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At our computer shop, we followed the instructions for creating a Windows 7 disk for any edition (SOURCE: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3564), one disk for 32 bit and one disk for 64 bit. I am not finding any information on creating such a disk with Service Pack 1 slipstreamed into it. I looked here on Superuser, and found links for RT 7 to put it in, but it creates one disk per edition, per architecture. Is there a way to have it slipstreamed, and still have the Windows 7 installation ask what edition of Windows to install?

Canadian Luke
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another option to find Windows 7 with SP1 ISOs, remove ei.cfg and then burn the DVDs...

here's a link FINAL Media Refresh MSDN Windows 7 Ultimate SP1_U x86/x64 ISO at MyDigitalLife to find ISOs and you can also verify SHA1 at Microsoft's Technet downloads: Technet Downloads

Jags FL
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If you delete the ei.cfg file in the sources directory of the ISO/disc, it will prompt you to select which edition to install. The ei.cfg file specifies various things about the edition to install (e.g. volume licensing, OEM/retail distributions).

If this file is present on the disc, the installer assumes that is the edition to install. Without this file, the installer has no choice but to prompt the end-user to select the proper edition.

Breakthrough
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Another option would be to install windows, install the updates / programs you want universally -> and then just do a backup using the disk image utility built into windows 7.

Load a windows 7 boot disk into the computer needing the new o/s - and plug in an external HD with the backup. I think you have to click recover, from the repair screen - and locate the backup image on the external.

Being that you're a computer shop, I imagine you have several external HDs. I imagine this might fit on a dual-layer DVD / blu-ray / large USB if you have those as well.

Alex Waters
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