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Installing Windows 7 From USB Drive

To install Windows 7 from a USB drive, you need a 1GB or larger USB drive with the OS files from a DVD or ISO. Using the diskpart and bootsect commands in Command Prompt, you format the USB drive, assign it a drive letter, copy the installation files over, and make it bootable. Plug the drive into the target machine, change the BIOS boot order to the USB drive, and it can then be used to install Windows 7.

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Installing Windows 7 From USB Drive

To install Windows 7 from a USB drive, you need a 1GB or larger USB drive with the OS files from a DVD or ISO. Using the diskpart and bootsect commands in Command Prompt, you format the USB drive, assign it a drive letter, copy the installation files over, and make it bootable. Plug the drive into the target machine, change the BIOS boot order to the USB drive, and it can then be used to install Windows 7.

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Installing windows 7 from USB Drive

Required a USB Drive of 1 GB or more with OS files (CD/DVD or .iso files)

Start by plugging in the USB drive and then open command prompt and write ‘diskpart’ and then hit
enter . This will open a new command prompt window. In this window, type ‘list disk’ and then note
down disk number of ur USB drive (disk 1). Next run following commands in sequence:

select disk 1

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

format fs=ntfs

assign

exit

Once you have assigned a drive letter for your USB drive (i: in this case), open a new window for
command prompt. Insert windows DVD in an optical drive or mount an image of the same in a virtual
drive (f:) and run the following commands:

f:

cd boot

bootsect.exe /nt60 i:

exit

Copy all files from Windows installation media (DVD) or image in the USB Drive (i:) . Now you can use
this drive to install windows in any machine. Simply change the boot sequence of the machine you plan
to install Windows 7 on to USB and off you go.

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