Download Windows 7 iso from microsoft

Hi RoWin7,

RoWin7 said:

Good thing I didn't recycle the XP yet. I found long-lost data on it.

(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.)

Paul Black said:

Hi RoWin7,
You are most welcome!

Please let us know how the installation goes and ALL the updates.

Comp copied files from disc, then got stuck at: "expanding files" at 0%
Then error message "Win. can not install the required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for install. are available. then restart the install."
Error code 0x80070017."

RoWin7 said:

Comp copied files from disc, then got stuck at: "expanding files" at 0%
Then error message "Win. can not install the required files. The file may be corrupt or missing. Make sure all files required for install. are available. then restart the install."
Error code 0x80070017."

What did you use to burn the files to a DVD?

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.

I found Rufus 3.3 at another thread, and downloaded it, but I don't understand what to do with it.

Hi RoWin7,

RoWin7 said:

I found Rufus 3.3 at another thread, and downloaded it, but I don't understand what to do with it.

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?

Hi RoWin7,

RoWin7 said:

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.?

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.

RoWin7 said:

So for future possible reinstalls or repairs, am I better off keeping my iso on a flashdrive, DVD, or both?

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.