How To Boot And Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive
1-(For Win XP only. Vista users can directly format the USB drive to NTFS format) In your Windows,
go to Control panel -> system -> hardware -> Device manager.
2- Under the disk drives section, right click on the USB storage drive and selectProperties.
3-Go to the Policies tab, select optimize for performance. Click OK.
4- Open your Windows Explorer, you should see the USB storage drive in the inventory. Right click and
select Format. Select NTFS from the drop down bar. Click Start.
5- For Windows XP
a) Download MBRWizard. Extract the zipped files to your desktop.
b) Open a command prompt (Start –> Program –> Accessories –> Command Prompt).
d) Make the USB drive active.
administrator.
b) Type
a) In your command prompt, cd to the windows 7 / Vista folder.
b) cd Desktop/win-7 (Change the destination to the folder that you have extracted)
c) cd boot
d) bootsect /nt60 X: (X is the drive latter of your USB drive )
Now, copy all the files from the Windows 7 folder to the USB flash drive.
Reboot the computer. Remember to change the first boot device to your USB drive in the BIOS.
You should be able to install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive now.
courtesy:
http://atulsachan.blogspot.in/
Format USB flash drive to NTFS format
1-(For Win XP only. Vista users can directly format the USB drive to NTFS format) In your Windows,
go to Control panel -> system -> hardware -> Device manager.
2- Under the disk drives section, right click on the USB storage drive and selectProperties.
3-Go to the Policies tab, select optimize for performance. Click OK.
4- Open your Windows Explorer, you should see the USB storage drive in the inventory. Right click and
select Format. Select NTFS from the drop down bar. Click Start.
5- For Windows XP
a) Download MBRWizard. Extract the zipped files to your desktop.
b) Open a command prompt (Start –> Program –> Accessories –> Command Prompt).
cd Desktop/MBRWiz2.0/
MBRWiz /list
c) Record the USB flash drive disk number.MBRWiz /list
d) Make the USB drive active.
mbrwiz /disk=X /active=1
6- For Windows Vista / Windows 7
a) On the Start menu, navigate to the command prompt entry. Right-click and selectRun as administrator.
b) Type
diskpart
list disk
list disk
c) Record the disk number of your USB flash drive.
d) Select the USB disk.
select disk X
e) List the current partition. Record the partition number.
list partition
f) Select the current partition and make it active.
select partition Y (Y is the partition number of the USB flash drive)
active
active
Creating bootable USB flash drive
a) In your command prompt, cd to the windows 7 / Vista folder.
b) cd Desktop/win-7 (Change the destination to the folder that you have extracted)
c) cd boot
d) bootsect /nt60 X: (X is the drive latter of your USB drive )
Now, copy all the files from the Windows 7 folder to the USB flash drive.
Reboot the computer. Remember to change the first boot device to your USB drive in the BIOS.
You should be able to install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive now.
courtesy:
http://atulsachan.blogspot.in/
