Windows 7 usb dvd tool

Not sure if this is in the right part of the forums? but here we go. I am formating and reinstalling windows 7. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop. Intel 2.3 ghz duel core, cpu. upgraded to 4 gig of ram. done months ago. New 750 gig HDD. New to this install. just bought it. Installed with a dell windows 7 disk. It activated fine. had a few problem with the install. could not install Windows 7 usb dvd tool could not install Office 2010. Did get NOD 32 install and all the windows updates. I figured there was aglitch in the install. I formated and reinstalled windows 7 from a usb drive i created on another computer. that i just installed the windows 7 usb dvd tool on. windows loaded fine, so first thing i tried to install the windows 7 usb dvd tool would not install. so formated and started again. All went well windows 7 activated fine. tried to install the windows 7 usb dvd tool again no joy. so I went ahead and installed all the updates. NOD 32. windows office all went well. tried again to install the Win 7 usb dvd tool no joy. I have googled the problem there is no info out there on this problem. I searched the problem in this forum nothing. I had this tool running on the original install before i started this whole thing and it worked fine. Any suggestion would be great! Nothing invested but time!

I am not sure exactly what you are trying to do. You have a good install of Windows 7, and are then trying to use the Microsoft tool to make a bootable USB flash drive? Is this the main cause of your problems, the rest of the OS is working normally?

I have a fresh install of win 7. Then I iam trying to install the win 7 usb\dvd tool. ( to make a bootable memory stick) it wont install, it asks for permision to install and then the install stops. windows works no freeze just no install.

We might suspect your install media, but for now you might try opening an Administrative command prompt window.

Type sfc /scannow and let it finish. If it shows errors, let us know. Hopefully it will repair one of the system files.

I will look around for the Microsoft Install not working. You said Office would also not install, any messages?

What bit version of Windows 7 are you running?

OK I have formated and installed twice more. Once from a burned dvd (no joy) one from a usb stick. Office 2010 now installs fine. there are no error codes at all. I installed office. no problem. Iam going to do all updates and then as you suggested i will run " sfc " and see what happens if I didn't say it before thanks for the help and the suggestions. much appreciated! I will keep the forum up to date on progress.

Ran "sfc" no problems found 100% OK. ??? It didn't fix any files. Thanks again for your help and suggestions.

Making a bootable flash drive is no real problem, there are tutorials all over. It takes a few steps in diskpart and then copy the files over. I suppose if you have an .iso file and can't burn it to a DVD, you could use 7-Zip to extract the files and copy over.

I do not know why the Microsoft utility will not run on your system. But if you were to have a UEFI system, I would not use it anyway.

So I created another account in windows. I then tried to install the "windows 7 USB DVD download tool" and it installed fine. No problems. Now why would it not let me install on original admin account. And how do I fix that??

That is a little strange for a new install. I will look through some things to see if I can find what might be different about the two accounts, but first some questions.

Did you modify the original account in any way, such as not having a password or changing the UAC settings? It was a normal User/admin account?

Was the second account a Standard or User/Admin account also?

Any messages in the Event Viewer around the time of the failed install?

Hay thanks for the reply. I didn't modify the original account at all. I put in a password at the beginning, as normal. did not change the UAC settings, just installed, updated, and tried to install the win 7 USB DVD tool. the second account I created was an admin account as well. didn't change anything there either. but it installed right away.