We create a Windows installation disk with useful features. Do-It-Yourself Windows Boot Disk from an Image
Hello, friends! In this article we will figure out how to make a Windows 7 installation disk. The main purpose of an installation or boot disk is to install an operating system from it. You can also use it to reset the administrator password that you forgot or that you forgot to tell you. We often use the Windows 7 installation disk when restoring the system boot after cloning a disk or partition.
The Windows 7 installation disk will also help us enter the Windows PE environment from which we can roll back to any restore point or use a pre-created system image. This will work if you have system protection enabled. In general, a boot or installation disk can make life a lot easier, so we need to know how to create one.
When creating an installation disk, we need an image of the latter. The easiest way to get it is to download it. Next I’ll tell you how and where I download disk images. You can use any assemblies downloaded from convenient places (please share the latest ones in the comments).
And now the most important. Checking the checksums or hash of the downloaded image. It is important to do this so that later questions like “Why can’t my system install” do not arise. This is necessary so that we can be sure that we have downloaded what the author of the assembly posted.
For Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 IDimm Edition v.17.14 x86/x64
MD5 - amounts:
32-Bit:
ISO: F5F51A544E3752B60D67D87A8AC82864
RAR: FE1A0883B74027C5C21332A3E2C83AA8
64-Bit:
ISO: EA5FE564086214FCCF953354E40CE7C3
RAR: D2AEDB453BE924875718D3376614EE59
If you download from a torrent, then most likely your image will be in the form of an ISO file. Use the appropriate hash amount.
You can check the checksum using MD5 File Checker.
Click " Review…» to select an image. Click " Calculate» to obtain the checksum. Copy the amount given by the author of the assembly, paste it into the appropriate field and click “ Check". Everything is as in the picture.
If the checksums match, the file is not damaged.
You can safely create a Windows 7 installation disk.
You can read and see how and where to download the original image of Windows 7.
Making a Windows 7 installation disk using built-in tools
We have downloaded the image. The checksums matched.
Insert a blank DVD-R or rewritable DVD-RW disc into the drive.
I will use a rewritable DVD-RW disc. First, I'll wipe out all the information that was on the disk. Right-click on the DVD-RW disc in the Computer or Explorer window and select Erase this disk .
When checking the disk I got an error. I press Record again.
I confirm the removal of all data from the disk.
Error again.
On the 3rd attempt, I managed to burn the image on the 2nd disk. Click Close.
The Windows 7 installation disc is ready to use.
Making a bootable Windows 7 disk using Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
To create bootable or installation disks, Microsoft has created a simple utility - Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Follow the link and download it.
Wait for the installation to complete and click Finish.
We launch the program from a shortcut on the desktop.
Sometimes this program does not like the images and a message appears: picture .
In this case, you need to make sure that the checksums match and try to create an installation disk using another program.
If you want to edit an ISO image of Windows 7/8/8.1 before burning it to disk, go here.
Before installing the operating system, you need create a boot disk with Windows 7, from which the installation will be carried out. You can find and download many different versions of Windows 7 on the Internet. However, I repeat that it is best to install original versions of operating systems, not assemblies. We will assume that you already have an image of the operating system on your local disk. As a rule, this is a file with the extension “ISO” - for example, “Windows7.iso”. This is what we need to burn onto a DVD in a certain way.
Why on DVD? Will explain. The average size of an operating system image is about 3 Gigabytes, so regular CDs simply cannot accommodate a file of this size. Both DVD-R and DVD-RW discs can be used. The only difference between them is that “RW” (ReWritable) has the property of rewriting. That is, such a disc can be erased and recorded many times. And the “R” (Recordable) disc can only be recorded once. To create a bootable DVD, you will also need a Windows 7 disc burning program.
Currently, there are many different programs, but I recommend Nero Burning ROM, which has long established itself as a professional program for burning discs of all types. One of the most stable versions of this program for the Windows XP operating system is “Nero Burning ROM 6.6.0.16”. Nero will be more than enough for you. For the 64-bit Windows 7 operating system, it is better to install a version no lower than 10, and better yet 12. For example, "Nero Burning ROM 12.0.20000". At the end of the article I will post a link to this program so that you can download it to your local disk and then install it. Using this particular version of the program as an example, I will show you how to create a bootable Windows 7 disk.
Having launched the “Nero Burning ROM” program, the following window should appear in front of you, in which you need to left-click on the “Open” button. 
Next, in the window that appears, you need to select the image itself that you want to burn to disk. To do this, you must know where exactly this file is located on your hard drive. Click on the required file twice with the left mouse button or once with the left mouse button, first on the file and then on the “Open” button. It will look approximately as shown in the picture. 
The disc burning settings window will appear. Make sure DVD is selected in the top left corner. Also check if the “Record”, “Finalize disc” and “Check recorded data” checkboxes are checked. “Record” means recording a disc, everything is clear here. “Finalize a disc” means to “close” the disc after writing so that subsequent writes to it are impossible. “Check recorded data” - after recording, all recorded files are checked for readability. Choose the recording speed at your discretion. You can select the maximum speed. But I personally have had cases where, after recording at maximum speed, some files from the disk simply refused to be read. Perhaps they were just low-quality discs. But I still always choose the “golden” mean. And I don’t always set the maximum speed. So, click the “Burn” button. 
A window like this should appear, where the following main indicators are located: write speed, loading of the read-executive buffer, and a write progress indicator. 
After the recording is completed, checking the recorded data will automatically begin - “Data Verification”, upon completion of which, if everything went well, the window shown below in the picture will appear, and the tray of your drive with the still warm disc will open. Click the “OK” button and close the program. The disk is ready for installation. 
If during “Data Verification” (disk check) messages such as those shown in the picture below appear, it means that the data was recorded incorrectly. In this case, reading occurs with errors. It is not recommended to install the Windows operating system from such a disk. Click the “Cancel” button, and in the window that appears next, the “OK” button. 
If you burned an image of Windows 7 onto a DVD-R disc, then it is better to take a new blank disc and do all the above operations to create a bootable Windows 7 disc again. If you used a DVD-RW disc, erase it by clicking on the “Erase rewritable disc” button in the “Recorder” menu tab, as shown in the picture below. 
In the window that appears, leave all the settings unchanged, that is, Erase method – Quickly erase RW disk, Erase speed – Maximum. And click the "Erase" button. 
After this, a window will appear showing the progress of the erase operation. 
Once the disc is erased, this small window will disappear and the drive tray will open with a now blank disc. You will need to follow all the steps described above to create a bootable Windows 7 disk. And you will need to start with the “Open” button, where in the window that appears you select the desired image with the Windows 7 operating system. 
If no errors are found after checking the disk, the creation of the Windows 7 boot disk has been completed successfully. The disk is now ready to install the operating system. I wish you success!
You can download the Windows 7 disk boot image - installation torrent on your computer for free and without registration from our website. Here everyone will find a Windows 7 SP1 installation disk in Russian for any purpose and configuration of your computer or laptop. A Windows 7 disk image is usually in ISO format, so you can create a bootable Windows 7 disk for further installation of Windows 7, using any program that works with images, we recommend or.
Before you download a windows7 system disk from microsoft, you need to decide on your goals and capabilities. This directly affects the choice when downloading a distribution kit for Windows 7.
If your goal is to play games, access websites and social networks, listen to music and watch movies, work at home for entertainment purposes and to get acquainted with this OS, and you don’t really want to delve into how to activate Windows for free later 7, and how to correctly install the necessary drivers on your Windows 7. In addition, you want there to be nothing unnecessary and full functionality, we recommend downloading the original Windows 7 maximum disk image with an activator and driver installer built into the desktop, from the link below . For optimal system operation on your PC, if you have 4 GB or more RAM, download a 64bit Windows 7 disk; if you have 1GB - 3GB, download a 32bit version of the Windows 7 disk.
Download disk windows 7 x64 maximum ISO image torrent
Download disk windows 7 32bit maximum ISO image torrent
If you still need to install win7, for home and entertainment purposes with free activation, and you want to have a full set of versions of the Windows 7 line on one disk or one flash drive with the possibility of installation with the Office 2016 package already installed, programs, updates, with installed gaming system utilities. We recommend downloading this assembly of Windows 7 sp1 x86 x64 13in1 disks. It already has security updates 07/17/2017, in addition, it has the ability to select two interface languages, Russian and English.
In case you need the win 7 operating system to work in an enterprise, to keep records of a legal business, to work with money and increased security, or for other commercial purposes, we recommend purchasing a license key for windows 7 on the official website of Microsoft developers and downloading only a clean one official, original windows7 image to avoid fines and sanctions from Microsoft.
For security reasons, we recommend installing drivers only downloaded from the official website of the manufacturers of the motherboard, video card, etc. of your laptop or computer. We also recommend downloading all programs only from the official developer sites. If you have something to risk, information, files, accounts, etc., then there is no such thing as too much vigilance.
Windows boot disk should always be in the collection of any computer user, since during active work, unexpected errors and failures in the operating system can very often occur, which can be easily resolved if you have a Windows installation disk.
Windows 7 disk image
In order to make a bootable DVD for Windows, we first need to download the so-called image for this disk. By the way, it is better to use a flash card for this rather than an optical disk (CD/DVD). Firstly, it has more capacity, which means you can record several versions of the OS on it at once. And secondly, the reading speed from a flash drive is much faster, which means the system will install faster.
But using optical media is more convenient in many cases, especially when it comes to old computers in which it can be problematic to boot via USB, so today we will talk about DVD.
So, a disk image is a special file in which one or another version of the system is packed, ready to be burned onto a CD or DVD, from which you can then start installing or restoring the system. Such a file is very easy to find on the Internet on the same torrents - moreover, as so-called “author’s” assemblies, in which unnecessary programs have already been cut out and necessary, in the opinion of their authors, programs have been added. So are official Windows releases in their purest form. I do not recommend using the wrong assemblies, since, in addition to other useful software, they can easily contain virus programs that will subsequently steal your data saved when working on a computer or laptop.
In order not to violate your license, you need to find out what version of the operating system you currently have installed and download the exact same one. You need to pay attention not only to the version, for example Windows 7 Home Basic or Windows 7 Ultimate, but also to its bit depth - 32x or 64x.
To find out your version, click on the “Start” menu, hover the mouse over “Computer” and right-click on it and select “Properties”
Here in the first section we will see the version of your Windows, and in the second - the bit depth.
Now that we know which operating system we need, we go to a search engine and look for a Windows disk image file that has exactly the same version. Typically this file has the extension .ISO, .IMG or .MDF depending on the program in which they were made.
Installing a program to burn a Windows disk image
The next step is to install the necessary program to burn our Windows 7 image to a disc. There are a great many of them, but I recommend those that I use myself and that have proven themselves best and are free - Image Burn and UltraISO. Follow the links and download any of them, I will use the second one.
Also at this stage you need to insert a blank disc into the drive - for Windows 7 you will need a DVD-R, for Windows XP a smaller CD-R will be sufficient.
After installing and launching the program, select “File > Open” from the menu and select our image file with Windows 7 in Explorer.
All files from the boot image that have now been added to our task will appear in the program window. Now select “Tools > Burn CD Image” from the menu.
A new window will appear with information about the upcoming recording - the drive on which it will be recorded, a link to the Windows boot image file and the recording speed are indicated here. To avoid errors, be sure to set the speed to minimum, if possible, and also check the “Check” box so that after burning, the program checks whether all files were copied correctly to the disc.
If something is unclear, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments!
This article will be filled with useful information regarding how to burn an image of any Windows operating system to disk. This is possible in many ways, but I prefer to do it using a special program Ultra ISO. My choice is not accidental, since this is a simple and convenient program that allows you to burn discs with any information. If you don’t want to clog up your computer’s memory with various programs, then standard Windows 7-8 tools will help you record a Windows image (Windows Vista also has this function).
When creating an image disc, it is important to remember that this process is slightly different from the usual recording of a disc with information (music, films, text files). After all, you need to create a special boot disk that will be recognized by the computer during startup.
When downloading the Windows, Windows Vista or any other operating system from the Internet, it looks like a regular file with the extension iso. Many users burned this ready-made file to disk, but noticed that booting from the installation disk did not start when the computer started. This is due to the fact that in
Next, I will tell you how to burn an operating system image with an iso extension to a disk so that when the computer starts, installation will begin from the disk. Then from such an installation disk you can reinstall the system on any computer.
Before directly creating an image for recording, you should mention the size of the future Windows image. If for older versions of Windows (XP and lower) a regular blank CD or CD-RW was enough, since the image took up no more than 700 megabytes, then for versions of Windows 7, 8, Windows Vista you will need a DVD. Although for some versions of Windows XP 700 megabytes is not always enough, since there are different assembly options with various additional programs, useful utilities, etc. The image of newer systems (Windows 7, Vista or Windows Eight) takes up at least three gigabytes.
Burning a Windows ISO image to DVD using UltraISO
First, I will talk about the convenience of the UltraISO image file burning program, which is much more convenient and understandable for anyone to use than, for example, Nero. Just find UltraISO on the Internet and download it to your computer or download it from. The small size allows you to do this very quickly even with a slow Internet connection. Installing the software will take no more than three minutes.After installing UltraISO, it instantly associates itself with the iso extension. That is, any file with such an extension will be opened exclusively using UltraISO.
To start burning a disc with an image of the selected operating system, you should open the image with a mouse click. On the screen it looks like this:
The UltraISO program will launch, where the bootable disc will be ready for recording. Simply insert a blank disc into the DVD burner, press the burn button, and confirm by simply pressing the "Burn" button. You just need to wait until the UltraISO program burns the disc, and then you can safely use it to install Windows.
It is best to burn the disc at low speed. The recording quality will be noticeably better. At high recording speeds, errors may occur when attempting to install the operating system.
Burning an installation disc using a standard Windows tool
You can also burn the installation disc using standard Windows programs. This option is available in both Windows 7-8 and Windows Vista. The standard program will write an iso image without any problems, and the disk will be bootable, that is, allowing you to install the selected operating system.ISO files in Windows 7 look like this:
