Upgrading Win7 via Daemon Tools and ISO

[Wij]

I've got a nice new notebook which comes with Win7 Home Premium. No DVD drive though. I have Win7 Ultimate ISOs and keys. Does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade the Win7 version via a virtual DVD like Daemon Tools Lite ?

Has anyone actually done it ?

(If I get it working I'll do a backup then and then make it dual-boot with Fedora 15 I think)

 

[Zenith.UK]

First of all try the Anytime Upgrade method.
Start > Run > WindowsAnytimeUpgradeUI.exe
Try entering your new key there. If it accepts it, then it will download the missing components and you're done.

If that doesn't work, and since you've got the ISO already, wouldn't it make sense to install it from a USB drive?

Try one of these.
Install Windows 7 From USB Drive [Requires 2 Simple Steps]
Install Windows 7 Or Windows 8 From USB Drive/Pen Drive
Use a USB Key to Install Windows 7

 

[Wij]

Cool. I'll give those a go after my interview on Wednesday. Doing my prep on it now so don't want to risk it

 

[MYstIC G]

I think you'd be much better off USB stick than virtual drive. Windows is likely to fuck up the virtual drive install if it's doing something system related.

 

[Bob007]

I think you'd be much better off USB stick than virtual drive. Windows is likely to fuck up the virtual drive install if it's doing something system related.

Following on from G, Microsoft even supply the software to do this.

http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe
The tool from microsoft.

http://emea.microsoftstore.com/UK/en-GB/Help/Windows-7-USB-DVD-Download-Tool
Microsoft's info in the usb/dvd tool.

VDrive won't work as it won't mount on reboot. So you'll end up going round in a circle of harddrive death.

 

[Helme]

I'll recommend the USB thing, I recently did it after my Win7 CD apparently died from being used once and then living in its case for 2 years. It's very convenient and easy to set up.