-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Install Win7 from USB drive: was ISO burning Question
- From: Steve Aiello <deacondeamon@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:38:13 -0400
UPDATE
Here's what I've been doing the past few days.
I download Windows 7. Used the trail version of Bit Zipper. to unzip it and
save it in the zipper archive. Here a link to the write up on it on c/net
http://download.cnet.com/BitZipper/3000-2250_4-10048965.html
I next download the fully functional trial of alcohol 120%. This one is
expensive. but it works great in the free trial version.
http://www.alcohol-soft.com/
This put a virtual DVD burner on the hard drive.
I pulled up 7 in 120 and put it on the virtual burner. Then installed it.
This is where I made a mistake. I put it on my main hard drive without
thinking. Dam teenage moments. On the first restart it appeared I had a
dual boot. But after that it would only boot into 7. Not a Major problem as
I had backed-up all my data and stuff.
I did lose the recovery partition on that hard drive. I have no idea how,
but it's not a major problem. I had already ordered the recovery disk from
HP.
The short time I was in 7 I liked it. It seems fast. easy to move around
and find stuff in. Now the problem I have with it. It sees my on board
wi-fi cards, which is nice but I don't get a strong enough signal for them
to be useful. It does not recognize the drives for ether the Sprint data
card and the Balkin wi-fi range extender.
It's most likely to soon to find drivers for ether one of these, but I'll be
out looking
That's it.
Steve.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Steve,
> Right now, the entire install is contained within a single .ISO file.
> The trick here is to gain access to the individual files inside in such a
> way that you can XCOPY those individual files directly to the thumbdrive.
> I'll go through and explain the meaning/purpose of both lines of the
> instructions, in turn.
>
> 1. Once the first 10 steps are complete,
> mount the ISO and run the following command.
>
> They are suggesting that the ISO be 'mounted'. Mounting an ISO means to
> use
> a utility that makes an ISO file appear like a separate volume/partition.
> There are several utilities that can do this, my favorite being PowerISO
> which is not free. DAEMON Tools is a highly popular one which offers a
> fully functional 20 day trial (both Advanced & Pro have the functionality
> you need for this), but I have no direct experience with this app. The
> approach is pretty much the same with all of these ISO utilities, so we can
> easily work out setting it up. Download and install it, head into the
> Settings, Options or Preferences area and look for a section that deals
> with
> handling virtual images, virtual drives or something similarly worded. You
> will only need one virtual drive enabled and I suggest giving it the letter
> Z to separate it from any real optical drive letters already in use by your
> system.
>
>
> 2. xcopy x:\*.*/s/e/f y:\
> " Where x is the drive letter of the mounted ISO "
> and where y is the destination drive letter.
>
> The XCOPY command tells the system to Copy the contents of one folder or
> volume to another. The rest of the command is switches that tell XCOPY how
> to handle the files and folders it finds. You can see the purpose of each
> switch by opening up a command prompt and typing in 'xcopy /?' without the
> quotes. You'll find a lot more switches than what is being used here.
> It's
> a very powerful command when used with these various switches.
>
> So, the actual command you will type in will look something like xcopy
> z:\*.*/s/e/f e:\, if you choose to mount the ISO as a virtual Z:\ drive and
> your thumbdrive is using E:\ as it's drive letter. You will have to adjust
> these letters to better reflect your actual setup (the drive letters in use
> on your system when you issue the command).
>
> If you run into any problems, let us know. If anything above is not
> clear, let us know before you begin.
>
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
>
>
>
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