Windows 7 - Install Windows 7 FAST without a DVD or USB device

I used the Windows 7 dvd to go into command promt and did the bcd thing and it worked. it said
boot files created successfully
but i still can't boot into Windows 7. it says
windows boot failure, insert system disk and press enter.

Later this evening i will try repairing the startup with the Windows 7 disk.
I tried it before and what happens is that it starts to restart but it doesn't. it just stays at the shutting down screen. i can't move the mouse or anything so i think it crashes/freezes. it ALWAYS does this. whether its just before completeing install or doing this, the Windows 7 installer always freezes before shut down. either that or it takes a long long time for Windows 7 to shut down, which i guess isnt the case.

What can i do to get Windows 7 bootable?

shouldnt i be able to see bootmgr by looking in explorer from XP? ive checked and cant see it but i dont know if its a folder or file. can i also activate the partition in XP? i find it easier when i can have the internet behind it so i can see what to type.

i activated the volume in windows XP and when i tried to start Windows 7 it said
NTLDR is missing.
press ctr+alt+del to restart.
i though that was used up to XP? or so it says on many websites.
lol just read above post :P what to do now?
format hard drive and start again?
should i reactivate the xp volume (its a different hard disk)?

You can do the bcdboot command if you change directory to where the DLLs that it depends on exist. I just found this out and hadn't yet added it to the tutorial. XP has some of the same DLLs as 7 but they're the wrong version for bcdboot. What you do is CD to the dir (h:\windows\system32 in the example) then run bcdboot with that as the current directory. That will cause bcdboot to pick up the right DLLs and it will work OK.

I unplugged everything I could grasp. Including:
2GB of RAM (out of 4GB)
Hauppagge TV Tuner
Keyboard + Mouse (replaced with PS/2)
Second Monitor
Floppy Drive
Memory Card Reader
And disabled anything that I didn't need in the BIOS (USB and 2.0 support)

Installation worked perfectly.
The TV Tuner doesn't work (it caused BSOD in XP also) and many people say that it is very unstable. I guess that was a waste of money. If your install fails try removing any of the above.


Windows 7 seems as though it will take over from XP since for me it has been awesome. One downpoint is that Company Of Heroes won't install properly, I have to use XP to play the game.