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    Posted: 14 Jun 2010 at 8:52pm
   Just can't seem to win. I decided to take advantage of a program from school where I could get Windows 7 on the cheap. Unfortunately due to continuing troubles with my computer and my dvd player. I can't use a boot dvd, so I read online you could do it using an external HDD.

Nifty, I can install W7 and back up all my files all at once. So i DL the W7 Iso, extract it to my hdd like the guide said. I reboot the computer, select the USB drive from the boot menu and I am greeted by a message like this:



Try (hd0'0):NTFS5:No GRLDR
Try (hd0'1):FAT32:No GRLDR
Try (hd0'2):NTFS5:No GRLDR
Try (hd0'3):INVAL OR NULl
Can not find GRLDR
Press space bar to hold screen, any other key to load previous MBR...




I currently am using Win Xp and trying to upgrade to W7 professional 64bit
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Have you tried it with a USB flash drive/jump drive?  I downloaded XP on a netbook this way.  Actually Microsoft looks like they make it easier for windows 7 (XP was a p.i.t.a).http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

Only caveat is you need to borrow someones pc and win 7 disk and you need a 4gig flash drive.


Edited by AndydViking - 15 Jun 2010 at 1:11am
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That way works very well. I have about 3 of those thumb drives around. We use them to load up WIndows 7 on Netbooks. I would suggest giving that a try and see how it goes, it is slower than from the DVD but not by much.
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I did some searching around and the trouble seems to come from that I am going from 32 to 64 bit OS. Per Windows own support pages:

"When creating a bootable USB device, I am getting an error about bootsect
To make the USB device bootable, you need to run a tool named bootsect.exe. In some cases, this tool needs to be downloaded from your Microsoft Store account. This may happen if you're trying to create a 64-bit bootable USB device from a 32-bit version of Windows. To download bootsect:
Login to your Microsoft Store account to view your purchase history
Look for your Windows 7 purchase.
Next to Windows 7, there is an "Additional download options" drop-down menu.
In the drop-down menu, select "32-bit ISO."
Right-click the link, and then save the bootsect.exe file to the location where you installed the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (e.g. C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Apps\Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool).
Once the file has been saved, go back to the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool to create your bootable USB device."


Which doesn't do me a whole lot of good as I purchased it from digital river and pull it from Microsoft. Don't suppose a kind soul on the forums could email it or put it on a DL site? :(
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I am reading this: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20100125085421843&board_id=20&model=Eee+PC+1201N&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

It is about your situation.  I hope it'll help.
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Posts: 733 		  Quote AndydViking Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 15 Jun 2010 at 11:55pm
Sorry for the double post but it is not letting me go back and edit...

So anyways just know that all those instructions won't pertain to you as it was specific to this guys pc but it think it'll help as he is having the same issue and solved it.
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Posts: 38 		  Quote Servercat2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 5:23am
Unfortunately the link for the bootsect file is dead. :(
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I have no problem e-mailing you the file but I don't know how to obtain it for you.
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Posts: 38 		  Quote Servercat2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 3:07pm
According to what I've read it should be on your Windows 7 32-bit, Install CD under /boot bootsect.exe

It would be such a help if you can mail it :D
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Posts: 733 		  Quote AndydViking Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 3:19pm
I have windows 7 64 bit disk.  I'll check it out later tonight.  I am unfortunatly busy right now and won't be able to look till late tonight.  I'll post back then.
 
Of course you do realize that a dvd drive is like 20 bucks on newegg right? LOL.  I'll post back later when I can find the file.


Edited by AndydViking - 16 Jun 2010 at 3:23pm
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Posts: 38 		  Quote Servercat2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 16 Jun 2010 at 6:50pm
I have a new DVD drive but computer won't recognize it during boot up.
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EDIT:  I may have found it on windows 7 forums http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/54443-32-bit-bootsect.html.  Check the 3rd post.


Edited by AndydViking - 17 Jun 2010 at 1:28am
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Let me know how it goes after you try the file link in the previous post.
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Posts: 38 		  Quote Servercat2 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 5:59am
It worked! Love  Aside from the difficulties installing it, W7 pro rocks socks ^_^ plus I can see why people clean sweep there computer every so often , man my computer hasn't been this fast in years o.o
 
Thanks for all the help :) Strong
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Posts: 733 		  Quote AndydViking Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 1:52pm
Awesome!  I was determined to find that file somewhere as it looked like a lot of people had the same issue as yourself. I knew someone had to have it lol.  Glad it woked out for you.
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