Comments on: How To Install Windows 7 From a USB Hard Flash/Hard Drive

By: Canete John

Canete John — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:23:00 +0000

my cmd says the disk is neccessary to operation of your computer, and may not be cleaned,

need help! please!

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By: Getmenowsandy

Getmenowsandy — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:39:00 +0000

it really works man . even a laymen can do this stepd . thanks a lot .
other fuckers makes damn hard to understand but u rocks

By: Ashish Sharma

Ashish Sharma — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:37:00 +0000

You can use the following utility for the same:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/setupfromusb/files/

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:34:00 +0000

Just a brief addition, the link is wrong. The proper link to the app is http://firesage.com/bootsage.php

By: Hellcoldfire

Hellcoldfire — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:46:05 +0000

Hi i have a WDC 120 GB laptop hdd which i am using as a usb hdd
upto the step before format fs=FAT32 everything works fine
but when i try to format it it says volume is too big to format
any ideas ?
i tried marking the partition as active from disk managment and copying entire files to usb hdd
the installation from usb hdd directly from windows works fine but i try to boot from it it says NTLDR is missing restart

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By: Marius

Marius — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:02:40 +0000

It works!!! Thanks dude.. Love u

By: Marius

Marius — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:02:40 +0000

It works!!! Thanks dude.. Love u

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By: Sami

Sami — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:22:19 +0000

I also found an app called BootSage, which works under XP and automates the creation of a bootable Win7 or WinPE flash drive.

BootSage: http://firesage.com/bootage

By: Mmm

Mmm — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:35:46 +0000

can i do the same cmd thing with a usb hard drive?

By: manltse

manltse — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:43:01 +0000

You can try to use this little utility to do the formating, copying from Windows CD or DVD to USB flash disk.

Novicorp WinToFlash http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

The latest version 0.5.0013 beta fixes the 64bit windows crashes.

give it a try.

By: jahongir

jahongir — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:27:04 +0000

Nice feature about diskpart I found inadvertently is that you can do with the first three letters of the commands, i.e.
lis dis
sel dis #
cle
cre par pri
sel par 1
act
for fs=fat32 quick

Saves you from typos

By: Turnditch

Turnditch — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:39:39 +0000

Just a reply to the comment, “when you buy a new laptop or netbook or whatever it's called these days, isn't there ALWAYS an OS installed, whether you like it or not?” This is probably true in the USA but is not necessarily true worldwide. I have often purchased laptops with no OS.

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By: FaRReR

FaRReR — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:20:12 +0000

HEY DONT YOU KNOW THAT EVERYONE DOES THAT NOWADAYS???? DONT BE A TROLL.

By: FaRReR

FaRReR — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:20:00 +0000

HEY DONT YOU KNOW THAT EVERYONE DOES THAT NOWADAYS???? DONT BE A TROLL.

By: FaRReR

FaRReR — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:20:00 +0000

HEY DONT YOU KNOW THAT EVERYONE DOES THAT NOWADAYS???? DONT BE A TROLL.

By: JUSTIN

JUSTIN — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:37:52 +0000

DO WHAT I DID TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 I HAD NO MORE BLANKS DVD-R B BUT I HAVE MAGIC ISO MADE A VIRTUAL DRIVE FROM THE ISO AFTER COMPLETION OF THE VIRTUAL DRIVE I WENT TO MY COMPUTER DOUBLE CLICKED ON THE (VIRTUAL DRIVE) AND RAN THE WHOLE INSTALLATION WITH NO PROBLEMS

NOW I M ENJOYING WINDOWS 7 RC

By: JUSTIN

JUSTIN — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:37:00 +0000

NOW I M ENJOYING WINDOWS 7 RC

By: JUSTIN

JUSTIN — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:37:00 +0000

NOW I M ENJOYING WINDOWS 7 RC

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:10:55 +0000

You dont need to do anything special to get windows 7 installed from usb. Just open up the iso with win rar, extract straight to the usb disk(can be quicker to move files to hard drive 1st)

Boot from usb and your golden. Microsoft have done this on purpose, to make it easier and quick for installing etc. Its a great move in terms of making it easy to install, will be interesting if there are any piracy issues with this way, but not really anymore than what there are now.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:10:00 +0000

You dont need to do anything special to get windows 7 installed from usb. Just open up the iso with win rar, extract straight to the usb disk(can be quicker to move files to hard drive 1st)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:10:00 +0000

You dont need to do anything special to get windows 7 installed from usb. Just open up the iso with win rar, extract straight to the usb disk(can be quicker to move files to hard drive 1st)

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:27:45 +0000

Don’t think it would be bootable

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:27:00 +0000

Don’t think it would be bootable

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:27:00 +0000

Don’t think it would be bootable

By: Bud

Bud — Sun, 10 May 2009 04:27:00 +0000

Don’t think it would be bootable

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:58 +0000

What is wrong with just making a DVD from the ISO file then copying the DVD to the USB drive, then installing from the USB drive? I’ve installed MS Office and several other programs work that way since out laptops don’t have DVD drives.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:00 +0000

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:00 +0000

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:24:00 +0000

By: Michael Clyde

Michael Clyde — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:46:44 +0000

to make a removable usb drive show up in cmd. prompt go to my computer icon, right click on icon, left click on properties, left click on hardware, left click on device manager, expand disk drives, double click on the usb drive you want (it must be plugged in already) left click on policies and select the bottom choice…(hint) if you already formatted with fat 32, mark partition as active(with disk manag. or 3rd party app., copy all files from win7 rc .iso( mount .iso in virtutal drive or use 3rd party .iso editor ie…ultra iso, magic iso to copy to usb drive, set bios to boot from usb fdd drive. lol
michael

By: Michael Clyde

Michael Clyde — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:46:00 +0000

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:31:18 +0000

Although its not required, as Froosh said, after ‘Assign’ (which is required) you can type ‘Exit’ which exits Disk Part and puts you back into Command Prompt.

From Here you can move the files from the disc (iso) to your flash drive/usb stick etc via command line.

Type:
xcopy D:\ /s/e/f E:/

(D:\ being the ISO/Disc) and (E:\ being the USB stick/drive).

Apparently this method works for Vista as well, but strangely not XP . This takes a few mins so be patient. Hope this helps

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Although its not required, as Froosh said, after ‘Assign’ (which is required) you can type ‘Exit’ which exits Disk Part and puts you back into Command Prompt.

From Here you can move the files from the disc (iso) to your flash drive/usb stick etc via command line.

Type:
xcopy D: /s/e/f E:/

(D: being the ISO/Disc) and (E: being the USB stick/drive).

Apparently this method works for Vista as well, but strangely not XP . This takes a few mins so be patient. Hope this helps

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:31:00 +0000

Although its not required, as Froosh said, after ‘Assign’ (which is required) you can type ‘Exit’ which exits Disk Part and puts you back into Command Prompt.

From Here you can move the files from the disc (iso) to your flash drive/usb stick etc via command line.

Type:
xcopy D: /s/e/f E:/

(D: being the ISO/Disc) and (E: being the USB stick/drive).

Apparently this method works for Vista as well, but strangely not XP . This takes a few mins so be patient. Hope this helps

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By: Froosh

Froosh — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:44:34 +0000

The missing step at the end is “assign” in diskpart.

After formatting the partition (with “format fs=fat32 quick”), type “assign”. Now, with explorer or “list volume” you should see the new partition.

By: Froosh

Froosh — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:44:00 +0000

The missing step at the end is “assign” in diskpart.

After formatting the partition (with “format fs=fat32 quick”), type “assign”. Now, with explorer or “list volume” you should see the new partition.

By: Froosh

Froosh — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:44:00 +0000

The missing step at the end is “assign” in diskpart.

After formatting the partition (with “format fs=fat32 quick”), type “assign”. Now, with explorer or “list volume” you should see the new partition.

By: Srinivasan S.R.

Srinivasan S.R. — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:08:48 +0000

I have a Sandisk Micro 8 GB USB drive. I have purchased it recently. I opened the command prompt and typed ‘diskpart’. Then I typed ‘list disk’. Unfortunately, the system only shows the system drive(Drive C) in the list. It does not show my USB drive at all. I even gave the command ‘rescan’ and the same problem persists. I formatted my USB drive with FAT32 as the file system and even after this, it doesn’t show up in the list of disks. The disk is active and I am able to transfer data to/from it. I have formatted it with FAT32 as the file system. Even after formatting, the issue isn’t resolved.

I would like to install Windows 7 RC this way as I don’t have a DVD writer.

Kindly help me in resolving this issue.

By: Srinivasan S.R.

Srinivasan S.R. — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:08:00 +0000

I would like to install Windows 7 RC this way as I don’t have a DVD writer.

Kindly help me in resolving this issue.

By: Srinivasan S.R.

Srinivasan S.R. — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:08:00 +0000

I would like to install Windows 7 RC this way as I don’t have a DVD writer.

Kindly help me in resolving this issue.

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By: Lucian Vasile

Lucian Vasile — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:34:54 +0000

G-man is rigt!
You are scraching your left side with your right hand my friend!

With ultraiso
- open the image of winvista/win7
- under BOOTABLE tab choose WRITE DISK IMAGE
- choose your usb stick
- choose a metod (I use usb-hdd+)
- press write

THAT IS ALL!!!

*THIS METOD IS GOOD FOR VISTA/7 AND FOR LIVE OS (MINIPE/LIVE VISTA). ON XP GIVES SOME ERORS WHEN YOU WANT TO INSTALL