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Installing 7 on usb hard drive, 0x80070026
Hey 7 Forums--
I am installing Windows 7 from a 7 Ultimate disk burned from a trial .iso from my friend.
I want to see how it will perform on my computer and booting from a usb hard drive (my area of experience is with Linux, Ubuntu and variants specifically).
It is not normally supported (windows will refuse to install over usb), but the friend who gave me the disk has used this tutorial
( Sign in to your Microsoft account ). I know it says for Windows 8, but the friend has done it with Windows 7 using the exact same disk and hard drive he gave me.
I follow the tutorial and copy all the files from the disk to the hard drive.
When booting, the Windows setup loads, and I click install.
It gives me this:
Windows cannot open the required file C:\Sources\install.wim. Make sure all files required for installation are available, and restart the installation. Error code 0x80070026.
This is the third time I've tried recopying the files.
I have checked and install.wim is indeed present on the hard drive and the install disk (albeit at 0kb file size).
Could someone please point a friendly noob in the right direction?
Thanks,
savag3