Install Windows 7 from. ISO file

First of all, I did research almost all day on this without success.

In 2010 I bought Windows 7 Pro (downloadable), which was composed of three files - executable and two .box file.  Run the executable file created a subdirectory called "expandedSetup" in the .box file.  This directory contains all files in the folders to include a .box setup.exe.  I installed this on a test without problem computer.  In trying to create a VM Pro Windows (since I can't run the setup.exe directly), I used MagicISO to create an ISO of the contents of the directory "expandedSetup".  When I select the file in VMware, it recognizes that it is Windows 7 Pro; However, after the initial requirements of VMware configuration, VMware tries to run the image and returns with "Not found operating system".  And that's my problem.

Three Linux virtual machines on the same machine so I am not new to the creation of virtual machines with ISO files.  However, I am new to create a virtual Windows machine and do not think that I have a question.  Does anyone have any suggestions or a solution?  I also tried to create a machine virtual without the OS thinking I could transfer the contents of the "expandedSetup" folder in the 60 GB drive and then manually run setup.exe.  However, I never did it and can't seem to find a way to do it.

I am running VMware Workstation 9.0.3 build-1410761 running on a laptop running Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit.  The laptop has 32 GB of RAM, 1.5 to RAID 0 storage and two nVidia GeForce GTX780M graphics cards in SLI (4GB) configuration. So resources are not a problem.

In advance, thank you!

Is - this ISO bootable created? In this case, create a new custom virtual machine and select 'I'll install the operating system later'. -With the created virtual machine - connect the ISO to the virtual CD-ROM drive of the virtual machine, then check the box "Connect at Power On" to run one of the ISO image installation.

André

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