Can I mount an Windows 7 as an iso file and install it from there while running Windows 7 on my HDD?

[Asulia]

Hello,

I got a new SSD and I wish to make that my boot drive, currently my boot drive is a 5 year old 500GB WD HDD with Windows 7 on it.

I want to keep using Windows 7 and wish to install it on my SSD.

Can I just mount the Windows 7 iso to a virtual drive and install it from there on my SSD while running Windows 7 on my HDD?

I do not wish to image or clone it for different reasons.

Thanks.

 

[Asulia]

looks ok

i usually use yumi to format--but if it works then its fine

if it doesnt do it again but let yumi format it

I ticked the box to let Yumi format it but apparently the files are still there.

it will look the same--as after formatting it its putting the same files back

try booting from it

Alright, gimme a couple minutes. Gotta disconnect my drives first.

 

[mcnumpty23]

looks ok

i usually use yumi to format--but if it works then its fine

if it doesnt do it again but let yumi format it

I ticked the box to let Yumi format it but apparently the files are still there.

it will look the same--as after formatting it its putting the same files back

try booting from it

Alright, gimme a couple minutes. Gotta disconnect my drives first.

ok--go for it

 

[Asulia]

looks ok

i usually use yumi to format--but if it works then its fine

if it doesnt do it again but let yumi format it

I ticked the box to let Yumi format it but apparently the files are still there.

it will look the same--as after formatting it its putting the same files back

try booting from it

Alright, gimme a couple minutes. Gotta disconnect my drives first.

ok--go for it

Alright, it worked.

Thanks man.

Another question if you may know this:
How do I keep my Firefox tabs and stuff from my other drive?

 

[mcnumpty23]

for firefox have a look here

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

 

[Asulia]

for firefox have a look here

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Thing is I Ctrl+X my Firefox folder on my 500GB HDD (Old boot drive) Ctrl+V it to my 3TB Data HDD and then Ctrl X > Ctrl+V to my SSD. Thought I'd be the same. I got a fresh install.

Any suggestions?

 

[mcnumpty23]

i prefer ctrl+c as it leaves the original till you are sure its ok

but you could assuming you can still boot the old drive just use mozbackup--works great for me whaen backing up thunderbird even with 4 different accounts in it

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

 

[Asulia]

i prefer ctrl+c as it leaves the original till you are sure its ok

but you could assuming you can still boot the old drive just use mozbackup--works great for me whaen backing up thunderbird even with 4 different accounts in it

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

My mozilla folder on my old drive is gone.

 

[USAFRet]

i prefer ctrl+c as it leaves the original till you are sure its ok

but you could assuming you can still boot the old drive just use mozbackup--works great for me whaen backing up thunderbird even with 4 different accounts in it

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

My mozilla folder on my old drive is gone.

This is why you do prep work before swapping things around like this.

 

[Asulia]

i prefer ctrl+c as it leaves the original till you are sure its ok

but you could assuming you can still boot the old drive just use mozbackup--works great for me whaen backing up thunderbird even with 4 different accounts in it

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

My mozilla folder on my old drive is gone.

This is why you do prep work before swapping things around like this.

This was the only thing I wanted to keep from my old drive though.

Figured if I copy the whole thing I took my data with me, guess not.

 

[mcnumpty23]

i prefer ctrl+c as it leaves the original till you are sure its ok

but you could assuming you can still boot the old drive just use mozbackup--works great for me whaen backing up thunderbird even with 4 different accounts in it

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com

My mozilla folder on my old drive is gone.

thats why i use ctrl+c not ctrl+x

can you use ctrl + z to put it back?

 

[mcnumpty23]

plus if you cut and pasted it somewhere else then just copy it back ?(not cut)

then run mozbackup

 

[Asulia]

plus if you cut and pasted it somewhere else then just copy it back ?(not cut)

then run mozbackup

Alright, will do that.

 

[Asulia]

plus if you cut and pasted it somewhere else then just copy it back ?(not cut)

then run mozbackup

It worked, thank you so much man.

 

[mcnumpty23]

plus if you cut and pasted it somewhere else then just copy it back ?(not cut)

then run mozbackup

It worked, thank you so much man.

got there in the end