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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Ok I believe I have found a solution to my problem. I withheld on telling you something because I didn't think it was important. I am on a Mac using Parallels running Windows XP. The errors I've been receiving are because of a simple glitch in Parallels which I discovered. If anyone else in...
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Ok this time I looked closer. When I double click Win7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86.exe a loading window pops up that only loads a couple bars then results in an error. I took a picture really quick so here's what the window says. The title of the window is "Unloading the Box". Below the loading bar...
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    You're right it's not a .box file. Win7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86.exe However, under its properties description it says Windows Marketplace Box, which would make the error message make sense. That's strange that people haven't had to unzip it. I wonder what I did wrong. Maybe the download I got...
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    I have the background_cli file and unfortunately it's the only one that starts with 'b'.
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Wow that's strange. Here's a list of what I did, maybe you might see something I did wrong. -First I opened DLMWin7HP32US and downloaded the Windows 7 Upgrade -Then from that I got these files: setup1.box, setup2.box and Win7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86 -I opened Win7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86 and it started...
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    I just downloaded it again to make sure. I have no file named boot.wim...I have a boot folder.. Any ideas?
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Like I said I don't think it's the DVD because the setup.exe in the expandedSetup results in the same error. I'm going to try re-downloading it again...hopefully I get a boot.wim this time...
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Yes, by the way I'm using the student download. However, I doubt that's the problem because when I click on the setup.exe and try to install there, it results in the same error. Any ideas? Where is boot.wim normally?
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    Great... Ok thanks.
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    Windows 7 Boot.wim Missing

    When I launch Windows 7 setup in the install disk, I always get this error: Where do I get this boot.wim file? Any help appreciated, thanks.
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