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I have Windows 7 installed (32-bit) and want to upgrade to 64-bit. My PC is 64-bit ready. I have read that to do this I need to do a clean install however when I boot up from the disc drive it says press any key to boot from DVD and when I do it just loads windows normally, it won't load in to...

No Beta OS should ever be installed, except as, follows: 1. On a spare machine 2. Virtually 3. As a dual-boot. 4. Run from a USB stick Never as an Upgrade or replacement to an existing, current, non-beta OS. Never on a production machine. Nor, BTW, can one move from 1 Beta of an OS to the...

RESOLVED - Bad MEDIA/DRIVE. USB Install got me running. On a new PC (Asus P8Z68-vLX, Intel I5 2400, Corsair 4GB one stick Vengeance Ram) I can not install Windows 7 64 Bit. I get a black screen, with a cursor, and after brief (10 secs)time, I get fast system speaker beeps. It hangs there. I...

Hi ! Another 'lost' soul found his way to the forums. Pleased to meet you. So, Im doing a clean windows 7 install. Here are the facts: Disk is 2TB, partitioned into 3 (in this order): 1480GB, 300GB & 105GB. (Partitions also show in this order @ the point where you select what disk to install...

Alright guys. I guess I'll start with some system specs: ECS Black A780GM-A rev.1.1 Mobo AMD Phenom X4 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz 4GB G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-1066 250GB Seagate SATA AMD/ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB I want to start with, this isn't a new build, I've successfully installed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate...

I am trying to install windows 7 ultimate x64 on a new build, I am getting the error in thread title when it begins to install. I've scoured this forum to see what others had similar issues and tried the fixes. I tried with one stick of ram, tried re-burning the iso, i've used 3 different discs...

My issue, no matter what source, or what ram I use, Windows 7 will freeze during install at random points (Mostly during expanding windows files, however, also occurred before even selecting a partition to install on). When I say freeze, i mean the mouse is not able to be moved, and waiting...

I want to install Windows 7 ON (not FROM) a USB key (instead of disk) and run from it. But without VirtualBox or VM Player or something. Directly to the USB key. But how? ...so please help :(

Requirements: 1. MultibootISO > Install Grub4Dos easily into USB Flash Drive Get it here: Boot Multiple ISO from USB (MultiBoot USB) | USB Pen Drive Linux or here: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/MultiBootISOs/MultiBootISOs-v1.4.8.exe 2. Windows 7 DVD, ISO or Source Files 3. Notepad++...

I have formatted and copied windows 7 to my 4GB USB key and I have installed a new HDD into my Dell Optiplex 745. When I boot up the computer I am notified with: PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable PXE-M0F: Existing Broadcom PXE ROM I have searched and found out that this can be caused by...

Well, unfortunately I have a serious problem. To go ahead and get this over with. I'm not sure what kind of drives they are..GParted failed to boot [ "BootMGR is missing"] Anyway to figure this out? I'm installing via USB, due to me not currently having the disc. The USB is bootable 100%...

Upon installation of Windows 7 check that your drives are visable by Disk Manager, if not you will have problems as time passes, most notable is the inability to do disk fragmentation either by the built in defragmenter or by programs such as Perfect Disk. The operating System will perform like...

Last night after all the troubles with getting W7 Pro 64bit installed, I finally managed to do it using a USB. This morning I start installing all my programs and I noticed that my "Windows Experience" number was 1.0 (it had formerly been 5.0). I assumed this was down to it not recognising my...

A friend gave me Windows 7 on a USB disk. I created a new 16GB partition on my hard drive because i wanted to keep XP as a backup, then ran it from the USB. The installation ran fine, but now when I try to start the computer, all I get a message saying BOOTMGR is compressed Press Ctrl+Alt+Del...

I am attemtpting to install the win 64bit 7 RC on a brand new build. I am using a USB stick as my install media. The install boots, although it takes a VERY long time to get from when windows begins to load the setup files to the place where I have issues (about 15 - 20 minutes). Where the...

I have Win 7 32 bit build 6.1.7100. I have installed all the updates from windows update except for all the language packs. I have all the drivers I could find for Windows 7, including ATI Catalyst for graphics. I could not find most of the drivers for my Mobo,k but everything seems to be...

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...

I can not get the Sierra 597 working on Windows 7 as the driver for the modem fails to load during the USB file installation phase. I tried using the 3G watcher download method from the Sierra 881 thread and it also fails to see the 597 modem as being installed on the computer. Has anyone...

I've been trying to install Windows 7 Beta 7000 on my USB Hard Drive, so far no luck. I was wondering if anyone has yet to find a way on how to do it. I've searched forums and everywhere and can't find anyone who has done it. I know it doesn't let you install on the USB Drive, but I did try to...