Windows 7 Usb Dvd Download
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For example there is a program called UNetBootin which can make bootable USB drives, but seems like it only works with various linux distributions. (Tried it with a Win7 image and the SystemRescueCD, which didn't work so well...).
Main reason I ask is that I have a Support DVD which came with an Asus EEE, and it of course doesn't have an external dvd drive. So I am curious if I can sort of move that dvd over to a USB drive so that I can use it without buying one.
Not asking just specifically about this one case though, I am curious to know a bit more about this in general. So, if you have a general bootable DVD or CD (Or a DVD or CD image for that matter), could be linux distro, windows install disk, support disks, etc., is it possible to "move" it over to a USB drive and make that work like the DVD or CD did? (Being bootable and all).
This tool allows you to create a Windows XP, Windows Vista/7, some Syslinux ISO and some other bootable (even multiboot), including some cool integrated tools from a single GUI (not very pretty), which even allows you to test the bootable USB key in a VM (QEMU) without the need to reboot a machine.
2) the USB drive must be bootable with that iso. For this the iso must be hybrid. This means that you should not only write the iso to the disk, but also to create Master Boot Record for that. One can make a hybrid iso using isohybrid. Hybrid isos can be easily written both to CDs and usb sticks, but unfortunately not every software piece creates them (FreeDOS not yet).
Another option is to have a bootable iso and use a bootloader like syslinux or grub. They can be installed to USB and then load the iso themselves, like here. In this post I've put several examples on how to create a bootable usb containing (but it's not so important here) FreeDOS.
So I received a new PC that said it came with Windows 8.1, but it already had Zorin on it. I tried it out, but it didn't live up to my expectations. I'd want to get my PC to run Windows 10. I tried booting from a DVD by putting the iso on it, but it didn't work. Many websites claim that a USB is required. I, on the other hand, do not have one. Is there a method to install Windows without using a USB drive?
This is why it is useful to partition your hard drive first manually instead of letting the OS do it. If I was unsure about a GNU/Linux OS and a Windows User, I would have left some free space to enable movement of partitions and perhaps leave an NTFS partition at the start of the drive, or alternatively if that is too daunting for you, allow install to go alongside existing OS but shrink C:\ drive first.
Well, I now have a dvd, which has windows on it, and i put it in and selected it from the boot menu, and all it does is show a blank screen with a white underscore. Does this have something to do with the hard drive?
I don't have cd burner, so I want to install W7 on my 2nd computer via an USB-Drive. I just copied the files from the iso but it won't boot. So I installed ms-sys and did a ms-sys -7 /dev/sdbbut it just says "Boot error".
Looking into the vent with a flashlight will tell you nothing. The heatsink and fan clog from the INSIDE! You have to dismantle the CPU/graphic heatsink/fan assembly and clean it out with a PLASTIC brush, such as a toothbrush.
Linux OS's use FAR less power and resources than windows, and will run a system faster, cooler, and more efficiently. A system that overheats with Ubuntu indicates a clogged or malfunctioning cooling system.
I know from own experience windows vista and before could only be installed from a harddrive through a specially crafted partition on an internal drive hdd .
microsoft did provide the software to create such an image, but not pre-made images.
I decided to search online what others used to do, when they are into similar situations like me. I found there are options available to install OS using USB/Pen drive. I found a cool utility named Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool which can convert ISO image to a bootable image on the USB drive & the same USB drive can be used to install OS. The utility is very simple & it worked flawlessly for me during conversion of windows 7 ISO to USB bootable image. I also find the tool can also create a bootable Disc too from ISO file.
I had installed the win7 from the DVD the other day, so I stuck the flashdrive in there. Right off the fm said it needed to format the drive. It started but soon stopped saying that it could not format the drive. Then I saw in tutorial at:
eassos.com/how-to/windows-was-unable-to-complete-the-format.php
This seems to be working. As it started it was showing 7gb total capacity (yea). I de-elected quick format and it seemed to work. I think there was one large win32 partition I was able to write to with notepad:
For sure that will make a big difference in copying to the flash drive. In fact, once this is done correctly, try booting in case it works for you even without a hybrid ISO. This seems to be the source of your original issue.
Most likely your old drive would still work after a proper dd or even just zeroing out via dd and then repartitioning on Linux. Tho you did create a sort of nested partition table, no wonder Windows was all up in arms hehe
At that point I felt like I should try to create another iso from the DVD, but what to use in win7? But then I got my wind back and went over to the linux and tried the method described in
Good exercise if nothing else:) There things were looking ok until part way through copying the mounted iso to the mounted flash. Seems that cp craps out during the copy of this huge file which I to both listings for:
@how0909 You could search for ISO creating programs for Windows and/or pick through a Wikipedia list: Comparison of disc image software - Wikipedia Something that has Extract=Yes, Output=ISO, and OS=Windows. Of course the usual cautionary caveats apply when downloading and installing unknown software.
Sorry to hear about this issue. It is usually a matter of Windows getting confused about Linux partition tables, or otherwise unfamiliar data written to certain areas of the flash drive. The suggestions in the following guide (section Recovering broken drives) are able to recover the vast majority of such issues. Let us know how they work for you.
github.com balena-io/etcher/blob/master/docs/USER-DOCUMENTATION.md#recovering-broken-drivesEtcher User Documentation=========================This document contains how-tos and FAQs oriented to Etcher users.Why is my drive not bootable?-----------------------------Etcher copies images to drives byte by byte, without doing any transformationto the final device, which means images that require special treatment to bemade bootable, like Windows images, will not work out of the box. In thesecases, the general advice is to use software specific to those kind ofimages, usually available from the image publishers themselves.Images known to require special treatment:- Microsoft Windows (use [Windows USB/DVD Download Tool][windows-usb-tool], [Rufus][rufus], or [WoeUSB][woeusb]).- Windows 10 IoT (use the [Windows 10 IoT Core Dashboard][windows-iot-dashboard]) This file has been truncated. show original
Now Etcher made my USB drive unusable. It could not be read anywere, not even in BIOS. So i trow it away. It was an error while flashing the drive to the point it cannot be used ever.
I dont know why Etcher changed the name to BalenaEtcher, wtf is this? And why all of the sudden, Etcher is so garbage tool? Ill try again, i bought a USB thumb drive again today, and ill try again, and i will record every second of the process. If Balena fucking Etcher will broke this USB thumb drive also, im gonna ask them a refund for the money that i spend on that USB thumb drive.
My system stayed on the same version of Balena 1.5.52, and started having this problem after a features update to Windows10, version 1903 was installed on August 19, 2019. After allowing the access in the Windows 10 dialog after clicking Flash, Etcher reports the error seen in the first entry here: Etcher 1.5.5 windows, writer process problem
After that, a Microsoft notification appears that an attempt to change was blocked. The Protection history gets an entry which says Protected folder: \Deivce\Harddisk3\DR5, Blocked by: Controlled folder access.
That confirms what I found, as far as versions. I installed 1.5.54 (since 1.5.55 was released on Aug 19, the same day as the Windows update) to ensure it was Windows. The same error appeared on it as well. I just disabled the Controlled folder access in Ransomware protection, and it is working fine again.
Windows 10 type cmd in search then right click choose run as administrator then type diskpart the command line drive utility then type list disk and choose your usb number then type select disk and its number then an asterisk should be by it if you type list disk again make sure you have your USB and not your boot drive then type clean after that close cmd open disk management click on usb and create new simple volume and usb good as new with luck
If anyone still gets to this point, something that worked for me was to format the drive. But NOT a quick format. I flashed an ISO on an USB drive and it became unreadable in Windows after some error I got during the flashing process. Then, when I finally managed to read it, I noticed I lost all rights to access it. The only solution was to perform a long format, which repaired everything.
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