Installing Windows 7 from usd device

Installing Windows 7 from usd device 

What you need to have

1. The Windows 7 ISO file.

Note: You can download Windows 7 from web or copy it from the Windows 7 installation DVD. In the second case you have to copy the content in your USB drive from the computer which can read DVD.

2. A Usb flash disk/drive with a memory greater than 3 GB.

At first you have to make your Usb drive ready for installation.
The process
Insert the Usb stick in the appropriate port.
Run cmd.exe by typing “cmd” in the Run command in your windows start menu.
In the command prompt type the following commands:

1. diskpart 

2. select disk 1 ( be careful* )

3. clean 

4. create partition primary

5. select partition 1

6. active 

7. format fs=ntfs ( you can also format in fat32 or fat )

8. assign 

9. exit 

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* Note: The set of commands assume that the Usb drive is addressed as “disk 1”. So double check that by doing a list by the command “list disk” before cleaning it.Now your Usb flash drive is ready to use for installation.

Copy the content of the Windows 7 installation DVD. In case of ISO file just extract the ISO file in your Usb flash drive/disk. After completion of copying you can boot computer from the Usb flash drive ( Change the boot option in your BIOS setup. Make the Usb hard disk as the first boot option ).

If any type of problem arises, please write down your problems in the comment section.