Help installing Win7 on a USB Stick
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It will take a while I'm afraid...
The 5th post on this thread has all the information you need to make a slipstreamed ISO file (image) of your Windows 7 disc with the drivers included on it. Which you can then use to make a fresh Windows 7 USB drive that will include the correct drivers for your machine.
Read it carefully and thoroughly and you should understand what you have to do. It is all likely new to you but its not as difficult as it seems to pull off.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120729
This is the site where you can get the SATA drivers you will need for the slipstream process... (Note theyre the AHCI drivers according to Acers site) just be sure to choose the same operating system as the Windows 7 disc you have (ie. 32 vs 64 bit)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
The 5th post on this thread has all the information you need to make a slipstreamed ISO file (image) of your Windows 7 disc with the drivers included on it. Which you can then use to make a fresh Windows 7 USB drive that will include the correct drivers for your machine.
Read it carefully and thoroughly and you should understand what you have to do. It is all likely new to you but its not as difficult as it seems to pull off.
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120729
This is the site where you can get the SATA drivers you will need for the slipstream process... (Note theyre the AHCI drivers according to Acers site) just be sure to choose the same operating system as the Windows 7 disc you have (ie. 32 vs 64 bit)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
Oh you can add them straight to the USB? That might be a bit easier
I assumed it hid the files much like Linux used to. :roll: Thanks gouldin!
Is there a particular folder he needs to stick them into?
If you want to watch video with hardware acceleration then Win 7 is the way to go.
1. Make the flash bootable with the win 7 image and the windows download tool
2. Install win 7 from the flash stick. It will produce a perfectly working environment with network (wired and wireless)
3. Go here http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=1113 and get the latest drivers for those parts that still do not work, or get the latest driver for everything
4. Run a full windows update.
FYI, I have a AO751H netbook with Win 7 on it.
1. Make the flash bootable with the win 7 image and the windows download tool
2. Install win 7 from the flash stick. It will produce a perfectly working environment with network (wired and wireless)
3. Go here http://support.acer.com/us/en/product/default.aspx?tab=1&modelId=1113 and get the latest drivers for those parts that still do not work, or get the latest driver for everything
4. Run a full windows update.
FYI, I have a AO751H netbook with Win 7 on it.
O.k. Try to get the partition for win 7 created from the win 7 setup instead. No disk parted, no other tools, just the win 7 installation media.
Boot from the USB flash, start the setup, choose to create the partition for win 7 and from there delete before creating all currently available partitions.
Note that in acer's netbooks there is a hidden recovery partition that I guess might generate issues when clean installing. Zap that partition too.
When creating the Win 7 partition also select to format it and there you go.
No drivers will be needed as Win 7 offer native AHCI support.
Boot from the USB flash, start the setup, choose to create the partition for win 7 and from there delete before creating all currently available partitions.
Note that in acer's netbooks there is a hidden recovery partition that I guess might generate issues when clean installing. Zap that partition too.
When creating the Win 7 partition also select to format it and there you go.
No drivers will be needed as Win 7 offer native AHCI support.
That's happening ONLY to me.
The ISO which I've downloaded was crap apparently. I found another ISO of Win7 Home Premium, installed to USB and everything installed normal.
oh:
Now, I'm typing this post via my wife's new Aspire One netbook.
A BIG THANKS to all that tried to help me, really appreciated guyz. :grouphug:
The ISO which I've downloaded was crap apparently. I found another ISO of Win7 Home Premium, installed to USB and everything installed normal.
oh:Now, I'm typing this post via my wife's new Aspire One netbook.
A BIG THANKS to all that tried to help me, really appreciated guyz. :grouphug:
That's happening ONLY to me.
The ISO which I've downloaded was crap apparently. I found another ISO of Win7 Home Premium, installed to USB and everything installed normal.
Now, I'm typing this post via my wife's new Aspire One netbook.
A BIG THANKS to all that tried to help me, really appreciated guyz. :grouphug:
Ah didnt realise you'd downloaded an ISO, thought you'd made one from a disc
icardThought it seemed unusual since most systems use one of a few standardised chipsets these days which generic drivers should be enough to run for at least recognising the drive.
In the days of XP, it was an issue you'd hear about a lot but I havent heard of this happening since Vista was patched up. As I said though I havent really been active in terms of IT repairs for a while. so put it down to my inexperience.
Glad you got it sorted anyway!
