Switch# dir flash: <gave me a list of the current System Boot IMage folder for the old IOS and my uploaded .TAR
Switch# delete flash: c2960-lanbasek9-mz….bin
Switch# delete flash: c2960-lanbasek9-mz 150-2.SE7.tar
**I removed both the existing image and the tar I had downloaded to start the process over proper**
I had TFTP32 open on my notebook with the folder C:\Users\User\CiscoIOS\c2960….tar as Home.
From the switch I ran this command:
Switch# archive tar /xtract tftp://<ipaddress>/c2960….tar flash:
It extracted all of the new image into a folder named after the image file and extracted all items into that folder(especially since this included the GUI files)
Switch# verify flash:/c2960-lanbasek9-150-2.SE7/c2960-lanbasek9-150-2.SE7.bin
**This verified the extracted bin file and it looks like this because it was in a sub-directory on flash:**
Switch# wr mem
Switch# show boot **take note of the bootpath**
Switch# boot system flash:/c2960-lanbasek9-150-2.SE7/c2960-lanbasek9-150-2.SE7.bin
**This will tell the switch what image to use at boot time**
Switch# wr mem
Switch# reload