Installing Windows 7 From USB Drive 3 Steps Easy Process

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Gigahertz20, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. amitverma1113

    amitverma1113 MDL Novice

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    WinToBootic

    Use WinToBootic. this easy software in which you have to drag and drop the image and select the USB and click quick format and there u go. it will take some time and u have a bootable USB drive
     
  2. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

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    #182 EFA11, Jul 4, 2013
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    If you are trying to boot to UEFI the Windows Tool will not work as is, since it formats the usb to NTFS. UEFI will boot to Fat32 not NTFS. If that is your case, you can do two things, either edit your registry to force the Windows tool not to format, and then you just format the usb fat32 before running the tool.

    OR you can create the usb with the tool, and then format the usb to fat32 and then extract the iso to the usb drive. Formatting the usb drive will not remove the boot record that the tool creates. So then you would be able to use the USB as a bootable UEFI usb drive.

    Editing the registry saves having to extract the iso to the drive, since it has already been formatted to fat32 and the tool simply extracts the iso once and makes it bootable.

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    To bypass formatting the USB device within the tool:
    
    1. Ensure the registry key "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ISO Backup Tool" is created.
    
    2. Create a new DWORD value named "DisableFormat" in this location and set the value to 1.
    
    NOTE: The USB device should be formatted manually before running the tool.
     
  3. Winaddict

    Winaddict MDL Junior Member

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    Beautiful utility also portable.
    Thanks you.
     
  4. EFA11

    EFA11 Avatar Guru

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    huh? How do you install Win7 with USB from UltraISO?
     
  5. Flipp3r

    Flipp3r MDL Guru

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    UltraISO has an option to write ISO to USB. Tried it once & the key was bootable under UEFI...
     
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  6. ashish1989

    ashish1989 MDL Addicted

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    rufus is best try it make bootable pd with one click only
     
  7. woolie

    woolie MDL Novice

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    Please,
    Is there a list of good reasons why you should make a boot-able USB ?
    I can possibly make one for win xp 32bit and win 7 pro 64 bit ?
    but,
    I'm having a hard time getting the usb to work...

    Is there an easier way ?

    On win 7 the Dell site says to upgrade the bios with a bootable usb
    but i just can't figure it out.

    The win xp bios update worked great with just installing it like an app...

    Is there a section here I'm supposed to know about and be there ??

    Many thanks in advance

    ADA and ignorant here
     
  8. MyDigitalName

    MyDigitalName MDL Member

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    Who has one of those these days?
    They're today's floppy disks, lol
     
  9. woolie

    woolie MDL Novice

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    Thank you very much and I have miles to go before I sleep...
     
  10. urie

    urie retired mod

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    Actually quite a lot do with Desktops and and Decent Laptops.
     
  11. emet

    emet MDL Member

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    Sorry if I'm asking in a wrong topic, but where I can find Windows 7 Enterprise x64 to download?
    Thanks! :)
     
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  12. shhnedo

    shhnedo MDL Guru

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    Look around the sticky threads.