Booting from CD not possible / alternatives?

amdor · 27 Jan 2017

Hello dear community,

My laptop is in an awful state and I need to reinstall my OS.

I am currently with uninstalled product key and 2 instances of the OS on two partitions of my hard drive.
This was probably a mistake, but I won't get into details here.

I want to reinstall and freshen up a bit the old machine, because I need to start using my audio (DAW) software with maximum performance, urgently.

Currently, booting my physical CD of Windows is not possible. Either I have issues with my disk reading device or it is worse. It just takes around 10 minutes to be able to right click on my DVD drive - Screenshot by Lightshot

What are my alternatives to use my genuine copy reinstalled on the same PC?
Will it work if I make an image (.iso) of the CD to another computer and load it in a USB flash drive to proceed?

Please advise.

Thank you in advance.

RolandJS · 27 Jan 2017

"...Will it work if I make an image (.iso) of the CD to another computer and load it in a USB flash drive to proceed?"
It should work; please let us know if any problems making the ISO, installing its contents onto the USB flash drive. Many have done that with success.

amdor · 27 Jan 2017

Thank you for the prompt reply.

I will do that. If I need further assistance, I will get back to you. :)

strollin · 27 Jan 2017

You'll need software to make the flash drive bootable. Rufus is very popular for that.

Megahertz07 · 27 Jan 2017

Also from M$ Windows USB/DVD Download Tool

AddRAM · 27 Jan 2017

It might be simpler to just download a fresh Iso file

Here is the Microsoft link to download Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64 English

If you need another language, just let us know.

https://software-download.microsoft....1dc253e0bd45bf