HELP ME QUICK!!!!

[TTQGaming]

I tried to install a windows 7 operating system to a virtual machine(virtualbox) from an usb drive(worked before)... I tried to do it.. i failed.. so i decided to take it out... and it didn't have any storage.. help

[Windows7ge]

So the thumb drive doesn't show it has any storage anymore?

[TTQGaming]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

So the thumb drive doesn't show it has any storage anymore?

Correct.. it is not my drive i borrowed it..

 

[ShadySocks]

3 minutes ago, TTQGaming said:

it didn't have any storage.

The USB, Guest, or Host?

[ShadySocks]

Try reformatting it? You will lose your data.

[TTQGaming]

Just now, ShadySocks said:

The USB, Guest, or Host?

usb drive

[TTQGaming]

Just now, ShadySocks said:

Try reformatting it? You will lose your data.

I try to recover right now

[Windows7ge]

4 minutes ago, TTQGaming said:

Correct.. it is not my drive i borrowed it..

 

Can the person you borrowed it from tell you if it has any important data on it besides the W7 installer? If it doesn't then just reformat the stick.

 

Also assigning the VM a virtual CD-ROM and assigning the CD-ROM a windows7.iso its a simpler way of installing the OS with less risk to physical hardware.

[TTQGaming]

1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

Can the person you borrowed it from tell you if it has any important data on it besides the W7 installer? If it doesn't then just reformat the stick.

 

Also assigning the VM a virtual CD-ROM and assigning the CD-ROM a windows7.iso its a simpler way of installing the OS with less risk to physical hardware.

it only had win7 installer

 

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, TTQGaming said:

it only had win7 installer

 

Then format away. If you have the windows7.iso handy you could even reinstall it for your associate. Like it never even happened ;).

[TTQGaming]

3 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Then format away. If you have the windows7.iso handy you could even reinstall it for your associate. Like it never even happened ;).

I don't have it and i cannot install it anywhere(the iso)
Im trying to find the Iso

online

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, TTQGaming said:

I don't have it and i cannot install it anywhere(the iso)

Was it any special version like pre-activated or was it just a run of the mill normal copy? If you can find one or tell your friend the USB drive didn't work and ask them for the .ISO so you can use the CD-ROM method then you can use Rufus to install the .ISO back onto the thumb drive. It'd only take a few minutes.

[TTQGaming]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

Was it any special version like pre-activated or was it just a run of the mill normal copy? If you can find one or tell your friend the USB drive didn't work and ask them for the .ISO so you can use the CD-ROM method then you can use Rufus to install the .ISO back onto the thumb drive. It'd only take a few minutes.

Preactivated.... 
It was actually my dad's and i am trying to figureout if he deleted it or not

 

[Windows7ge]

1 minute ago, TTQGaming said:

Preactivated.... 
It was actually my dad's and i am trying to figureout if he deleted it or not

 

I'm sorry to say but if your dad deleted the .ISO thinking the USB installer would last forever then he's less than the smartest person.

 

Always, always, always have backups.

[TTQGaming]

3 minutes ago, TTQGaming said:

Preactivated.... 
It was actually my dad's and i am trying to figureout if he deleted it or not

 

He formatted his pc.. but i know what iso it was

[TTQGaming]

I couldn't format it

it doesn't pop up a GUI

[17030644]

 

55 minutes ago, TTQGaming said:

I tried to install a windows 7 operating system to a virtual machine(virtualbox) from an usb drive(worked before)... I tried to do it.. i failed.. so i decided to take it out... and it didn't have any storage.. help

There isn't any rule that says you should put the topic in the title? 

 

 

[TTQGaming]

48 minutes ago, 17030644 said:

 

There isn't any rule that says you should put the topic in the title? 

 

 

Oh.. oops...

[TTQGaming]

I just restarted my computer and the files were there.. Lol