It’s also easier to have Windows 7 running on the PC you’re going to use to host the VPC for reason which will become clear soon.The Windows 7 WAIK beta (to create WinPE media).The drivers and software for the Dell Mini I listed in my previous post.To do this yourself you’ll need the following: So, let’s run through that again and put a bit more detail into it. Create an image of the new disk and transfer that to the Dell.Boot the VPC from another source and compress the contents of the disk.Install to a VPC with a small disk but stop before the final step where it runs the OOBE (preparing to start for the first time…).My final solution, in a nutshell, is the following:
When I tried to install the process reset partway through and I could not stop it doing it. The Dell had about 7.5Gb free for the install as I wanted to leave the Dell system partition alone. However, when I tried to run through my previously documented steps, it told me that it did not recommend installing to a disk of less that 8303Mb. Interestingly, Windows 7 will actually install in about 8Gb. This time I’m going to cover how I installed Windows 7 onto the 8Gb SSD version of the Mini 9. In my previous post about getting Windows 7 onto the fantastic Dell Mini 9 I talked about solving things like the driver issues and antivirus.
