{"id":383,"date":"2009-10-28T09:58:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T14:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/?p=383"},"modified":"2009-10-28T09:58:31","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T14:58:31","slug":"install-windows-7-or-vista-via-usb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/2009\/10\/install-windows-7-or-vista-via-usb\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Windows 7 or Vista via USB"},"content":{"rendered":"

I believe I already posted a how-to regarding installing Windows XP from a USB key flash drive thumb drive. Now we’re onto the next OS – Windows 7. This should work with Vista as well as they use the same boot loader. This will NOT <\/strong>work with XP.<\/p>\n

You must have a USB Flash Drive of 4GB or more
\nYou must have the Windows 7 or Vista installation files handy – OEM, Retail, or VL works ON CD OR ISO not just in a random folder
\nThis process will ERASE <\/strong>your Flash drive, so make sure you don’t have anything on there you need to keep<\/p>\n

Open the command prompt (Windows Key + R)
\nIf you have any problems with the commands, try typing “cmd” into the Start Menu search box and then press Control + Shift + Enter<\/strong> to activate the admin privileged command prompt<\/em><\/p>\n

Type diskpart<\/strong>
\nThis will start the disk partition utility<\/p>\n

list disk<\/strong>
\nThis will show all of the disk’s currently in the disk management utility. In most cases Disk 1 will be your USB drive. MAKE SURE that this is the case BEFORE trying any of the following commands.
\nselect disk 1<\/strong>
\nThis selects the disk that you found from the previous command
\nclean<\/strong>
\nThis clears out the partition tables
\ncreate partition primary<\/strong>
\nThis creates a primary partition – primary is needed as a boot device
\nselect partition 1<\/strong>
\nThis selects the primary partition
\nactive<\/strong>
\nThis makes the primary partition active so it can be booted
\nformat fs=ntfs<\/strong>
\nThis formats the device with the filesystem NTFS. It took almost 30 minutes on a 16GB device
\nassign<\/strong>
\nThis assigns all changes to the device
\nexit<\/strong>
\nExits the utility<\/p>\n

Keep the Command Window open though. We’ll be needing it again.<\/p>\n

Now insert the CD or mount the ISO image. We need the 7 or Vista files to be mounted as a drive letter. Take note of the drive letter, in my case it’s G:
\nAlso take note of the drive letter for your Flash Drive – in my case it’s F:<\/p>\n

G:<\/strong> hit enter
\ncd boot<\/strong> hit enter
\nbootsect.exe \/nt60 f:<\/strong> hit enter\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now copy all of the files from your DVD\/ISO to the USB Flash Drive.<\/p>\n

Once you’re done, reboot your machine and select the USB HD as your boot device.<\/p>\n

That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I believe I already posted a how-to regarding installing Windows XP from a USB key flash drive thumb drive. Now we’re onto the next OS – Windows 7. This should work with Vista as well as they use the same boot loader. This will NOT work with XP. You must have a USB Flash Drive … Continue reading Install Windows 7 or Vista via USB<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/it.thelibrarie.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}