Windows .iso not showing up?

Chaotix said:

And another question: since you can't upgrade from a 32-bit Vista to a 64-bit Win7, I will have to do a clean install. Does anyone know how I can make an ISO of my current OS? I don't have the OS DVD since my laptop came with Vista already installed.

IF your laptop came with Vista preinstalled, you should have a recovery partition on your laptop. Not knowing the make and model of your laptop I don't know what its name. For example HP laptops come with a partition called HP_Recovery (see image). Do you have a hard disk partition called Recovery or Restore or something similar? If yes, that's probably it.



This partition includes all the necessary installation files to restore your computer to factory defaults, to restore your original operating system. Hopefully you have not deleted this partition. Check your computers documentation to see how this is done; again using HP laptops as an example it's done by pressing F11 when booting and then choosing restore. Your documentation should also tell you how to use this partition to burn a set of restore CD's or DVD's.

If you don't find this partition you can often order a system restore disk set by contacting your laptops manufacturer and telling the serial number of your PC.

Kari

Chaotix said:

Unfortunately, I do not have that partition. I have a Toshiba Satellite.



@tw33k: How/where do you get the RTM?

you either have to buy a technet/MSDN/Connect subscription to get it now or wait til Oct 22. Those are your only options to obtaining it legally. Other options are not to be discussed in this forum

Chaotix said:

Unfortunately, I do not have that partition. I have a Toshiba Satellite.

A little bit Googling told me this:

• Normally Toshiba Satellite comes with a recovery DVD. Do you have it?
• There should be a folder called hddrecovery on your D: harddrive. That is for system recovery
• If you find nothing to recover your Satellite to factory defaults, you can order a recovery disk from Toshiba (about $50)

Good luck,

Kari

Kari said:

A little bit Googling told me this:

• Normally Toshiba Satellite comes with a recovery DVD. Do you have it?
• There should be a folder called hddrecovery on your D: harddrive. That is for system recovery
• If you find nothing to recover your Satellite to factory defaults, you can order a recovery disk from Toshiba (about $50)

Good luck,

Kari

if you've got the hdd space, you could use a program like Acronis and clone your Vista partition.

tw33k said:

if you've got the hdd space, you could use a program like Acronis and clone your Vista partition.

There you have a good and working idea!

Really nice you managed it. Welcomw to the wonderful world of Windows 7.

Kari