Win 7 Prem $30 for college students

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Originally Posted by Channel007

Please please please tell me how you made the download into bootable DVD?

I just burned the extracted files to dvd, and no go :(.

Edit:Im dumb and dont read entire thread LOL Thank you!!!

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Sorry about being ambiguous in my first post. Check the step by step post I put up a few posts up. Follow that and it will work fine.

/worship Timman

Thankies

oscdimg -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\7.iso

This is what I used :D :D

UK: http://www.microsoft.com/uk/educatio...r/default.aspx

Canada (EN): http://www.windows.ca/studentoffer

Canada (FR): http://www.windows.ca/fr/studentoffer

France: http://www.windows7pourlesetudiants.fr

Germany: http://www.Windows7fuerStudenten.de

Australia: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/w...t-upgrade.aspx

Mexico: http://www.windows7paraestudiantes.com.mx

Korea: http://www.microsoft.com/korea/windows/student

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Once you upgrade, your old XP / Vista product key will be DEACTIVATED. So do not use any XP or Vista product key that you plan on using again. The product key will be rejected when you attempt to authorize online.

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What happens if my hard drive fails and I need to reinstall windows on a new one, and since I have to install vista first... but the product key of vista is now deactivated... How would I validate my upgrade version???

Please tell me :(

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Originally Posted by Kramer

What happens if my hard drive fails and I need to reinstall windows on a new one, and since I have to install vista first... but the product key of vista is now deactivated... How would I validate my upgrade version???

Please tell me :(

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Just install Vista without a product key... you don't have to put one in.

You don't need to install Vista before installing Windows 7.
The upgrade version of Windows 7 can be installed on an empty drive.

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Originally Posted by ua549

You don't need to install Vista before installing Windows 7.
The upgrade version of Windows 7 can be installed on an empty drive.

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This seems to be a huge point of contention, and there's tons of conflicting information out there about this.

Thank you for spelling it out clearly and unambiguously. I've been trying to track down a real answer on this for awhile now.

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Originally Posted by Channel007

/worship Timman

Thankies

oscdimg -bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h -u2 -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\7.iso

This is what I used :D :D

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Thanks, that command line worked. the one I copy/paste from Timman I got error.

but THANKS to both of you guys. I finally got around to making that bootable ISO. (not to test it later)