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Redjake · 01-24-2009, 05:46 PM

after 5 hours of clawing my eyes out, I got Windows 7 installed on my MSI Wind with no optical drive whatsoever. it sucked but it works great.

1. download Windows 7
2. mount the Windows .ISO onto a virtual drive
3. Use command prompt to create a master boot record from the Win 7 .ISO on a USB hard drive/flash drive (must be 4 GB or larger, I used a 120 GB ;p )
4. Use extracting program (WinRAR) to extract contents of ISO from virtual drive onto your USB drive
5. Profit

the main problems I kept running into were: you CANNOT create a master boot record of the 64-bit Win 7 using a 32-bit OS - you gotta be using Windows 7 or Vista in order to do it. I had to install Windows 7 on my main PC (with optical drive) and boot Win 7 to create the boot record for....Windows 7. if that makes sense. fucking 3 hours wasted time trying to get it to work and I stumbled upon that piece of shit info.

Also, another key element - you cannot create a master boot record from a burned DVD of Windows 7, you HAVE to mount the .ISO file in a virtual drive to pull the MBR. Stupid, but at least I know now.

So now I can tell my coworkers I have Windows 7 on my netbook without a DVD drive!

Windows 7 is nice so far.

01-24-2009, 05:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	after 5 hours of clawing my eyes out, I got Windows 7 installed on my MSI Wind with no optical drive whatsoever. it sucked but it works great. 1. download Windows 7 2. mount the Windows .ISO onto a virtual drive 3. Use command prompt to create a master boot record from the Win 7 .ISO on a USB hard drive/flash drive (must be 4 GB or larger, I used a 120 GB ;p ) 4. Use extracting program (WinRAR) to extract contents of ISO from virtual drive onto your USB drive 5. Profit the main problems I kept running into were: you CANNOT create a master boot record of the 64-bit Win 7 using a 32-bit OS - you gotta be using Windows 7 or Vista in order to do it. I had to install Windows 7 on my main PC (with optical drive) and boot Win 7 to create the boot record for....Windows 7. if that makes sense. fucking 3 hours wasted time trying to get it to work and I stumbled upon that piece of shit info. Also, another key element - you cannot create a master boot record from a burned DVD of Windows 7, you HAVE to mount the .ISO file in a virtual drive to pull the MBR. Stupid, but at least I know now. So now I can tell my coworkers I have Windows 7 on my netbook without a DVD drive! Windows 7 is nice so far. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.