Make bootable iso from student d/l

How to Create a Bootable ISO from a Student Windows 7 Download​

If you get the student d/l and have 3 files :

• Win7-HP-Retail-en-us-x64.exe or Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x86.exe file for the 32-bit (x86) or 64 (x64) bit Windows 7 that you purchased
• setup1.box
• setup2.box

Here's how:

1. Rt click each file, Properties > Unblock>Apply>OK.
NOTE: Make sure read only boxes are clear.

2. Rt click and run as admin on the .exe. You will get a folder called expandedsetup on your dektop with these inside:

   Note

If you receive this error:

We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only.

Continue.

3. D/L this zip, extract it and copy/move oscdimg.exe into C:\Windows\system32.
View attachment oscdimg.zip
4. Assuming expandedsetup is on your Desktop:

Vista/7 users open an elevated command prompt ( rt click cmd and run as admin) and type :

Oscdimg.exe –u2 –b"C:\Users\your_username\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" –h "C:\Users\your_username\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\7.iso

XP users commands are:

cd /d C:\windows\system32

oscdimg -u2 -b"C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" -h "C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\7.iso

5. You can copy and paste the above into elevated cmd.

Vista/7 users- replace your_username with your actual username.

XP users - replace USER with your actual username

6. Then press enter. Xp users press enter after each of their two commands.

7. If the expandedsetup folder is not on your desktop, replace with appropriate paths.

   Tip

You may wish to copy the expandedsetup folder directly onto the root of C:

The paths will be shorter and the command will be:

Oscdimg.exe –u2 –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com –h C:\expandedSetup C:\7.iso

If your folder is elsewhere, to get the paths easily, press shift and rt click on etfsboot.com - select copy as path ( paste into notepad )

Shift and rt click on expanded setup - select copy as path - paste into notepad ) Use those instead of the above.

The spacing needs to be exact.

   Warning

When the .iso is created you will get this message:

WARNING: This image contains UDF file system structures.

That is normal as you are creating the udf filesystem.

8. A) You can burn the .iso to dvd as an image with an isoburner.
View attachment isoburner.zip
OR

B) You can use the Microsoft DVD/USB tool to burn the .iso to dvd or to use the .iso to make a bootable flash drive. Download the tool:
View attachment Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe

   Tip

To make a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file:

1. Click the Start button, and click Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool in the All Programs list to open the USB/DVD Download tool.
2. Click Browse and select the file in the Open dialog box.
3. Select USB to create a copy on a USB flash drive or DVD to create a copy on a DVD disk, then click Next.
4. If you are copying the file to a USB flash drive, select your USB device in the dropdown list and click Begin copying. If you are copying the file up to a DVD, click Begin burning.

Microsoft Store: Download Manager Help

   Note

Microsoft’s ISO Image for Windows 7 Now Available

There is additional information regarding the Windows 7 64-bit download process. For those customers of the Student Offer, who wish to install the 64-bit version of Windows 7, but are currently running a 32-bit Operating System, there is now an optional downloadable ISO file of Windows 7 64-bit to allow for install.

- If you have already purchased the 64-bit version of Windows 7 from the Windows 7 Student Offer Online Store, please contact Digital River at the following link: http://windows7.digitalriver.com/servlet/PromoServlet/promoID.46354000
· In the Web form select the Download Option in the drop down menu and include "64-bit Windows 7 Solution" in the first line of your problem description.

Have fun.

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[SIW2]

Hi Chris,

Try this:

oscdimg.exe -h -u1 -b"C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" -o -m "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\7.iso

Thanks for bringing that up.

Try this:

oscdimg.exe -h -u1 -b"C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" -o -m "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\7.iso

Please post back the result.

Thanks.

Thanks for the directions to making a UDF only image.
That is much more than Digital River or Microsoft has done.

My son has an older AsRock mobo (K7VT4A) with a BIOS which
does not support booting from UDF format DVDs. It gives the
beloved "Error Code 5" message when trying to read the DVD.

I understand that it is possible to create an ISO9660 / UDF image
for windows 7. One such solution can be found at:

UNAWAVE - Code 5 Error whilst booting Windows 7 DVD

How would one use the oscdimg program and the files downloaded
from Digital River to create a DVD compatible with the older BIOS?

I noticed that oscdimg.exe does have a -u1 option.

I tried but this is what i got

 

[Razeus]

Ok…this has been said a few times in this forum, but let me write-up a detail of what has worked for me, and I believe a lot of other people in this thread as well…
First, my setup: I have Vista 32-bit Ultimate installed on C drive…which I use all the time. On my 1TB D drive, I had a Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit RTC installed…I used it sporadically and the license was about to expire. I bought a student license for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. Yes, this is an upgrade software, but you can do a clean install over any previous version of Vista or Windows 7 as long as you have Vista or Windows 7 installed on the drive you’re trying to use the upgrade software for.
Let me repeat. If you bought a new blank hard drive, or formatted one of your hard drives, and are trying to install this UPGRADE version of Windows 7, regardless of whether you use the upgrade or clean install method, it WILL NOT WORK. You may have no issue installing Windows 7 on the drive, but you’ll have a problem with the activation key.
So, you MUST have a working or non-working copy of Vista (and I assume XP works too) on this hard drive…again, DO NOT format the drive…let Windows 7 take care of that for you during the installation.

When you get the e-mail from Digital River, click on the link and download the files… you will end up with 3 files:
setup1.box
setup2.box
Windows 7-P-Retail-en-us-x86.exe (My folder was 3,319,083,754 bytes and 875 files in 199 folders)

Click on the last file (the .exe). it will create a folder called ‘expandedSetup’ (with no quotes of course).
At this juncture you may get an error saying: ‘We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only’…IGNORE THIS ERROR… your folder called ‘expandedSetup’ has most likely been created successfully. Now you need to BURN this folder to a bootbale DVD.
1-Copy the entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’ to your C:\ drive.
2-Download oscdimg.zip (posted by OP) http://www.sevenforums.com/attachme...124-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l-oscdimg.zip
3-When you unzip the oscdimg.zip file, it will create a .exe file of the same name called ‘oscdimg.exe’ copy this file to your C:\ drive.

So, Copy two files/folders into your C:\ drive
a.Oscdimg.exe
b.The entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’
4-Go to Start then Run then type ‘cmd’…this will give you the good old fashioned DOS prompt
5-Type this after the C:\ prompt:

oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\expandedSetup C:\7.iso

type the above exactly as is…for example, there is a space before -u2 -bC and -h
(there is a picture of this posted by Sharivari a few pages before this post, I think page 8)
Once the process is complete, you should see something like: Final image is xxxxxxxx bytes, Done. This means the image for your Windows 7 has been completed and now you need to burn that image on a DVD. The image file is called 7.iso and should be on your C:\ drive.
6-I used Nero Express. Fire it up, and this may be different for various devices, but it didn’t allow me to burn at high speed…I had to try it a couple of times, and finally I set the burn speed at a very low rate of 4x and the image was burnt on the DVD
7-Restart your computer and the installation should start from the DVD. If it doesn’t, you may have to press something like an F8 to get a menu to start from the CD/DVD drive, but this is highly dependent on the PC/BIOS you have.
8-When installation begins, make sure you pick the second option on the list, which is a ‘clean install’. After 30 minutes you should be up and running

Holy eff'in shiz, that WORKED. THANK YOU

 

[chrisdordon]

Hi Chris,

Try this:

oscdimg.exe -h -u1 -b"C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" -o -m "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\7.iso

Thanks for bringing that up.

Try this:

oscdimg.exe -h -u1 -b"C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com" -o -m "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\expandedSetup" C:\7.iso

Please post back the result.

Thanks.

I tried but this is what i got

error 5: could not delete existing file "C:\Users\Christopher"
Access is denied.

 

[chrisdordon]

Ok…this has been said a few times in this forum, but let me write-up a detail of what has worked for me, and I believe a lot of other people in this thread as well…
First, my setup: I have Vista 32-bit Ultimate installed on C drive…which I use all the time. On my 1TB D drive, I had a Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit RTC installed…I used it sporadically and the license was about to expire. I bought a student license for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. Yes, this is an upgrade software, but you can do a clean install over any previous version of Vista or Windows 7 as long as you have Vista or Windows 7 installed on the drive you’re trying to use the upgrade software for.
Let me repeat. If you bought a new blank hard drive, or formatted one of your hard drives, and are trying to install this UPGRADE version of Windows 7, regardless of whether you use the upgrade or clean install method, it WILL NOT WORK. You may have no issue installing Windows 7 on the drive, but you’ll have a problem with the activation key.
So, you MUST have a working or non-working copy of Vista (and I assume XP works too) on this hard drive…again, DO NOT format the drive…let Windows 7 take care of that for you during the installation.

When you get the e-mail from Digital River, click on the link and download the files… you will end up with 3 files:
setup1.box
setup2.box
Windows 7-P-Retail-en-us-x86.exe (My folder was 3,319,083,754 bytes and 875 files in 199 folders)

Click on the last file (the .exe). it will create a folder called ‘expandedSetup’ (with no quotes of course).
At this juncture you may get an error saying: ‘We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only’…IGNORE THIS ERROR… your folder called ‘expandedSetup’ has most likely been created successfully. Now you need to BURN this folder to a bootbale DVD.
1-Copy the entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’ to your C:\ drive.
2-Download oscdimg.zip (posted by OP) http://www.sevenforums.com/attachme...124-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l-oscdimg.zip
3-When you unzip the oscdimg.zip file, it will create a .exe file of the same name called ‘oscdimg.exe’ copy this file to your C:\ drive.

So, Copy two files/folders into your C:\ drive
a.Oscdimg.exe
b.The entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’
4-Go to Start then Run then type ‘cmd’…this will give you the good old fashioned DOS prompt
5-Type this after the C:\ prompt:

oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\expandedSetup C:\7.iso

type the above exactly as is…for example, there is a space before -u2 -bC and -h
(there is a picture of this posted by Sharivari a few pages before this post, I think page 8)
Once the process is complete, you should see something like: Final image is xxxxxxxx bytes, Done. This means the image for your Windows 7 has been completed and now you need to burn that image on a DVD. The image file is called 7.iso and should be on your C:\ drive.
6-I used Nero Express. Fire it up, and this may be different for various devices, but it didn’t allow me to burn at high speed…I had to try it a couple of times, and finally I set the burn speed at a very low rate of 4x and the image was burnt on the DVD
7-Restart your computer and the installation should start from the DVD. If it doesn’t, you may have to press something like an F8 to get a menu to start from the CD/DVD drive, but this is highly dependent on the PC/BIOS you have.
8-When installation begins, make sure you pick the second option on the list, which is a ‘clean install’. After 30 minutes you should be up and running

I tried this way as well and got the user privilege denied message

 

[chrisdordon]

I also tried burning a boot dvd with roxio where i used the expandedsetup folder and added the etfsboot as the boot command but it didnt work.

 

[Linden5150]

If I just want to make a backup of the program can I delete the expanded folder?

will it re-espand later if on my disc all I have is .exe , box 1, box 2, ?

and the product key on a wordpad.doc of course

 

[Razeus]

@ kk405

Well I burned the ISO (got that far) but it's not bootable. It says it can't find the boot.wim file. I tried it within Vista and after a restart of the computer. I noticed that the ISO file and the disc that I burned with Nero is only 205MB though. Did I do something wrong?

 

[michael31986]

Ok…this has been said a few times in this forum, but let me write-up a detail of what has worked for me, and I believe a lot of other people in this thread as well…
First, my setup: I have Vista 32-bit Ultimate installed on C drive…which I use all the time. On my 1TB D drive, I had a Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit RTC installed…I used it sporadically and the license was about to expire. I bought a student license for 64-bit Windows 7 Professional. Yes, this is an upgrade software, but you can do a clean install over any previous version of Vista or Windows 7 as long as you have Vista or Windows 7 installed on the drive you’re trying to use the upgrade software for.
Let me repeat. If you bought a new blank hard drive, or formatted one of your hard drives, and are trying to install this UPGRADE version of Windows 7, regardless of whether you use the upgrade or clean install method, it WILL NOT WORK. You may have no issue installing Windows 7 on the drive, but you’ll have a problem with the activation key.
So, you MUST have a working or non-working copy of Vista (and I assume XP works too) on this hard drive…again, DO NOT format the drive…let Windows 7 take care of that for you during the installation.

When you get the e-mail from Digital River, click on the link and download the files… you will end up with 3 files:
setup1.box
setup2.box
Windows 7-P-Retail-en-us-x86.exe (My folder was 3,319,083,754 bytes and 875 files in 199 folders)

Click on the last file (the .exe). it will create a folder called ‘expandedSetup’ (with no quotes of course).
At this juncture you may get an error saying: ‘We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded. Please check the folder properties to make sure that you have security permission on the folder to write files and that the folder is not read-only’…IGNORE THIS ERROR… your folder called ‘expandedSetup’ has most likely been created successfully. Now you need to BURN this folder to a bootbale DVD.
1- Copy the entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’ to your C:\ drive.
2- Download oscdimg.zip (posted by OP) http://www.sevenforums.com/attachme...124-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l-oscdimg.zip
3- When you unzip the oscdimg.zip file, it will create a .exe file of the same name called ‘oscdimg.exe’ copy this file to your C:\ drive.

So, Copy two files/folders into your C:\ drive
a. Oscdimg.exe
b. The entire folder of ‘expandedSetup’
4- Go to Start then Run then type ‘cmd’…this will give you the good old fashioned DOS prompt
5- Type this after the C:\ prompt:

oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\expandedSetup C:\7.iso

type the above exactly as is…for example, there is a space before -u2 -bC and -h
(there is a picture of this posted by Sharivari a few pages before this post, I think page 8)
Once the process is complete, you should see something like: Final image is xxxxxxxx bytes, Done. This means the image for your Windows 7 has been completed and now you need to burn that image on a DVD. The image file is called 7.iso and should be on your C:\ drive.
6- I used Nero Express. Fire it up, and this may be different for various devices, but it didn’t allow me to burn at high speed…I had to try it a couple of times, and finally I set the burn speed at a very low rate of 4x and the image was burnt on the DVD
7- Restart your computer and the installation should start from the DVD. If it doesn’t, you may have to press something like an F8 to get a menu to start from the CD/DVD drive, but this is highly dependent on the PC/BIOS you have.
8- When installation begins, make sure you pick the second option on the list, which is a ‘clean install’. After 30 minutes you should be up and running

im not quite understanding this. do i jsut physically copy and paste the 2 files into my C Drive in my computer?

its not working for me it says oscdimg.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

 

[Nuke Knight]

OK I have the ISO burned. But on bootup ntohing happens it stays on the loading pages did I need to put the Expanded setup folder in to? Or is that part of the ISO image???

 

[buckeyejoe]

seemingly

Seems to be working. Installing with Windows.old files.
i had bios set up to boot from disc first but i had to actively do it by mashing all my F# keys during startup.

is the windows.old a necessary evil? i thought i had read something about how this could be avoided.

 

[Razeus]

another thing, but expandedSetup folder on my desktop is only 205MB. setup2.box is 160mb and setup1.box is 2.66GB. Did my download complete all the way?

Accordning to OSCDIMG, it wrote 872 files in 200 directories.

 

[SIW2]

its not working for me it says oscdimg.exe is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Move/copy oscdimg.exe into the C:\windows\Sytem32 folder

as in the original tutorial.

 

[Nuke Knight]

I can't get it to boot from disc what do I do??

 

[Razeus]

This has got be the most ridiculous thing ever. I should have just bought the upgrade disc. Digital River should have at least told us that this would be an .exe and we would have to hack it to get it to work the way it should.

 

[chrisdordon]

figured it out!!!!


ran command prompt as administrator

 

[MarcG]

Ok…this has been said a few times in this forum
...snip...
Yes, this is an upgrade software, but you can do a clean install over any previous version of Vista or Windows 7 as long as you have Vista or Windows 7 installed on the drive you’re trying to use the upgrade software for.
Let me repeat. If you bought a new blank hard drive, or formatted one of your hard drives, and are trying to install this UPGRADE version of Windows 7, regardless of whether you use the upgrade or clean install method, it WILL NOT WORK. You may have no issue installing Windows 7 on the drive, but you’ll have a problem with the activation key.
So, you MUST have a working or non-working copy of Vista (and I assume XP works too) on this hard drive…again, DO NOT format the drive…let Windows 7 take care of that for you during the installation.

FRAC!

I thought the pre-release details said the pre-existing Vista installation could be on a different partition, or different physical hard disk, or even on a USB drive!
This little wrinkle means extra work for me, cloning my existing Vista over to the new drive I'm planning to use for W7. My Vista drive is a WD64000AAKS that is ultra noisy. Sounds like sleigh bells. Every time I use the computer I look over my shoulder expecting to see a miniature santa and eight tiny reindeer. I'm moving to a very quiet WD4000AAKS.

Drat the luck.

Marc

 

[kk405]

figured it out!!!!


ran command prompt as administrator

these are the type of differences between individual's PCs that crate many of these errors...

for exmpale I did NOT need to run the command prompt as an administrator, but apparently some have to.

 

[kk405]

@ kk405

Well I burned the ISO (got that far) but it's not bootable. It says it can't find the boot.wim file. I tried it within Vista and after a restart of the computer. I noticed that the ISO file and the disc that I burned with Nero is only 205MB though. Did I do something wrong?

you definitely did something wrong. The image file that gets created, called '7.iso' is a single file that is 3.09GB in size.

 

[kk405]

[/QUOTE] im not quite understanding this. do i jsut physically copy and paste the 2 files into my C Drive in my computer?

[/QUOTE]

Yes.

 

[buckeyejoe]

If you are rebooting and nothing happens with a properly burned disc as well as having the cd as priority in bios, try mashing all you F# keys from start up till it lets you pick which drive to boot from. f4-f8 i think