I have access to MSDN and can download certain ISO's But what i would do is make a disk image with something like clonezilla of your Win7 driver and stash that on a USB hdd or something similar and you can just re-image back to stock if you need to do warranty work ect.

then you cna full wipe and install whatever VM's you want or dualboot to you hearts content.

just be careful because OEM install media can get strange when you deal with top teir OEM vendors. like dell and hp.


On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Stephen M <smelheim85@gmail.com> wrote:
Harold,
Todd has a few ISOs of WINs 7 and I might have some myself.  Yes WINs 7 can make a snapshot of the system or make a recovery disk which would be something you could do.  I've never done it myself but there are great articles out there on google to tell you how.  If anything you could wait until next Saturday and some of us will have ISOs for you to play with.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:41 AM, Lisa Kachold <foobar@it-clowns.com> wrote:
Jill,

I believe that the Hackfest is scheduled on that Saturday.  [2nd Saturday of every month from 11:00 to 2PM).


Hans has some considerations about scheduling conflicting meetings. 

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Harold <iscreamkid@gmail.com> wrote:
I am looking forward to the delivery of a new PC, which has Win 7 installed on it.

I would like to bring it to the Sept 20 installfest for advice and assistance in setting the machine up with the latest version Centos 64-bit system.

I would like to be able to run Win 7 either in a VM or as dual boot.

I haven't had a Windows system for quite a number of years and I know some changes have been made.

If I boot the system and test (play around with it) will I be compromising my ultimate goal by having Win tie into the motherboard, or calling home or some such system change that will prevent setting up dual boot or getting a copy of the system for use in a VM environment?

My goal for the Win system, in addition to learning what changes have been made since XP will be to run Minecraft and the Garmin GPS update program.

Sorry if this is too long and confused, but at the moment I am a bit confused.

Harold


On 09/04/2014 10:00 AM, jill wrote:
This Saturday's Installfest has moved!  UAT has some conflicting scheduling this fall so Gangplank in Chandler has kindly agreed to host for these dates.  Updated event info:
http://phxlinux.org/component/jevents/icalrepeat.detail/2014/09/06/1242112/-/moved-linux-installfest.html

The Installfest will be at Gangplank on:
9/6
9/20
10/18

We'll have regular Installfest hours of 10am - 4pm.

Gangplank is located at 260 S Arizona Ave Chandler, AZ 85224, which is the NW corner of Arizona Ave and Frye.  There is a free public parking garage across the street, with a crosswalk leading from the garage to our doorstep.
http://gangplankhq.com/wp-content/uploads/GPParking-1.jpg


-Jill




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