How to Install Windows 7 From a USB Drive??? Install Win 7 from USBInstalling Windows from a USB flash drive has several advantages – First of all, the overall speed of the installation process will increase significantly, carrying a USB stick is much more convenient than a DVD, and finally it becomes possible to install the OS even on those systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook. In this post, I will show you how to load the Windows installation on to your USB flash drive and make it bootable just like the DVD. Tools Required to Load Windows 7 Installation Files: USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 4 GB. Windows 7 set-up DVD. Now, just follow the steps below: Step-1: Plug-in your USB flash drive and backup all the existing data in it. Open the command prompt. If you are using Windows 7/Vista then open it with administrator rights. ie: Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”. Step-2: In the command prompt, type in the following command: DISKPART This will start the Microsoft DiskPart utility as shown below: Microsoft DiskPart Step-3: Now issue the following command: LIST DISK This will show you a list of available disks on your system. Disk 0 is usually the hard disk. In my case, Disk 5 is the USB drive (this can be a different one in your case). Now issue the command as shown below: SELECT DISK 5 Install Windows 7 from USB NOTE: In the above command, 5 is the USB drive number on my system. If you have a different number on your system, then you need to replace 5 with that number. Step-4: Now issue the following list of commands one by one as shown below: CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK ASSIGN EXIT Install Windows 7 from USB Minimize the command prompt and proceed to the next step. Step 5: Insert the Windows 7/Vista installation disc and note down the “drive letter” of your DVD drive. In my case, it is “H:”. Now type the following list of commands as shown below: H: CD BOOT CD BOOT BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 M: (NOTE: M: is your USB drive letter) EXIT Win 7 from USB flash drive Step-6: Copy the contents of your Windows 7/Vista installation disk into the USB flash drive. That’s it! Your USB stick is now ready to boot and install the Windows 7 for you. Don’t forget to enable the “USB Boot” option and change the “boot priority to USB device from hard disk” in your BIOS settings. I hope you like this post. Pass your comments to express your opinion. Read more: htpindia.tk/2013/07/how-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-drive.html#ixzz2ZNrjvvia
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:32:43 +0000
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