sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Attention nerds, I want to put W7 on my Netbook which is currently running XP Pro. It doesn't have a DVD drive and I don't have an external one. I have a W7 .ISO that I have loaded onto an SD card and also a USB stick without success. It seems Unetbootin which I've been using doesn't like something about the drives :-\ I've also tried the genuine Microsoft ISO loader, but it doesn't like my ISO file since it wasn't downloaded from Microsoft. Has anyone used a program they can recommend to load an ISO on to a USB drive as a bootable disk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I believe UltraISO will allow you to mount virtual drives, though i dont know if this will apply to you. Daemon Tools Lite also has a nice Virtual drive mounting option as well. Both freeware but id give daemon a try first as i think UltraISO is only available on trial for up to 300Mb, which is obviously not enough to mount a whole boot iso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Have you tried the TechNet guide ? http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Forgot linkage... http://www.daemon-tools.cc/eng/products/dtLite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cheers Stu, I'll give that a read. Aye, eetaylog, I use PowerISO which does the same kind of thing as you're describing, but it doesn't really help with what I want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Copying the files over just now, so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Not got an external IDE/SATA->USB adaptor and power supply at work for rescuing PCs? If so... use one with an internal DVD-ROM... Makeshift external DVD Saves a lot of faffing with software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Cheers Stu, I'll give that a read. Aye, eetaylog, I use PowerISO which does the same kind of thing as you're describing, but it doesn't really help with what I want to do. *Stoo. Not got an external IDE/SATA->USB adaptor and power supply at work for rescuing PCs? If so... use one with an internal DVD-ROM... Makeshift external DVD Saves a lot of faffing with software That is a lot of faffing about IMO, compared to just booting from USB (if it worked!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That is a lot of faffing about IMO, compared to just booting from USB (if it worked!).Exactly, "IF"... You could be trying for hours just to boot from USB Wouldn't take you a few minutes to make a external DVD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 It's an option, sure. I think getting a working USB boot disk will save me more dicking about in the future though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Copying the files over just now, so fingers crossed. You didnt say how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Copying the files over just now, so fingers crossed. You didnt say how? Using the method Stoo linked. I'll report back soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well I-am-stunned. Stoo's method is working spot-on and W7 is installing. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 That is a lot of faffing about IMO, compared to just booting from USB (if it worked!).Exactly, "IF"... You could be trying for hours just to boot from USB Wouldn't take you a few minutes to make a external DVD Much easier using the usb option & no need to waste time on a dvd.Sorry I didnt see this earlier as I was in work & often install OS to netbooks using USB. http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-b...click-must-try/ That would of done it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well I-am-stunned. Stoo's method is working spot-on and W7 is installing. Cheers. I'm not just good to look at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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