Failed W10

joodyanne said:

Sure - it is entitled Win10_1511_1Englishx64 and seems to be a disc image file ( I may have mentioned this before)

I tried to attach it but as its 4310.660kbs, it wont load. When I click on it tho, this screen comes up

Okay, so that sounds like an ISO file to me.
Now, you installed 7-Zip right?
Go to Start>all programs and open 7-Zip.
Navigate to the Desktop folder, open it in 7-Zip and find the ISO file.
Right-click it, and select 7-Zip>Extract Here.

Here are screenshots to extract the ISO (from the video) :

derekimo said:

Why wouldn't you just right click on the ISO and use the 7-zip context menu option?

I don't have a W7 machine handy to know that exists. You could do that. I was just having the OP follow the video.

derekimo said:

It has nothing to do with what OS you are on, 7-zip when installed at it's defaults will put the context menu entries there.

I just thought it would be less steps, wasn't sure if you had a reason not to is why I asked.

You're absolutely right. I skipped W7 and went from XP directly to W8, then W10, which always had integral zip capabilities, so I never really used 7-Zip, except to make that video, and following Brink's 7F tutorial, I just assumed that's how you do it. :)

joodyanne said:

Got to setup and a message came up - The file 'autorun.dll' could not be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. Errr code is (0x7E)

Okay, so you've got the files from the ISO extracted to your desktop, and you see the setup.exe file, correct?
You should be able to double-click setup.exe and the upgrade will begin. There is no "auto run" involved in this step, so I don't understand where that error came from.

Edit: Did you run the System File Checker (sfc /scannow) to make sure your Windows 7 system files are intact, as suggested in the tutorial?

A chkdsk on your hard drive may be in order.

1. Click Start
2. Type: CMD, from the results, right-click CMD
3. Select Run as Administrator
4. At the Command Prompt, type: chkdsk /r

(Notice the space between the k and /)

When you restart your system, your hard drive will be scanned for errors and attempts will be made to correct them.