Here are the steps:
- Download Windows 7 USB /DVD Download Tool from here.
- Download the GImageX from here.
- Download the Windows 7 Home Premium Editions from the below links:
- Extract the install.wim from both the ISOs and keep them in some folder locally (You can rename one in case you are putting them in the same folder).
- Open the Windows USB / DVD Download Tool and follow the on screen instructions to create a bootable USB pen drive from 32 bit ISOs source.
- Open the GImageX tool and in the delete tab, remove the indexes from the install.wim which are not required.
- In the Export Tab, copy the required index from the install.wim(64 bit) to the install.wim (32 bit).
- Once the Windows USB /DVD Download tool has finished creating the USB installation media, copy and replace the modified install.wim (32 bit) in the source folder for the USB drive.
- Remove the ei.cfg file from the same folder.
You can now use this USB Stick to boot from to install the desired Windows 7 Editions. Please let me know in case you are finding any difficulties to follow the steps and create a usb installation stick. Leave your comments below and I will try my best to resolve the issues.
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Can I follow the same process using a recently already created bootable USB Stick with Windows 7 64 bit instead of the indicated 32 bit version.
No.
The reason is that there are some 32bit components which can’t be installed by the 64bit installer. So the base installer should be from 32bit source. But, since you have already created a 64bit base installation usb, I would like you to go ahead and give it a try and let us know the results. People over here will be pleased to see the results.
Thanks for the quick reply – I will give it a try soon and reply with the results… :-)
How’s things, I just seen that occasionally this site shows a 404 server error message. I figured you would be keen to know. Best wishes
Thanks for letting me know … I will look into it for possible causes.