Monday, April 23, 2012

How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive

Now-a-days, USP flash drive has taken the place of any other storage device like Cd, DVD etc. and one thing that many people have asked me is "How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive?" Well below is the solution:


Use the Windows 7 USB DVD download tool and then install it. You can get this from the online Microsoft store. 


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Once you have it installed, open the program and you would get an window like the one below. It only accepts .iso format so you would need to create one from a DVD.


windows_7_usb_2.png


Next, you need to select the USB device.


windows_7_usb_3.png


Then select the USB device, in case it does not display it hit refresh. Once you do that, hit "Begin Copying".


windows_7_usb_4.png


The copying of the file may take a few minutes [10-15 minutes] so please let it finish.


windows_7_usb_7.png


Once it is completed, it will display the message below:


windows_7_usb_8.png


After this, you can close the program and use the USB drive to install Windows 7 as required. You' would just need to choose to boot off the USB drive in order to do so. Before doing that, you can open up the USB drive and double click on setup.exe to see if it works fine. Once it is verified. You are good to go.

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