How to Mount Upgrade & Install Windows 7 build 6956 VHD Image
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Windows 7 build 6956 got leaked in the form of VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) by edward_han from china. This kind of leakage is one of its own and very unique till today’s date. Most of the time its ISO of windows operating system which is far easier to burn and install but Installing or Mounting Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD image is quite cumbersome as well as prone to error.
Installing or Mounting Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD image will fail because of pre installed drivers of original machine and I am sure who ever has downloaded Windows 7 VHD image will be looking for how to install or Mount Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD. As usual MyDigitallife is ahead of publishing How to guide for Installing Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD Image.
While Installing/Mounting Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD you may face following error
Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device
A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
The basic Steps for Installing or Mounting Windows 7 Build 6956
1) You can only upgrade your previous Windows 7 build 6801 which is available as ISO download.
2. You need to extract all the system files from Windows 7 build 6956 VHD image to partition where you want to install windows 7
3. Make sure to select proper Boot sector.
4. If require Reset windows 7 to clean stats
Following Tool you may require for installing Windows 7 build 6956
1. Windows 7 Build 6801: Last known Windows 7 pre-beta build that has properly installation DVD image. All methods below require an existing installation of Windows 7 build 6801.
2. WinMount: An utility to attach or mount supported files as a newly created virtual drive.
3. Norton Ghost: An utility to backup computer with system restore technology.
4. Acronis True Image: A backup and recovery software
Method 1 (How to Install Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD Image) :
1. Mount or attach the VHD in Windows 7 (have to download and install Windows 7 build 6801 for this purpose) Disk Management or with WinMount in non-Windows 7 system such as Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
2. A new drive should be created from the VHD image mounted.
3. Copy and paste ALL files in the VHD drive to another partition or drive.
4. Restart the computer and boot into another system such as Windows XP, Windows Vista or WinPE.
Format the Windows 7 build 6801 partition.
5. Copy the Windows 7 build 6956 over to formatted Windows 7 build 6801 partition.
Method 2 (How to Install Windows 7 Build 6956 VHD Image):
1. Mount or attach the VHD in Windows 7 (have to download and install Windows 7 build 6801 for this purpose) Disk Management, or with WinMount in non-Windows 7 system such as Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
2. A new drive should be created from the VHD image attached. For users using WinMount, it’s usually labeled as Z drive letter.
3. Download and install Norton Ghost from Symantec, Acronis True Image (note that both software is not free), or O&O DiskImage (free license).
4.Make a full backup of the Windows 7 build 6956 (in attached VHD) with Norton Ghost (.v2i) or Acronis True Image. Save the backup file at a third-party not affected drive or partition.
5. Restore the backup of Windows 7 build 6956 from the VHD to existing Windows 7 build 6801 volume.
How to Reset Windows 7 Build 6956 to Original Default State:
In order to restore & reset Windows 7 installation back to its original state You need to run the SysPrep command. The command is located in
C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe.
Windows 7 build 6956 loading stuck or stopped while loading classpnp.sys or fvevol.sys (BSoD – Blue Screen of Death)
The problem is probably due to ACHI support. To resolve the issue, restart the computer and go to BIOS, and then change the setting from ACHI mode to IDE mode. Users can re-enable the ACHI after performing the generalization process below.
Source: MyDigitalLife
