It may be, but seemings how I downloaded it from links that another sindows 7 forum provided (http://www.w7forums.com/threads/official-windows-7-sp1-iso-image-downloads.12325/) I do hope not.Hi,
that error means an unexpected I/O operation has occurred and is often to do with harddrives, corrupt files and the like. Could the Windows 7 iso be at fault?
Usually those downloads are considered ok so it might not be the iso. If your trying to install to an SSD but it doesn't appear have you checked in the Bios to see if the machine see's it there? Also SSD's prefer AHCI mode are you running AHCI or in IDE mode?
If there's not to much problem on getting another forum, that'd be great thanksHmm... I'm not too hot on Linux. Try this link on optimising SSD's for Linux, I'm not sure if it will help any to be honest and if it is of no help tell me and I'll contact another forum member who know's more about Linux than I:
http://ohheyitslou.blogspot.co.at/2012/03/how-to-optimize-ssd-drives-in-linux.html
Source: http://docs.kali.org/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linuxThe fact of the matter is however, that Kali is a Linux distribution specifically geared towards professional penetration testing and security auditing and as such, it is NOT a recommended distribution for those unfamiliar with Linux.
Source: http://docs.kali.org/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux
Before you get to far afield with Kali, which I assume you are running from a "Live" environment, I'll admit that I have no idea as to how it handles an SSD in AHCI mode and what drivers might or might not be present for you specific Hard Disk Controller.... So that fact that it doesn't see it might not be critical. However: the fact that you have two separate Operating Systems having problems with the same SSD may be indicative of a problem with that drive.
Maybe begin again by re-downloading the correct version and bit architecture for your install of Windows 7 from here http://techdows.com/2011/07/downloa...h-sp1-iso-official-direct-download-links.html
And rebuild your USB installation using that. Just in case there was any corruption with the download or the files placed on the USB device or even perhaps a problem with the USB device itself.
You may also want to use your system's BIOS utility to switch for AHCI to NATIVE IDE just as a test to see if that has any impact on your issue.
And if you want to continue testing with a Linux Live Distro, maybe try something a little more user friendly like http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=159