ball of lightning [dot] com » windows 7 http://balloflightning.com Hitting more home runs than Julio Lugo since 2002... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “We are unable to create or save new files…” http://balloflightning.com/2009/10/we-are-unable-to-create-or-save-new-files-in-the-folder-in-which-this-application-was-downloaded/ http://balloflightning.com/2009/10/we-are-unable-to-create-or-save-new-files-in-the-folder-in-which-this-application-was-downloaded/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:00:52 +0000 Colin http://balloflightning.com/?p=40 Downloaded student discount Windows 7 upgrade tonight; upon trying to unpack the .exe that came down from Digital River.

“”We are unable to create or save new files in the folder in which this application was downloaded.”

Yeah. Thanks Microsoft. Here’s how to get around that.

Download oscdimg and then drop oscdimg.exe file into C:\Windows\System32.

Start -> Run -> type “cmd” to open a command window.

In the command window, type “oscdimg.exe -u2 -bC:\PATH\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com -h C:\PATH\expandedSetup C:\PATH\Win7.iso” replacing C:\PATH\ with your actual path to the downloaded files.

You should now have an .iso file in that directory; burn a DVD using your favorite software (I used CDBurnerXP, but it’s old).

Restart and boot from the CD (specific to individual motherboards, my Biostar is F9, some are F8, some are the “Del” key). You should see something to the effect of “Press XX to select boot drive.” Press and select your DVD drive and follow the Windows 7 installation from there.

Thanks SIW2.

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Unplug all peripherals except PS/2 mouse and keyboard.

Go into BIOS. Disable “USB controller.”

Remove/disable video card if you are bypassing the on-board graphics.

Boot the install disk.

Wait.

Wait.

Wait. (Seriously, like 15 minutes).

Follow install.

Reset everything back to “normal” following the installation. Apparently Windows 7 is having trouble with the drivers during installation, but does a reasonably good job downloading them afterwards.

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