Reader Chris needs to reinstall Windows 7 Home Basic on his laptop. Just one problem: he lost his recovery discs.
A more common problem is when you need to reinstall Windows and you never had recovery discs to begin with. Few manufacturers provide them anymore, and many new PCs don't have optical drives even if they did.
Thankfully, there's a way around this. All you need is a Windows ISO file (basically the entire Windows operating system in a single container) and the free Ei.cfg Removal Utility. The latter deletes a key file inside the former, thus allowing you to install any version of Windows.
Let me explain that a bit further. Windows 7 and 8 installation discs are version-specific; they're designed to match up with your product key. That's why you can't use, say, a Windows 7 Home Premium product key to install Windows 7 Professional, even if you have a disc for the latter.
Likewise, even if Chris somehow laid hands on a Windows 7 Home Premium disc, his Home Basic license key wouldn't work. That's where Ei.cfg Removal Utility comes in: It effectively creates a 'universal' Windows ISO, one that will install whatever version matches your product key.
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It is NOT a reinstall disk. And the 32bit is what comes normally on a computer, unless 64bits requested. ~~~~~ Borrow a proper Microsoft Vista DVD(not Dell, HP, etc). A proper Vista DVD contains all Vista versions. The Product Key determines which Vista version gets installed.
I'm looking for an ISO for Windows Vista, specifically one that has been slipstreamed to include both 32 and 64 bit versions of at least Vista Home, and Vista Business, (Prefera. [SOLVED] Where can I find an all inclusive Vista ISO? Vista Recovery disc, download and create, to recover windows vista 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) editions Vista Recovery disc is available for free download for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The software is used to fix repairs in windows vista and recover it.
From a high-level perspective, the process would work like this: Borrow a friend's install DVD, copy the ISO file from it to your hard drive, then run Ei.cfg. When it's done doing its thing, use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to put that tweaked ISO on a flash drive.
Saunders comprehensive review for the nclex-rn examination pdf free download. Now, just boot from that flash drive and choose the version of Windows you want to install. Enter your license key and you're good to go. (Don't bother trying to sneak an upgrade; remember, your key will work only with the version of Windows that came with your PC. In Chris' case, that's Windows 7 Home Basic.)
Can't find an install disc or don't have an optical drive? There are 'official' Windows 7 SP1 ISO downloads available from the Windows 7 Forums.Update: Digital River links, the long-time source for Windows 7 ISOs, no longer work. Visit Microsoft's Software Recovery Center for official Windows 7 ISO downloads, or Microsoft's installation media page for Windows 8.1.
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