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Eóin:
[edit] Oops... Hadn't read thread properly, Gwen7 said exactly what I was going to say.

Renegade:
Yup.  There's only one install DVD no matter what version you put on. That may be a big reason why Ultimate doesn't take up 100 GB.  They had to trim it down so Home Premium purchasers wouldn't squawk.
-MilesAhead (August 28, 2010, 02:46 PM)
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Actually, there are a LOT of different DVDs for Windows 7. Here's an MSDN list with file sizes:

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Windows 7 Enterprise N (x64) - DVD (English)   2,674 (MB)
Windows 7 Enterprise N (x86) - DVD (English)   2,030 (MB)
Windows 7 Home Premium N (x64) - DVD (English)   2,774 (MB)
Windows 7 Home Premium N (x86) - DVD (English)   2,125 (MB)
Windows 7 Professional N (x64) - DVD (English)   2,774 (MB)
Windows 7 Professional N (x86) - DVD (English)   2,125 (MB)
Windows 7 Starter N (x86) - DVD (English)   2,125 (MB)
Windows 7 Ultimate N (x64) - DVD (English)   2,774 (MB)
Windows 7 Ultimate N (x86) - DVD (English)   2,125 (MB)
Windows 7 Enterprise (x64) - DVD (English)   2,977 (MB)
Windows 7 Enterprise (x86) - DVD (English)   2,289 (MB)
Windows 7 Home Basic (x86) - DVD (English)    2,386 (MB)
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) - DVD (English)   3,075 (MB)
Windows 7 Home Premium (x86) - DVD (English)   2,386 (MB)
Windows 7 Professional (x64) - DVD (English)   3,075 (MB)
Windows 7 Professional (x86) - DVD (English)   2,386 (MB)
Windows 7 Starter (x86) - DVD (English)      2,386 (MB)
Windows 7 Ultimate (x64) - DVD (English)   3,075 (MB)
Windows 7 Ultimate (x86) - DVD (English)   2,386 (MB)

Unique File Sizes:

2,030 (MB)
2,125 (MB)
2,289 (MB)
2,386 (MB)
2,674 (MB)
2,774 (MB)
2,977 (MB)
3,075 (MB)[/font]

Those are all MSDN downloads though. The retail or RTM versions may differ slightly. Not sure.

4wd:
You can install whatever version of Win7 you like, (except Enterprise), from any normal Win7 install disk, (not sure about upgrade DVDs) - I've done it with a Win7HP DVD and it worked fine.

All you need to do is modify or delete the file that tells the installer what to install by default - once that is done you will be presented with a list of Win7 OSes you can install from that DVD.

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