bootable media

  1. How to Legally Download Windows 10 ISO Files: A Step-by-Step Guide

    If you're a Windows user, you might have been pondering how to get your hands on the latest Windows 10 ISO files legally. Whether you're looking to repair your system or perform a fresh installation, downloading an official ISO can be your best bet. Luckily, there's good news: Microsoft has made...
  2. Booting a cloned disk

    Hello! I'm trying to clone my 512GB SSD to my much larger 4TB USB hard drive, without disrupting the other partitions. I've tried cloning 3 different ways: GParted, Macrium reflect cloning, and Macrium Reflect image and then restored to the drive. In each case I cannot boot. Though the clone is...
  3. Windows 10 Win 10 USB flash drive Unable to detect SSD drive

    Downloaded latest version of Windows 10 ISO, created a bootable USB flash drive. Upon trying to boot with it install it on a 2021 Acer Swift 3 with EVO processor and UEFI Bios, the installer is unable to detect the NVME SSD drive !!
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    Windows 10 PNP driver watchdog error when installing windows 10.

    Hi all. Fresh out of luck at the moment. I have tried two different M2 drivers, various usbs for the bootable media and also a 2018 version of windows 10. Any one have any idea what this could be? or could point me in the right direction to the log files after theses failed installs? seems...
  5. Windows 10 installing windows 10

    So i got new laptop wich came with a pre installed ubuntu. It had many issues and i wasn't able to fix them with ubuntu's latest update so i decided to stick with windows. It's been a while since i last used a computer to format an os, so i got lost with the steps. What do i need exactly to put...
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    Windows 10 Media creation tool issues?

    So i am not new to uefi and have created bootable media in the past, so i need to download windows 10 32 bit, and no matter what i use i cannot get it to boot, i am using the tool to download the iso and even tried using it to create the usb, and it fails when making the usb bootable i think...
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    Windows 8 Modified Windows_8 ISO won't boot in VM after modification

    I extracted a Windows_8 ISO and made some changes to ei.cfg. I recomposed the sources back to a bootable UDF ISO but this ISO fails to boot in a VM. I get a blank screen during boot. Interestingly if I extract the same ISO and recompose it back again without doing any modifications then the ISO...
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    Windows 7 Can I start a computer without harddisk only by DVD/USB flash?

    Assume I remove a hard disk from computer/notebook and put in a bootable DVD (with WinPE or Ubuntu) into DVD drive (or USB flash drive into USB flash port). Can I start the whole computer in this scenario? Or is a working hard disk required even if I boot the (Win 7 /Ubuntu) OS from DVD/USB...
  9. Windows 7 UEFI/EFI mode BIOS

    Hello friends, I need your help in UEFI mode bios. I had trouble installing a windows 7 x64 on lenovo z7500 laptop, it was UEFI firmware. I can't install windows by that mode. should i create bootable media for UEFI bios and how? Can u help me how use that new system of UEFI correctly? I...
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    Windows 7 Windows update not working

    I would like to do a Windows 7 repair install of my OEM system. I followed a link for a 64 bit oem download but it would open;see below: "You can do a repair install on a factory OEM installation with the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download...
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    Windows 7 How to create an USB stick image (like ISO for DVD)?

    Assume I created a bootable USB stick with some additional software on it. Now I want to backup the whole stuff into an archive file on my hard disc. If I would have an CD/DVD I could create a well known ISO file for it which contains everything. How do I do this for an USB stick? If I just...
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    Windows 7 WIN7 Image created with imagex deploy with WDS??

    First post here and need some help. I have an image on bootable media (DVD). The image spans 3 dvds broken down into SWM files. I have been able to combine the SWM's with imagex into 1 large wim. In viewing the contents the WIM contains 2 images (image 1 & image 2). During the initial image...
  13. Windows 7 Boot Install Windows 7 from USB

    Ok, I am trying to boot from my flash drive and re-install windows 7 and I used the Windows 7 USB DVD download tool, I have the option to boot from the flash drive but when I do instead of loading windows and installing it, it comes up "Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media...
  14. Windows 7 Cannot change back after changing boot device priority

    Hello. OK, this is not a Windows 7 related/caused problem, but as I am desperate for help and have received excellent help on this site in the past, I thought I might try anyway. When I started up my other PC this morning, it never got past the first screen, the one where I have a choice of...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 OEM Preinstallation Kit (opk)

    Hi Everyone, Im hoping someone can help me here. Im currently a system builder and ive just got into using the windows 7 opk for installing customized versions of windows 7 on my customers pc's. I would like to have a recovery system in place similar to the big brands such as Dell and Acer...
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    Windows 7 How to check version??

    Is there any i can check the version of a windows 7 i burnt on a dvd? if it is 7600 or 7100 etc. etc. i cant remember it, didnt made a label before. pls help me. if inserted on drive this is the name info GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD
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    Windows 7 Boot Skipping Windows 7 Install Disk

    Hey, I tried to search for this problem but could not find what I was looking for. I downloaded Windows 7 64 bit from my university via the MSDN AA program. I know that I need a clean install to upgrade this PC from XP to Windows 7. I downloaded the files and made the iso which I then burned...
  18. Windows 7 Install issue with older Dell and Win 7 DVD

    I have an older gen 5 dell XPS and was having issues with the windows 7 DVD booting, I tried everything from updating the firmware of the drives to updating the BIOS, moving and making the only thing bootable device my CD/DVD ROM drive nothing would work. I didn't want to take the time of...
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    Windows 7 making windows7 bootable dvd

    i have windowsXP operatng system. i want to make a DVD boobtable of WIndows7. how can i make this. not from any payable software, if freeware then recommend otherwise give me the tricks to make this bootable.
  20. Windows 7 Get Spin Rite 6

    Hard drive data recovery software Monday, June 7th, 2004 SpinRite 6.0 Released After more than seven months of non-stop development, and more than two months of continuous testing by hundreds of SpinRite 6.0 pre-purchase volunteers (see our grc.spinrite.dev newsgroup on our news server at...