Installing Windows 7 without USB or DVD ..lol

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Maccik, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. Maccik

    Maccik MDL Novice

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    #1 Maccik, Aug 8, 2009
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  2. Opa

    Opa MDL Addicted

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  3. Maccik

    Maccik MDL Novice

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    #3 Maccik, Aug 8, 2009 (OP)
  4. ammarman

    ammarman MDL Member

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    #4 ammarman, Aug 8, 2009
    Very clever idea, thank you

    but this assumes that I have win7 installed, what if I have Win XP installed and I have only one partition (C) ?
     
  5. atifsh

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    #5 atifsh, Aug 8, 2009
    use usb disk :)
     
  6. mengchanchai

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    #6 mengchanchai, Aug 8, 2009
    hi Maccik

    thanks for your sharing,it work!!!
    and quicker than install via USB approx. 4-5 minutes!!!;):D
     
  7. shinigami7th

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    #7 shinigami7th, Aug 8, 2009
    This is brilliant.... Sticky pls....
     
  8. urie

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    #8 urie, Aug 8, 2009
    Then no joy you need to have at least vista or 7 installed.
     
  9. shinigami7th

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    #9 shinigami7th, Aug 8, 2009
    I think the goal is to be able to boot to command prompt with an access to the files. You can try pressing F8 during boot-time and get into the recovery command prompt, but the interface will be all text and you have to use DOS commands, if you can still remember. lol....

    In win XP case, if you can get into the administrator account, it will work as well.

    But, really, really big credits to the Maccik.... Even though I know about the recovery console, this simple trick has never occurred to me. Thanks for saving me a couple of bucks, coz I was about to buy a 4GB USB drive. lol
     
  10. Maccik

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    #10 Maccik, Aug 8, 2009 (OP)


    You 're very Welcome ...and this trick you can do with VHD s to :p
     
  11. W7advanced

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    #11 W7advanced, Aug 8, 2009
    Much easier is using a WDS (windows deployment service) server.
    Then you only need a PXE boot.