How to make a bootable Windows 7 ISO file from Setup1.box and Setup2.box files

Oct

2009

How to make a bootable Windows 7 ISO file from Setup1.box and Setup2.box files

If you buy Windows 7 from Microsoft online store you will be able to download the operating system as ISO file. In this case , read this guide in order to make a bootable DVD or USB drive and install Windows 7 on your computer in a couple of easy steps. However, for those customers who bought it from other online stores such as Digital River, the matter can be quite different. As a matter of fact, in these cases there won’t be any ISO file, but electronic digital distribution files (.EXE and .BOX). Let’s see how to proceed in order to install Windows 7 on your machine by using such files.

Electronic digital distribution files are nothing else than three files. Here is an example:

Windows 7-HP-Retail-en-us-x64.exe
Setup1.box
Setup2.box

If you want to create a single ISO file out of these three files (by the way, here is the article containing the direct links to download them aka Windows 7) , here is the easy procedure to make a bootable ISO image:

As a first step, group these files in the same location or folder.
Now, right-click each file, click Properties, and click the Unblock button to make them readable.
Click the .EXE file with Administrator rights. You will see that it will start unpacking its content creating at the same time a new folder called expandedSetup.
Download Oscdimg CD/DVD Premastering Utility from this link oscdimg.exe
Now, move Oscdimg.exe to the %SystemDrive%\Windows\System32 folder.
Access the Command Prompt with administrator rights and run this command: oscdimg.exe –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com –u2 –h -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\Win7.iso
Keep in mind that the above command assumes that the expandedSetup folder is located in C:\ if it not, so change the location or it won’t work!
Keep also in mind that if the path contains any space, you will have to use quotation mark (“) to enclose the right path.
At this point a bottable Windows 7 ISO file (Win7.iso) will be created in C:\ . Burn it and you are done!

Important Note: Stop worring how to make a bootable file out of Setup1.box and Setup2.box! Download the official Windows 7 ISO file now!

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23 Comments to “How to make a bootable Windows 7 ISO file from Setup1.box and Setup2.box files”

Web Talk Says:
October 25th, 2009 at 11:59 am

Weird issue. Never heard of it! I just used the procedure I described and incurred in no issue. Honestly, I am clueless. I turn the question to my readers
The $30 Windows 7 upgrade from Digital River is full - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net Says:
October 25th, 2009 at 7:34 pm

[...] bootable iso from the downloaded setup files. You can find instructions on many sites, for example http://www.webtlk.com/2009/10/23/how…up2-box-files/ [...]
David Turner Says:
October 25th, 2009 at 8:12 pm

Well .. I ran into another snag.. can’t believe this.. when I click the setup and its doing something to the box one file.. it gets to the end and says unable to write something … and says to make sure that read only is unchecked.. well I have a green square for the folder but unable to create or save new files in which this application was downloaded.. make sure you have security permission and that read only attribute is unchecked. I tried this command and it didn’t do squat : (
C:\>attrib -r -s C:\expandedSetup
Craig Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 11:47 am

When i try this, it says
scanning source tree
ERROR: failure enumerating files in directory “C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS…
ERROR 123: the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
I’m not sure what i’m doing wrong? i copied your dos command so i’m guessing its to do with the path. i dont know enough to know what im doing wrong or what to do to change it?
Web Talk Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Try This: oscdimg.exe –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\bootsect.exe –u2 –h C:\expandedSetup C:\Win7.iso
Web Talk Says:
November 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm

Alternatively, try this method!
Joe Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 3:08 am

Please HELP.
Followed all instructions…unblocked the files run EXE and the expandeSetup folder was created, moved to drive C, oscdimg.exe is on system32 folder.
When I open CMD as admin by default it starts C:\Users\Orion>
should I change to C:\> ??

either
C:\Users\Orion>oscdimg.exe –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com –u2 –h -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\Win7.iso
or
C:\>oscdimg.exe –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com –u2 –h -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\Win7.iso

or

C:\windows\system32>oscdimg.exe –bC:\expandedSetup\boot\etfsboot.com –u2 –h -m -lWIN_EN_DVD C:\expandedSetup\ C:\Win7.iso

all gives me a similar error….
Scanning source tree
ERROR: Failure enumerating files in directory “C:\USERS\ORION\ûBC:\EXPANDEDSETUP
\BOOT\ETFSBOOT.COM\”
Error 123

Please what am I doing wrong?…enlighten me please.
Web Talk Says:
November 11th, 2009 at 9:13 am

Stop worring about this procedure and download Windows 7 directly. Have a look at this article
Karen Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

ive purchased win7 from online, but it only shows .box1 and 2. there is no exe. file. what do i do? do i re install??
John Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

I really like your blog and I love reading it on a daily basis! Keep up working mate! I will speak about it on my blog like you said in your “How to help Web Talk” section! Thanks again.
Web Talk Says:
November 17th, 2009 at 6:01 am

If you read well, you will see that on the article above there is a link to another article where you will be able to download the exe file