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These missing instructions from this obtained ISO file can be crucial for a successful installation and further use of the product as follows:
(Microsoft automatic file updates also work fine)
Burn the ISO file to a blank DVD5 disc using your DVD burner drive and
a program like PowerISO (available in a separate torrent download) to create a bootable installation disc.
When installing Windows, you will sometimes/even very often see an annoying message from the installation procedure section of the Windows operating program saying that the hard drive you want to install Windows on
“cannot be used with Windows” (because it is partitioned using MBR or GPT, the two variant options in use) when it should
simply say that you need to change from one type to the other
depending on what type of partition is required to proceed.
When this happens, simply access the command prompt from the installation screen at startup (shift F10) and then type the following commands
diskpart
list disk
select disk 0 (if that is the correct disk number)
clean (this will erase what is on the disk; Windows will often not
continue without the CLEAN command, saying it cannot convert
when you use this command, which it does not tell you to use by the way)
convert MBR (or convert GPT) this is the final command
to convert to whatever type of partition format Windows requires
for the particular installation you are doing.
EXIT
If the CLEAN command is not appropriate for you (for example, when you want to keep some data on the hard drive, use a program like EASUS
– downloadable from torrent sites additionally) to convert the partition type and do it before installing this copy of Windows.
Enjoy
Michael Rizzo Chessman
Former Database Programmer – Microsoft Foxpro