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Thanks Simrick - no hurry - and thanks again. It still has a way to go yet, downloading
Thanks Simrick - no hurry - and thanks again. It still has a way to go yet, downloading
All downloaded. I've come to a drastic halt, and I know why. First I dont have a spare cd - I presume that is required for a dis burner, and currently my portable disc drive wont work bvecause I apparently have some other stuff to burn, and can't get rid of it as I've misplaced the cd from whic the information belongs (Windows 2003)
Any suggestions - of an alternative?
You don't need any media. Simply have the ISO saved on your desktop. See the video at approximately 14:40 on how to "MOUNT" the ISO and run setup.exe to perform the upgrade. (as I said in post #3)
Okay so you've got the ISO on your desktop - good. In Windows 7, there is no native feature to mount an ISO like there is in Windows 8, which is why you have to watch the video. At approximately 21:30 it shows how to mount an ISO using 7-Zip, which is a free 3rd-party compression utility.
So, download 7-Zip and install it.
http://www.7-zip.org/
Go to the ISO which you have copied on to your desktop.
Right-click the ISO and do exactly as in the video:
Starting about 21:30 in the videoOpen 7-Zip7-Zip will then extract all the files within the ISO to your desktop.
Navigate to the ISO on the Desktop
Right-click and select 7-Zip>Extract HereOnce complete, close 7-Zip.Be prepared, as it will take a while.
Find the file on your desktop named setup.exe
Double-click it and your upgrade will begin.
If you want to read the tutorial on how to extract files from an ISO in Windows 7, see this:
SevenForums.com Tutorial
ISO - Disk Image File : Extract to the Desktop in Windows 7
ISO - Disk Image File : Extract to the Desktop - Windows 7 Help Forums
Please just be sure you have all your important data backed up, just in case something happens. Usually, if there is a problem with the upgrade and it can't be completed, Windows will roll you back to your Windows 7 installation. But, every once and a while, some people have had problems with the rollback, so it's best to be safe and back up your data before upgrading.
Good luck. Really, it's not so bad. :)
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
Disregard that one, I mean to show what happens when I click on the Win10 file