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How to install Windows without the original factory CD

How does a person install Windows on a computer if the customer lost the original CD? Another way to put it is you need to do a clean install of Windows and the client looses the original Windows restore disk. It happens all the time to me. You have a key but [...]

Create a Bootable USB Drive for Windows 7

These directions were posted by “Arnie” in the comments saction of www.withinwindows.com

They work great! Especially since the Microsoft Tool was pulled and didn’t work for me anyways.

An other way to create a bootable USB drive to install W7 from is:
Format the drive from a Vista/W7 machine:
CMD
FORMAT F: /FS:NTFS (where F: is of course your [...]

Windows 7 has a great sleep mode

Just a quick blurb to say that I have had my laptop in sleep mode for 8 days. Battery was STILL at 89% when I turned it on today. If this was Vista, it would have died in 2 days maximum.

Hopefully Microsoft keeps up the good work.