Installing Win7 from USB (bootsect.exe) - Page 2

Joe 90 · 30-03-2010, 12:33

Afternoon,

I'm wanting to upgrade our home PC from 32bit vista to 64 bit Win7. Unfortunately I've not got any blank DVDs so wanted to run an install from USB disk. I got to the bootsect part of the process to assign the bootcode and it would appear that it wont run due to compatibility issues, obviously from the 32 > 64 bit move

Code:

G:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 K:
This version of G:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the
software publisher.

any ideas on a work-around?

30-03-2010, 12:33	#1
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	Installing Win7 from USB (bootsect.exe) Afternoon, I'm wanting to upgrade our home PC from 32bit vista to 64 bit Win7. Unfortunately I've not got any blank DVDs so wanted to run an install from USB disk. I got to the bootsect part of the process to assign the bootcode and it would appear that it wont run due to compatibility issues, obviously from the 32 > 64 bit move Code: G:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 K: This version of G:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher. any ideas on a work-around? __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

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