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Installing windows7 from usb

  • 10-07-2010 6:23pm
    #1
    sparkywolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭


    I'm trying to install windows 7 to my laptop via USB (BIOS wont recognise the disc drive) And I cant find a way to make a .img file out of it.

    Any suggestions would be welcome.


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  • #2
    VenomIreland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,928 ✭✭✭VenomIreland


    sparkywolf wrote: »
    I'm trying to install windows 7 to my laptop via USB (BIOS wont recognise the disc drive) And I cant find a way to make a .img file out of it.

    Any suggestions would be welcome.

    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_install_windows_7_beta_a_usb_key

    Works the same for retail edition.


  • #3
    sparkywolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭sparkywolf


    VenomIreland wrote: »
    http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_install_windows_7_beta_a_usb_key

    Works the same for retail edition.

    You're an absolute star!!!
    Cheers, Works much better than anything else if found.


  • #4
    sparkywolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭sparkywolf


    Ugh!!!
    Graphics card isnt supported by 7 and its playing havok with my inner calm so to speak. Now i need to go back to XP but i cant get past the bootsect.exe part in the tutorial...

    What am i doing wrong?


  • #5
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    What graphics card model? What Laptop model? Give a bit more detail so people can focus on the problem better.

    Sorry if the above comes across as snippy, it just might look that way in print.


  • #6
    sparkywolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 97 ✭✭sparkywolf


    It's a Compaq Presario F500. The graphics card is an NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 6100.

    I haven't been able to find a compatible driver for Win7.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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