Install Windows 7 From a USB Drive

Posted By Keith Dsouza On September 14, 2009 @ 1:52 pm In How To | 1 Comment

Installing an OS usually requires a bootable CD/DVD. With Windows 7 [1] you can skip using a CD/DVD for installing and instead make use of a USB drive, this is particularly helpful for people who use netbooks which do not have a optical drive.

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If you are looking for a easy way to copy over the Windows installation files to a USB drive a handy freeware [2] called WinToFlash can come in pretty handy.

WinToFlash provides users with a wizard that will import the contents of a windows installation CD and copy over the files to a USB drive making it a bootable replacement for a optical drive. This application cal also be used to create a bootable USB drive from a LiveCD.

WinToFlash makes creating a bootable USB drive a piece of cake.

Download WinToFlash [3] [via on10 [4]]

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[3] Download WinToFlash: http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

[4] on10: http://on10.net/blogs/sarahintampa/Another-App-that-Puts-the-Windows-7-DVD-on-a-USB-Drive/

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