Attempting to install W7 using iso files - need a lot of help...
 

I believe this describes what I'm trying to do: http://blog.hostonnet.com/how-to-ins...urnning-a-disc

This is my first time doing something like this and I'm afraid of messing up my partitions and what not.

Here's what I'm trying to do: Install Windows 7 (Not sure if i'm dual booting or clean installing yet). I currently run Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. I have the .iso file for Windows 7 Ultimate. I'm used to using Daemon Tools when I used to run windows, but I cannot get that to work for Ubuntu. I've tried using isoMaster (or something like that) and GMountIso but I cannot get them to work.

Can someone give me a simplified guide of how I can get this to work?

You don't need any extra software (like Daemon Tools) to access the files inside an ISO image. You can simply mount it, as you would an actual disc:

That post is kind of an advanced sort of install.

If you have a newish system then you might consider a virtual machine application. Can run both at same time. Most safe way I know of to suggest.


I'd be more inclined to make a bootable usb. It is pretty easy. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/v...ng-a-usb-stick I can't access that right now but it is pretty easy to make.


Many distro's already mount an ISO image by default.

You can also use unetbootin to place iso on usb stick.