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O-D-C on 30 October 2009

wow cool, Ill lokk into this



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IllegalPaladin on 30 October 2009
greenmedic88 said:
Odd bit of juggling, but good to know that eventually it works.

Good since a student in my class was asking about Win 7 but he's currently using 32bit and wants to switch to 64bit to allot more memory for Maya.

So you have to burn an ISO onto DVD, install off that, leave the product key blank, start over again with a clean reformat/install and then it works.

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7install/thread/aedb1245-f8f9-42ec-9a0c-1aa932363bbb

Here's what I did to create an ISO of the files. You have to let it unpack first even though it'll stop with an error (at like 99%). For step 3 below, I just moved the files to C: so I didn't have to bother with the 'your directory' part.

On the product key page, don't select the option to have it activate. There are probably other ways of getting it to accept the product key, but that was the way it worked for me. The most time consuming part of it is how long it takes for the Windows 7 setup to start going once you've booted the disk.

"1. You will need to use an additional Microsoft command-line tool, called Oscdimg.
    Details here
    Download here
   
    Download the .zip file and extract it. Then cut and paste the Oscdimg.exe file into your C:\Windows\System32 directory
 
 
2. You now need to start up your command prompt, which can be done by Start->Run then enter 'cmd' into the prompt. (Run as administrator if in Vista!)


3. You should now have the command prompt open, now you need to use the Oscdimg tool to create the image, by entering the following:
   Oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\ \expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\ \expandedSetup C:\ \Win7.iso

 For example: Oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\Users\James\Downloads\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\ Users\James\Downloads \expandedSetup C:\ Users\James\Downloads \Win7.iso
  
   It will now scan the source tree then begin creating the image. PLEASE note: you must replace ' ' appropriatly as to where you have downloaded the files.


4. You should now have an image file, called Win7.iso, in the same directory.


5. You can now burn this .iso file to a blank DVD using appropriate software. I personally use PowerISO (You dont need the paid version to burn the image)


6. Viola! You have your not so shiney Windows 7 disk. Restart your computer and install away!"