Bootable Windows 7 64bit home premium

Phantom99

Hi,

The hard drive crashed in my laptop so I am waiting on a replacement hard drive which I will instal.

I don't have windows operating system cds - Its windows 7 64bit home premium.

Can someone tell me where I can download a bootable version of this. I will use my licence key from my laptop sticker.

Thanks

TheChizler

Calling your computer manufacturer might be of use, they can normally provide disks. Official OEM isos are available by searching, pretty sure this is totally allowed by Microsoft provided you use your own key, but not sure linking to these sites is allowed here.

Phantom99

TheChizler wrote: »

Calling your computer manufacturer might be of use, they can normally provide disks. Official OEM isos are available by searching, pretty sure this is totally allowed by Microsoft provided you use your own key, but not sure linking to these sites is allowed here.

I rang Dell. They want to charge €50 for the disks probably as I'm out of warranty.

I should be ok as I have a Dell Datasafe factory restore usb which I took off the computer before it crashed but I wanted to download this just in case. I have my license key. Someone has already posted a link to this on a different thread but I cannot find it. Came across it about a week ago.

Have factory restored before but not replaced the hard drive. I assume the process is
- Replace hard drive
- Turn on computer and get into BIOS
- Direct it to boot from USB (factory restore) or windows OEM

Is it as straighforward as that?

Agent Smith

Phantom99 wrote: »

I rang Dell. They want to charge €50 for the disks probably as I'm out of warranty.

I should be ok as I have a Dell Datasafe factory restore usb which I took off the computer before it crashed but I wanted to download this just in case. I have my license key. Someone has already posted a link to this on a different thread but I cannot find it. Came across it about a week ago.

Have factory restored before but not replaced the hard drive. I assume the process is
- Replace hard drive
- Turn on computer and get into BIOS
- Direct it to boot from USB (factory restore) or windows OEM

Is it as straighforward as that?

Save your money



http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso


Thats the Windows 7 ISO you need. Download that and use something like Imgburn to burn it a dvd.

Then Install, and activate your copy of windows with your product key.

Simples.

If you dont have access to Broadband, I can send you a copy of your stuck, its a hefty download (3.02gb!) so maybe dont use a USB dongle for it!

Phantom99

Agent Smith wrote: »

Save your money



http://msft-dnl.digitalrivercontent.net/msvista/pub/X15-65733/X15-65733.iso


Thats the Windows 7 ISO you need. Download that and use something like Imgburn to burn it a dvd.

Then Install, and activate your copy of windows with your product key.

Simples.

If you dont have access to Broadband, I can send you a copy of your stuck, its a hefty download (3.02gb!) so maybe dont use a USB dongle for it!

Great thanks for that. I have access to broadband so I will download it.

Agent Smith

Phantom99 wrote: »

Great thanks for that. I have access to broadband so I will download it.

Grand job


Let us know how you get on!

gctest50

Phantom99 wrote: »

Great thanks for that. I have access to broadband so I will download it.

This tool from Microsoft will make it easy to put the .iso on a dvd or make a bootable USB stick

http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe

from here : http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

If you go for the USB stick way - it will delete everything on it

TheChizler

gctest50 wrote: »

If you go for the USB stick way - it will delete everything on it

Even if you partition it! As I found out yesterday

200motels

I find this http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ USB Iso creator very good and you can put multiple iso's on it.

yoyo

200motels wrote: »

I find this http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ USB Iso creator very good and you can put multiple iso's on it.

Rufus is great, and it's Irish!

Nick

Phantom99

Well nothing is working for me at the moment. The drive replacement was fine but issues with loading Windows 7.

Dell datasafe backup failed.

Tried Windows ISO file but am getting 0xc0000001 error and 0xc000000f

I cant download Imgburn and a few others I have found as I dont have administrator prilevege on PC I'm on!

PropJoe10

Phantom99 wrote: »

Well nothing is working for me at the moment. The drive replacement was fine but issues with loading Windows 7.

Dell datasafe backup failed.

Tried Windows ISO file but am getting 0xc0000001 error and 0xc000000f

I cant download Imgburn and a few others I have found as I dont have administrator prilevege on PC I'm on!

Did you manage to burn the ISO to the USB or where exactly are you getting those errors?

Phantom99

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Did you manage to burn the ISO to the USB or where exactly are you getting those errors?

I burned the ISO to DVD using Active ISO burner and also tried CDBurner. Both DVDs looked like they were loading Windows for a few minutes and then produced the error message.

Have downloaded a different ISO and am trying to burn it now

sKeith

burn the dvds at the slowest speed your dvd burner will allow.

Phantom99

That didn't work either so I guess I'll bring to a shop. Thanks for your help anyway

sKeith

its a dell, so make sure to tap f12 on startup to get your bootup menu. choose boot from CD device.

Also, when writing dvd (in imgburn), make sure to 'write image file to disk', dont write file / folders to disk.
Choose the verify option. The error messages you report above seem to suggest bad installation media.

Maybe you should use USB instll like suggested above.

PropJoe10

Try using Rufus instead of that other tool, if you have a USB. There really is no need to go to a shop and pay them a load of unnecessary money for a reinstallation. Dont give up yet!

yoyo

Phantom99 wrote: »

Well nothing is working for me at the moment. The drive replacement was fine but issues with loading Windows 7.

Dell datasafe backup failed.

Tried Windows ISO file but am getting 0xc0000001 error and 0xc000000f

I cant download Imgburn and a few others I have found as I dont have administrator prilevege on PC I'm on!

What is Dell datasafe? Have you tried the Windows 7 clean images Agent Smith has suggested here? Any Dell rubbish should not interfere with these installations!

Nick

Phantom99

sKeith wrote: »

its a dell, so make sure to tap f12 on startup to get your bootup menu. choose boot from CD device.

Also, when writing dvd (in imgburn), make sure to 'write image file to disk', dont write file / folders to disk.
Choose the verify option. The error messages you report above seem to suggest bad installation media.

Maybe you should use USB instll like suggested above.

I can't download imgburn as computer needs some other software first. Maybe I'll try downloading other software first. I'm restricted as using work computer and don't have admin rights.

Tried f12 and starts to read from CD but then error appears.

Was hoping to create usb key but had issues downloading software

PropJoe10

On the off-chance you're in the Waterford City area, give me a shout and I'll sort that out for you, no charge involved.

Phantom99

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Try using Rufus instead of that other tool, if you have a USB. There really is no need to go to a shop and pay them a load of unnecessary money for a reinstallation. Dont give up yet!

I tried to download Rufus but work pc blocked the website!

I´ll hang on a little while longer and see how I go. I'd say a genuine Windows CD would work

Phantom99

yoyo wrote: »

What is Dell datasafe? Have you tried the Windows 7 clean images Agent Smith has suggested here? Any Dell rubbish should not interfere with these installations!

Nick

Dell datasafe let's u create system backups to restore later. I used it to create a bootable factory restore usb. Didn't work though.

Yes I tried the disk iso image suggested by agent Smith. Didn't work prob because of DVD burning

Phantom99

PropJoe10 wrote: »

On the off-chance you're in the Waterford City area, give me a shout and I'll sort that out for you, no charge involved.

No I'm based in galway. Thanks for the offer anyway:o

PropJoe10

Phantom99 wrote: »

Dell datasafe let's u create system backups to restore later. I used it to create a bootable factory restore usb. Didn't work though.

Yes I tried the disk iso image suggested by agent Smith. Didn't work prob because of DVD burning

Those inbuilt backup utilities are generally instruments of the devil. All they end up doing is messing up a machine and slowing it down.

If you can get access to a PC with admin rights and burn the ISO to a USB using Rufus, it should be very straightforward from there - just a matter of hitting F11/F12 on the boot screen, booting to USB and following the instructions. Good luck

Phantom99

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Those inbuilt backup utilities are generally instruments of the devil. All they end up doing is messing up a machine and slowing it down.

If you can get access to a PC with admin rights and burn the ISO to a USB using Rufus, it should be very straightforward from there - just a matter of hitting F11/F12 on the boot screen, booting to USB and following the instructions. Good luck

Is the Rufus downloaded installation file large? Could it be emailed? I cud click to run program

PropJoe10

Its less than a megabyte to download:

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Also Irish made, which is great

Phantom99

I found a Windows 7 home premium 64 bit reinstall and recovery disk on eBay for 5 GBP so I might try that. Can't post link as typing on kindle no copy and paste.

This should work I hope. Would like disk I can use again

Phantom99

PropJoe10 wrote: »

Its less than a megabyte to download:

http://rufus.akeo.ie/

Also Irish made, which is great

This site is blocked by work pc when I try to access it!

bonzodog2

Phantom99 wrote: »

This site is blocked by work pc when I try to access it!

PM me an email address and I'll send it to you

Phantom99

bonzodog2 wrote: »

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