Is it possible to use a 250GB USB hard drive to install Windows 7

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by GeneralZod, Dec 5, 2009.

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  1. kukubau

    kukubau MDL Addicted

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    #21 kukubau, Dec 7, 2009
    What has size got to do with this?!?! Size doesn't matter. In this case, anyway.:))
     
  2. genuine555

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    #22 genuine555, Dec 7, 2009
    I followed the guide. Used a 2.5" external 80GB drive. In ntfs it didn't work, in fat32 it did.
     
  3. tuvi123

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    #23 tuvi123, Dec 7, 2009
    I've never said that size is matter.
     
  4. GeneralZod

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    #24 GeneralZod, Dec 7, 2009 (OP)
    genuine555 they are saying size doesn't matter but aren't the geometries different on hard drives larger than 160GB. It seems no one else has actually tried a hard drive 250GB or larger. Even you only used an 80GB drive. What do you think?

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  5. Joven

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    #25 Joven, Dec 8, 2009
    I used a 500GB drive to install Windows 7, all I did was open the ISO in UltraISO, went to Bootable > Write Disk Image, made sure the right drive was selected, used USB-HDD+ as the write method and hit Format, then Write.
     
  6. GeneralZod

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    #26 GeneralZod, Dec 8, 2009 (OP)
    I did try this method using Ultra ISO exactly like you wrote. I tried several different external hard drives but all give the same message. I give up.:(

    Thanks to all....
     
  7. Dolorous Edd

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    #27 Dolorous Edd, Dec 8, 2009
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    I have a 1TB My Book external, I shrunk the volume by 10000mb (10 gb) and created a partition on the unallocated space. I then formatted the space with fat32 and marked it active. I then extracted an x64 ISO to that drive and rebooted, booted to the mybook and installed windows from that partition. Worked perfectly.

    EDIT: I guess I now need to make an all in one with all the versions and put on that partition. BTW, I chose to remove the drive letter after extracting the ISO to that partition so it doesn't show up in windows explorer.
     
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  8. genuine555

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    #28 genuine555, Dec 8, 2009
    That shouldn't make any difference, as long as you create a smaller partition on the drive.
     
  9. Dolorous Edd

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    #29 Dolorous Edd, Dec 8, 2009
    I have been saying this for years, my significant other just smiles and says nothing:confused::confused::confused:
     
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  10. GeneralZod

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    #30 GeneralZod, Dec 8, 2009 (OP)
    I was able to get this to finally work on a 40GB external hard drive. Every method here works on that HD. Thanks for your help.
     
  11. genuine555

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    #31 genuine555, Dec 8, 2009
    I hope for your sake that don't mean anything :p

    Weird. Shouldn't make difference. But glad you finally got it.
     
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