I bet you’d have heard about Windows 7 by now, the next release of Windows operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. Few days ago Microsoft released Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 to public and allowing everyone to download the ISO image and test it out. The word BETA means it is tested for bugs, crashes, errors, inconsistencies, and any other problems before releasing it out to the public as stable version. There are 3 situations that I’d never use a BETA and that is an operating system, patches/updates and security software (antivirus and firewall)
Until today I was never satisfied with Windows Vista, so I was curious to test out Windows 7 and see if it could be as good as Windows XP. I don’t want to mess around with the master boot records to create a dual boot and also re-partitioning my hard drive for extra space to install Windows 7. The best way is to test drive Windows 7 in a virtual environment. Today I will show you step by step on where to download Windows 7, how to get Windows 7 product key for activation and how to install it on VirtualBox so you can mess around with it. I chose VirtualBox because it’s free and also much easier to use compared to other virtualization software.
Before you start, please make sure that your computer is faster than 1 GHz processor and has more than 1 GB of system memory to install and run Windows 7 Ultimate.
Where To Download Windows 7 Beta Build 7000
Windows 7 Beta 32-bit ISO (English): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso Windows 7 Beta 64-bit ISO (English): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
If you’re not sure which one to download, just get the first one Windows 7 32-bit ISO (English).
Obtain genuine Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 Product Key
1. Go to Microsoft TechNet website
2. Click Sign In link which is located at the top right corner of the website.
3. Sign in with your Windows Live ID. Login with your Hotmail account will do.
4. Copy the URL below and paste it to the web browser that you used to login to Microsoft TechNet.
https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033
5. Windows 7 product key will be displayed.
Download, Install and Configure VirtualBox for Windows 7 Installation
1. Download and install VirtualBox.
2. Run VirtualBox and click New button.
3. Click Next
4. Enter the name as Windows7, select Operating System as Microsoft Windows and select Other Windows for Versions.
5. Depending on how much RAM is on your computer. My computer has 2GB and I could only set 1018MB. The Next button will be inaccessible if I set more than that value. Try setting as high as possible so that running and installing Windows 7 would be faster.
6. Click New button to create a virtual hard disk.
7. Click Next
8. Select “Dynamically expanding storage” and click Next.
9. Select the size of the virtual hard disk. I set is as 10GB but if you can set it higher if you have more to spare.
10. Click Finish and you’ll be brought back to Virtual Hard Disk. Click Next.
11. Click Finish.
12. Make sure that Windows7 is selected at VirtualBox and click Settings button.
13. Go to CD/DVD-ROM, check “Mount CD/DVD Drive” and select ISO Image File. Click the small folder icon.
14. Virtual Media Manager window will appear. Click Add button and browse for the Windows7 ISO file that you downloaded and click Open. Click Select.
15. Now you’re back to the Settings to configure the options for Windows7. Click Network.
16. Make sure that “Enable Network Adapter” is checked. Click on Adapter Type drop down box and select Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM). Windows 7 doesn’t include drivers for PCnet-Fast III.
17. Click OK to close the VirtualBox Settings for Windows7.
Install Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 on VirtualBox
1. Make sure that Windows7 is selected at VirtualBox and click Start button. You will see a bar saying Windows is loading files.
2. When it has finished loading the required files, you can select the language to install, time and currency format and keyboard or input method. Click Next when done.
3. Click Install now
4. Check “I accept the license terms” and click Next.
5. Select Custom (advanced).
6. Select the drive that you created from VirtualBox and click Next. Windows 7 setup will start copying files, expanding files, installing features, installing updates and completing installation.
7. Enter your user name, computer name and click Next.
8. Enter your password and hint.
9. Enter the 25-digit Windows 7 Product Key that you got earlier and click Next.
10. Select “Ask me later“
11. Review the time and date settings. If it is correct, click Next.
12. Windows 7 will now finalize your settings and voila! You have Windows 7 running in VirtualBox.
The Windows 7 Beta (build 7000) installs Ultimate Edition by default. When you activate the Windows 7 product key, it will allow you to continue using until August 1, 2009. Not sure what will happen next but most probably you’ll need to upgrade to a later beta version of Windows 7.
The first thing I noticed about Windows 7 is the fish wallpaper. I wonder why… Then I tried looking for a way to change the Start Menu to classic but was unable to. Seems like Microsoft is not planning on having a Classic Mode that lets you switch back to the old interface. The bad thing about it is people like me will have to try to get use to the new interface, menus and etc, but at least they’re setting a standard so that it won’t be so confusing.
here my Product ID: 00426-292-0000007-85313 pls send me product keys thanks
Sir,i installed windows7 ultimate now.but it is not activated.So,please send me a product key to activate my windows a genuine.thank u.
HELLO SIR, I MOST RESPECTFULLY THAT I WANT TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE.I HAVE WINDOWS ULTIMATE DISK BUT DISK IS NOT WORK IN BOOTING AND MY C DRIVE IS NOT FORMAT AND MY COMPUTER HAVE DNA SCAN WARNING SO PLEASE TELL ME THIS SOLUTIONS
SOLUTION SEND MY EMAIL ID PLZ………..
please send me windows 7 key..
i really need one
اريد تثبيتwindows7ultamite
Please can u send mi a product key for Win7 ultimate?
10q
um sir, the link you posted are not woking . . .
# Windows 7 Beta 32-bit ISO (English): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso
# Windows 7 Beta 64-bit ISO (English): 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
please, send me a link or help me how to get the windows 7 ultimate OS . . .
thank you and GOD bless . . .
(^_^)
hey ,
the links are not working using D.A.P ,,
please send me the live link which is working…
please please….
hi…..
IF U WANNA TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 FOLLOW THE STEP BELOW……….
1) U NEED TO CHECK WHAT TYPE OF UR COMPUTER’S PROSESER FOR THAT………..
GO TO START –>> THAN RIGHT CLICK ON MY COMPUTER –>> THAN PROPERTIES…
THERE IF U SEE 64 BITS THAT MEANS UR PROSESER IS OF 64 BITS AND IF DON’T SEE 64 BITS IT MEANS UR PROSESER IS OF 32 BITS………….OK NOW FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE…..NOTE UR PROSESER TYPE…
2] INSERT UR WINDOWS 7 DISK IN CD-ROM..
3] REBOOT UR COMPUTER….
4] AS UR MONITOR SHOW U “”NO SIGNAL”" KEEP PRESSING DELETE KEY ON UR KEYBOARD ……
5] AFTER PRESSING DELETE KEY U WILL SEE “”BIOS FEATURE”" ..
6] OPEN “BIOS FEATURE” AND SEE “FIRST BOOT FROM” IT IS FROM HARD DISK .. MAKE IT FROM “CD ROM”
7]AFTER U HAVE DONE EVERY THING PRESS “F10″–>THAN “Y”–> THAN “ENTER”
8] WAIT FOR SOMETIME …..
9] SETUP WILL BOOT FROM CD…
10] AFTER SOMETIME U WILL BE ASK FOR “LANGUAGE” AND MORE …….
11] PRESS NEXT…
12] PRESS “INSTALL” NOW …..
13] THAN SELECT “COSTUME” THAN U WILL BE ASK FOR WHICH TYPE OF PROSESER U WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL…..
14] SO BE CAREFULL IF U HAVE “32BIT” PROSESER….U NEED TO SELECT “x86″ AND IF U HAVE “64BIT” U NEED TO SELECT “x64″…..
15] AFTER THAT U WILL BE ASK FOR WHERE U WANNA TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ……….SELECT UR DRIVE WERE U WANT TO INSTALL…………
16] SELECT UR DRIVE AND PRESS “NEXT” OR “INSTALL” WHAT WILL BE THERE ……
17] UR INSTALLATION WILL START ……
18] AFTER UR INSTALLATION WILL COMPLETE ….
19]U NEED TO FINALIZE UR INSTALLATION…
20] FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT “HOW TO FINALIZE INSTALLATION”
MAIL ME ON
sarveshtiwari30@gmail.com……..
thank u ……………….
Hello evry body !
Pleasse tell me ! How to setup windows 7professional with activation ?
Thanks
i hav a crack for windows 7 ultimate
but my windows 7 is not activated
so i cant use many features
so,
please send me a key or a trail key
I really need some help. I am trying to install Windows 7 Professional 64-bit from the Beta of Windows 7 Ultimate. I have restarted the PC, booted to disk, and now it gets hung up on the user agrement page. I am unable to check the I Agree to the License Terms box. I really need help here. Thanks….
so nice
hey everybody can any1 give me cd key for windows 7 ultimate
pls pls
tks
thanks u tell me windows 7 download and installition
iam looking for windows 7 ultimate product key
thank you shaun. KEPT getting 0xc0000225 error when trying to install 64bit windows 7 beta on a duo core mac but once I enabled all those check boxes , worked like a charm. Officially, I love the mac now…
i lose my windows 7 prodect key
Hi guys message to psteele.
Tosolve the error code you have to make sure that acpi and apic are enabled in BIOS. You then have to change boot sequence, make sure that the drive u use is named and it doesn’t say cd rom. U hve to make sure that the named drive isn’t IDE aswell. That what worked for me anyway.
Hope this helps.
HI raymond,
I can’t able to download windows 7.
plz send me a valid link
Great job.Thank you.
Keep up with your great work.
Cheers,
Frazer
Hey Ray…. i wondered the same thing, it never clicked… but my girl friend spotted it right away. she goes, \\\”its a \\\”beta\\\” \\\” and i felt pretty stupid after that.
All you vista haters are doing something wrong.I havn’t had one blue screen,its far more stable than xp and the presentation is better.I love it,just my opinion tho.Windows 7 looks exactly the same and i wont change in a hurry
To get rid of the Send Feedback link, you\’ll want have to edit a Windows registry value:
1. Open up the Start Menu
2. Type \”regedit.exe\” (without quotes) into the search box and hit enter
3. Navigate to \”HKEY_Current_User\\Control Panel\\Desktop
4. Locate the key on the right side that says FeedbackToolEnabled
5. Double Click on FeedBackToolEnabled
6. Change the value from 3 to 0
Hey Ray
Thanks soo mcuh for this guide!!!
It helped me and not i\’m running Windows 7 without problems!!!
greetings MK
You need to poke around in the control panel a bit, but there is in fact a way to use Windows Classic mode. It’s what I’ve been using in Windows 7.
wow just n time info fr me thanks
I had the same problem as some others installing the 64 bit version but being told I only had a 32 bit CPU. To solve it, after step 12 in Raymon\’s guide on the general tab go to advanced and make sure that \”enable acpi\”, \”enable io apic\”, \”enable vt-x/amd-v\” are all checked. Then continue as described above.
Thank you Raymond for this great sbs.
I installed System7 on test machine at is is way better than Vista, It can run nicely on lower hardware.
Question:
Anyone knows how to put a Ghost image on a “new” Virtuabox machine? I can never get the USB to work on empty VM, so I cannot restore the Ghost image from external hard drive.
i cannot seem to install it, i get an error mesage saying the install.wim file is missing
i dont know how this could be, i am downloading the same image as everyone else and it works on their computers
thanks!!!
Dont worry Dinesh, just install Vista and put a windows 7 wallpaper on it, its exactly the same then.
Hi Raymond
I am getting install.wmi not found error while installing windows 7.
Dinesh
try one of these link guy..work for me ..He..He
..pick me
use flashget or any other similar dowmload program !!!
p/s :
Windows 7 free activation keys
Windows 7 Beta 64-bit Product Key
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
CRJ8X-Q3D3G-V6T98-HMX62-2W3KX
Windows 7 Beta 32-bit Product Key
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC..pick me
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
XGD8W-B6WBM-8FDJ2-R43TQ-XP3KM
hiiiiiiiiiiiiii
thnxxxxxxxxxxx ray ,,,,,
but its too large , can u compress it using KGB archiver ……
(which can compress 10 GB data to 10 MB) ….. really :-)
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz try to do it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thnxxxx
in
advance ……. :0
Hello,
Raymond or someone who can help me, I get the next error after doing everything in the article, when I click Start so Windows 7 starts installing it tells me
Fail to start VirtualMachine Windows7
Result Code: E_FAIL (0×80004005)
Component: Console
Interface: Iconsole {(numbers and letters)}
Can someone tell me a solution Please.
Thanks
Windows 7 (32)
microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033
good info raymond
Thanks for the correct Vbox
Psteele, thanks
I have tried a least a dozen times to download Win 7, but the most I get is 20%-30% down load, every time.
Is there another link for 32 bit?
@Decent60
i am using vista x64 and am trying to install win7 x64 but the virtual box does not recognize my CPU as duo core but as a single core and you cannot install x86 virtualbox on x64 vista
it look like a linux version of microsoft windows vista…
i heard from my lectures on my campus..
microsoft intend to make open source os too…
Dear Raymond,
Could you please advice me how to install vista on XP using VB?
Thanks raymond…..
psteele,
If your operating system is a 32bit, you can\’t run a 64bit Virtual Machine on it.
Senie,
Download x86 version of Virtual Box.
Virtualbox:
filehippo.com/download_virtualbox/
Thanks a lot ray…..
I think that the link is no more active. Pls tell another link to obtain Windows 7 Keys.
Thank$$$$$$$$$$…….
Thanks a lot raymond.
Remove ei.cfg from sources folder, save new iso.
Now get choice of Home Basic, Home Premium,
Business or Ultimate, but MS keys only work for ultimate.
this looks exactly like Vista… I don’t get what the point of this is.. I’m fine with Vista. I get a lot less trouble with it than everyone else. Dunno why. But my Vista runs perfectly. Probably cos I keep it under good conditions. So… whats the point in releasing an OS that’s exactly the same as Vista but with bug fixes? Why not just release Vista Service Pack 2?
gua salute lu Ray…
Which Virtual Box should you download? I have Windows XP Home 32bit.
Thanks
HELP, i am trying to install windows 7 x64 by following your instructions Raymond and i get the error that i am trying to install a x64 O.S on a 32 bit cpu where as i have a e6600 duo cpu and the error code is 0xc0000225
Download speed was fast this morn… but now it’s slow
Guess a lot of people want this real bad.
I pay to you 5 stars *****
thanks but i do i enable areo affects!! so icna flip 3d and that???
NO THANK YOU ! Why in the name of all that’s holy should I clutter up my PC to be an unpaid lab rat for microsoft? It’s just a refaced Vista – and God alone knows, they screwed that up ! Sheesh ! Go surf some of the professional gurus out there and see how UNimpressed they are !
Hi Michael C. !
Yeah Vista really sucks doesnt it ? I bought Ultimate back in April, used it for a month and went back to XP.
Box is nice though and sits on a shelf with my old pc games for people to look through. And Windows 7 should be free for everyone who bought Vista.
Cheers mate.
Hey Ray,
Installing & running a beta version is a risk i think..
I experienced a lot of hang-ups, error reports in IE Beta 8! Will it create errors & Hang-ups or any other serious problems?
Thanks to you I found out that there was even a Windows 7!
But thanks again!
Thanks for the tip, I wonder if there is a portable version or a usb/c boot one so that it can be uninstalled easily!!!! I will expect a new directx such as 11 or even 12 and this means a new 3D card!!!!!
To Liyan: If you installed it in the VirtualBox like Raymond showed, exit by hitting the big X and hitting the ‘Discard’ button on the screen.
Personally, I wiped out my Linux install to see if I\’d like it more then Linux. While I admit, and like it more then Windows XP and Windows Vista, being nice and light on eye-candy and whatnot, my two cents is that it\’s DRM takes away from the OS. Until the Music/Movie Industry learn that DRM isn\’t wanted by the end-user, at least not in the clunky form it is now, why on EARTH would they want to add more DRM to an OS, I\’d love to know.
After five hours, I went back to Linux. 7 might be nice, but the built in DRM wasn\’t a killer. Same with my speakers not working. What made me not like the fact it seems so much like 98. It\’s a good OS, but doesn\’t seem to keep my attention.
wow thanks ray, windows 7 is amazing !! faster than my windows xp sp3
In prior reply I meant to comment about Win Explorer crashing. I found a cure, it’s called Directory Opus, I love that program, and it doesn’t crash!
Dual booting Vista and Windows 7.
I really want to like Win7, but I am having some of the same problems as Vista. It is a little quicker, but Windows Explorer still crashes on me and Outlook stalls in addition to Win7 forgetting my wireless adapter despite device manager saying it is installed properly.
Guess I will keep Vista as my main OS and continue to work with Win7. It is a beta, albeit a good one and you can’t argue with the price? I just don’t know if I will pay full price to upgrade (?) to it?
ray, thank you so much!!! Been trying to download and install this new OS but no luck. Now, you made life easier!!!
All the keys are the same as already posted by someone. They’re all volume keys and there’s 5 32bit and there’s 5 64bit. Feel free to post them so people don’t have to worry about signing in and that nonsense if they don’t have a Windows Live account.
Raymond / Anyone Here…,
If i want to uninstall Windows7. what shall i do? (I followed Ray’s step by step to install)
Ray / Anyone Here…,
If i want to uninstall Windows7… what shall i do? (I followed Ray’s step by step to install)
CJ: I totally agree with you. Am using Vista and not a day goes by without a program crash. I can’t revert to XP cause all my drivers and software are updated. Too bad, I’ll stick with Vista and XP for the time being. Windows 7 should be free.
Physically, I thought it looked the same. How different is it from Vista. Plus Microsoft’s products do take a lot of RAM
ray its coming adress is possibly changed
I downloaded and tried Windows 7, looks just like Vista with some minor improvements, if they seriously expect people to pay for this after having bought the truly awful Vista they have to be kidding. It should be a free upgrade.
Cmon, it’d be like Xp users having to pay for Service Pack 3.
Ray,
Thank you very much for the step by step instruction…
Actually i wonder why not it appear b4… now i understand…
Thanks
Liyan
thanks a lot..
Thanks a lot man! i couldn’t download it because it was linking me to the italian website (and im registered to american’s one), but i wanted to try it (even to start using it) Will it download automatically the upgrades? there was another iso for that in the download page, how about it?
now i knw why u tuk a bit long to post abt windows 7.. :) nuthin can b done soo detailed..thx bro!
Thanks Raymond. This is really amazing..
Actually there are only 10 product keys so I think you can show them in public.
if you want the 32 bit key just change the 64 in the add that ray gave to 32 and you will be redirected to the key fo 32 bits.
microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033
Hey Ray and thanks for the tip, i was one of the millions who kept F5ing on key’s page, and i don’t regret it, 7 is very cool, i installed it in dual boot and it’s working like a charm !
@riyaz sending some feedback will help them to improve it !
Wow, thanks for info. Download it, but the Windows 7 image comes with .aspx file extension, not seen by disk rippers, not .iso., try to rename,but no sucess, unable to rip. How to resolve? Please help!
Virtuabox rocks. Vista, on the other hand ..!
32Bit W7 Beta Key:
GG4MQ-MGK72-HVXFW-KHCRF-KW6KY
6JKV2-QPB8H-RQ893-FW7TM-PBJ73
4HJRK-X6Q28-HWRFY-WDYHJ-K8HDH
TQ32R-WFBDM-GFHD2-QGVMH-3P9GC
QXV7B-K78W2-QGPR6-9FWH9-KGMM7
64bit W7 Beta Keys:
RFFTV-J6K7W-MHBQJ-XYMMJ-Q8DCH
482XP-6J9WR-4JXT3-VBPP6-FQF4M
D9RHV-JG8XC-C77H2-3YF6D-RYRJ9
7XRCQ-RPY28-YY9P8-R6HD8-84GH3
JYDV8-H8VXG-74RPT-6BJPB-X42V4
VirtualBox developers are trying to add OpenGL features and maybe also Direct3D. With win7 it\’d be great to have aero in a virtual machine
thanks a ton ray, but i hope that u will also post an article on how it is too…
HAHA…this is funn!
Thanks a bunch raymond…. thanks again
can we install win 7 on 512 mb ram?,reply ray
sir raymond,
did yoiu manage to install windows 7 using parallels workstation?
That\’s a \”Beta fish\” wallpaper, Ray :)
Thank You Very Much for this Step-To-Step Tutorial. I’ll think on you if I decide to test W7 on my A64.
Best Regards ond keep on this way Raymond,
Jose.
Thanks.
u r the best.
just wanted to share this info … be aware that windows 7 corrupts the mp3 files … so update the OS asap …
there is patch available for this -
i have one issue … i cant insall the nvidia driver in windows 7 … can anyone help me ???
thanks ray! :) at first a bit confusing but when i followed your great instructions, i was amazed that i did it thanks for teaching me virtual box coz i always wanted to used something like this without messing my real pc.
thanks ray! :)
thnxxxxxxxxxxx ray :-)
once again …… u r the best
;) it is really best ^_^
thankz ray.. look like i’ll mess with my lappy to install windows 7.. gud article tho..
i just installed it the previous day … now i have to dual boot it … had some problem booting xp & windows 7 … got the boot problem rectified by using vistabootpro 3.3 …
is it possible to remove the feedback link that is shown on top of every window ???
Thanks Ray, I wonder what’s new …
Raymond, you are a mind reader !!
I was planning to do this over the weekend and its nice to have a step-by-step guide by your side before taking the plunge :)
Thanks again …
Wow, that’s post in time, really wanted to try windows 7. Thanks a zillion ray :)
First and thanks.