Windows 7 (yes 7) to Go ?? as per W8 to go. Anyone yet

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Is there anything that we can use to build the W7 BOOT record --it's easy to extract and create the WIM like W8 to go but of course what's missing is the W7 equivalent of this command


bcdboot.exe d:\windows /s d: /f ALL

I tried using the W8 boot command from a W8 system but the system --while it started loading gave me BSOD after the W7 logon logo appeared.

The bcdboot.exe command doesn't exist on the W7 system --or at least I can't find it.

Anybody managed to "clone" the W8 Windows to go procedure to W7. Seems it SHOULD in theory work since the IMAGEX from the WAIK is actually the W7 (or even VISTA) version. and I can extract a genuine W7 install WIM from the W7 install iso.

Cheers
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Good idea,

I think I'm gonna try this too.

Did you use the install.wim from Win7 in Win8 (for the bcdboot command)?

Cheers
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Thanks for the details SIW2

I'm gonna try the Win8-method as jimbo described.:cool:
If that fails (there are reasons to :confused:) i'll have to use your method (quite a few extra steps there :shock:)

Thanks
Hopachi
 

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Is there a method by funjian for usb stick?

I thought he was talking about usb HD.
 

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Hopachi - that won't work. There isn't time for usb to enumerate properly.

Nothing to do with bcdboot.

I will see if I can think of something that may help.

You ceratinly need to change a couple of reg entries - load system hive after applying image , name it SYS and try this:

reg.exe add HKLM\SYS\ControlSet001\PnP /f /v PollBootPartitionTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 30000

reg.exe add HKLM\SYS\ControlSet001 /f /v BootDriverFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x6





Thanks for the details SIW2

I'm gonna try the Win8-method as jimbo described.:cool:
If that fails (there are reasons to :confused:) i'll have to use your method (quite a few extra steps there :shock:)

Thanks
Hopachi
 
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And where is that thread located please?
 

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Thanks for the info.

I didn't find that Fuji's post.
 

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Hi,

@SIW2:

He is talking about an external USB HD but if you prep a USB stick in the same way as you'd do to use it to install the OS from onto an internal disk it should work.

Cheers, ;)
 

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Thanks for the link.:)

Cheers
Hopachi
 

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Interesting

Hope this will work, or you'll still get a bsod like jimbo (win7 seems to fail at some drivers, win8 is more portable designed)
 

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You shouldn't get a bsod if you allow enough time - check the entry for windows 8 this is it:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYS\ControlSet001\Control\PnP]
"PollBootPartitionTimeout"=dword:00007530

Decimal value is 30000 - same as I posted earlier.

The MS article says 15000 but use 30000 because that is what win8 uses - should be plenty of time.
 

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Great discovery!

How do we add this with: reg.exe add ... correctly?

Thanks
Hopachi
 

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The /f ALL parameters do not exist in Win7. Use: bcdboot d:\windows /s d:
 

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The /f ALL parameters do not exist in Win7. Use: bcdboot d:\windows /s d:

Yes - that is already at the ms link posted previously

@Hopachi - follow the steps at ms link and at step 6 do the extra couple of registry changes

reg.exe add HKLM\SYS\ControlSet001\PnP /f /v PollBootPartitionTimeout /t REG_DWORD /d 30000

reg.exe add HKLM\SYS\ControlSet001 /f /v BootDriverFlags /t REG_DWORD /d 0x6

reg.exe add "HKLM\SYS\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v PagingFiles /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "" /f


That assumes you have named the loaded system hive "SYS" If you have named the loaded system hive the same as in the MS post - that will be "HyperVtemp"
 
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Thanks a lot SIW2

Without these commands we wouldn't achieve much, I guess.
 

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Thanks everyone

I really want to get this working so I'll do some of the stuff mentioned in this thread

Cheers again and if anyone can solve any more outstanding probs --please post.

jimbo
 

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You can install Windows 7 on a flash drive, but not the Windows 8 To Go style. Windows 7 has limitations that 8 doesn't.

The method I used was with the VHD on the USB drive and using EasyBCD to install the boot loader, the MBR and the such. The only thing you CANNOT do, and SHOULD NOT do, is install Windows 7 updates. You can install Office updates, but not 7. I tried that and when I rebooted, I sat there face to face with a BSOD.

Windows 7 runs perfectly fine, just like Windows 8 on a USB 2.0 flash drive.
 

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