How to make a bootable DVD from Upgrade download

[kurofox23]

I preorded Windows 7 professional 64bit. Im upgrading from vista home 64bit. The download was available this morning so i downloaded the setup file and want to completly wipe my hardrive clean for this install and not save my junk to windows.old . How do i make a bootable DVD for windows 7 so that i can format my hardrive?

 

[jnetty99]

There is a tutorial in the General section about this. I haven't tried myself.

 

[wallyinnc]

Hi Kurofox
I haven't seen the download but it should be a ISO file, right? You shoudl be able to just mount it on a DVD using a program such as ImgBurn or Nero etc. Be sure to burn it at a slow speed. That is a common source for problems.

 

[kurofox23]

Hi Kurofox
I haven't seen the download but it should be a ISO file, right? You shoudl be able to just mount it on a DVD using a program such as ImgBurn or Nero etc. Be sure to burn it at a slow speed. That is a common source for problems.

Its not an iso file. When you download the file it makes a folder called extended setup. Inside is a .exe.

 

[kurofox23]

There is a tutorial in the General section about this. I haven't tried myself.

I looked and didn't see one for the upgrade version. Btw sorry for double post i'm using my cell phone and it doesn't let of multiquote

 

[zigzag3143]

I preorded Windows 7 professional 64bit. Im upgrading from vista home 64bit. The download was available this morning so i downloaded the setup file and want to completly wipe my hardrive clean for this install and not save my junk to windows.old . How do i make a bootable DVD for windows 7 so that i can format my hardrive?

You need a burning app like ImgBurn, or alcohol120%. In either you tick off the bootable box and burn the ISO one file (not the files and folders) to dvd.

let us know if you need help

Ken

 

[wallyinnc]

Thanks.
My suggestion, although there might be other and better ways: create a new empty partition, run the .exe file and clean install Win7 on that partition. After everythign is up and running you can create an image of Win7 (for the future) and delete the original one where you have the download.
I don't know details about the install file, so I can only hope it is that simple.

 

[jnetty99]

Hi Kurofox
I haven't seen the download but it should be a ISO file, right? You shoudl be able to just mount it on a DVD using a program such as ImgBurn or Nero etc. Be sure to burn it at a slow speed. That is a common source for problems.

Its not an iso file. When you download the file it makes a folder called extended setup. Inside is a .exe.

Did you buy the Student Upgrade offer version or did you get it from somewhere else?

The Student Upgrade offer version downloads three files
Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x64.exe
setup1.box
setup2.box

No .iso included like everyone thought they would get. There is a thread on how to extract the files and make a bootable DVD.
Pretty stupid way to offer it.

 

[wallyinnc]

No .iso included like everyone thought they would get. There is a thread on how to extract the files and make a bootable DVD.
Pretty stupid way to offer it.

Can you provide a link to it?

 

[jnetty99]

No .iso included like everyone thought they would get. There is a thread on how to extract the files and make a bootable DVD.
Pretty stupid way to offer it.

Can you provide a link to it?

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/30470-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l.html

 

[tdashmike]

Link: http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/30470-make-bootable-iso-student-d-l.html

 

[gregrocker]

They provided an .exe download because you need to start the Upgrade install from the activated XP/Vista/RC environment. Just unzip the file and run the .exe to either do an in place Upgrade of Vista (reinstalls programs, settings and files), or a Custom clean install over the XP/Vista/RC.

There is a lot of misinformation floating around here right now that you can boot the Upgrade media and do a clean install that way. The confusion is because in XP you could boot from Upgrade and it would ask for your previous qualifying O.S. key. This has not been in effect since XP, and MS specifically foreclosed using the Vista "upgrade over upgrade" trick about six months ago, so there is no way to install from boot according to everything released so far including the Upgrade disk.

 

[Saltgrass]

My upgrade disc does boot and that is how I installed. A custom install was performed over the RC and resulting install activated fine. And having a bootable disc would be essential if someone was going from a 32 to 64 bit version.

I will add, and I do not know if this is because of something I did accidently, or is part of the normal upgrade, but I did see a boot screen with the original OS listed and being asked to boot to it. I might have hit a key which caused it, but not sure right now.

Do you have an upgrade DVD that does not boot?

 

[sphericalpuma]

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