How to boot a win 7 hard drive that was in Ubuntu system?

[Xen]

Jim schreef op 07-04-2017 0:18:
> On 04/06/2017 02:42 AM, Xen wrote:
>> Xen schreef op 06-04-2017 9:36:
>> 
>>> Then you type bootrec /fixmr, bootrec /fixboot and bootrec 
>>> /rebuildbcd
>> 
>> Mistake, bootrec /fixmbr
>> 
>> will overwrite Grub (if it's there) with a fresh Microsoft-compatible 
>> MBR
>> 
> 
> Update: Just discovered Boot Repair -
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
> 
> I burnt the cd and put in the Win 7 and once it loaded I selected the
> Restore MBR option. It fixed the MBR problem and was able to boot Win
> 7 and finish installing SP1.

Well that's awesome.


Joel Rees schreef op 07-04-2017 1:05:

>> http://mirror.corenoc.de/digitalrivercontent.net/
>> 
> 
> Mind or otherwise, can you vouch for the images there? Or is there
> some way to check against a known-valid cryptographic checksum?

Probably, but I don't care. They are images coming from a known 
Microsoft site (digitalrivercontent.net) before Microsoft took it down. 
In other words, once they were legally available, then Microsoft decided 
to be a b*tch ;-).

> I personally would rather pay for a copy of MSWindows Home than
> download an image from a non-Microsoft site, but maybe that's just me.

It's a mirror of official Microsoft Images, they have the same names, 
numbers etc. as the older (well actually the same) Microsoft images. If 
you can find some place to find the original Microsoft checksums, you 
could verify.


Joel Rees schreef op 07-04-2017 1:17:

> This is a better option than a clearly illegal MSWindows ISO.

Well it only became 'illegal' after Microsoft pulled the plug on it.

Sure you can pay for a Microsoft copy, then you will verify the checksum 
and see they are identical. They you will have paid a lot of money for 
restoring the MBR of your system ;-).


Karl Auer schreef op 07-04-2017 2:35:
> On Thu, 2017-04-06 at 22:35 +0200, Xen wrote:
>> Well I told you. Only retail keys work. One that comes with your 
>> computer is not retail.
> 
> Except when it does work. Or maybe it's a Win7 thing. I extracted my
> Win10 OEM key and used it to spin up a virtual, no problems with
> activation at all.

Yes it will activate. They are just not accepting OEM licenses for the 
_download_.

That's all.

It's just Microsoft saying "bitch please".

In 2014 they were still 'legally' available on that Microsoft site. In 
2015 Microsoft pulled the plug to it.

The guy above (that was linked, in any case) provided a mirror, 
bypassing the Microsoft "You need a retail key" restriction that 
prevented OEM customers from getting an ISO that was not supplied by 
their retailer (that usually wasn't, I guess).

They are not illegal ISOs. You still need a valid key to install and 
activate, most of the time (for activate certainly).

You can also still use these keys to install Windows 7 and then upgraded 
to Windows 10 if you so wanted. You will normally get a digital 
entitlement license (the Windows 10 install will be bound to your 
hardware) while in fact the Windows 7 key becomes available again for 
another installation (funny) :p.

But anyway, if you can find a Microsoft checksum, fine. People just 
mirrored msft.digitalrivercontent.net before it went down.

If the torrents still work (which I assume they do) there is really no 
easy way for a hacker to provide a different file. Well, they can but it 
would invalidate all other users also using the older torrent. That 
said.

Modified installation DVDs generally do not modify your system prior to 
installation. Custom ISOs created using whatever that contain extra 
software plant this software (often for good reasons) on your harddisk 
upon installation.

There is no way in hell someone would actually go out of their way 
changing the actual installer so that it would infect a system without 
even installing anything; ie. the installation menu you get, the 
shift-F10 action and the bootrec program are the least likely of 
anything to be corrupted, if it is a custom spun ISO or would be a 
custom spun ISO it would install different stuff, not have a different 
installer.

But anyway, they are the unmodified originals from Microsoft.


Joel Rees schreef op 07-04-2017 5:58:

> I don't say I distrust the Boot Repair CD on sourceforge, I just say
> that the less people you have to trust to play with your MBRs, the
> better.


Yup, that's paranoia lol.

Don't know what else to say.