 | www.softpedia.com "Create an image from disc" There are also plenty of alternatives out there that can do it directly from the DVD, but since you've got the M$ version you might as well use it.. EDIT: Yes, you could also use MagicISO, but if its a trial it won't be able to do anything larger than 400MB(W7 is about 2.5GB) Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 866105 | 2010-03-11 08:21:00 | I just remembered MagicISO..what about if I used this program to create an ISO file and then use the Windows 7 USB utility to create a bootable USB stick? You cant use it, it'll only work with an ISO people downloaded and paid for from a site |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 866106 | 2010-03-11 08:21:00 | Tried MagidISO, Windows 7 USB utility didn't kie it. Said it 'wasn't valid iso file'. Are there a couple of settings I need to check in magicISO? | supersi (8401) | ||
| 866107 | 2010-03-11 08:26:00 | Like I said it WONT work. As it says here (store.microsoft.com) Before you run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, make sure you have already purchased the Windows 7 ISO download from Microsoft Store and have downloaded the Windows 7 ISO file to your hard drive. If you have purchased Windows 7 but have not yet downloaded the ISO file, you can download the file from your Microsoft Store Account. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 866108 | 2010-03-11 08:33:00 | Guess I had to see for myself.... I found this guide which I'm going to try www.thetechguide.com |
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