Today's market for computers, laptops and netbooks is very diverse. Quite often, there are devices on it that do not have the ability to read CD / DVD disks, which, in turn, complicates the installation of the operating system on them. The solution to this problem is to install the operating system using a USB drive (flash drive).
Preparation
If you have a Windows 7 operating system disc, you can create an ISO image of that disc using programs such as UltraISO or Nero. Also, the finished image of Windows 7 can be downloaded from the Internet, for example, from the Microsoft website.
To create a bootable Windows 7 flash drive, you need a USB drive with a capacity of at least 4 Gigabytes. The flash drive should be formatted, while it is desirable that after formatting the flash drive has the NTFS file system.
Installing Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool
This official program from the developer of Windows 7 - Microsoft - allows you to quickly create bootable USB devices. You can download this program from the Microsoft website. Follow the instructions in the Installation Assistant to install the program. After running the program in the Source file line, specify the path to the Windows 7 ISO image, click Next. In the next step, in the lower right corner of the program window, specify the type of media to which the system image will be recorded (USB). In the window that appears, select the required USB drive and click the Begin copying button. The program will display a warning that all data on the media will be deleted permanently. Click Erase USB Device, after which the program will once again ask you about the intention to delete all files from the used media, select "Yes". As a result, the program will proceed to the process of copying the operating system image to the USB-drive. Wait for the end of the copying process. Until the program informs about the successful copying of the system image to the USB flash drive, do not turn off the computer power and do not remove the USB media.
Using a ready-made bootable USB drive
Most modern netbooks do not treat USB devices as the primary boot device. In this regard, it is required to configure the BIOS of the netbook, on which Windows 7 will be installed from a USB flash drive. To do this, turn on or restart the netbook and press the DEL or F2 key when starting the BIOS (the required key may differ depending on the BIOS manufacturer). Pressing the required key will load the main BIOS window. Go to the Boot tab, select the Hard Disk Drives line and press Enter. In the window that opens, highlight the 1st Drive line, press Enter and select a USB drive from the list. Press Esc to go back to the Boot window and go to the Boot Device Priority section. Here, in the 1st Boot Device line, also indicate the USB drive. Save BIOS settings and click Exit.
