The actual installation of the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system from a removable USB drive comes down to choosing a boot device in the BIOS and waiting for the process to complete, but preparing a bootable flash drive can cause some difficulties.
Necessary
- - a computer with OS Windows 7 installed;
- - a working DVD drive;
- - removable USB-disk not less than 4 GB;
- - administrator access to computer resources.
Instructions
Step 1
Call the main menu of the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system by clicking the "Start" button and go to the "All Programs" item to perform the operation of creating a bootable USB flash drive.
Step 2
Select the "Standard" item and open the context menu of the "Command Line" application by right-clicking.
Step 3
Specify the "Run as administrator" command and confirm your authority by entering the password in the system prompt window that opens.
Step 4
Enter the value Diskpart in the command interpreter text box and confirm the launch of the application by pressing the Enter function key.
Step 5
Enter List Disk in the command line text box and confirm the command by pressing the Enter function key.
Step 6
Determine the name and number of the USB device you are using and remember (or write down) it.
Step 7
Enter the following values in the command interpreter text box:
select disk saved_disk_number
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs = NTFS
assign
exit
Confirm the execution of the commands by pressing the softkey labeled Enter.
Step 8
Wait for the formatting process to complete and insert the installation disc into your DVD drive.
Step 9
Return to the Run dialog and run the Command Prompt tool again.
Step 10
Enter drive_name: /boot/bootsect.exe / NT60 usb_name: in the command interpreter text box. Confirm the operation of creating a bootable USB media by pressing the function key Enter.
Step 11
Wait for the process to complete and return to the main Start menu again.
Step 12
Go to "My Computer" and select the installation disk for the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
Step 13
Expand the Edit menu on the top toolbar of the Explorer window and select the Select All command.
Step 14
Drag the selected files to the created bootable USB flash drive and wait for the copying process to complete.
Step 15
Insert the created bootable USB disk into the computer to be installed OS Windows 7 and specify it as bootable in the Choose Boot Device mode.
