MSI CR720 laptop - Reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 Dutch

My mother wants to give her old laptop (MSI CR720) to her godchild and
she has asked me to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch.
Unfortunately, pressing F3 during boot doesn't seem to do the trick and
there doesn't seem to be an installation DVD, a backup (system restore
or otherwise) or recovery partition.

I've been doing some searching and came across this:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows7

I have the license key, so I entered it, but no luck:

| Error
|
| The product key you entered appears to be for software pre-installed by
| the device manufacturer. Please contact the device manufacturer for
| software recovery options.

I'm aware I can contact MSI (for which I have to register), but I
consider this as my last option.

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

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s|b

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:21:48 +0200, FredW wrote:

I checked my instructions for a clean (re)install of my Windows7HP64SP1.

herstarten met F11 – System Restore
(restart with)

Already tried that. It needs either a CD/DVD or a backup on the laptop
itself. I have neither. Hence my "mission" to install W7 by using my own
DVD.

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s|b

On 8/13/2017 4:11 PM, s|b wrote:
My mother wants to give her old laptop (MSI CR720) to her godchild and
she has asked me to reinstall Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch.
Unfortunately, pressing F3 during boot doesn't seem to do the trick and
there doesn't seem to be an installation DVD, a backup (system restore
or otherwise) or recovery partition.

I've been doing some searching and came across this:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
https://www.microsoft.com/nl-nl/software-download/windows7

I have the license key, so I entered it, but no luck:

| Error
|
| The product key you entered appears to be for software pre-installed by
| the device manufacturer. Please contact the device manufacturer for
| software recovery options.

I'm aware I can contact MSI (for which I have to register), but I
consider this as my last option.

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

You might be able to create and burn the recovery DVD from the working
system if it has not already been done in the past. If the following
does bring up the menu to create the recovery media don't actually start
it unless you have a blank DVD in the drive as I believe you only get
one try and then the menu option disappears.

To determine which options are available to create recovery media, click
Start ( ), click All Programs, and then click Recovery Manager.

If Recovery Disc Creation displays in the list, you can use discs only.
If Recovery Media Creation displays in the list, you can use either
discs or a USB flash drive.

HP PCs - Creating Recovery Discs or Saving a Recovery Image to a ...
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01867124

If it creates the DVD for you I'm not sure if it will do the Dutch
language install or not. If it creates the recovery DVD I'd give it a
try and see if it's possible, if not at least it will do a fresh install
of the English version even though that is not what is desired.

The alternative is to contact HP to have them send you a DVD for around
$30 but make sure they say it supports the Dutch install before you pay
for it.

On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 23:11:19 +0200, s|b wrote:

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

So I did some more research and came across this:
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/reinstalling-windows-when-recovery-fails

The laptop had Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch installed. I have
a Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English installation DVD.

I installed Windows using my installation DVD and - to my surprise - I
could successfully activate it by using the original license key of the
laptop. Windows Update is working as well, so I guess that's it?

There's only one "problem": Windows is in English, but I'm sure my
nephew won't have much problems with that...

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s|b

On 8/14/2017 12:42 PM, s|b wrote:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 23:11:19 +0200, s|b wrote:

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

So I did some more research and came across this:
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/reinstalling-windows-when-recovery-fails

The laptop had Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch installed. I have
a Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English installation DVD.

I installed Windows using my installation DVD and - to my surprise - I
could successfully activate it by using the original license key of the
laptop. Windows Update is working as well, so I guess that's it?

There's only one "problem": Windows is in English, but I'm sure my
nephew won't have much problems with that...

I believe I have located where you can download the Dutch version in OEM
or retail.
Go to this link
(https://heidoc.net/joomla/technology...owall=&start=5)
minus the leading and ending () symbols.

Once there download and run the "Microsoft Windows and Office ISO
Download Tool" That program will then allow you to pick the version of
windows 7 you need, Home, Pro as well as Retail or OEM. You also need
to pick the language you want it to be in, as in Netherland for Dutch.

The program will make you wait while it verifies they have the ISO and
then will allow you to download the ISO from them (for free). Burn the
ISO to a DVD and install it like you already did with the English version.

I found trying to download an English version the first time will help
you understand the screens unless you are able to read Dutch as once you
pick the language of choice the screen prompts switch to that language.

Stick a copy of the DVD in a sandwich bag and stick it inside the case
of the PC for when the hard drive crashes in the future.

Good Luck.

On 8/14/2017 4:39 PM, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 8/14/2017 12:42 PM, s|b wrote:
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 23:11:19 +0200, s|b wrote:

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

So I did some more research and came across this:
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/reinstalling-windows-when-recovery-fails


The laptop had Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch installed. I have
a Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English installation DVD.

I installed Windows using my installation DVD and - to my surprise - I
could successfully activate it by using the original license key of the
laptop. Windows Update is working as well, so I guess that's it?

There's only one "problem": Windows is in English, but I'm sure my
nephew won't have much problems with that...

I believe I have located where you can download the Dutch version in OEM
or retail.
Go to this link
(https://heidoc.net/joomla/technology...owall=&start=5)

minus the leading and ending () symbols.

Once there download and run the "Microsoft Windows and Office ISO
Download Tool" That program will then allow you to pick the version of
windows 7 you need, Home, Pro as well as Retail or OEM. You also need
to pick the language you want it to be in, as in Netherland for Dutch.

The program will make you wait while it verifies they have the ISO and
then will allow you to download the ISO from them (for free). Burn the
ISO to a DVD and install it like you already did with the English version.

I found trying to download an English version the first time will help
you understand the screens unless you are able to read Dutch as once you
pick the language of choice the screen prompts switch to that language.

Stick a copy of the DVD in a sandwich bag and stick it inside the case
of the PC for when the hard drive crashes in the future.

Good Luck.
Just realized the PC in question was a laptop so while it's possible to
hide a CD inside one of them it's usually not something you would want
to do.

Oh well, at least you can get the Dutch version for the box. If nothing
else send the laptop "as is" with the English version and send along a
copy of the Dutch version with instructions on how he can install it
himself, providing he is old enough to know how to install Windows himself.

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 19:42:27 +0200, "s|b" wrote:

On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 23:11:19 +0200, s|b wrote:

Did some more searching and found some stuff about ei.cfg. Now, I have
the installation disc of my own computer. It's Windows 7 Home Premium
SP1 64-bit English. Can I use this to install a legal copy of Windows 7
Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch on that laptop? If so, how?

So I did some more research and came across this:
https://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/reinstalling-windows-when-recovery-fails

The laptop had Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Dutch installed. I have
a Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit English installation DVD.

I installed Windows using my installation DVD and - to my surprise - I
could successfully activate it by using the original license key of the
laptop. Windows Update is working as well, so I guess that's it?

There's only one "problem": Windows is in English, but I'm sure my
nephew won't have much problems with that...

You should be able to go into the language and localization settings
and switch the default language to Dutch, which may require
downloading the required files to do so. Then just make sure that
Dutch is at the top of the list of languages to make it the default
language.

As you've already discovered as long as the install disc you use
matches the current version of Windows an a device it'll work. The
good thing is that you'll avoid getting all of the bloatware that the
PC manufacturer usually includes. The bad thing is that you may have
to go to the manufacurer's website to get the correct device drivers
for the device's hardware.

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:58:23 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:

You should be able to go into the language and localization settings
and switch the default language to Dutch, which may require
downloading the required files to do so. Then just make sure that
Dutch is at the top of the list of languages to make it the default
language.

Control Panel Region and Language

I can't seem to find this option. However, I was able to make sure Dutch
is chosen while installing new software.

As you've already discovered as long as the install disc you use
matches the current version of Windows an a device it'll work. The
good thing is that you'll avoid getting all of the bloatware that the
PC manufacturer usually includes. The bad thing is that you may have
to go to the manufacurer's website to get the correct device drivers
for the device's hardware.

Once connected to the Internet all drivers were successfully installed.
Also, a small miracle, my mother still had the installation CD with the
drivers. Last, but not least, the product was still supported by MSI:
https://www.msi.com/Laptop/support/CR720.html#support_download

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s|b

On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:44:56 -0500, GlowingBlueMist wrote:

Oh well, at least you can get the Dutch version for the box. If nothing
else send the laptop "as is" with the English version and send along a
copy of the Dutch version with instructions on how he can install it
himself, providing he is old enough to know how to install Windows himself.

I'm not 100% sure of his English (he'll learn), but I'm sure he isn't
able to reinstall Windows. And he doesn't have to: first thing I did
after all Windows Updates were done was to install Macrium Reflect Free.
This way, he can always start from the beginning. I only need him to
copy those images to an external hdd.

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s|b

On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:54:27 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

Control Panel Region and Language

I can't seem to find this option. However, I was able to make sure Dutch
is chosen while installing new software.
[...]

It's actually just "Region"

I only have Region and Language. Maybe because it's Home Premium?

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s|b