I was installing Windows 7 RC through USB method, and got a BSoD due to a bad overclock (forgot to change it back before I went to reinstall 7). I rebooted, went into BIOS and reset it to default. All was going accordingly, until the files were loaded. I get an error about files or something. (Not exactly sure what the error was.) It's an error from Windows Boot Manager. I don't have any other Windows 7 media, so I'm hoping I can repair my bootable USB.
Windows 7 USB Install, BSoD During, now I can't reinstall?
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That's what I was thinking. The only thing is, is I don't have the ISO anymore, and Microsoft doesn't host it. Would it be illegal to download the RC through a torrent, or on a website hosting it?
Even though it was free from Microsoft it still cant be obtained from a source other than Officially licensed ones. Same thing with Linux Distributions.
Yeah, I guess that would make sense.
However, I managed to get creative with my flash drive (which still had the remnants of my RC), and a 32-bit boot disk. I am successfully running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RC 7100 now. 
It took a while to get it figured out, because of a stupid .wim file, but all is done. I have yet to see any adverse affects, but I've only been up and running for the past 5-10 minutes... I'm putting off my upgrades that I have yet to purchase, and buying a retail copy of 7. I think that would be the smartest thing to do at the moment...EDIT : Nothing was downloaded! Everything I used was downloaded directly from Microsoft, when I downloaded both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. I believe I haven't done anything illegal.
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