Windows Tips: How to Install Windows 7 from USB Flash Disk

If we have a netbook, and want to upgrade to Windows 7, we may wonder how to do it without the need to require an external DVD Drive. This time we will discuss how to install Windows 7 from a USB flash disk into the netbook We.

Installing Windows 7 from the flash drive is essentially the same as the DVD drive installation. What should be done is to prepare the flash drive We are to become a bootable device with the OS that we use. Here we will see some utility that will allow You to make a bootable USB drive and copy of Windows 7 with ease.

Keep in mind that we need at least 4GB flash drive for storing files that will be installed.

Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool

If we have an ISO image of Windows 7, we can use a free Microsoft utility as a quick and easy choice to put the ISO image on a USB flash drive we. This requires XP SP2 or SP on it and if we use XP so we need. NET Framework 2.0 and Microsoft Image Mastering API V2. Will work better if the USB flash drive is formatted as NTFS We use a tool before you download.



This is an ongoing process, first browse to the location of the Windows 7 ISO files We and click Next.

Select the USB Device, it also helps We are in the ISO to DVD burn if we also need this option.

We chose a flash drive and click Begin copying.

Now we just have to wait until the process is complete. Drive will be formatted and the files copied to a flash drive.

When the process is completed, we will be able to see the files on the flash drive as we do when we open the installation disk. Now we can start the installation on any computer that allows You to booting from a USB drive.

If we want to transfer the installation of Windows 7 from Disk to USB, utility super easy to use include WinToFlash. Just follow through the wizard, and we will be ready to install Windows 7 from the flash drive in a short time.

The interesting thing about this utility is WinToFlash also offers a variety of advanced features and also Task for other Windows versions.

It's as easy as choosing the location of the Windows installation disk and USB drive. Where in this example is the DVD drive (E:) and the flash drive (F:). We recommend WinToFlash to disable Antivirus We have to increase the speed of the process, but in this instance Antivirus running on your computer and do not seem to affect the performance of the installation.

Next, we need to accept the Windows 7 EULA and press continue.

Now we just have to wait until the drive is formatted and the files are transferred to the USB drive. The amount of time required will vary between systems. In this test we took about 10 minutes to complete the format to a flash drive for 8GB.

Now the drive is ready to use, so now we are able to install Windows 7 on a netbook or another computer that supports bootable from a USB drive.

WinToFlash still in Beta version and we do not need to use WinToFlash installation. Meanwhile, Microsoft's tool for open source seems to be recent and requires the installation as well as some other requirements such as. NET Framework.

Both devices are free and each will work a little differently, so we have to decide what we think will work well in certain situations. If we do not want to manually create a bootable flash drive and copy the installation files, we may be like this way.

Download WinToFlash

Download Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool