Not moving to a new pc. Had to replace a failed HDD on my old system and reinstalling Win7 from my restore disks has been unsuccessful. Although, now that I think about it, purchasing a retail copy may not work either (unless its Win7 Sp1).
Okay, good to know... Appreciate the heads up!
kept receiving the error, "Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware" so I forced the installation through using
Shift F10
>Cd..
>Cd..
>Cd c:\windows\system32\oobe
>Msoobe
But then was unable to get any win7 updates.
The new drive I installed is AF. From what I've been reading, installing Win7 (pre Sp1) on an AF drive can and often does result in the same error I'm receiving using my recovery disks "Windows Setup could not configure Windows on this computer’s hardware". So if the problem IS being caused by the HDD being AF, I'll likely receive the same error with a retail copy of Win7 (pre-Sp1). Win7 SP1 apparently addresses the error caused when moving from an old HDD to a newer AF drive.
This is quite an old thread but similar to your situation:
will key work with Win 7 home premium SP1 DVD also?
Pre-SP1 product key will work with an Integrated SP1 DVD.
You can try downloading a genuine ISO with SP1 and use your Pre-SP1 key.
Downloaded the update... Got this error
Installer encountered an error: 0xc8000247
Hello Benteke,
You can click the link in my sig, it's via torrent download now so you'll need a client.
I just downloaded an ISO a couple days ago and speeds are fast.
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