Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool - "unable to run bootsect"

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Hello. I have a laptop whose hard drive is ruined and I want to perform a clean Windows install on a new hard drive using the Product Key found on the label on the laptop.

I downloaded an ISO image of W7 Home Premium 64 bits from here and used W7 USB/DVD Tool on my Windows 7 32 bits desktop to create a bootable flash drive. At the the following message appeared:

Files copied successfully. However, we were unable to run bootsect to make the USB device bootable. If you need assistance with bootsect, please click the "Online Hlep" link above for more information.​

I looked around on the Web and found this page. I understand where the error comes from as stated in the link but the problem is that I cannot download the bootsect.exe file since I don't have a microsoft store account and I haven't bought Windows 7 HPrem. either, it came pre-installed with the laptop.

Is there any other way of getting the bootsect file?

Thanks for the help.
 

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Hi there
The USB tool often doesn't work so do it manually as per described here ( at the botom in the section using the command line).

4 Ways to Create a Bootable Windows 7 or Vista USB Drive

There might be a method in the Tutorials too on the Forum. -- Choose the Manual / command line method.

(Note if you don't have a DVD drive then use a "Virtual Image" mounter tool to mount the ISO to extract the files - alcohol51% free edition is quite good as are others -- Windows 8 has this facility built in to the OS as standard BTW).

Cheers
jimbo
 

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Hi there
that tool doesn't work either in a lot of cases

I can't see what's wrong with using the basic command line method and the bootsect command from the actual Windows 7 installation files -- that way at least it's all Ms bog standard -- who knows what sort of stuff could exist in some of these 3rd party "boot sector creation" tools.

Cheers
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jimbo45 said:
Hi there
that tool doesn't work either in a lot of cases.....
Click to expand...

Everytime I had used it, Rufus had worked flawlessly whereas The Windows Tool has been known to be temperamental. I haven't seen anybody complaining against Rufus either.

And I don't see any reason why the OP can't try any other tool and why any ordinary user should be compelled to learn and use command line when he can easily get it done with simple tools.

And it is not a rocket science to find out whether any program or utility contains deleterious material.
If you had analysed Rufus and found any please report and share.
 
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Resurrecting this old thread, I ran into the same problem as the OP trying to replace Win7pro with Win 8.1pro x64 with a volume license key on a laptop with a broken optical drive.

I used Rufus and it worked great!
 

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I ran into this same issue. You may find (as was my case) that you can still boot from the USB regardless.
 

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My experiences with rufus...

Ok so I downloaded rufus fix my other pc... and it infected my PC with that much adware trojans keyloggers and A ROOTKIT. It didnt even let me install malwarebytes and it spoofed the exes of chrome and spoofed other system process names... I ended up wiping my SSD and now it doesnt even boot... thanks Win10... Moral of the story. Stop and read whats on the screen even if its 4am...
 

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I also vote for Rufus. Works for me.
 

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Holy Rufus, it works like a charm.
 

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Rufus did not work for me. I was trying to create an ISO from a Dell Windows 7 DVD Reinstallation disc to a USB on an XP system, but would not auto run when I moved the USB to the Window 7 computer that crashed, in which I replaced the SPU and HDD. Keeps giving me command prompt and no where was I able to find the correct words to make it run.
 

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Thrasher,

Thank you. I have been working off that tutorial. I am coming from a disc, so when it asks me for ISO image, I don't know how to do it because there are a number of folders on the disc. I downloaded a Windows 7 from PC River and trying to mirror that to the ISO USB drive. See what I mean about going from a disc? Rufus gives me DOS files and it doesn't copy them all. I cannot image from the disc. Unless I misunderstand it, which is quite the possibility. Which option for install are you suggesting? No. 2?

Believe me you, I have issues and I have tried numerous combinations. If I recall correctly, instruction said to use FAT 32 instead of NFTS, but I am trying the latter this time.

Like I said, I am also using a Win 7 downoad, so I will see if that makes a difference.
 

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Hi,
Confirm you need win-7 sp1 64 bit English and which version = home premium/ pro...and I can get you a download link you can use :)
 

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Correct, confirmed. Windows 7 SP1, Home Premium.
 

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64 bit

sorry yes 64
 

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2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
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Custom water loops
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Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
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2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
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Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
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FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
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My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom assembled by me :}
OS
Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
CPU
i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
Motherboard
ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
Memory
Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
Sound Card
Built-in Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays
1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 144Hz
Hard Drives
2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
PSU
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
Case
2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
Cooling
Custom water loops
Keyboard
Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
Mouse
2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
Internet Speed
Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
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Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
Browser
FireFox & Pale moon
Other Info
2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
Currently, almost 6 PM EST. I had to feed the animals - utmost importance.

The USB continues to show signs of life with orange glow and occassional blip, so I assume it is still working. Been almost 1/2 hour. Finished completing install, then restarted and went to black screen. I'll just let it run and see what happens.

For the image, I attempted to download IMGBurn once and got nervous. So, I discontinued. But with the Forum endorsement, I am downloading and will copy my disc for a backup.

Thanks for everyone's input. I hope it all comes together.
 

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Dell XPS 435T
OS
Windos 7 64 bit, 86x
CPU
Intel Core I7
Memory
12GB
Hard Drives
SATA
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