Has anyone received their Windows 7 Student Backup Disk yet?

[Protocept00]

I haven't... it has been about a week now, the disk is still not here. Anyone else get it in the mail yet? Also, for anyone who has got it in, did it ship through UPS, FedEX, or through regular USpostal? Thanks in advance.

 

[Protocept00]

And what I mean by "student" I'm referring to the Windows 7 deal for college students where you can purchase Windows7 for 30 bucks.

 

[Dhammond]

I got mine Friday.It said it was shipped 10/22,But I doubt it.

 

[LennyZ]

Mine shipped 10.22 and i got it a few days ago by USPS.

 

[Protocept00]

Mine "shipped" on the 5th of November. And if you guys ordered it 10/22 and just now received it, means I won't be getting mine until the end of November or early December. That is really lame.

I got the 64bit edition, which according to Microsoft, REQUIRES the backup disk. I can't initiate the installer from within Windows XP like the 32bit edition. This really annoys me, and quite frankly I'm pissed. This is far to long to be waiting for something like this.

 

[mmntech]

Nope. It's been about a week for me too but Digital River did say it could take up to a month. I wish I hadn't paid extra for it though since there is a way to convert the download to an ISO and burn it to a DVD. I had to do this to install it on my Macbook.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/22/how-to-make-a-dvd-of-that-student-only-windows-7/

 

[MStele]

Mine "shipped" on the 5th of November. And if you guys ordered it 10/22 and just now received it, means I won't be getting mine until the end of November or early December. That is really lame.

I got the 64bit edition, which according to Microsoft, REQUIRES the backup disk. I can't initiate the installer from within Windows XP like the 32bit edition. This really annoys me, and quite frankly I'm pissed. This is far to long to be waiting for something like this.

You can create the backup disc form the download. Initiating the 64-bit installer from within XP is not necessary. That was one of the big issues that came up at release, but eventually people discovered how to get around it.

 

[phoenix79]

I got mine last week

 

[mizzou]

shipped 10 23 09 recieved today

 

[KIAman]

I got mine and it was in a cheapy paper holder. Amazingly, the disk worked.

 

[postmortemIA]

i made my own backup image using microsoft's own disc image creation tool.

 

[zettler]

Why is it so difficult!!!!

Old thread but still an issue.

I bought from Digital River the ISO download for Windows 7 last year and haven't a freaking clue on how to easily do an install on a PC - whether it be on a wiped hard-drive (which we just had to do for my son's PC since he did some creative Registry editing and it crashed), or after a NEW Windows XP install, or what ever.

I would rather do it from a USB 8GB thumb-drive if possible....

Any and ALL assistance appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

 

[xSauronx]

Why is it so difficult!!!!

Old thread but still an issue.

I bought from Digital River the ISO download for Windows 7 last year and haven't a freaking clue on how to easily do an install on a PC - whether it be on a wiped hard-drive (which we just had to do for my son's PC since he did some creative Registry editing and it crashed), or after a NEW Windows XP install, or what ever.

I would rather do it from a USB 8GB thumb-drive if possible....

Any and ALL assistance appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

this thread is what you want:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2225273

use imgburn to burn the iso to a dvd for the install

or to go usb

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

directions are on the page

 

[zettler]

this thread is what you want:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2225273

use imgburn to burn the iso to a dvd for the install

or to go usb

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

directions are on the page

Thank you so very much!

 

[zettler]

this thread is what you want:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2225273

use imgburn to burn the iso to a dvd for the install

or to go usb

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool

directions are on the page

I have followed their direction and every time I get a message at the end that says it has problems with "unable to run bootsect to make the USB device bootable." It has reformatted it twice now...

Thoughts?