November 25, 2014

How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive :  If anyhow you don’t have a windows 7 installation disk or either it is damaged, then you can make use of a bootable  USB pen drive to install windows 7 on your PC. The process of creating a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive is fairly easy but  you would require a windows 7 ISO file to create a bootable windows 7 USB Flash drive.
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Fortunately Microsoft provides Windows 7 ISO images as free downloads for all users.  You can download windows 7 iso images from here and Once you have downloaded a Windows 7 ISo file, you can then follow these instructions below to create a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive.

Instructions to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive 

bootable usb flash drive.
  • Step 1: Download rufus on your computer and run it .
  • Step 2: Plug in your USB flash drive into your computer .
  • Step 3: From Rufu’s settings, Choose NTFS as the file system.
  • Step 4: Check ” Quick format ” and ” Create extended label and icon files
  • Step 5: Check ” Create a bootable disk using ” and click the drive icon beside it to select the windows 7 ISO file .
  • Step 6: Now click on start to create a bootable window 7 USB flash drive .
After a few minutes your Windows 7 bootable  USB flash drive will be  ready for installation. Reboot your PC and set the bootable flash drive as a first boot priority in the bios settings. Save the bios settings and reboot once again to continue with the windows 7 installation process .
 Note: You have to allow booting from USB devices in your BIOS settings in order to proceed further with the windows 7 installation .

Source: http://www.techverse.net/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-pen-drive-for-windows-7/