Alright, update and alternative solution for those non-linux individuals like myself and those having write access issues.
After getting the .img.gz file I tried, tried and tried again to install on existing SD card. What I found out is that my vox's 8gb card was not allowing write access no matter what I did. I tried everything I could think of and decided I'm done with the card! I bought a new card for $15 bucks and downloaded WinImage here.
http://www.winimage.com/download.htm
If you don't want to use linux use this program. The steps to reflash are as follows:
1. First thing you will have to format and partition the new sd card using cmd prompt. Search youtube if you don't know how.
2. Extract the .img file from the .gz file.
3. Open WinImage. Under the "Disk" tab select "restore Virtual Hard Disk" . Then select your SD card and hit ok. In the popup select filetype in the bottom right and select "all files". Find and select your kobovox.img file. Select ok again to start.
4. Pop back sd card into your vox once re-imaging is complete and follow the setup. Good to go without using linux.
*As a note, it may just be that my cardreader wasn't accessing the microsd from the vox appropriately. This might happen to you. I'd suggest just buying a combo SD card/adapter that's 8gb and doing it my way. It's less than 20 bucks and it will save you the headache of trying to get the internal sd to write. Plus it will save you working in linux if you aren't very knowledgeable of it.
Hope this helps someone else!!!