Windows 7 Beta To RC Upgrade Instructions

[Night Hawk]

Here I downloaded the trial version of UltraISO and simply doubleclick on the iso file itself to see it expanded in the viewer there. Winrar and other iso editors will do the same. For right clicking on individual files you first have to extract them out with an editor like Isobuster for a look in a folder you set up for it.

 

[Ex_Brit]

use winrar to browse an iso ._.

but I think you extract the iso not just copy the iso to a storage device .

Thanks one and all for the suggestions. I'm having trouble extracting the ISO to the storage area.

Will have to play around with different applications.

 

[Night Hawk]

Once downloaded here I can generally expand, copy, move any files around. It all depends on what you mean by storage area external, internal, unpacking to an external? For expanding the files out you may want to expand in a local folder first and then copy them to the external or simply mount the iso on an external drive/device which should then allow browsing like you would a dvd.

 

[Ex_Brit]

I meant to the folder I had chosen on my C drive to put it in. Anyway, solved by using an application I'd forgotten I had - 7-Zip. It allowed me to extract all the contents and then I could edit whatever I wanted in Notepad, and, just simply click Setup.exe to start the installation. It appeared that the installation would have proceeded normally at that point as I got the Windows 7 installation module up OK.
I didn't proceed however as I'm experimenting using a torrent download of the supposed RC...which I don't trust. I'm waiting for Technet Plus to post RC.

 

[Night Hawk]

When going to delete the Windows.old folder once the x86 was on I found something a little curious that prevented the Windows.old and some of the sub folders from being deleted despite all attempts to take ownership and uncheck the read only boxes on each!



The two items seen there seem to be in Russian or another close alphabet in the supposedly untampered with En-US 7100 RC? So far no malware has been detected while those two items were placed there by the RC installer! when first moving things into it.

 

[Ronaldo]

i'm doing full c: backup (samsung recovery ) on my nc10 , i got the 7100 RC build but i think i will wait for official. pretty happy with 7068, may 5th feels long lol

 

[mxosder16]

may 5th feels long lol

it's going to feel even longer with everyone saying how awesome 7100 is

 

[Ronaldo]

guess what i did? clicked upgrade lol, since i made a fullbackup i can afford try it

 

[DocBrown]

Two attempts at the upgrade failed for me. tried the edit cversion & install from usb flash drive. I think it was a bug in my Beta 7000 x64 with the LogiTech QuickCam that reported a problem on the upgrade. So I did they Easy Windows Transfer to an external 80gb HD. Then did a new install & transfered the old settings, etc. Worked OK!

 

[Night Hawk]

i'm doing full c: backup (samsung recovery ) on my nc10 , i got the 7100 RC build but i think i will wait for official. pretty happy with 7068, may 5th feels long lol

Once the RC is out in May I have an entire drive for 7 ready to go!

In fact I have to shrink the XP primary on one drive down even more now since the second one there setup for the 7000 is getting cramped with files! Now some video recording as well. oh boy partition overflow! :shock:

 

[ThaiAm]

you can update with build 7100 if your current build is 7077 without any tweaking of system at all. Just start the install and select the update option when it shows up and it will install the new version.

 

[Night Hawk]

What I've been doing here without problem is simply using the custom option and selecting the partition when going to install each one. The installer will then pack things up from the previous build into the Windows.old folder you can save files out of before tossing that.

 

[Ronaldo]

Guys i got 7100 installed as upgrade and it was done seemlessly. i'm impressed. never like doing upgrades but since this is a testing OS i dont mind.

any ways why does this 7100 not say RC on the build ? i recall vista RC1 said RC1

 

[jimbo45]

Guys i got 7100 installed as upgrade and it was done seemlessly. i'm impressed. never like doing upgrades but since this is a testing OS i dont mind.

any ways why does this 7100 not say RC on the build ? i recall vista RC1 said RC1

Hi there.

didn't you score a Penalty for Manchester United against Tottenham yesterday.
Didn't know you were a W7 fan.

Ye'p I'm surprised that it doesn't actually say Release Candidate on the build anywhere - just Evaluation version.
Maybe the Marketing people have got a few screws loose.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Ronaldo]

Hi there.

didn't you score a Penalty for Manchester United against Tottenham yesterday.
Didn't know you were a W7 fan.

Ye'p I'm surprised that it doesn't actually say Release Candidate on the build anywhere - just Evaluation version.
Maybe the Marketing people have got a few screws loose.

Cheers
jimbo

hi jimbo, yes i did score yesterday twice yes i am a fan of windows 7

or this aint the real RC?

I used 7057 and 7068 and this gives me lower score in the Windows Index, when i did the test aero was still activing...normally it goes to basic and does the test.

 

[Ex_Brit]

I'm patiently waiting for the Technet Plus release....it will be interesting to compare notes at that time. Only a few days to go I think.

 

[kizo2703]

you can update with build 7100 if your current build is 7077 without any tweaking of system at all. Just start the install and select the update option when it shows up and it will install the new version.

Guys ,what is expiration date after upgrade and clean install?
Is there a difference?
And ,I'm still wandering - is this RC after all?!

 

[Ronaldo]

Guys ,what is expiration date after upgrade and clean install?
Is there a difference?
And ,I'm still wandering - is this RC after all?!

mine was upgrade and it said 3/2010 i forgot exact date.

i'm wondering if this is a RC too

 

[kizo2703]

mine was upgrade and it said 3/2010 i forgot exact date.

i'm wondering if this is a RC too

3/2/2010 it is! No matter what everybody else are gonna say - this is not RC!
I've made clean install on my notebook and date is the same ,watermark says evaluation copy! I don't know about you but i'm gonna wait May 5th and official release!

 

[Night Hawk]

I'm patiently waiting for the Technet Plus release....it will be interesting to compare notes at that time. Only a few days to go I think.

I'm glad to see you are "patiently waiting"! since this latest leak has been very cleverly worked to give the appearance but revelations are upon us again!



How do you like the new sig as well taken from the Classic Vista theme following a startup repair after resizing the 7100's? or whatever's primary!