I have a retail copy of win 7 home premium with service pack one. I'm just wondering if the iso already contains some additional updates which would make the process faster
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Just having sp1 is a hour at least time savings
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Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64biti7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM'...Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
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PC/Desktop
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Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
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i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
The main advantage of using an ISO is that it copies the exact replica of the original file. The ISO includes the data and header information which means the complete data file without any loss. This could come in handy in the future if you think of the ISO file as a "Master Copy" of Windows 7 w/SP1. All you'd have to do is burn the ISO to a DVD to create a new install disk.
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Win 7 Pro 64-bitIntel i5 2.4 Ghz8GB DDR3Intel HD 3000
One advantage of having the iso is that you can run the ei.cfg removal tool to make a universal iso, that can install all versions (same bit 32 or 64). This comes in handy for reinstalls on other machines, where the owner has a COA but no media.
Although it's possible to extract the files from a DVD, delete ei.cfg manually and rebuild a bootable iso for burning, it's a lot easier if you have the iso to begin with. BTW SP1 was about 2011 IIRC, so after an install with that disk, there's still about 200 updates to download.
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W10 Pro x64, W7 Pro x64 in VMwarei7 2600K @ 4.4GHz8GB Mushkin @ 1600MHzNvidia GTX 750 Ti
