bootable drive

When attempting a fresh installation of Windows 11 or 10, many users have encountered an error message that halts the installation process, stating "Windows Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file." This issue can be frustrating, particularly if it's the first time you're...

Hey everyone. I am new to this forum. First, I want to say that I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, so if that's the case, sorry in advance. The story: I have bought a laptop about 4 years ago, and with it, I got Windows 8 installed built-in (With no CD). My laptop is Lenovo Yoga 3...

Hi I want to make a bootable flash drive from an ISO file. I normally use ImgBurn to make a bootable DVD and expected to do the same with my flash drive. But there is no option to write to a flash drive. I have already made a bootable DVD from this same file, so I know it works ok on a disk...

I would like to complete the installation of Windows 7 to a bootable hard drive but am being told I need a CD in order to do this. Why would this be as I already have a license key for for a genuine version of Windows? Thanks so much. CAG43

My friend is getting a second ssd with higher capacity and I'd like to install windows 10 on it (he's on win7) If I recall correctly the install process automatically installs on the same drive and doesn't ask you which drive you want to install on. So is my only option to install win10 on a...

Recently I had to take out my Vista drive and pit it into a holder where now it is like an external drive. I want to boot that drive but when I attach it to my new computer (64 bit Windows 8.1) it doesn't boot. I really want to run that drive again and while I can see all the data on that...

When I purchased a SSD, I cloned my Windows 7 mechanical hard drive to the SSD and set the SSD as the boot drive. I need to make the mechanical HD the boot drive again. The BIOS (American Megatrends) lists both drives: SATA Port2 - the SSD drive; SATA Port3 - the mechanical HD. However, the HD...

I have a netbook whose harddrive has crashed. It has no CD/DVD drive and does not supports booting from USB flash drives but does support booting from USB floppy or USB CDROM drives. The problem is that I don't have neither a USB floppy nor a USB CRROM drive. Therefore the only viable option...

Hi! I have a lenovo thinkpad edge e125. I downloaded a Win7 x64 professional iso from MSDNA using my license, and created a bootable pen drive. I select the drives, format them, and start the installation, but thats where the problem occurs: The setup gets stuck at "Installing features ..."...

hello. i have dell studio 1458.320gb hdd. i always install win 7 on my laptop with bootable usb. but this time after formatting c drive when i pressed "next" to continue setup i got this message. "unable to create new system partition or locate existing system partition .please see setup log for...

My 160 GB Win7 drive on my laptop failed (single partition), but thankfully I had a backup that I created on a 750 GB drive using EASUS Partition Master COPY. The backup drive is FULLY BOOTABLE, I've been booting into Windows 7 from an eSata external interface with no issues. It has a partition...

My 160 GB Win7 drive on my laptop failed (single partition), but thankfully I had a backup that I created on a 750 GB drive using EASUS Partition Master COPY. The backup drive is FULLY BOOTABLE, I've been booting into Windows 7 from an eSata external interface with no issues. It has a partition...

hi i have installed win 7 on my laptop.wrking fine.bt some i m not able to boot win 7..when i tried to reinstall win 7 in hard disk it shows error that cannot be copied to source..not able to install in any of the drive..from repair option i have clean all the drive.and install the win 7 in c...

I recently picked up a new laptop. It came with W7 Home Premium 64-bit on a single partition. I want to do one of two things: 1. Repartition the 500GB disk so the O/S and programs use 60-70GB and have the rest available for "data" - the problem is the W7 partition tool won't let me get this...

Clients netbook was fried (and just out of warranty). Normally, put in the O/S (dvd) or at least boot to the repair partition. But since the drive is "just about gone", it would be nice to try a CHKDSK and see if something is saveable (like the data and possibly the O/S still works?) Any...

is it possible to install 7 on an external hard drive?

In restoring C: drive using TrueImage 2009, TrueImage encountered an error; so I restored an earlier version of C: which worked. Unfortunately, it didn't make C: active and bootable. Used the Win7 repair disk I created to fix the error; on the second use of Repair it made the 3rd partition on...

An easier free solution for USB installs: When you purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download an ISO file or compressed files. The Windows 7 USB-DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a...

Check out http://windows7news.com/2009/04/27/upgrading-from-windows-7-rc-to-final/ for a fairly logical and believable answer to the question of upgrading from RC to RTM. The pertinent text is shown below: The only official indicator that upgrading from Windows 7 release candidate to Windows 7...

I am experiencing a problem with installing the Windows 7 Beta (Build 7000, I believe) from a USB drive. I followed Link Removed due to 404 Error to make the bootable USB drive as I have Windows XP Home Edition and not Windows Vista, like so many tutorials like this out there assume. Before...