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(Yup. I acquired my 2 Win7 machines only 2 years ago, one data folder copied from the D drive was empty, and I needed that data this week. I also have a few minor programs that run only on XP. This is OT, so I'm going to drop it.)
Last edited by RoWin7; 20 Nov 2018 at 00:33.
This computer,(specs in my sig,)with CDBurnerXP, making an iso. No, it's not just for XP. I D/L 3 versions last week, 2 by mistake before we spoke, but I burned only the one you pointed out. All are exactly 3,243,070KB, which would seem to indicate I'm not missing anything on the DVD.
I've found suggestions to make a USB installer, but the directions are confusing.
Last edited by RoWin7; 18 Nov 2018 at 01:45.
I found Rufus 3.3 at another thread, and downloaded it, but I don't understand what to do with it.
Hi RoWin7,
Here are three threads that might help explain it for you =>
[1] How to Use Rufus.
[2] How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive.
[3] How to use Rufus to create a bootable USB drive to install (almost) any OS.
I hope this helps!
You won't believe this. When I posted a few days ago, the iso had refused to install, and tonight I was ready to use Rufus. I had left that machine on, and when I fired up the monitor, Win Ult. had already installed unattended, and it was ready for the Product Key.
So for future possible reinstalls or repairs, am I better off keeping my iso on a flashdrive, DVD, or both?
Last edited by RoWin7; 20 Nov 2018 at 04:06.
Hi RoWin7,
Brilliant! Sometimes it does appear to hang when installing, but if you are patient, it more often than not continues and you are able to complete the installation.
What I would do in your situation, is once you have got the OS upto date with all the WU [Windows Update] is to make a system image. This way, if things go wrong in the future, you will be able to restore your OS back to the exact same state it is after the re-installation and the WU have been done in a very short time, like 20 minutes or so instead of hours and hours.
There are two imaging programs [click the light blue text links] which are very popular among members here, the first is AOMEI Backupper Standard [FREE], and the second is Macrium Reflect [FREE].
I hope this helps!
It hung for hours. Thanks, I already use Macrium. I usually image with all the data in place, I hadn't thought of also imaging it before the data goes in. Brilliant. So I'm done here.