Comments on: Guide to install Windows 7 Beta on Lenovo Ideapad S10 Netbook – Tips using USB pen drive

By: dk

dk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:38:22 +0000

better to use this one.
the program called unetbootin.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

1.just directly download an .iso image file of your copy (vista/sp/7)
2.then choose "disk image" --> choose iso
den browse your image file
3.select your drive (formatted)
4.click ok
5.wait until done processing
6. boot
7. install
8. TADA! ahahhahah
install the drivers for your s10!

By: Ankh

Ankh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:06:25 +0000

Great write up! thanks for sharing. btw, got the same hickup with running bootsec from the mounted dvd and diskpart/assign didn't work right away but in the end win7 beta installed just fined from the usb stick.

By: TF

TF — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:20:02 +0000

Found a easy way of doing this.

1- Download Pismo from http://www.pismotechnic.com/download/

2- Copy and Install Pismo onto netbook (Win XP)

3- Copy Windows 7 ISO to C:\... (on netbook)

4- Right click ISO and Mount

5- Once mounted just launch setup and you ready to install Windows 7 just following instructions from there.

PS I found it's better to do a custom install instead off upgrade.

By: Ad

Ad — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:00:21 +0000

"D:\ CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D:\” is your mounted ISO file.
CD BOOT and hit enter. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code.

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 E:
Where “E” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see a success message."

All the above did not work for me. What did work was the following in command Prompt: e:\boot\bootsect /nt60 H:

Hope this help other that get stuck on this point

By: ric

ric — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:41:54 +0000

hi i got my lenovo s10e in linux suse10. i would like to try the
windows 7 also. but the problem is that i don't know how to format
the hard drive and install the windows 7. can you give me a guide
on the formatting and what software to use? thanks.

By: DG

DG — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:08:42 +0000

Yeah! it runs fine on 1GB.

By: 16 CH DVRS

16 CH DVRS — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:17:24 +0000

I have vista running on my C500 do you think it would be worth me to try the beta out on it as it only has 1gb of ram installed?

By: rix

rix — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:44:31 +0000

Sorry, fixed my problem already :) I wanted to ask , is there multiple boot screens on win7. Becouse if i installed win7 wiht Virtual PC 2007 , than i showed true win7 boot screen with animative win flag . but when i installed that same win to my s10 , then the boot screen was like vista . can i change it ?

By: rix

rix — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:17:56 +0000

Hy , thanks for this excellent guide, but i have a problem :/ . I made everything excactly like is said in guide, but my usb disk don't autorun win7 .after i restart my PC it just proceeds to load my Xp . Install doesn't appear. And boot priority in BIOS is okay, bios shows two things : my usb disk as HDD and as CD-ROM.

By: DG

DG — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:31:43 +0000

1. Please make sure your Win7 ISO is mounted on your E:\ drive, check it first in my computer and note down the drive letter, then:
2. type CD E:\ (Win7 ISO drive letter)
3. type CD Boot