Installing different editions using 1 dvd

[wse7en]

If I have an Ultimate DVD, can that be used to activate the Professional version using a Professional key? I read somewhere that you can activate any edition that is lower than the one on the disc, so if you have an Ultimate for example, you can activate any edition if you have the key for that, or if you have a Professional dvd you can only activate home or professional. Is this true, or do I need to have the corresponding dvd?

 

[Stevy22]

Nope, not true Mate!!!

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

Actually there's a trick to unlock other editions if you have a Win 7 Ultimate ISO. You have to delete one of the files in the ISO. Try googling for answers.

 

[wse7en]

Actually there's a trick to unlock other editions if you have a Win 7 Ultimate ISO. You have to delete one of the files in the ISO. Try googling for answers.

Thanks, I tried searching right now and found which file. So would I just open the iso file, delete the specific file, resave it, and then burn the iso back to a disc?

How reliable is this technique, because I'm seeing quite some people who say this causes errors during the installation.

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

Thanks, I tried searching right now and found which file. So would I just open the iso file, delete the specific file, resave it, and then burn the iso back to a disc?

How reliable is this technique, because I'm seeing quite some people who say this causes errors during the installation.

Yes, your methods are correct. Burn it at a slow speed. Probably x4 speed. Don't worry, everything's going to run smooth if you did it correctly.

 

[wse7en]

Thanks, I tried searching right now and found which file. So would I just open the iso file, delete the specific file, resave it, and then burn the iso back to a disc?

How reliable is this technique, because I'm seeing quite some people who say this causes errors during the installation.

Yes, your methods are correct. Burn it at a slow speed. Probably x4 speed. Don't worry, everything's going to run smooth if you did it correctly.

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

NP.

 

[wse7en]

I'm not experienced in doing this so I was hoping someone could help me.

I'm using Magic ISO to work with my Windows 7 Ultimate disc. I already created an iso of this disc, but I don't know how to create a bootable disc using this image. The help section says

1. load ISO file or CD/DVD image file.
2. load bootable image file
3. save ISO file
4. burn this bootable ISO file to make bootable CD

So 1 is saying I should open the iso that I have. But what is 2 saying? What is the bootable image file for Windows 7?

For 3, am I saving it as a new file, or saving it as the original file that I loaded in step 1?

 

[woebetide]

The easy way:

Get the emptyDVD

http://www.sevenforums.com/installa...dvd-windows-7-downloaded-files.html#post57494

 

[steve-pressman]

This is a free and easy program to use and is great. Download and follow instructions.

The Official ImgBurn Website

 

[wse7en]

This is a free and easy program to use and is great. Download and follow instructions.

The Official ImgBurn Website

I wanted to try this method before the suggestion above yours, and I successfully made a bootable dvd. Next, I wanted to test if it works, so I inserted it into a computer that already has windows 7 running on it since I have no intention to go through with the installation. I restarted my computer and made my CD drive boot up first, but right after posting and the screen says "booting from cd", instead of going to the installation screen, my computer just boots into windows normally. Why does it do that?

 

[gregrocker]

ImgBurn can download an ISO from a disk, and burn one to a disk, but cannot recompile an ISO from files that have been extracted.

You need to use Vlite 1.6 installed over version 1.2 to avoidhaving to download the huge MS WAIK.

Here is the 7Forums tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/32055-bootable-iso-create-installation-files.html

You can burn the ISO from the same drop-down menu where the ISO is created.

Then choose your licensed version from booted All-Versions DVD, created by extracting ei.cfg from Sources folder, recompiling into ISO to burn DVD.

 

[SIW2]

If you are using a paid isohandler ( eg MagicISO), then just pick up the .iso , find eicfg in the sources folder - delete it, then click Save As - and give it a new name eg new.iso.
Then burn new.iso to dvd. That's all. No need to hunt for boot images.

It's tricky making a bootable .iso from scratch with windows files. You need special apps. to handle etfsboot.com.

 

[wse7en]

ImgBurn can download an ISO from a disk, and burn one to a disk, but cannot recompile an ISO from files that have been extracted.

You need to use Vlite 1.6 installed over version 1.2 to avoidhaving to download the huge MS WAIK.

Here is the 7Forums tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/32055-bootable-iso-create-installation-files.html

You can burn the ISO from the same drop-down menu where the ISO is created.

Then choose your licensed version from booted All-Versions DVD, created by extracting ei.cfg from Sources folder, recompiling into ISO to burn DVD.

Before I go ahead and try this one out, can you explain why imgburn doesn't do what you said?
I used their tutorial to make a bootable xp disc as a model for windows 7. How to create a Windows XP installation disc using ImgBurn - ImgBurn Support Forum.

I ignored the first set of instructions for slipstreaming the service pack, but followed everything else after that (except I deleted ei.cfg after copying over the files from my original windows disc).

When the bootup from cd drive didn't work as I described above, I tried running the cd within Windows, and the install screen appeared. I was able to go through at least the first couple steps, and then I stopped on my own accord because it seemed to work. Does this mean the disc works? Did my boot-from-cd not work because I already have windows 7 installed? Or should it have run regardless of what OS is installed?

 

[SIW2]

I'm assuming you ticked the box make image bootable,selected long file names, and under the Restrictions tab- ISO9660 , ticked Don't add 1 version number? That should work if you already have a boot.img to work with.

Running setup from within windows is not the same as getting bootmgr to load setup from the boot cd.

 

[wse7en]

If you are using a paid isohandler ( eg MagicISO), then just pick up the .iso , find eicfg in the sources folder - delete it, then click Save As - and give it a new name eg new.iso.
Then burn new.iso to dvd. That's all. No need to hunt for boot images.

It's tricky making a bootable .iso from scratch with windows files. You need special apps. to handle etfsboot.com.

That's what I was planning on doing in the very beginning, just resaving the iso that I extracted from the windows disc, deleting the ei.cfg file, resaving it, and then burning it onto a disc. But for some reason I thought that doing simply that wouldn't make the disc bootable, so I looked up the instructions given by MagicISO on how to create a bootable disc. One of the instructions told me to load a bootable image file, which I didn't understand. You can refer to post #8.

I'm assuming you ticked the box make image bootable,selected long file names, and under the Restrictions tab- ISO9660 , ticked Don't add 1 version number? That should work if you already have a boot.img to work with.

Running setup from within windows is not the same as getting bootmgr to load setup from the boot cd.

I simply followed the instructions in the imgburn tutorial link I provided, minus the slipstream section and deleting the ei.cfg file.

 

[wse7en]

ImgBurn can download an ISO from a disk, and burn one to a disk, but cannot recompile an ISO from files that have been extracted.

You need to use Vlite 1.6 installed over version 1.2 to avoidhaving to download the huge MS WAIK.

Here is the 7Forums tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/32055-bootable-iso-create-installation-files.html

You can burn the ISO from the same drop-down menu where the ISO is created.

Then choose your licensed version from booted All-Versions DVD, created by extracting ei.cfg from Sources folder, recompiling into ISO to burn DVD.

Is using vlite with windows 7 reliable? If I'm only going to delete the ei.cfg file, does it leave everything else exactly the way it is?

Also, I'm following the directions exactly in the tutorial you linked, but after doing step 7, the "next" button isn't functional for me. The only buttons that work are "back", "apply", and "exit". It does say that the "ISO created successfully!", but my mouse has a busy pointer when I'm hovering over vlite's screen. Can I just use imgburn to burn the iso created by vlite?

 

[wse7en]

I think I found out the issue. None of the discs, including the original windows disc, boots from the computer that already has windows 7 installed on it. But when I tried booting the burned disc from a different computer that has xp installed, it booted properly and I was able to see the installation steps. What's wrong here?

 

[theog]

Try this:

Use any version of Windows 7 free for 120 days