Comments on: Installing Windows 7 Without Using DVD/USB Drive [Method 2]

By: Corrine

Corrine — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:12:09 +0000

YES!! Finally someone who explains it well!! I’ve been looking like a mad woman everywhere on how to do this, finally someone who seems to know what he’s talking about!! Thank you so much! I will now proceed to install windows 7! (Because I finally get it!) *does happy dance*

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:40:42 +0000

I’d like to create a USB flash Win7 recovery-install device. However, However, I don’t have any Win7 install DVDs, as my copy came pre-installed on a laptop. Lenovo says their create “factory recovery” won’t work on a USB stick, only on an external DVD/hard-drive. The factory recovery drives on the laptop have only *.wim files. Running the recovery program produces 4 *.swm files on the external media. Any way to create a flash install from all this?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 10:21:50 +0000

Works !
I mounted the ISO onto the Virtual Clone Drive (Daemon tools also works) running on Win XP and installed Win 7 (32 bit) on a different partition. If the installation successfully finishes the stage one (copying files) of the entire process, you should not have any problem at all. After this, it restarts and continues on its own to stage two (expanding files), from here on everything happens in the Win 7 environment and the mounted ISO is no longer accessed nor needed. Couple more restarts and its done.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:51:41 +0000

Would it be possible to install windows 7 to a windows created software raid using this method?

Would that work?

By: Wan

Wan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:53:55 +0000

Can I use this to download windows 7 from scratch over my already existing windows 7 os on this notebook?
I don’t need a partition then right?

I want to use the key of my already existing windows 7 os when I do so.

Thanks for your answer.

By: david

david — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 12:19:28 +0000

Sure you can install over windows xp, however you would need service pack 2 or higher version of windows xp to install. I would recommend win to flash software for installing windows 7. It will make the pen drive bootable and you would not have the dirty installation which this method would do.

By: CaTa

CaTa — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:32:44 +0000

Can I use these steps to install over a Win Xp?

By: Ravi

Ravi — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:30:40 +0000

The method two will work properly untill computer restarts but when it restarts the software virtual clonedrive will be disabled so it will not work after it restarts. May be ur computer must need disk or usb at that time. because installation of os is not complete and older os was formatted by u. So, try this method on ur risk. It may work or not for ur machine b’caz its all depended on bios setup. So,plz take care using method 2.

By: teknik

teknik — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 01:26:48 +0000

Hi,
copy whole mounted win7ult dvd on d: (not c:)
type in cmd:
reagentc /boottore >NUL (restart automatic)
in winRE go to comman prompt and type
D:\GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD\sources\setup.exe

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:04:20 +0000

Ok, followed the steps for formatting my external hard drive, in the process of doing that as we speak. I have the win7 iso file on my computer. i have daemon tools if that helps. I do not have a win7 bootable disc or cd/dvd drive. i have a hp mini which has win7 already on it. tryin to boot win7 from usb on my bro’s laptop that has vista on it. i made the mistake of formatting the recovery drive on his laptop and now it won’t boot vista, it tells me that the boot mgr is missing. Am I completely SOL? How do I mount the win7 iso file onto the usb external hard drive and make it bootable for his laptop? Making the usb bootable steps helped out a lot, thanks.