Infopackets Reader Perry F. Writes: ' Dear Dennis, I have two laptops with Windows 7 that I would like to upgrade to Windows 10. From what I understand, I can use the to download Windows 10 in an.ISO file format. When that is done downloading, I would then burn the.ISO disc image file onto a DVD, then use the DVD to install Windows 10 onto my machines. The problem however is that I don't have a DVD drive on either laptop - so how can I use the.ISO format to install Windows 10? ' My response: In a nutshell, an ISO file is an exact copy of an entire CD or DVD, placed into a single file to make it easily portable. An ISO file makes it very easy to download an entire CD or DVD from the Internet in a similar manner as to how.ZIP files operate.
When it comes to using an.ISO file, you have 3 options:. You can burn the.ISO file to DVD, and keep the DVD permanently to be used whenever you need it - this is the intended use. Obviously, if you don't have a CD or DVD burner, then you will have to use options #2 and #3 below. Instead of burning the.ISO to DVD, you can use a program called which allows you to use a USB thumb drive instead of a DVD to create the disc image.
You could then install Windows 10 from the USB thumb drive via the desktop, or boot off the thumb drive as if it were a DVD - but only if your computer supports booting from USB. If you intend to upgrade to Windows 10 from within the Windows 7 or 8 desktop environment, you don't need a DVD or USB thumb drive; instead, you can mount the.ISO image file using 'virtual DVD software', which emulates a DVD drive.
Nov 27, 2017 - A useful list of MS Office 2013 Official RTM ISO click-to-run. To install the.img files you have the following options. Itself;; Use a virtual CD/DVD drive emulator software such as Daemon Tools, WinCDEmu o Alcohol 52%.
This effectively takes the.ISO file and reads it as if it were a real DVD, which is then accessible via My Computer (or 'This PC'). My favorite program for doing this is - just be careful when installing this program as the setup file comes bundled with extra junk software.
Another program I use is; it's very light weight and easy to use. To use it, simply right click over top of the ISO file and then mount a drive letter. To remove the virtual drive, right click the drive letter via My Computer or This PC and 'eject' the disc. I hope that helps. Got a Computer Question or Problem? I need more computer questions.
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upgrade to Windows 10, it is first necessary to allow Windows Update to install Windows 10 (in this case 'over' Win 7); then, if the user chooses, now that Windows 10 has been validated on the particular machine, a fresh install of Win 10 can be done, e.g. From USB, and the fresh install will then also be validated? Downloading the iso and directly installing Win 10 over Win 7 will, I believe, mean that the user will have to purchase a Win 10 license. or to post comments. I've downloaded the Windows 10 ISO and ran that from within the desktop environment countless times to perform upgrades from Windows 7 and 8 to 10 without any issues whatsoever. If you want to reboot and install using the DVD, then you will first need to, which would then qualify you for the upgrade. I have personally not used that method, but it is said to work.
The newest version of Windows 10 (starting with the 'fall update', 10586) allows this, whereas previous versions did not (10240). or to post comments. It is an excellent article explaining how to install Win10.
After reading this, I decided to upgrade my computer running Win 7 Home Premium. Downloaded WinCDEmu from the link that you provided & installed it.
It was about 1.7 MB size. As I have limited Internet connection, Obtained Win 10 Home 32 Bit ISO and Win 10 Home 64 Bit ISO from my friend. Created a Bootable CD of Win 10,Home 64 Bit. Using WinCDEmu mounted the Win 10 Home 32Bit ISO and tried try to install Win 10 Home 32Bit. I got a message “ You can not install Win 10 because your Processor does not support NX “. Did a Google search about NX support. Found from a Forum that in BIOS, NX support has to be Enabled or in some cases it will be indicated as XD Technology ( Executable Disabled ).
In my case it was in BIOS - Security – XD Technology ( Enabled). So I Disabled it. If any one is having NX Support (Disabled) in their BIOS, it has to be (Enabled), where as XD Technology has to be (Diaabled).
After Disabling the XD Technology in my BIOS ( My processor is Core 2 Duo, 2.66Gig ), booted to Win 7 Home Desktop, mounted Win 10 Home,32Bit ISO using WinCDEmu and upgraded my OS to Win 10Home,322 Bit selecting the option “ keep all my files “. The Upgrade went smoothly without a hitch & keeping even my Original Desktop. Nothing changed except the OS. Connected to Internet, Control Panel—System & Security – System—and clicked on Activate Window. Checked everything worked as expected. Made an Image of C partition using Acronis. Used the Win 10Home,64Bit, bootable CD to do a clean install.
Installed all my SW such as MS Office, Acrobat etc. Connected to Inter net and Control Panel—System & security – System – Clicked on Activate Window.
It activated immediately. This is how I, installed Win 10. Hope this will be useful to some other novice like me. or to post comments.