[plug] warning - cover your ears: can I get a full windoze install dvd from a recovery partition?

[Shaun Budding]

I would just do a fresh install of 'Windowz' using the below CDN links and
the product key provided with your laptop;

Home Premium x64
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
Professional x64
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59186.iso
Ultimate x64
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
Home Premium x86
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
Professional x86
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
Ultimate x86
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso

If you need to transfer any existing data/settings just do it manually?


Shaun

On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 15:33, Marcos Raul Carot Collins <
marcos.carot at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Domingo 12 Febrero 2012 15:06:06 Garry escribió:
> > I'll be interested to hear if 1/ is possible, but another alternative
> > (destructive I know) is to beg/borrow the correct windows disk and
> > install to the vm using the product code that came with the machine..
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Garry
> >
> > On 12/02/12 14:29, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > > It seems sacrilegious to ask this here, I know, but hear me out ;-)
> > >
> > > I want to know if anyone has experience and pointers on how can I get
> > > a full windoze install on dvd from a recovery partition (and or the
> > > original install)?  I've read of making recovery partitions into
> > > recovery discs, but don't think this will do the full kitchen sink
> > > effect that I want after blitzing windoze to the weeds on it's
> > > original partition.
> > >
> > > I bought a laptop recently with the inevitable windoze tax
> > > preinstalled and set it up dual booting my distro of choice, as you
> > > do, fighting my usual method of completely blitzing windoze away never
> > > to darken my doorstep again. However, I also hate to throw out
> > > something that I've paid for so am reluctant to get rid of it this
> > > time around.
> > >
> > > Thing is, I'd rather run it as a vm using virtualbox for those few
> > > times I must use a package that is windoze only. Can I:
> > > 1/ point virtualbox to that existing win7 install and instead run it
> > > as a vm on it's separate partition as it is now?
> > > 2/ make a full installation dvd of that windoze install to then wipe
> > > it and reinstall in a vm under Linux?
> > >
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Gavin
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> There are lots of warnings, and I have never done it, but here:
> http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#idp13659008
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marcos
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