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Hello Team,

I am having an issue unzipping the Windows 7 file. During the extracting, when it gets to "efi\microsoft\boot\fonts\chs_boot.tff" it gives me the error "Unable to create file". I have download the file several times and everytime I get the same error message when unzipping the file. I am using version 12 of Winzip to unzip the file.

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong or what I need to change in order to successfully unzip the file?

Thanks,
Ecsave

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Thanks to for the follow‑up and to and for the suggestions. For anyone who hits an “Unable to create file” error while extracting a Windows install image (for example the reported path efi\microsoft\boot\fonts\chs_boot.tff), the problem is usually environmental rather than a single bad file. Practical checks and fixes:

  • Try a different extractor and a short destination path. 7‑Zip handles ISO/archive layouts reliably. From an elevated command prompt you can extract to a short folder to avoid path‑length issues:
    7z x "C:\Downloads\Windows7.iso" -oC:\Win7
  • Run the extractor with Administrator rights and extract to an NTFS volume. Permission or file‑locking by antivirus can cause creation failures. Temporarily pause real‑time AV while extracting if safe to do so.
  • Avoid long paths. Windows traditionally has a MAX_PATH limitation (~260 chars); deep ISO trees can hit it. Extract to something near the drive root (C:\Win7) to test this.
  • Verify the download’s integrity before troubleshooting further. On Windows you can compute a hash and compare it to the publisher’s checksum:
    certutil -hashfile C:\Downloads\Windows7.iso SHA1
  • If the goal is to make bootable media, prefer mounting or burning the ISO with a dedicated tool rather than extracting files manually; when copying contents to a FAT32 USB, watch out for the 4GB file size limit (large install.wim files will fail on FAT32).

Quick checklist: extract with 7‑Zip to a short NTFS path as Administrator, pause AV, check free space, verify the ISO hash. These steps resolve the vast majority of “Unable to create file” extraction errors without needing to rebuild or re‑download the image.

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Member Avatar for youngplaya14

Did you try using rar if you didnt then you can go to google and download it!

Member Avatar for cam875

it should be an iso image file, just burn that to a blank dvd for use. no need to unrar or unzip.

Member Avatar for ecsave

Thanks everybody. I uninstall winzip and was able to burn it as an ISO file. I appreciated all the great feedback.

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