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How to make Windows 7 bootable install USB stick

 

Please note: during this procedure you'll lose any data on your USB flash drive. Please be extra careful during formatting, choosing the wrong drive will erase it completely. This guide provided as-is, at your own risk.

 

You will need:

 

    PC running Windows XP/Vista/7/8

    Windows 7, 32/64-bit (depending on the system) installation disk

    USB drive with at least 8GB of free storage

 

 

Preparing the USB drive:

 

Open command prompt as administrator - Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select Run as administrator or type cmd in the Start search bar.

    Run diskpart utility by typing diskpart into command prompt window and pressing “Enter”.

    Locate your USB drive by typing list disk then type select disk and the number type in clean, type in create partition primary, type in

    create partition primary, type in select partition 1, type in active, type in format fs=NTFS, and then type in assign, exit

 

  1.         diskpart
  2.         select disk 1
  3.         clean
  4.         create partition primary
  5.         select partition 1
  6.         active
  7.         format fs=NTFS
  8.         assign
  9.         exit

 

 

Now we have prepared USB drive. Lets make it bootable:

 

    Insert Windows 7, 32/64-bit installation disk into DVD drive. Let's assume it's D

    open the command prompt as administrator and use the commands below

 

  1.     Type: D:
  2.     Type: cd d:\boot
  3.     Then type: bootsect /nt60 e:   (If your USB drive letter is “e” )

 

Now copy DVD Windows 7 media content to USB root folder (etc. don't put it into any folder)

use the command: xcopy d\ e:\ /h/i/c/k/e/r/y

 

You are now ready to install Windows 7 from USB flash drive!

 

You can lock the drive so you don't loose the work you have done

 

    Type the command  DISKPART

    Then type the command LIST DISK

 

Now you will need to find the USB stick connected to your PC. Most likely it’s DISK 3

 

    Now select the device we want to change the attributes for,

 

    so type SELECT DISK 3

 

   To set the drive as read only,

 

   Type ATTRIBUTES DISK SET READONLY

 

    DiskPart will confirm the attribute was sent and you can now type “EXIT