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Windows 7: Installing W7 to a HDD
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18 Apr 2010
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#11 | |
Win7 x 6 PC's California, Florida, Boston |
Try the Seven Forums tutorial for writing to flash stick, look for stick in BIOS setup or using one-time Boot Menu key given on first bootup screen. It will sometimes be listed under HD's.
If the methods given so far fail, there are other methods to write to flash stick which can be used including Win2Flash - ask back here.
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18 Apr 2010
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#12 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
I think it would be very helpful if we had the exact hardware specs of the computer he is wanting to install this on. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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18 Apr 2010
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#13 | |
XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86 Southern Ontario Canada |
Quote: Originally Posted by Dwarf  Did you follow the instructions here carefully? In particular, make sure that you mark the partition as active as described in Step 10 of the Tutorial. Bootsect will do that for you... It activates the partition, writes the MBR and installs the boot loader... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Homebrew
OS XP Pro SP3 X86 / Win7 Pro X86
CPU Amd 64 x2 4200 (2.4ghz)
Motherboard Asus M2N-MX SE Plus
Memory Kingston DDR2 800 2gb
Graphics Card Nvidia GF-8400
Sound Card Realtek on Motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays Acer x-193bw
Screen Resolution 1440 x 900
Keyboard yes
Mouse yes
PSU 350watt In-Win
Case In-Win
Cooling Air
Hard Drives Western Digital 500g
Internet Speed 5mpbs
Other Info Also ASRock ION 330 as HTPC (on XP).
Acer Aspire as GP netbook (on XP).
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18 Apr 2010
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#14 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Norfolk, VA |
some older machines probably can't boot from a flash drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HAL-9000
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
CPU Intel i7 3770K
Motherboard Asus Sabertooth Z77
Memory 16GB DDR3 1333 Corsair XMS3
Graphics Card XFX HD6950 2GB EyeFinity
Sound Card Logitech G35 & Sennheiser PC135 & VIA HD
Monitor(s) Displays 23" HP 2310e, 23" Samsung B2230, 21.5" Viewsonic
Screen Resolution 5760x1080
Keyboard Logitech G15 and G13
Mouse Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse
PSU Antec True Power New 650watt
Case Cooler Master HAF-932
Cooling Corsair H60 Hydro Cooler, 3x 230mm Fans, 2x120mm Fan
Hard Drives 16TB of Storage
128GB & 256GB Crucial M4 SSD's, 2X 1TB WD Black, 3x 2TB WD, 3x 2TB Samsung F4, 1.5TB Seagate, WD 500GB,
Internet Speed 50/10 Mbit
Other Info Speakers : Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors , APC RS 1200 UPS, HP 4500DN Color Laser, HP P1006 mono Laser, Kodak 8500 Dye-Sub, Epson 1280 inkjet, Epson Worforce 610 MFC
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