You might have come across a situation where your CD-ROM is non-functional or DVD-drive is inaccessible, but you want to install Windows 7. Obviously you will need a USB bootable disk which can be used to install Windows on your PC or laptop even without your DVD drive.
Installing an operating system from a USB drive bring several advantages: USB drivers are small, USB drives transfer data quicker than CDs, and they are generally more convenient.
In this post, you’ll learn how to install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive. There are several utilities to make this work done. I will here discuss a software released by Microsoft itself. It is a free tool called Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to help you install Windows 7 from USB flash drive.
For this process you need a USB flash drive with minimum of 4 GB capacity.
1. Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool and install it.
2. Run the program, browse to your Windows 7 ISO image.
3. Select your media type. Simply click on USB device button.
4. Select your USB flash drive and click on Begin copying button.
5. It will take a few minutes to complete the procedure.
6. You are done. You can now start installing windows 7 from thumb drive.
Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool from here.
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