I have a license for Win 7 Ultimate that I'm trying to install on my secondary PC at home. Unfortunately, my school only allows us the link to download Windows 7 for 30 days and after that, we have to pay to access it.
This is what my current issues are:
I had the OS installed, but my dad was complaining that my new system (sandy i3, 8GB ram, 60gb OCZ agility 3), was slow and that it would crash often.
I isolated the problem after checking error codes and the like to a windows installation error. I do not have another computer in the house that can burn DVDs, so I use the flash drive method (via the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool) to put the .iso on the drive and boot/install that way.
Since I wiped the computer, I have been unable to successfully install any version of Windows (XP Pro, Win 7, Win 8) on his computer without it installing/performing very slowly, or experiencing any crashes.
I randomly downloaded some .isos online from 7 Ultimate, and most of the time when I use the Windows Tool to make my flash drive bootable, I get a generic "this is not a valid iso file" error and I am unable to continue with that .iso. When I successfully installed Win 8 twice on my computer, it was running very slowly and would keep crashing. Sometimes when I install Windows, it fails while unpacking/installing the files.
My dad ran a defrag on the SSD once. Could that have been sufficient to completely ruin it? Could my flash drive be faulty (I've used it to run installations before)?
Is there any way where I can get a legitimate copy of Win 7 Ultimate (I do not need a license, I have my own) so I can try again? Additionally, is there another easy way to make a bootable flash drive without using the Windows Tool?
Tech supporting this has been a major pain and I can't figure it out. TIA!
This is what my current issues are:
I had the OS installed, but my dad was complaining that my new system (sandy i3, 8GB ram, 60gb OCZ agility 3), was slow and that it would crash often.
I isolated the problem after checking error codes and the like to a windows installation error. I do not have another computer in the house that can burn DVDs, so I use the flash drive method (via the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool) to put the .iso on the drive and boot/install that way.
Since I wiped the computer, I have been unable to successfully install any version of Windows (XP Pro, Win 7, Win 8) on his computer without it installing/performing very slowly, or experiencing any crashes.
I randomly downloaded some .isos online from 7 Ultimate, and most of the time when I use the Windows Tool to make my flash drive bootable, I get a generic "this is not a valid iso file" error and I am unable to continue with that .iso. When I successfully installed Win 8 twice on my computer, it was running very slowly and would keep crashing. Sometimes when I install Windows, it fails while unpacking/installing the files.
My dad ran a defrag on the SSD once. Could that have been sufficient to completely ruin it? Could my flash drive be faulty (I've used it to run installations before)?
Is there any way where I can get a legitimate copy of Win 7 Ultimate (I do not need a license, I have my own) so I can try again? Additionally, is there another easy way to make a bootable flash drive without using the Windows Tool?
Tech supporting this has been a major pain and I can't figure it out. TIA!
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