The modified ISO can also be burned to a DVD disc or saved to a new ISO image. For user who wants to in-place upgrade to Windows 7, it’s possible to run setup.exe from extracted DVD contents now.The Edition ID available for installation are as follow:
When ei.cfg is deleted, Windows 7 setup wizard will give user an option to select and choose which version (SKU) of operating system user wants to install during installation.īy modifying the EditionID section of ei.cfg by replacing Ultimate (or other edition specified there) with another edition, user can preset another edition SKU of Windows 7 that user want setup to install automatically. Depending on preference, it’s possible to modify/edit or simply delete ei.cfg file, as explained below.
If you own a physical DVD disc media, the similar tool allows you to rip the DVD to ISO or other image format too.Īnother alternative for user with Windows 7 DVD ISO image downloaded via torrent or from Internet is to extract all contents of the ISO image by using extraction tool such as WinRAR or 7-zip, or mount the ISO and copy contents to a folder. Download and install an disc image utility such as PowerISO or UltraISO to open the ISO image of Windows 7 DVD.Thus, in order to be able to install any editions or install another different edition of Windows 7 without having to download ISO image or order a new DVD of Windows 7 with all SKUs enabled (allSKU version), use the following hack to delete or modify ei.cfg file. The selection of OS includes Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate.
When ei.cfg does not exist, Windows 7 setup process will display a screen during Install Windows wizard to ask user to select the operating system (edition) to install. The content of the ei.cfg file, inside the “sources” folder of the DVD looks like below: Actually, the ability to select the version or edition of Windows 7 during setup installation, or which edition that the setup will automatically install, lies with a small configuration file named ei.cfg on the Windows 7 DVD, disc media or ISO image. However, all DVD of Windows 7 does contains and able to install all and any version of Windows 7, from Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional to Ultimate edition. Likewise for Windows 7 Ultimate DVD ISO image or disc which may not have edition selection screen. For example, a Windows 7 Professional media may not prompt option to select which edition of Windows 7 to install, and instead will install Windows 7 Professional edition. It’s possible the Windows 7 ISO or DVD disc media that end-user possessed may be restricted to install a single edition or version of Windows 7 only.
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