My windows 7 RC is about to expire and I need advice

gregrocker said:

Verify the DVD against ISO using ImgBurn to make sure.

Load ISO to make sure it says "bootable" in text at left, then insert DVD to verify against ISO.

Burn again if necessary using ImgBurn at 4x with Verify.

I used Active ISO burner to burn it and I did it at 4x with verify and it was fine.

DocBrown said:

LobsterEar,

The size of you iso does not sound right. MSDNAA files should probably be the same as the Files on MS TechNet. My x64 prof is 3,149,108 kb.

Also have you considered doing a Windows Easy Transfer as precaution backup of settings, files, etc.


Windows Easy Transfer - Transfer To & From Computers

It is weird. I just checked my disc properties again and it says 3,224,686,592 bytes which converted to kilobytes is 3,149,108, and next to it says 3GB.

Is there a way to test if it is all there? Is it safe to run the DVD now to see if it operates, but not install it?

Hello LobsterEar;

Here are the Properties of both my 32 bit 7 iso and 64 bit iso:



You can compare to yours, mine (64 bit) is 3.00 GB (3,224,686,592 bytes)

I would say you can see if it will boot up?

Cheers!
Robert

iseeuu said:

Hello LobsterEar;

Here are the Properties of both my 32 bit 7 iso and 64 bit iso:



You can compare to yours, mine (64 bit) is 3.00 GB (3,224,686,592 bytes)

I would say you can see if it will boot up?

Cheers!
Robert

Mine is the 64-bit version and on the actual file on my computer it says it's only 1.03GB, but the amount of time it took to download was definitely longer than it takes me to download 1GB.

The file on my burned DVD is the same as your 64-bit version, which is what confuses me. I know I at least downloaded 2+gigs because I was watching the file as it downloaded, but when it finished it showed it as 1GB and then I burned it to a disc and it was 3GB.

I want to run the DVD to see if it works, BUT I don't want to install it and I don't know if it will automatically start installing if I run it or if I can even run it without first booting my PC from the disc. No one has confirmed or denied this yet.

Does some kind of menu come up when you run the disc to ask you to install or does it just start?

LobsterEar said:

iseeuu said:

Hello LobsterEar;

Here are the Properties of both my 32 bit 7 iso and 64 bit iso:



You can compare to yours, mine (64 bit) is 3.00 GB (3,224,686,592 bytes)

I would say you can see if it will boot up?

Cheers!
Robert

Mine is the 64-bit version and on the actual file on my computer it says it's only 1.03GB, but the amount of time it took to download was definitely longer than it takes me to download 1GB.

The file on my burned DVD is the same as your 64-bit version, which is what confuses me. I know I at least downloaded 2+gigs because I was watching the file as it downloaded, but when it finished it showed it as 1GB and then I burned it to a disc and it was 3GB.

I want to run the DVD to see if it works, BUT I don't want to install it and I don't know if it will automatically start installing if I run it or if I can even run it without first booting my PC from the disc. No one has confirmed or denied this yet.

Does some kind of menu come up when you run the disc to ask you to install or does it just start?

Something fishy here. one way you can tell if it is identical to MS. download hastabs and compare the hash of the file you have with the hash of the same file on MS. If they match it is identical

let us know if you need help

Ken

zigzag3143 said:

LobsterEar said:

iseeuu said:

Hello LobsterEar;

Here are the Properties of both my 32 bit 7 iso and 64 bit iso:



You can compare to yours, mine (64 bit) is 3.00 GB (3,224,686,592 bytes)

I would say you can see if it will boot up?

Cheers!
Robert

Mine is the 64-bit version and on the actual file on my computer it says it's only 1.03GB, but the amount of time it took to download was definitely longer than it takes me to download 1GB.

The file on my burned DVD is the same as your 64-bit version, which is what confuses me. I know I at least downloaded 2+gigs because I was watching the file as it downloaded, but when it finished it showed it as 1GB and then I burned it to a disc and it was 3GB.

I want to run the DVD to see if it works, BUT I don't want to install it and I don't know if it will automatically start installing if I run it or if I can even run it without first booting my PC from the disc. No one has confirmed or denied this yet.

Does some kind of menu come up when you run the disc to ask you to install or does it just start?

Something fishy here. one way you can tell if it is identical to MS. download hastabs and compare the hash of the file you have with the hash of the same file on MS. If they match it is identical

let us know if you need help

Ken

Alright I downloaded it, but what do you mean by MS? I don't know what to compare it to.

Windows 7 RTM SHA-1 hash / checksums

gregrocker said:

Windows 7 RTM SHA-1 hash / checksums

Mine aren't the same.
Mine:
SHA-1: 3FEFF071E806397BA194077EB10E7F5C19DF4C8B
CRC32: 169CEF8B

Theirs:
SHA-1: 50127304441A793EE51B3F501289F6599A559E9F
CRC: 502C42C1

But there is definitely 3GB worth of data on the burned DVD because when I looked in the files on the DVD there was one that was 2.5GB alone and then multiple other files that I'm sure would add up to another .5 gigs or so.