Do you have a license for Windows 7 Ultimate but only have the Windows 7 Home Premium install media? Do you want to try a different edition of Windows 7 for 30 days without having to buy it first? With a simple trick you can enable a hidden menu that allow you to install any edition of Windows 7 from any Windows 7 installation media.
What's best, this way will allow us not only to download Windows 7, but also Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and several versions of Microsoft Office. The Windows ISO Downloader from Heidoc.net Firstly, we need to download the latest version of the Windows ISO Downloader from Heidoc.net.
This works on all editions of Windows 7 including Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate. If you have a 32-bit Windows 7 install DVD you can install any 32-bit edition from it.
The same is true for 64-bit installation media. The secret is the ei.cfg file located in the Sources directory on the installation DVD. If this file exists, the setup program reads the file to identify what edition of Windows 7 to install.
If the file is deleted a new menu appears that allows you to select any edition of Windows 7 to install. The key is deleting the ei.cfg file from the install DVD. You have two choices: Option 1: Copy the entire contents of a Windows 7 install DVD to a folder on your computer such as D: win7install. Then navigate to the Sources folder and delete ei.cfg.
Finally, copy all files and folders in D: win7install to a 4GB USB flash drive formatted with FAT32. Then just boot to the USB flash drive instead of the original install DVD. More details can be found on my article. Option 2: The second option is more time consuming and requires third-party tools. Use a program like IsoBuster or other ISO editing tool to create and ISO image of your physical install DVD.
Then, use the same program to edit the ISO and delete ei.cfg from the Sources folder and save your changes. Finally, burn the modified ISO.
For better of for worse, Windows 7 is currently the most popular PC OS in the world. Even if we have never done it before, it is easy to install Windows 7 on a desktop or laptop PC.
In this guide, we will go through every step, from creating a Windows 7 installation USB or DVD, all the way to logging in our new Windows installation. Unblock any international website, browse anonymously, and download movies and Mp3 with complete safety with CyberGhost,: This guide is written for beginners, part of the 'First Steps' category of PCsteps. Experienced users might find it too descriptive for their taste. We install Windows 7 Home Premium x64, but it will work with any other Windows 7 version. Many of us, however, bought a PC with pre-installed Windows 7, and chances are we never got a Windows 7 DVD. Not to worry, though, since it is easy to download Windows 7 as an ISO, and then create an installation DVD or USB.
Check out our detailed guide on how to. After we have downloaded the ISO, we can follow this guide to. A Windows 7 installation USB is the best option since it will allow us to install Windows 7 faster. However, if our PC has an old BIOS that doesn't support boot from USB, the DVD is the most compatible solution. And, speaking of the BIOS. How to change boot order in BIOS / UEFI A PC can boot from multiple devices, such as the hard drive, a CD/DVD-ROM, a USB thumb drive, even from the network.
The default option is usually the hard drive. 
To install Windows 7, we need to change the first boot device to the USB or DVD. Changing the boot order can be tricky, though, because different motherboards often have entirely different BIOS / UEFI interfaces. We check some of the most popular interfaces on our guide: How to install Windows 7 from USB or DVD So, after we have changed the boot order to our Windows 7 installation medium and boot the system, we need to press any key on the keyboard to install Windows 7.
The Digital River Windows ISOs have only a single language to install, but we can select a different time and currency format and keyboard or input methods. On the next screen, we select 'Install Now'.read and accept the Windows License terms.and select 'Custom (advanced)'. Select a hard drive or partition There are multiple scenarios regarding the choice of the disk or partition where we will install Windows 7. Install Windows 7 on an empty disk On a new PC or a new disk, we just need to select the disk, which should be characterized as 'Unallocated Space'.
If we want Windows to create a single partition, we just click next. If we have a large hard drive and want to split it into two or more partitions, we must click on 'Drive options (advanced)'.and then click 'New', set the size for the new partition in Megabytes (remember, 1GB=1024MB), and 'Apply'. Windows itself, without any programs, takes about 21GB.but if we intend to install large programs, such as games with 50GB+ installations, we should allocate between 100GB (102400MB) and 250GB (256000MB), so we don't run out of space. The System Reserved partition is created automatically. By clicking the rest of the unallocated space, we can create a data partition for our files. Finally, we select the Windows partitions and click on 'Next' to install Windows 7.