Moving Windows from broken hard drive

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  1. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #21

    Cheers. Prior to that, though, do I just have to burn the Windows 7 ISO to disk or is it more complicated than that?
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #22

    Right click the iso file/burn image to disk. If you have a blank DVD in your drive, follow the prompts from there.
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  3. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #23

    Do I need to keep any of the Windows files or just move the data I want to try and rescue? If I do have to buy a new hard drive will it be possible to save my Windows without buying another one as I didn't ever get an install disk with my laptop?
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  4. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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       #24

    Also (again, apologies for being such a pain, and thank you all so so much for your patience) the Windows ISO I downloded from
    Arc said:
    doesn't seem to be doing anything - my computer thinks about it for a while and then just tries (and fails) to boot from HDD again.
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  5. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #25

    If you have burned the iso you now have an install disk.
    Save your personal data, all W7 files are in the installer.
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  6. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #26

    Britton30 said:
    If you have burned the iso you now have an install disk.
    Save your personal data, all W7 files are in the installer.
    Okay great. The only problem, however, is that the disk onto which I burned the installer won't boot. Any ideas?
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  7. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #27

    Download IMGBURN.

    Step:1
    Moving Windows from broken hard drive-1.jpg

    Step:2
    Moving Windows from broken hard drive-2.jpg

    Now it will boot.
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  8. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #28

    You may have to enter BIOS and set it to have the optical drive to boot 1st.
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  9. Posts : 24
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #29

    Still nothing I'm afraid. Think I'm gonna give up and take it somewhere.
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  10. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #30


    Let us know the outcome.
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