[King3vil]

Windows 7 can run on machines with lower specs than required for Windows Vista, and many users are actually finding it runs better than Windows XP on lower spec machines. It’s also ideal to run on newer netbook machines, but unfortunately many of these do not include a DVD drive so how do you install windows 7 on a machine without a DVD drive?

How To Install Windows 7 From A USB Drive

1. Find a standard 4GB USB Drive and plug it into your machine
2. Click Start in your enter ‘cmd’ in the run field. Once cmd is open type in ‘diskpart’ and a new window will open
3. In the new diskpart window type:

* ‘list disk’ : This lists all the disk drives attached to your machine
* Look for your USB drive and note the number and then type: ’select disk #’, where ‘#’ is your USB disk number
* then type ‘clean’
* then type ‘create partition primary’
* then ’select partition 1′
* then ‘active’
* then ‘format fs=fat32 quick’



Once you’ve finished these steps you then need to copy your Windows 7 files to the USB. To do this you have to mount your Windows 7 ISO as a virtual DVD. Doing this is easy:

1. Install MagicDisk (free)
2. once installed, right-click on MagicDisk in your system tray click on ‘Virtual CD/DVD-Rom’, select your DVD drive
3. then ‘Mount’ and in the dialog window that opens up, select your Windows 7 ISO
4. Now in windows Explorer, click on your DVD drive and you should see all the Windows 7 Files. All you have to do now is copy and paste all the files to your USB key and you have a Windows 7 USB Installation Stick!
5. Install the stick in the PC you want to install Windows 7 on and boot up. Remember to change your bios to allow booting from USB

If you follow the steps above then you should have no problems installing Windows 7 from a USB key.

[Anonymous]

Cool! My MacBook Pro can boot from DVD & CD but not from USB sticks.

It would work on other computers though! Very Nice guide!!

[iPenguin2]

No point untill it's released
Just dl Win Vista USB Edition
(not offical, hacked version)


Why do u keep making things ppl don't want/need?

[Master of Cthulhu]

a lot of people already use the rc, and this is good advice if you want to try it on a netbook. trust me, people want this

[killer]

Do you write anything yourself or just copy and paste from other websites?

[AnDrE_pSp]

Originally Posted by killer3737

Do you write anything yourself or just copy and paste from other websites?

Does it really matter?

[clwnz]

Originally Posted by AnDrE_pSp

Does it really matter?

It does when the original author eventually finds this and creates a pspmod account that is only going to be used to bitch about how he/she did not get credit.

[killer]

Originally Posted by AnDrE_pSp

Does it really matter?

Well no, but it's a waste of time and bandwidth when anyone can do exactly the same as he did, google 'install windows 7 from a USB drive'.

[12 inches limp]

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[Knightsofwar210]

Actually this is very helpful.

[bottledpsp]

vista is better. to RAM intensive

[Swift iso]

Originally Posted by bottledpsp

vista is better. to RAM intensive

vista....better....

nope didnt quite catch that. XP kicks ass, at least with XP you dont have to go out and buy a new printer, new camera, new mp3 player, new scanner, new usb pen drive, new wireless card, more ram, new cpu....

you get the idea right? damn vista compatibility issues...

and windows 7 only works on 64bit capable systems, so you need a good computer to start with

[Master of Cthulhu]

not true. i have 7 running on an old socket 478 p4. deffinitely not 64 bit compatible

[Swift iso]

i stand corrected about the 64 bit then, its just that it only work on 64 bit for me. well, you learn something new everyday

[g_tech9]

i love windows 7 runs so much better then vista i ran vista basic with 4.0ghz processor and 512 ram laggy i put windows 7 ultimate rc runs fine(i just put 4 gigs in my comp so it runs way better now) but i think 7 is better then vista is basically lighter and u get the same features