I purchased the Windows 7 Professional Upgrade and I currently have Windows Vista Home Premium which cannot upgrade to Windows 7 Professional. I think I may have figured out my problem. Have Questions About Installing Windows 7?įAQ - Common Windows 7 Installation Questions & Answers MCC 2011 TrekDozer Sharing bits of knowledge. If you have a 4GB or larger USB flash drive (or external hard drive) and the computer can boot from USB: You can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. USB Flash from ISO - If you downloaded the ISO file and want to install Windows 7 using a flash drive: If your BIOS settings are correct and if you have a DVD drive, when the computer restarts if there is a message to "press any key to boot from disk" you must press a key on the keyboard to boot from the DVD. Also, if you still have trouble and the DVDĭrive is IDE make sure the jumpers are set correctly on the drive. Every computer is a little different for this process as well so I can't give exact directions.
Once in the BIOS you have to find the menu with the boot order and change it so it boots from the CD/DVD drive first. It's usually one of the following and you must push it within the first 5 seconds: The computer may need to be set to boot from the DVD drive.Įvery computer is different, when you first turn on the computer it should tell you what button to push to enter the BIOS.
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Please help me figure out why it won't boot from the CD properly to install and if there are any alternatives to usingīIOS - How to Enter the BIOS and Change Boot Order To Boot From CD/DVD I have done fresh installs many times using Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7 RC and this is the only time I have had problems with it. I tried exploring each of the 2x CDs from My Computer, but it just stops responding and ends up restarting explorer.exe. I restarted my computer and booted from CD, but all I get after that is a black screen for a bit and then a regular Windows Vista boot rather than a Windows 7 install screen.
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ISO from DigitalRiver onto 2x different DVD-Rs (I have used this DVD-R in the past to install the Windows 7 RC when it was available for free and it worked flawlessly). I then used 2x different ISO burning programs and burned the. I would like to do a fresh install of Windows 7 on my computer and wipe all existing information off the computer so I downloaded the. I just purchased Windows 7 from The Ultimate Steal website from Microsoft and Digital River.
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