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I've just ran out of blank dvd's but i want to install Win 7 x64 on my laptop (HP 530) and my usb-stick is to small (only 2gb) so i cant use that for installing.

Is there any way of installing Win 7 over network? if i mount the image-file on my stationary and share it?

Does your mobo support boot over lan? I am not sure on the HPs...if you can then you should be able to.

Cool, just checking. HOpe it goes well for ya. I have not booted from a LAN in a while...

You should love Win7...been running it on my desktop for a while now, since beta. Love it...

I love Win 7, have been using it as my main os on the stationary since jan/feb :p

I love Win 7, have been using it as my main os on the stationary since jan/feb :p

The installation worked just fine, but there is a little problem.. the nic aint workin in Win 7 (Intel pro 100 VE) and the drivers i downloaded from intels page says it doesnt support this version of windows.

Have you tried right-clicking the installer, going to properties, compatibility, and then picking Vista?

If not even that works, you can try extracting the installer package with 7-zip (it'll extract installers in .exe files as well) and then manually installing the driver from device manager by right-clicking on the network device and selecting update driver and then pointing it at the folder where you extracted the installer.

Have you tried right-clicking the installer, going to properties, compatibility, and then picking Vista?

If not even that works, you can try extracting the installer package with 7-zip (it'll extract installers in .exe files as well) and then manually installing the driver from device manager by right-clicking on the network device and selecting update driver and then pointing it at the folder where you extracted the installer.

I 've solved the problem now :p

I remembered that i have a wireless nic in stationary that can act as an AP, so i did that and connected to the internet through the laptops wlan, went to windowsupdate and they had drivers for the Intel-nic =)

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