Install Windows 7 on HP 800 DM G4

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extract the 17514x64v30M.iso
17514x64v30M.iso

to usb stick using something like this
Usb7ice.zip



then look on the usb stick and inside the USBprograms folder run the get-macrium-files.cmd

it will add your installed version of macrium to the usb stick






When you boot from the usb stick macrium reflect will be there on the desktop

did you gather the macrium files from win10/11 ? It should be fine.

you can also change keyboard and other things by adding entries to USBprogs.ini . That saves making changes to the .wim

have a look at it with notepad


Createlnk
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_SUB Createlnk

ENVI PECMD=PECMD.EXE
ENVI EDIT=notepad
REGI $HKCR\.wcs\=wcsfile
REGI $HKCR\wcsfile\=WCS File
REGI $HKCR\wcsfile\DefaultIcon\=%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\%PECMD%,0
REGI $HKCR\wcsfile\shell\open\command\=%PECMD% "LOAD "%L""
REGI $HKCR\wcsfile\shell\Edit\command\=%EDIT% %L
REGI $HKCR\inifile\shell\PECMD\=PECMD load
REGI $HKCR\inifile\shell\PECMD\command\=%PECMD% "LOAD "%L""
REGI $HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment\PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.NTR;.NTE;.NTX;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.WCS;.WC E;.WCX;.WCZ


//sets keyboard
exec !wpeutil SetKeyboardLayout 0809:00000809
// enable firewall
EXEC !wpeutil.exe EnableFirewall
//SETS LETTER OF THIS PARTITION TO Y
//LOAD %CurDir%\peusby.ini
//WAIT 1000

ENVI PECMN=%CurDir%\USBprograms
//LINK %StartMenu%\AV\USB-Eset,%PECMN%\ESET\ESETonlinescanner.exe
LINK %Desktop%\USB-Backupperx64,%PECMN%\AomeiBackupperx64\Backupper.exe
LINK %Desktop%\USB-Backupper,%PECMN%\AomeiBackupper\Backupper.exe
LINK %Desktop%\USB-PartAssist,%PECMN%\AomeiPartAssistx64\PartAssist.exe
LINK %Desktop%\USB-Palemoon,%PECMN%\Browser\Palemoon-portable.exe
LINK %Desktop%\USB-Dism++,%PECMN%\Dism++\Dism++x64.exe
LINK %StartMenu%\DiskTools\USB-DiskGenius,%PECMN%\DiskGeniusx64\DiskGenius.exe
LINK %StartMenu%\DataRecovery\USB-Recuva,%PECMN%\Recuva\Recuva64.exe
// and more stuff

ENVI PECMN=

_END
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an internet browser can be added

for example my usb stick is P

so I extract palemoon to P:\USBprograms\browser

NOTE you might need an earlier version to support win7 or a different portable browser
Index of /palemoon/



then after it has extracted look inside USBprograms\browser to find what you want to create a link to





add the line to USBprogs.ini

LINK %Desktop%\USB-Palemoon,%PECMN%\Browser\Palemoon-Portable.exe

Here it is running in win11 pe

so its MR files should be obtained from Windows 7 OS C:\boot (although it's a dual-boot system).

it checks first if MR is installed
then it tries to find MR boot.wim in the %systemdrive%\boot folder from which the macrium files are extracted onto the usb stick
if it is not present in the boot folder
then it copies the needed files from %programfiles%\macrium\reflect folder onto the usb stick

the problem comes back again. same symptom on HP800G4.

1. 17514x64v30.iso boot/start no problem. mouse/keyboard worked. (but this version no MR rescue)
2. the revised 17514x64v30M.iso from USB stick. mouse/keyboard stopped working once SIW2 WINPE started. frustrated.
3. then I retested the USB stick on an HP800G1 (NOT G4). its mouse/keyboard worked. (no any problem. weird).

at this point, I re-made a USB stick. (thought this one was right like last one in new). however, it repeated the symptom. mouse/keyboard worked on G1 than G4.

Has MR added something new into both my G4 \boot path and my USB stick? hence G4 has been ruled out?
17514x64v30.iso, I am using ios version on ventoy. no this problem. (no write)


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Update

I have removed MR from all my computers. feeling uncomfortable.

MR's performance looked choppy/unstable during my test to make it working on HP 800 G4/G5. its reaction and response were strange, simply against my practice and endeavors. sounded it's monitoring and tracking my doing.
it's reasonable to think, because G4/G5 are NOT supported by Windows 7. hence the Windows 7's MR NOT working on G4/G5. By inference, any computers NOT supported by Windows 11, would act similar on a day being clocked by MR.

freeware may always behave this way. Hasleo was on my test list. I stopped it for the same sake. avoid hassle.

I am re-taking system repair disks of Windows 7 and Windows 10. the latter one is more functional and useful.

Has MR added something new into both my G4 \boot path and my USB stick?

MR has strange behaviour.

Before running MR




After running MR

I am using ios version on ventoy

ventoy can boot wim files with the plugin Plugin.wimboot . Ventoy

It means bootable wim files can be placed directly on the ventoy main partition, they dont need to be inside an iso.