News - Microsoft removes the 2.5 million-user limit on Windows 7 beta

[Grey M@a]

Um go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx and then click on the 32 or 64 bit version, login with your Live ID and it will give you a download and a CD Key

[Disturbedguy]

Thanks, will give it a try when I get home!, hmm question is do I download to my PC, put on disk then format laptop..or just dl to laptop and etc etc.

[Grey M@a]

It will download as a ISO and you will have to use internet explorer to grab it as it seems to go through an active x download manager and then just burn it to DVD and off you go It's around 2.6GB for the 32bit version and 3.7GB for the 64bit version.

[s_kinton]

Thanks, will give it a try when I get home!, hmm question is do I download to my PC, put on disk then format laptop..or just dl to laptop and etc etc.

Its comes as an .iso image file, so you'll need to burn it to a blank DVD. Then install it on a formatted partition/drive.

[dangel]

Use this: http://www.imgburn.com/ to burn the ISO to a DVD.

[muddyfox470]

it gave me 3 install keys :s after having to install active-X it refreshed and gave me another key, when i clicked download the page refreshed and gave me another one :s

[Disturbedguy]

Can I have one xD.

Will try when I get home, do I have to install to a freshly formatted disc? Or can I just do it the same as I would if installing an OS on a drive for the first time?

[Cichlidash]

I have sent you a 64 bit key as I had a few spare

[Grey M@a]

Can I have one xD.

Will try when I get home, do I have to install to a freshly formatted disc? Or can I just do it the same as I would if installing an OS on a drive for the first time?

You can do a clean install or update vista from it if memory serves me right

[Disturbedguy]

Got it installed on one of my laptops xD

Seems to be running pretty decent, only had a quick blast on it, don't get home until 7 so cant be mithered doing much at night.

[Grey M@a]

Got it installed on one of my laptops xD

Seems to be running pretty decent, only had a quick blast on it, don't get home until 7 so cant be mithered doing much at night.

I know how you feel, I stuck it on installed a few apps and left it at that for now

[moogle]

Just install it on a VM, easy

[Disturbedguy]

Dont have any VM's

But I will have a mess tonight

[moogle]

Dont have any VM's

But I will have a mess tonight

VirtualBox

No excuse not to have one now!
Had mine setup within the hour and no need for doing a proper install unless you want to.


I was using them when I had 2GB of memory so you don't need such a powerful machine

[Disturbedguy]

Hmm thats an idea, thanks.

May put some on my own PC.

[Georgy291]

I installed it on my main pc since my vista crashed, and i love the new improvement they have done on 7?

why do you bother running it in VM

get a spare hard drive disconnect your main one and install 7 on that