Now that you have modified the.ISO file using the eicfg utility, the next step is to use the modified.ISO to create a universal Windows 7 installation DVD. 4) Create the universal Windows 7 installation DVD or USB Flash drive: To create a Windows 7 installation flash drive read the following: Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

1. Install Usb Flash Drive Windows 7 Command Prompt
2. Install Windows From A Usb Flash Drive

Updated: An updated version of this tutorial can be found here, featuring an easier and faster way to create a Windows 7 USB installer drive.

The Windows 7 beta has been released for quite a while now. If you want to follow the crowd and test it in your system, but do not want to burn into a DVD, here is how you can create a bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 on your system.

Format USB flash drive to NTFS format

(For Win XP only. Vista users can directly format the USB drive to NTFS format) In your Windows, go to Control panel -> system -> hardware -> Device manager.

Under the disk drives section, right click on the USB storage drive and select Properties.

Go to the Policies tab, select optimize for performance. Click OK.

Open your Windows Explorer, you should see the USB storage drive in the inventory. Right click and select Format. Select NTFS from the drop down bar. Click Start.

For Windows XP

Download MBRWizard. Extract the zipped files to your desktop.

Open a command prompt (Start –> Program –> Accessories –> Command Prompt).

Record the USB flash drive disk number

Make the USB drive active.

For Windows Vista

On the Start menu, navigate to the command prompt entry. Right-click and select Run as administrator.

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Install Usb Flash Drive Windows 7 Command Prompt

Record the disk number of your USB flash drive.

Select the USB disk.

List the current partition. Record the partition number.

Select the current partition and make it active.

Creating bootable USB flash drive

Download Windows 7 iso (32-bit) file to your desktop (The download link is no longer valid).

Download and install WinRAR.

Right-click on the Windows 7 iso file and select Extract files. Extract the files to a folder (you can name the folder any name you want, but for illustration purpose, I name it win-7) in your desktop.

In your command prompt, cd to the windows 7 folder.

Now, copy all the files from the Windows 7 folder to the USB flash drive.

Reboot the computer. Remember to change the first boot device to your USB drive in the BIOS.

You should be able to install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive now.

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How to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive : For those who don’t have a windows 7 installation disk or either it is damaged, then you can create and use a Bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 7 on your PC. The process of creating a Bootable windows 7 USB flash drive is fairly easy, however you will have to download a copy of windows 7 ISO file.

Fortunately Microsoft provides Windows 7 ISO images as free downloads to the public. You can download Windows 7 iso images from here and Once you have downloaded a Windows 7 ISo file, you can then follow the instructions provided below to create a Bootable windows 7 USB flash drive.

Instructions to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

Download Rufus and run it with Administrator rights.

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Install Windows From A Usb Flash Drive

• Step 1: Select the USB drive.
• Step 2: Select “ Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI “ ( Note: If your PC has UEFI bios, select the other two options. )
• Step 3: Select NTFS for File system. ( Note: Select FAT32 if your PC UEFI bios. )
• Step 4: Select the default Cluster size.
• Step 5: Type in a name for the Bootable USB Flash Drive.
• Step 6: Make sure you select these three options under Format options.

1. Quick Format
2. Create a Bootable disk using.
3. Create extended labels and icon files.

• Step 7: Select the dropdown menu next to Create a Bootable disk using and select ISO Image.
• Step 8: Select the Drive icon next to ISO Image and then select the Windows 10 ISO file.
• Step 9: Verify all the settings and then click on the Start button.

That’s it, now you’ll just have to wait for a couple minutes more and the Windows 10 Bootable USB Flash Drive should be ready for installing Windows 10 on your PC.

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 .