Hi there, thanks for your reply.
I cannot boot from the Win 7 boot USB as I made it using the option in linux to create a bootable usb from iso, which I read only works for a linux boot disk so I don;t think the boot disk is working anyway although it looks as though it should.
So I tried method C and I get this...
joel@HP-Stream-Notebookj ~ $ install-mbr /dev/sda
The program 'install-mbr' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt install mbr
joel@HP-Stream-Notebookj ~ $ sudo apt install mbr
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
mbr
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 0 to remove and 206 not to upgrade.
Need to get 19.3 kB of archives.
After this operation, 49.2 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 mbr amd64 1.1.11-5ubuntu1 [19.3 kB]
Fetched 19.3 kB in 1s (11.7 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package mbr.
(Reading database ... 197458 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mbr_1.1.11-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mbr (1.1.11-5ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up mbr (1.1.11-5ubuntu1) ...
joel@HP-Stream-Notebookj ~ $ install-mbr /dev/sda
install-mbr: Failed to open /dev/sda: No such file or directory
:banghead:
Can anyone explain in lamens terms how I can install Windows 7, I have a USB drive and the iso file and I am using Linux Mint 18.1. I also have limited amount of data from my hotspot as I cannot connect to my normal wifi connection. I never knew something so simple could be so difficult and time consuming. Any help appreciated!