I am considering buying a student discount of Windows 7 64-bit from Digital River. However, I need to know if there's a way I can perform an installation on my laptop by either using a DVD with this file or a flash drive with this file (flash drive preferable,but knowing both would help). Here is the situation: I am currently running Windows 7 32-bit Home Premium on my laptop. The laptop will never load the OS now as of three days ago. I can't even run safe mode! My Dell consultant recommended that I perform acustom re-installation of their Windows 7 upgrade on my laptop.
I figured this was an opportunity to install a 64-bit version of Windows 7 through a discount purchase instead. It seems the Digital River store would charge the least and is perhaps the mostconvenient way to get this on my laptop. The question is, how would I perform the installation from the download on such a laptop?
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Do I need to custom install something like Windows Vista 32-bit that initially came on my laptop before I installed Dell's Windows7 32-bit? Is there a way around this? Could I perhaps even upgrade Windows 7 64-bit with this electronic download without destroying any files or applications already on my hard drive? Or should I back up the files before I start this installation process?Thank you, answers to all of these questions from someone would be very helpful! I am considering buying a student discount of Windows 7 64-bit from Digital River.
.The Microsoft® Windows® Installer (MSI) is the application installation and configuration service for Windows. Version 4.5 of the Windows Installer has several new features, including:Multiple Package Transaction: In a multiple package transaction, you can create a single transaction from multiple packages.
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In a multiple package transaction, a chainer is used to dynamically include packages in the transaction. If any of the packages do not install as expected, you can roll back the installation.Embedded UI Handler: You can embed a custom user interface (UI) handler in the Windows Installer package. This makes a custom UI easier to integrate. You can also invoke an embedded UI handler from the Add or Remove item in Control Panel. Or, you can invoke an embedded UI handler during a Windows Installer repair process.Embedded Chainer: You can use the embedded chainer to add packages to a multiple package transaction. You can use an embedded chainer to enable installation events across multiple packages.