Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
These steps assume your laptop/ultrabook has no DVD drive and has an iSSD.
1. Click the link below and download Partition Wizard CD ISO file ( pwhe7.iso) under "Free Download Bootable CD Now!";
Free download Magic Partition Manager Software, partition magic alternative, free partition magic, partition magic Windows 7 and server partition software - Partition Wizard Online
2. Click the link below then click the "Download for Windows" button to download the UNetbootin executable ( unetbootin-windows-581.exe);
UNetbootin - Homepage and Downloads
3. Execute UNetbootin (no installation required), after reading instructions at the above link, and create a Partition Wizard bootable flash drive. Test it to make sure it works. No input is required while it boots.
4. Click the link below, follow the instructions and create your Windows installation flash drive (FD);
Configure a USB flash drive to be a Windows 7 installation platform | TechRepublic
5. With Windows installation FD inserted, go into BIOS setup and ensure that "Fast BIOS Mode" is disabled at the "Advanced" screen. Also, change the boot order at the "Boot Menu" so that "USB HDD" is the first boot device.
6. Save, exit BIOS and start the installation. Choose your HDD or SSD as the installation target.
7. Windows will eventually restart and boot from the installation FD again unless the boot order is changed in the BIOS.
8. If Windows is able to boot from the HDD/SSD then the installation can proceed as normal and the steps below can be ignored.
Steps below would be followed if Windows fails to boot from HDD/SDD due to System partition being created on the iSSD;
9. Remove the Windows FD, insert the Partition Wizard FD and boot from it.
10. Confirm that a 100 MB "System Reserved" partion exists on the iSSD.
11. Highlight the partition chosen for the installation and click on the "Move/Resize Partition" operation to the left of the screen.
12. Resize the partition so that 100 MB of unallocated space is made before the partition.
13. Choose the "Copy Partition Wizard" to copy the 100 MB "System Reserved" partition on the iSSD to the unallocated 100 MB above.
14. Right click the copied partition then choose modify to make it both primary and active.
15. Delete the "System Reserved" partition on the iSSD.
16. Switch off, remove the flash drive then boot. Make the HDD/SDD the first boot device in BIOS setup. Windows installation should continue without any further need of the installation FD.
Win7 clean install from flash drive (steps)
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