So i loaded up DBan onto a USB Drive and wiped the Hard Drive. There were many viruses on this computer, and I wanted to install a newer version of windows. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum I recently found an old Compaq Presario desktop in my basement so I decided to fix it up. When I move to a different computer, its still the very same installation, and I cant use it on multiple computers at the same time.
I then went to ComputerProperties and entered the product key. I bought a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate in addition to the Home Premium family pack 3x that I have on our home computers, and that is what I installed on the USB stick. To boot, I selected the USB drive in the start up BIOS settings.
Next, I selected the newly created BCD store using the file menu, then used the Add New Entry to add the VHD using the Disk Image tab under PortableExternal Media. I then restarted my system, booted normally (not to the VHD), and copied the.vhd file to my freshly formatted 32GB USB stick (Patriot Rage XT).Īfter the VHD was copied, I went back to EasyBCD and used the BCD deployment tab and created bootable external media and installed the win7 bootloader to the MBR.
Next, I booted to the VHD and installed PWBoot and used the Patch existing system option. I then used EasyBCD to add the VHD to my boot list. I then used GImagex to install an image from a.wim I had created from an install of Windows 7 complete with all updates (yes, even service pack 1, that had killed previous attempts at a bootability), Office and some other progams. I used a mixture of the various methods to finally get it to work.įirst, I created a 16GB VHD on my main HD, an 80GB Intel SSD.
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