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This guide works 100% for Windows 7 and Windows 8 unlike most of the guides outthere. I have seen many sites/blogs that have “Install Vista from USB guide” but eitherwith incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don’t’ useproper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this100% working guide to install Windows 7 and Windows 8 from USB flash drive.

I just did this method on one of my friends machine and installed Windows 7 andWindows 8 . The main advantage is that by using USB drive you will be able to installWindows 7 or Windows 8 in just 15 minutes. You can also use this bootable USB drive onfriend’s computer who doesn’t have a DVD optical drive.

The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say thatyour motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USBdrive.

Requirements:

*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)

*Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation files.

Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Windows 8 USB drive using whichyou can install Windows 7 or Windows 8 easily.

Procedure:

1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to asafe location on your system.

2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to openCommand Prompt with admin rights.

*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt andselect Run as administrator.

3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands inthe command prompt:

First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

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First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USBflash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.

4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive nois “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the abovestep to confirm it.

So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

SELECT DISK 1

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the nextstep. Just minimize it.

5. Next insert your Windows7/Windows 8 DVD into the optical drive and check the driveletter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is “D” andUSB drive letter is “H” (open my computer to know about it).

6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following commandnow:

D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGRcompatible code.

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:

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Where “H” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see thebelow message.

8. Copy your Windows 7 or Windows 8 DVD contents to the USB flash drive.

9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7 or Windows 8. Only thing youneed to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. Iwon’t explain it as it’s just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabling the USBboot option in the BIOS.

Note: If you are not able to boot after following this guide means you haven’t set theBIOS priority to USB. If you got any problem in following this guide feel free to askquestions by leaving comment.

Update: If you find this guide difficult to follow, please use the easy-to-use guideto create a bootable USB to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 using official tool.

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1. DarylPosted January 12, 2009 at 1:20 am | Permalink



Posted January 12, 2009 at 1:20 am | Permalink

Hey thanks! I’d love to try this soon I hope it’s working

2. BrandonPosted January 12, 2009 at 3:22 am | Permalink

I don’t think XP shows usb drives in list disk, or maybe it’s just me. Is there any otheralternative to step 4?

3. tweakwindowsPosted January 12, 2009 at 7:59 am | Permalink

^ That’s why I have mentioned only Vista & Windows 7.


Works 100% on Vista & Windows 7..Thanks.

5. CasmirPosted January 12, 2009 at 11:31 am | Permalink

This is cool…Hope it will work the same way with an external HDD….Keep up the good work bro…

6. benPosted January 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm | Permalink

i am also trying to do this from xp, and it doesnt work, im not sure if step 4 needs to bedone in comand prompt (i formatted the stick in disk manager) but i got stuck on step 7because there is no such thing as bootsect.exe

7. neodorianPosted January 12, 2009 at 1:23 pm | Permalink

When I run bootsect.exe it says that this version isn’t compatible with my version ofwindows even though it is running the vista version.

8. tweakwindowsPosted January 12, 2009 at 1:32 pm | Permalink

Please use Vista or Windows 7 as bootsect.exe is not present in XP CD.This guide onlyworks on Windows Vista & 7


This guide doesn’t work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7..I have mentioned in thetitle of the post.


@benPlease follow the guide step-by-step and don’t skip any step.

11. PaulPosted January 12, 2009 at 11:27 pm | Permalink

THANK YOU! I was having problems getting the boot sector to work…and you fixed it. Definitely better than any other guide… SCREEN SHOTS = TEHWIN!, theyhelp sooo much when you can’t see what you’ve done wrong, even picked up a few newcmd tricks.I’m a fan, thanks man.

12. ?lhanPosted January 12, 2009 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

Hey man your methods does not working in XP. Please reinform us.

13. OmarPosted January 13, 2009 at 4:52 am | Permalink

I was doing fine up until step 5. I figured the whole point of booting from a USB drivewas to avoid having to burn a disc with the Windows 7 files on it, or install on a PCwithout a DVD drive. Anyway, I don’t have any blank DVD’s, so I was trying to install itfrom my USB drive, but I can’t get past step 5, since I don’t have my Windows 7 files ona disc. They are on my hard drive, and my USB drive. Help!

14. JohnPosted January 13, 2009 at 5:00 am | Permalink

Got it working in the second attempt.good guide.

15. EiNSPosted January 13, 2009 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

Thanks…very excellent guide…

any working method for xp usb drive installation? Tried many…but non of them working



16. LincolnPosted January 13, 2009 at 12:56 pm | Permalink

OK nevermind I just had to optimise the drive for performance… Sorry about that!

17. vikrantPosted January 13, 2009 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

Does it also mean that we can install windows 7 on a usb drive?

18. BlogPiGPosted January 13, 2009 at 7:41 pm | Permalink

This worked an absolute treat. Nice write-up.I did it on an XP box using Windows 7 mounted onto a virtual DVD drive.I had to do the format using the windows tools as wasn’t available as part of diskpart inXP.All the rest worked as described.

19. edenPosted January 13, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

i just formated my usb pen, and done show all files on the DVD and copied the contentsover.i didnt use the diskpart tools.

installed w2in 7 fine

20. Laker_Fan32Posted January 13, 2009 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

Leechie!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR XP!!!! Wow, I have beensearching for past two days and you explained it in 4 steps, you are AWESOME! Thank

you VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!

21. RkeePosted January 14, 2009 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

U can also achieve booting from a usb drive by using daemon tools. Don’t mean to dis onthe author graet walkthrough by the way. Its just an alternative, and no need for anycommand prompt scripting.

22. madmaxPosted January 14, 2009 at 4:05 pm | Permalink

i tried both the XP method and VISTA method. both i managed to do without anyproblems. but when i try to boot from the pen drive i get this error

file : \Boot\BCDstatus : 0xc000000einfo : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration

some help please?

23. DarinPosted January 14, 2009 at 10:32 pm | Permalink

Hey, I followed all the steps, and everything worked perfectly until I booted from the Usbdevice and tried to install windows 7. It said that “Setup does not support installation todisks connected through a USB port. Is there a way around this?


@DarinFirstly, let me apologise for the experience you’re having.The error means, your motherboard doesn’t support USB booting. I have also mentionedthis in my guide. And there is no way to boot USB unless your motherboard support.

@VikrantNo this guide doesn’t for the users who like to install Windows 7 on USB.

@OmarIf you don’t have a DVD drive/USB(4GB) then use my guide “Installing Windows 7without using USB/DVD drive”. There are two methods, direct and via VPC method.Please follow my guides.

@AllI am glad that this guide helped you to install Windows 7.

Thanks.

25. JoeyPosted January 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

i downloaded windows 7 from microsoft and dont have a cd/dvd for it so what do i do do

i extract it to the usb then restart using the flash drive or what?



i extract it to the usb then restart using the flash drive or what?


@JoeyIf you don’t have a DVD/USB then use my below guide which shows “Installing Windows7 without using USB/DVD drive”http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive-method-2/http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive-method-1/

27. gabontzPosted January 15, 2009 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

Hello i can’t see my usb stick with diskpart.all i can see, is my 4 HDD’s on my computer.What can i do in this case?

28. petePosted January 15, 2009 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

When I try step 7, I get: “The system cannot execute the specified program”

29. suaviPosted January 15, 2009 at 7:42 pm | Permalink

Bootsect.exe problem!

I think that there is a problem occurs when you want to install “64 Bit Windows 7″ fromyour 32 Bit Vista.

Here is the message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:“This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windowsyou’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need aX86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the softwarepublisher. “

30. MortyPosted January 15, 2009 at 11:07 pm | Permalink

What if I want to create a x64 boot in a x86 environment? I get this error message. “Thisversion of g:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you’rerunning. Check your system information yada yada contact software publisher.” I amrunning Vista 32-bit, trying to create this USB boot thingaby for Windows 7 64-bit.

Thanks mate.

31. NickPosted January 19, 2009 at 4:27 am | Permalink

When I tried to boot from usb it will not even get finished copying the files when it givesme an error code. It sometimes will start installing updates. But what is with this damnerror code. I,m waiting on it to do it again……..Expanding files (0%)……….

Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation areavailable, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D

I would be very grateful for anyone’s help.

32. SiddanthPosted January 19, 2009 at 3:31 pm | Permalink

Hey tweakwindows i think we need to make use of xcopy command havent tried it for xpdid u try it out /?

33. JonathanPosted January 20, 2009 at 3:12 am | Permalink

I have followed all instructions.I tried the flash drive one of my main machines and it works. However, on my test rig, Ionly get a Missing Operating System message. Boot priorities are set to USB Boot.

What could be wrong?

34. Laker_Fan32Posted January 21, 2009 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

My USB becomes Bootable, however when it is installing it gets stuck at 8% and thennothing happens??? I’ve tried many times and it doesn’t seem to work, it always getsstuck at 5% or 8%. Sometimes it errors out with the error code: 0x800703ee

35. PeterNLDPosted January 22, 2009 at 4:52 am | Permalink

Can the USB-stick after having Windows7 installed, be used to get in the completerecovery enviroment as well?

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36. SEO BlogPosted January 22, 2009 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

Works like a charm, thanks

37. Into Windows(Admin)Posted January 23, 2009 at 11:49 am | Permalink

First of all, sorry for the delay in reply.@ PeterNLDOf course, you can use as a replace to DVD.

@ Laker_Fan32Sorry for the delay. I think you need to copy all the files once again. Just try it.

@ SiddarthI didn’t try that method. But I have another method which works on XP as well. Will postthe guide soon.

@ NickMake sure you copy all the Windows 7 files to USB correctly.

@SuaviBasically, I haven’t tested this method on 64-bit machine. So, I can’t find a solution foryou.

Thank you.Into Windows

38. tysonPosted January 23, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

Hi, I read d comments & got confirmed that this method works although i didn’t try it. Iwant to install windows xp by USB method. Can you also give a method like this forwindows xp also?? I am currently running windows vista & don’t have an optical drive.

39. Nik SimpsonPosted January 23, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

Only one minor issue if you are trying to create a W7 64-bit bootable drive on a 32 bitinstall of Vista. In that case you’ll have to run the bootsect command from a 32-bit W7DVD, because the version on the 64-bit DVD will not run on a 32-bit OS.

40. cdnwoodPosted January 26, 2009 at 9:13 am | Permalink

Thank you! Absolutely brilliant – your guides have been very helpful!! It all worked justas you have so thoroughly described.

41. FzangPosted January 26, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

Um, couldn’t you have skipped step 5 and onwards? You just need to do the diskpartand then copy contents of the CD to your USB, at least, that’s what worked for me

Also, why are you formating to NTFS instead of FAT32?

Just wondering..

42. bob SauvePosted January 27, 2009 at 11:55 am | Permalink

If I had Vista pre-installed when I purchased my computer —what different steps would I take to make a bootable USB drive??Thanks,Bob

43. AndyPosted January 28, 2009 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

Thanks mate for this, very detailed and very user friendly, i tried to install Win xp on myEEEpc 1000H but for some reason it wouldnt boot unless i put the USB stick in….lol, itsmad when Win 7 is much easier to setup and install than XP.

Anychance of letting me know how to dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Easy Peasy?

Thanks mate your a star

44. Nick1Posted January 29, 2009 at 2:41 am | Permalink

Correct me if I’m wrong, but step 5 states that we need a DVD. I use this guide becauseI don’t have one. Am I right?

45. cmergPosted January 30, 2009 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

Great article. Worked like a charm.



Great article. Worked like a charm.

46. ManPosted February 2, 2009 at 9:56 pm | Permalink

Hi.

In the list disk step,I can’t see my USB drive. What’s wrong with it? (My OperatingSystem is XP.)

Does it only work in Vista?

Thank you for your teaching.

47. SENTYPosted February 4, 2009 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

HEY I HAVE PROBLEM IN THE LAST STEP .. MY DVD ROM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.IHAVE IMAGE(NRG) OF WINDOWS VISTA.I LOAD IT USING A IMAGE READER SOFTWARE(POWER ISO),WHEN I TRYING TO EXCUTE THE LAST STEP USING VIRTUAL DVD ROM THANTHE ORIGINAL DVD ROM,I GOT A EXCEPTION“COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:ACCESS IS DENIED”HOW CAN I SLOW IT ..?,PLS HELP ME .. SND ME MAIL ON MY MAIL ACCOUNT…

48. tweakwindowsPosted February 5, 2009 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

Sorry for the delay in replay.

@ManThis method works fine on Vista and Windows 7 only. I will be writing a guide for XPusers in a week. Stay tuned!

@Nick1I wrote this guide to make the installation faster. In my personal experience Windows 7took just 15 minutes to get installed from USB compared to 35 minutes DVD method. Ofcourse, you can skip the step 5 if you can mount the image and copy the files.

@AndySorry, I am not planning on that. But, it should be easier if you install Linux overWindows 7.

@Bob SauveFollow the same procedure. This method works on both Vista and Windows 7.

@TysonWait for few days to get a detailed guide.

@FzangNTFS is faster than FAT.

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49. ELPYPosted February 5, 2009 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

Awesome,Think!!!

50. asdPosted February 11, 2009 at 3:44 am | Permalink

well im gonna try this from my phone. hope everything works out ok

51. TYPosted February 12, 2009 at 4:58 am | Permalink

About th LIST DISK command, I can not see my USB drive number (As you so theinstruction below). so how? i see only my Hard Drive. what can i do?? pls help me!!

52. omgPosted February 17, 2009 at 8:47 am | Permalink

Hi thats an awesomely explained method! great work!

but i’m on Vista x86 and i was trying to make a usb with Vista x64 on it, but the cmdprompt gave me this error! –

“This version of X:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windowsyou’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need ax86 or x64 version of the program, and then contact the software publisher”

Is it that i need Vista x64 to create a USB x64!??

Pls help

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53. Cobrass2Posted February 25, 2009 at 1:09 am | Permalink

Thanks Worked like a charm.

54. JDPosted February 26, 2009 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

No luck from XP on my Asus 1000HE…

I used leechers method and continued from step 5.. wehen attemping to boot from USB Iget “disk read error”

55. SjengiePosted February 27, 2009 at 6:34 pm | Permalink

Hi, i tried it using my 4Gb microSD but like Darin my HP mini-note 2133 (which offers bootoption through “USB generic STORAGE DEVICE”) boot manager comes with an error “theboot selection failed because a required device is inaccesible”.I worked through all the steps as described above without any errors.But i notice that diskpart command DETAIL DISK shows that “Bootable = No”Si is it bootable yes or no and what might have gone wrong?thx, btw great job this site !!

56. SjengiePosted February 27, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

Correction, it works again !noticed that i did not copy my w7 dvd properlygreat, you made linux disappear for us, thx again tweakwindows !

57. petePosted March 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Permalink

Hi ive tried and tried but DISKPART wont see my usb key, can u help.

58. ajinPosted March 3, 2009 at 2:54 pm | Permalink

hey it is showing cannot find bootmngr press crl alt del to restart

59. AnthonyPosted March 5, 2009 at 2:10 am | Permalink

Great guide. You need to update your requirements section to point out that theseinstructions only work when done on a Vista or Windows 7 platform, or specifically statethey will not work on XP

60. tweakwindowsPosted March 5, 2009 at 7:38 am | Permalink

Thanks for the reply. Will edit the post soon.


@ajinI hope you have followed my steps correctly. Try to repair your bootmgr file.


Sorry, if you can’t find see your USB drive in the DISKPART command, I can’t help you.However, if you have only one hard drive, then you can use the “1″ as your USB key. Buttry this on your own risk.

63. PinkoPosted March 18, 2009 at 12:26 am | Permalink

Formatting may take few seconds ^^It has bee taking maby 30minutes for 10percent with my 250gb drive …

64. PinkoPosted March 18, 2009 at 4:22 am | Permalink

56% now. thos are way loong seconds.

65. SwannyPosted April 10, 2009 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

I have try all the step by step but on the stage command E:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60F:I got this message ‘Could not map drive partition to the associated volume deviceobjects:Access is denied. Any idea what went wrong. Please help. Thanks.

66. jickiePosted April 30, 2009 at 9:44 pm | Permalink

awesome guide does exactly what it says on the tin, thanks so much i’m now installing

windows 7 on all my mates comps via usb.



67. JeffPosted May 5, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

excellent guide. thanks very much. you saved me aged of messing with BartPe againtrying to make a bookable installation drive.

thanks.

68. victor frazeePosted May 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

list disk DID NOT detect a 4GB or a 16GB memory stick

69. QuanPosted May 5, 2009 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

Let’s say I have a hdd box with 2 partitions (Y, Z), can I use your method to create bootinstall for Vista on partition Y and for Windows 7 on partition Z?

70. JBPosted May 10, 2009 at 9:30 am | Permalink

Great write up. Works perfectly!!

71. BradPosted May 10, 2009 at 11:15 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot! Worked no problem. It also fixed the partition tables on my USB key!

72. CooperPosted May 10, 2009 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

Windows XP/2000 users !!!

Diskpart will not recognize removable storage, so don’t bover This only works under WIndows Vista or 7.

73. IDPosted May 13, 2009 at 12:59 am | Permalink

When are the mongs gonna read and understand this guide does not work on xp.

74. JoeypesciPosted May 13, 2009 at 4:48 am | Permalink

For everyone having issues with diskpart in XP not seeing the USB stick, it’s becausethat’s an XP issue. The way XP and Vista handles USB drives, Vista sees them in Diskpartbut XP tends not to. There is a reg hack to fix it but I haven’t bothered to search for it.

75. JoeypesciPosted May 13, 2009 at 4:48 am | Permalink

Just spotted someone beat me to it

76. JPosted May 13, 2009 at 6:11 pm | Permalink

Works 100% in my Notebook. I wanted to install Vista Ultimate with a 8GB USB Pen and imade it!Thanks!

77. ChristopherPosted May 13, 2009 at 11:02 pm | Permalink

Best write-up ever! Clear and concise. Oh, and it works!!!

Great job, and thank you!

78. IamPosted May 14, 2009 at 10:37 am | Permalink

Funny thing I noticed on Win7, when you EXIT the DiskPart and try to continue inCommand Prompt, while copying the bootsector to device, you may face an error –Access Denied for no priviledge in copying the bootsector to device.Solution – just Exit the Command Prompt and Run it again (still need to Run asAdministrator).

79. DanielRemainsPosted May 20, 2009 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

I’m sure this is another arrengement with MS and USB driver manufactuer to makemoney LOL joke

Nice guide I will have to steal my girlfriend’s USB drive (Which I bought her for christmas

LOL) to try this. Looks like it’s worth it thanks

80. pirater2113

Posted May 21, 2009 at 5:55 am | Permalink



so if you do this tut correctly on a vista computer then you can use the pen drive on a Xpcomputer?

81. JayPosted May 21, 2009 at 9:01 am | Permalink

Hey Bro can one dual boot using this…. ie. Vista and Windows 7

82. madsPosted May 21, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Permalink

perfect. great guide. thanks

83. OmerPosted May 22, 2009 at 2:22 am | Permalink

Dear,

I want to install windows 7 RC through USB/Pen drive.But when i open the command prompt and write LIST DISK there (after DISKPART), it onlyshows my hard drive there, that is DRIVE 0 only, though i try it after inserting USB.

Y is it so?

84. mikePosted May 22, 2009 at 7:12 pm | Permalink

FORMAT FS=NTFS(Format process may take few seconds)

Yeah lol, it’s taking a loooong few seconds on my 8GB drive

85. mikePosted May 22, 2009 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

I have a question for you, admin.

What if I want to rollback changes made to my USB drive? Or can I leave it like that(partitions, ntfs) for regular use after installing windows 7?

86. adminPosted May 22, 2009 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

@JayYes, you can dual boot.


@ pirater2113You can use this to create bootable USB on Vista and 7 only. If you have created on aVista computer then you can use it on a XP computer to boot.

88. YuePosted May 23, 2009 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

i tried it and it won’t work, i am using an old portable hard drive which is 5 gb, is it alrightwith it?

89. znakistuPosted May 26, 2009 at 12:34 am | Permalink

10x for this useful tutorial it’s working on vista tomorrow i will try on win 7.

10x a lot

90. travPosted May 27, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

Can I do this with an SD card and USB adapter?

91. anilPosted May 27, 2009 at 2:00 pm | Permalink

made a usb with above tutorial, will install windows 7i wanted to install windows 7 64 bit but have 32 bit vistanow in order to install windows 7 64 bit, it seems, i will have to burn a dvd

92. TweakwindowsPosted May 28, 2009 at 1:11 am | Permalink

@TraveI haven’t personally tried using SD card. But you should be able to do that.

93. TweakwindowsPosted May 28, 2009 at 1:13 am | Permalink

@AllWe are going to close the comments for this post.



We are going to close the comments for this post.

94. JP JonesPosted May 29, 2009 at 12:35 am | Permalink

I used this method successfully on two computers. I was very surprised that when I wasunable to change the boot sequence to USB in the BIOS on an older laptop, windows 7installed anyway. I was pretty sure that it wouldn’t work but I tried it and presto! Itwent through the three reboots and installed perfectly. Has anyone else had thishappen?

95. WilliamPosted May 30, 2009 at 7:19 am | Permalink

this method from microsoft takes out the last part using bootsect. and it still works.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx

96. Christian SaborioPosted May 30, 2009 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

Worked like a charm, great instructions, thanks!

97. aarazaPosted May 31, 2009 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

Hi,Great guide. However, I am stuck after:

bootsect.exe /nt60 h: (h is my usb drive letter)

The message I get is: “Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume deviceobjects: Access is denied.”

I followed the steps twice niowand get the same result. Am I missing something? Wouldgreatly appreciate any help…I have a netbook down and would like to put Windows 7 onit using a USB stick.

Thanks!

98. aarazaPosted May 31, 2009 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

Please ignore my last message – I was not running command prompt as Administrator!

99. Saurabh ZagadePosted May 31, 2009 at 11:11 pm | Permalink

I m very very thankful to U for such HELP…..

100. Ben CharltonPosted June 2, 2009 at 11:52 am | Permalink

You can follow my guide to creating a bootable usb disk under windows xp then followthis guide from 5 onwards.

101. GiorellPosted June 4, 2009 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

I want to ask something. Can I return my flash drive back to normal after this? Leave a

tagg on my guest book or email me rather.

102. murtazaPosted June 4, 2009 at 12:30 pm | Permalink

Hey..hv vista already installed on my pc..need 2 install win 7 as dual boot..i tried oncedual bootin with xp bt resulted into bootin f only xp..cud u pls help me out hw 2 dualboot win 7 wid vista…

103. ferrisPosted June 5, 2009 at 10:57 am | Permalink

Best guide I have ever used… Thank you, hats off sir.

104. BogdanPosted June 5, 2009 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

I find it funny that you say this is a 100% working guide but you don’t mention that factthat the Win 7/Vista USB boot drive needs to be created on computer running Windows7 or Vista. That should really be added to the Requirements section so you can call yourguide 100% working. I seen a few comments from people saying it doesn’t workbecause they’re trying to make the boot drive from within XP.

105. BogdanPosted June 5, 2009 at 10:49 pm | Permalink

Other than that small piece of missing information, the guid e is great!

106. JacobPosted June 6, 2009 at 8:34 am | Permalink



Posted June 6, 2009 at 8:34 am | Permalink

(I’m hoping HTML will work )

trying the F:CD BOOT command (where F is my DVD drive location), it returns thefollowing functions

Firstly, from DISKPART (which you didn’t say to leave, not sure if you meant to or not)

Secondly, from C:\Windows\System32 (where your screenshot is taken from)

107. JacobPosted June 6, 2009 at 8:38 am | Permalink

Sorry, images weren’t displayed from html

I’ll just explain it

from C:\Windows\System32, after running the F:CD BOOTit returns a simple “Parameter is incorrect.”

from DISKPART it gives me a list of about 25 sub commands

not sure about the right word for that

thankyou but, your guide seems very will explained (just having some technical issues

108. MarkPosted June 6, 2009 at 9:40 am | Permalink

Awesome work! Clear and very simple! For everyone having problems, keep in mind theguide is only for:- Windows 7 installing / not running from an USB drive- MB with USB boot support

Just follow the steps.

Thanks for this guide!

PS:

109. TSurFPosted June 6, 2009 at 11:47 am | Permalink

Great guide… cheers bro!

110. ShazPosted June 7, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

Thank a lot. Very useful tutorial… I followed it all through until I boot through usb andsetup program comes up. When I get to, select which drive you want the installation Icant select my usb drive it comes up with the message below:

“WINDOWS CANNOT BE INSTALLED TO THIS DISK. SETUP DOES NOT SUPPORTCONFIGERATION OF OR INSTALLATION TO DISKS CONNECTED THROUGH A USB OR IEEE1394 PORT.”

I tried 3 different computers and a few new laptops and come up with same message. Iread these forums and people successfully installing them, What am i doing wrong. Canyou please Help.I’ve been at this for almost 2 weeks.I can boot from usb but can’t install onto it. I am trying to install vista.

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP.

THANK YOU

111. adminPosted June 7, 2009 at 11:14 pm | Permalink

@ShazYou can’t install Windows on USB using this guide. You can only use this guide to createa bootable USB and then use it as installation media.

112. ShazPosted June 7, 2009 at 11:27 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot for fast reply. Is there a way that I can install vista onto my external harddrive? if so how is it possible.Thank you

113. CMalPosted June 8, 2009 at 9:41 pm | Permalink

Thanks, this worked really well.Couldn’t get my old DVD drive to read quickly/effectively enough and this did the trick!

Well chuffed ;D



114. Julio BravoPosted June 9, 2009 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

It works fine, except one problem: when I run the windows7 64bits RC1\boot\bootsect.exe in my Vista 32, it doesn`t work. I did it running from the \boot folderof the windows7 Beta1 32bits and it is OK.

115. LaymainPosted June 9, 2009 at 11:47 pm | Permalink

If you have a version problem with bootsec.exe, just use bootsec.exe from a Vista DVD.Put back your Windows 7 after and continue following the guide

116. GregorPosted June 11, 2009 at 12:33 am | Permalink

Thanks ! Have a nice day.

117. xopherPosted June 11, 2009 at 9:37 am | Permalink

very nice toot.

as an Ubuntu user I enjoyed being able to do this kind of stuff from Win7 7127 on mydesktop to make this 7210 for my netbook without using linux.

imagine that.

118. JakeDKPosted June 11, 2009 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

Great guide, thx

Had a problem with step six but thats because the written command is wrong, but I

figured it out when I saw the command in the scrren thx again – just what I waslooking for.

119. BernardPosted June 12, 2009 at 2:15 am | Permalink

I used this method and created a USB drive for my Windows 7 installation. Works

flawlessly! Oh, and the installation of Windows now takes only 8 minutes.

120. BrantyrPosted June 22, 2009 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

Step 2: don’t you guys know if you hit winkey + R you get the oldschool run box whichautomatically starts whatever you run from it with admin privledges?

121. ChrisPosted July 11, 2009 at 9:44 am | Permalink

Great guide, thanks.

To those, like me, that are (were) running Vista 32-bit and wanting 7 64-bit:In step 7, use bootsect.exe from your Vista CD. Barring any other issues, it will workperfectly. It did for me.

122. DaveGPosted July 11, 2009 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

Hello, TweakWindows, and thanks, but… I know what you mentioned about Vista, whichI AM using, I used a Sandisk 8GB and waited half an hour for the formatting process(hardly a few seconds, but I wasn’t surprised, and I’d like to know how you get that on a4GB flash drive), I followed each of your steps in order twice while running anAdministrator command session, with positive feedback after each command wascompleted, and then I reordered my BIOS boot priority (which had the same effect ashitting F12, other than F12 not requiring another BIOS session to boot normally fromyour hard disk again). Looks like I did everything right, and STILL I can’t boot from aflash drive. I see most others have not had that problem, but I made sure that I didwhat you said, with the right stuff, and still I crashed with this error: “BOOTMGR NOTPRESENT (or MISSING, something similar), and that was after the “BOOTMGR.EXE/NT60…” command completed with success! I know nothing of boot managers, much lessrepairing them, but I sure would appreciate a clue (wherever it is)! I am close tohopelessly frustrated on this, even if this is the best tutorial I’ve seen so far, and if Ican’t resolve it here I will probably give up – please help!

123. DaveGPosted July 11, 2009 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

Oh…did I misunderstand that this is for making use of an image file? Is that not howVista is normally distributed, on a normal DVD? I am trying to install a modified version ofVista, distributed by .iso, for two very good reasons: 1) I’m on a bloatware diet, and 2)I’m trying to replace what I already paid for, after it got wiped (yeah, the whole freak’ndisk), and if you Microsoft pirate hunters have a problem with that, then you can goimpale yourselves on your own swords! To any who would clue me in on what else maybe needed besides the image file (after following the above steps), or explain any non-

troll reasons why this method would not work with what I am trying to do, I’d be mostgrateful.



124. Veselin BelchevPosted July 13, 2009 at 3:36 am | Permalink

If you have Windows XP all ready installed just fallow 6. 7. 8. 9. Before this steps formatyour USB FLASH drive in NTFS format. It’s all ready works to Windows 7 and WindowsVista

125. PCLovePosted July 13, 2009 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

On #4 where the file system is being set, you can use QUICK to speed up the formattinglike this:

FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

It’s so much faster!

126. ????????Posted July 15, 2009 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

Thanks!

This would really help me a lot installing on Vaio Type P.

127. kuld33pPosted July 19, 2009 at 12:02 am | Permalink

I am getting a window at the installation process to select a driver. I can not go passthat.. any idea.. I tried to select windows/inf folder as well.. but no luck.. installationdoes not proceed.

128. JonJonPosted July 19, 2009 at 3:12 am | Permalink

Hello, I’ve already tried this guide a week ago and it works. I have windows 7 in my hpmini 2140. But now I want to downgrade again back to Windows XP.

Can I use this guide again? but rather than to put the windows 7 installation in the usbit would be the windows xp? Or should I search another guide for this? I haven’t tried ityet. I just want to ask here first before I try.

Regards,

129. konradPosted July 19, 2009 at 10:21 pm | Permalink

it works flawleslly tnx man

130. adminPosted July 20, 2009 at 11:06 am | Permalink

Sorry, JonJon.. This guide is only for Windows 7 or Vista.

131. MePosted July 20, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

Hi,

Is it possible to create a multi boot?So one can select what version to install from the same stick:Windows 7 x64 or x86Windows Vista x64 or x86

132. ivePosted July 21, 2009 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

some bios don’t recognise NTFS formatted usb keys as boot device, so you might stillwant to format as FAT32, even if it makes your key slower

133. Jean-SébastienPosted July 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

Very great work! Thank you very much!

134. PeterPosted July 22, 2009 at 8:37 am | Permalink

Hi Admin,

Quick question- Would this method work with my Vaio boot disk? instead of a standardwindows cd. Thanks in advance.

135. MaheshPosted July 22, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

When I tried executing “LIST DISK” in command prompt,I couldnt find my USB drive listedin.



in.So I couldnt proceed.Please guide me

136. ShomPosted July 26, 2009 at 7:14 am | Permalink

Excellent tutorial, thanks!

If the flash drive has been previously used for as a bootable installer for a Linux distrothen the MBR needs to be reset, which can be done by modifying the Step 7 commandto:bootsect /nt60 H: /force /mbr

This will remove the Master Boot Record so Windows boot loader will kick in, instead ofLinux (GRUB).

137. adminPosted July 26, 2009 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

@PeterBootable Windows DVD or Image is required to make this happen.

138. FranckPosted July 27, 2009 at 2:11 pm | Permalink

For the ones that do not want to burn a blank DVD, you can mount the .iso file youdownloaded (e.g. using VirtualCloneDrive) and do the copy from there.

Will give this tutorial a try shortly to get the SevenRC on my X200 (small & great but nooptical drive).

139. BernardPosted July 27, 2009 at 11:58 pm | Permalink

Hi. I followed this guide to make a bootable Windows 7 usb drive a few weeks ago, andit worked perfectly!Now I have downloaded a new version of Win 7 (The RTM released just recently), and Iwonder if I have to follow this guide from step 1 to remake the bootable drive, or is itenough for me to erase the content on the flashdrive and then copy from the image, thelast step?

140. WaqarPosted July 28, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

Nice tutorial… will do installing!!

141. 9shares adminPosted July 29, 2009 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

usb drive will be not available when use diskpart command in windows xp. you shoulduse vista or later versions of windows.

142. PatrickPosted July 30, 2009 at 3:02 am | Permalink

all that is necessary is to format your USB and then copy all files from the the cd/dvd(isoor whatever) to the device. Then just to be sure to boot from the device via the bios orboot selection.

143. MichaelPosted July 30, 2009 at 10:57 am | Permalink

Has anyone found out a solution to the problem of it sating BOOTMGR not found. Pressctrl alt dlt to restart when trying to boot it. I can’t get passed that.

144. TorpidoPosted July 31, 2009 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

I have a U3 Software on my USB, its basically there for Exploring and locking the USB, if icopy entire system File(U3) and then paste it back after a format for the purpose ofabove guide will i be able to still use it the U3, and if yes must i format it back to FAT32?

145. MarkPosted July 31, 2009 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

After trying over and over i finally got it. It was bringing up my vaio recovery tools, so Ihad to take my hdd out of the boot order and it worked like a charm.

146. FranckPosted August 1, 2009 at 2:35 am | Permalink

I got the install to run on the X200 using the USB, but I had to deal with a “cannotcreate or locate system partition” error. That is an error linked to the usage of USBmedia and not DVD.

If the USB is first in the BIOS, then the Custom upgrade option simply fails to find theHDD where to create the system partition (100MB)… I initially wanted a dual-boot of myLenovo-Vista, but I had to completely format the drive finally. Once blank, I could put itfirst in the BIOS (since not bootable yet)… and the system booted on the USB.



From that tricky point, it went smoothly. This guide is great.

147. 9shares adminPosted August 4, 2009 at 9:52 am | Permalink

nice article..thanks

148. Yan LiPosted August 5, 2009 at 3:36 am | Permalink

Hey, thanks for this great article. I’ve used this several times already, since I felt myoriginal windows 7 64-bit was not to my liking on my new laptop. I found out why the“bootmgr is missing” message was showing after correctly carrying out all theinstructions. I put the Windows 7 ISO on my usb instead of the folders/files inside theWindows 7 ISO/CD!

149. VladamirTOMPosted August 7, 2009 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

Great guide. Worked perfectly thanks a lot. Now I don’t have to worry about finding adisc drive just for a folding rig.

150. KustaPosted August 8, 2009 at 3:38 am | Permalink

If you click right, you get properties of the drive – any drive – and then click “format”. Ithink that will short this procedure of formating drive, for those who do not like to typing.

151. HishamPosted August 8, 2009 at 6:35 pm | Permalink

I have a problem here !! someone could help me please ?? When I’m formatting the USBDrive and after it finish I got this msg: “DiskPart has encountered an error: Theparameter is incorrect.See the System Event Log for more information.” What’s that supose to mean ?? Couldanyone give me the solution please.

152. Minh TranPosted August 8, 2009 at 8:01 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the guide. Perhaps you should update it with Shom’s comment(#137). I wasusing a usb stick that formerly had the linux grub loader on it. I was getting the missingbootmgr error message until I used the /force /mbr option like Shom suggested.

Also, formatting is very slow – I would add the QUICK option on the format command.Although in Windows 7, I can just right click on my usb drive letter in my computer &quick format it using NTFS – bypassing DISKPART altogether.

153. BarryPosted August 9, 2009 at 12:42 am | Permalink

Worked fine, though format was a little slow.

Thanks for an easy to follow guide!

154. NikunjPosted August 9, 2009 at 6:43 pm | Permalink

its really works.

155. PaliPosted August 10, 2009 at 2:31 am | Permalink

Thanks for this guide! Exelent job. Thank you again! Pali from Hungary.

156. MarleybritPosted August 10, 2009 at 11:05 pm | Permalink

does this work with XP?

157. Gaurav AkraniPosted August 11, 2009 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

This article is really only awesome guide which works.

Worked 100% without any flaws and mind irritating drills.

Please don’t try this on your Windows XP Pro Operating system and waste your time.

It is only for Windows Vista and/or Windows 7 Beta users.

I tried it as instructed on windows 7 beta and worked like charm.

Can somebody please tell me similar 100% working guide for triple booting Windows 7 +Windows XP + Ubuntu Linux.

Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.



Rds, Gaurav Akrani

158. Tried 4 times?Posted August 13, 2009 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

Troubles… I can boot from the USB stick into the Windows setup 7 fine. However, everytime the computer restarts, it restarts the setup.

So… During the next restart I pulled the USB stick out and Windows “started”. The setuppicked up where it left off. The green bar wasn’t moving at all though.

So I ran it all again – I rebooted (with the USB stick plugged in), reformatted thedestination drive, re-ran the full setup, pulled the stick out for the first restart… Youknow that black screen where you can choose safe mode or regular mode? There are 2Windows 7 options there and every time I repeat the above, it adds another Windows 7option.

What am I missing??

Thanks for any help….

159. Tried 4 times?Posted August 13, 2009 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

Oh hey! Never trust a green bar… It worked after a loooong time.

160. Chris LeiterPosted August 15, 2009 at 1:59 am | Permalink

Step 6 works more efficiently if you enter it as one line:

CD /D D:\Boot

161. NoR3NPosted August 15, 2009 at 5:19 am | Permalink

thx a lot You save me many Hours from searching external dvd drivers… Perfect JOB!!!

162. RnRPosted August 15, 2009 at 8:37 pm | Permalink

Very good, I’m going to boot it in a few seconds from now…THANX

163. CK117Posted August 17, 2009 at 4:20 am | Permalink

If you have problems with the BOOTSECT.exe part, just add /force to the end.

164. RobertPosted August 19, 2009 at 11:20 pm | Permalink

Thanks a bunch for this tute, it has saved me hours of frustration and bad words.

I created a USB install and will use it tonight on my guinea pig system.

165. JBPosted August 20, 2009 at 3:06 am | Permalink

Thanks – the format took ages on my 16gb cruzer…

Also, my source was an ISO of the x64 RTM build. First try, I mounted this with MagicISOand copied files with explorer – had a problem with a missing file “boot\bcd”, so I startedagain, but used 7-zip to extract the iso, and am now through with the install, which flewby in just 20 or so minutes.

I think that copying files from the magiciso mounted iso was not the ideal way to go… 7-zip seems to have done the trick for me.

166. JONNYKPosted August 21, 2009 at 3:01 pm | Permalink

GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!!!!!

Go to device manager and go to properties and select policies, and select the “betterPerformance” the bottom one for you to use the BOOTSEC.EXE part.

You might have to reboot.

I also suggest you use KILL U3 utility for san disk.

167. MindslightPosted August 22, 2009 at 11:42 pm | Permalink

Thanks !

Johannes from France



168. JoshPosted August 25, 2009 at 4:57 am | Permalink

Excellent stuff. I tried following “other” sites’ instructions only to find they didn’t evencreate the boot sector. This worked like a charm. Thanks!

169. AnonymePosted August 26, 2009 at 9:50 pm | Permalink

Damnit, can’t do it on a x64 Win7 DVD from XP 32 :/

170. rockystuudPosted August 28, 2009 at 12:35 am | Permalink

Hi ! Thanks. It works fine . Thanks a lot for your effort and clear instructions.

171. jijiPosted August 30, 2009 at 1:59 am | Permalink

“FORMAT FS=NTFS(Format process may take few seconds)”

This is bad . Very bad.It doesnt take few seconds.It does take very many seconds.Formatting quick is much faster and enough (I already did to this stick two times before).Please correct.

172. David AmisonPosted August 30, 2009 at 6:45 pm | Permalink

Just tryed it worked perfectley thanx!!!!!!!

173. YASEENPosted September 4, 2009 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

AWESOME!!!

174. vagothcppPosted September 5, 2009 at 9:22 am | Permalink

Replace format fs=ntfswith format fs=ntfs quickto make it format faster.

175. HarrisPosted September 7, 2009 at 10:30 am | Permalink

thanks bro..

176. JHANUPosted September 10, 2009 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

thanks man thats ur great work keep on doing……..

177. Dan BergerPosted September 12, 2009 at 8:27 am | Permalink

For those of having the 32/64 bit problem, just follow the beginning of the guide andafter you finish formating, copy & paste (drag and drop) the contents of the dvd (whichyou can virtually mount on your hdd) onto the usb stick. it will be bootable and will work!

178. ZakPosted September 12, 2009 at 12:54 pm | Permalink

hai dude it really works great.can u also tell me how to create an live pendrive (like live cd).

179. ePosted September 12, 2009 at 11:38 pm | Permalink

work like magic Thanks alotKeep posting !

180. klokluiderPosted September 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm | Permalink

XP users follow this method:

Just for completion

1. First create your bartpe files using UBCD4WIN2. after you have done that create your usb flashdrive using UBUSBpoint to the files of your bartpebe sure you check create cd image and let de default Z in place

check if you have selected the right drivepress go



after finished you have a bootable usb drive which is able to get in a xp environment.

3. Now copy the content of your win XP CD to a folder XPCD on the flash drive (x:\xpcd)4. after copying boot the drive in the PC and select Compatibility Mode (Memory Mapped)5. after finished you select the commandline and type

X:\XPCD\i386\Winnt32.exe /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /makelocalsource

6. first enter the xpkey and name of the computer and region then click next7. Now you’re asked if you want to upgrade to the XP NTFS filesysten, select “NO” forthis then hit Next.8. It’ll now see “Copying installation files” and the familiar green progress bar. Shortlyafter “Copying Installation Files” is complete, setup will close without notice or any typeof prompt, this is normal.9. remove the flash drive and Reboot your computer and setup will continue from thehard drive where you can choose to install XP or do a repair install if XP is alreadyinstalled.

http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11375&st=570

181. MalonePosted September 27, 2009 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

Working. Perfect. Thanks for it, amazing work.

Kingston 8GBWindows 7 RCon Dell Optiplex GX270, BIOS A07

Only … little mistake at point 6:Quote: “D:CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.”

The right command is: ‘D: CD Boot’Need space between D: and CD BOOT

See screenshot.

182. SimranPosted September 28, 2009 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

I have installed windows seven using the method provided by you but I am not able toplay my pen drive in my car CD player. I mean when I try to play songs in my car, it donot work now. Please give a solution.

183. MalonePosted September 29, 2009 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

@SimranFormat, and write songs again on it.FAT32 will be OK.

184. acmePosted September 30, 2009 at 4:12 am | Permalink

do you have to copy the entire contents of the win7 disk? my thumbdrive isn’t that big.

185. jjPosted September 30, 2009 at 10:46 am | Permalink

D:\boot>bootsect.exe /NT60 H:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:

D:\boot>

——————–Any suggestions?

186. cjPosted September 30, 2009 at 11:20 am | Permalink

i will tell you one thing,this is the first advice i have gotten from that internet that worksperfectly,i wanted to upgrade my pc to 7 so i formated my vista not knowing that my cdrom was messed,so i was running out of options to install 7 until i saw this and i saw allthe instryctions carefully,here i am with my pc typing this and my pc is perfectly inshape,thank you very much,you are a saviour

187. adminPosted September 30, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink

@AcmeYup. You need to copy all the contents you your thumbdrive.

188. FaisalPosted October 3, 2009 at 8:08 pm | Permalink



good job…. my laptop dont have DVD drive. Thanks for the post

189. widLPosted October 13, 2009 at 2:31 am | Permalink

I love this guide, it works flawlessly. Thanks for sharing!

190. viethaPosted October 13, 2009 at 6:56 pm | Permalink

It works like a charm

thx alot

191. marvin carterPosted October 15, 2009 at 9:02 am | Permalink

you most do these commands in windows “safe mode” to avoid the “Access denied”message.

192. MartinPosted October 17, 2009 at 12:31 am | Permalink

Hello,

I have the folders for Windows 7, and I want to burn a DVD to install from (I need toformat my PC, so I can’t just install from within XP). However, I can’t just burn the files tothe DVD, cus then it won’t let me boot from it.Any ideas on how to do just that? How do I make it bootable?

193. JacksonPosted October 17, 2009 at 4:25 am | Permalink

So.. can I still used the usb drive after this? Can I reformat it to fat32?

194. ZainoPosted October 19, 2009 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

hey really great guys, but i couldnt show my usb drive in step “LIST DISK” only the localdrivers…

please help.

195. mugureluPosted October 19, 2009 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

Can i use an external hard drive? A partition of it from which to install w7?

196. adminPosted October 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

@ mugureluSince you are going to create a bootable drive, you need to format the drive completely.So, you can’t use just one partition. And about external drive, it should work fine (I havetested on flash drives only).


@ JacksonYou should be able to format it with FAT 32 or NTFS.

198. ceequePosted October 20, 2009 at 3:12 am | Permalink

simply does not work. One of the main reasons being is you have typed out thecommands in the text differently to what you have input into the command screen, youhave ommitted the spaces in your text yet placed spaces in the command prompt, andeven after correcting those errors all you get is:”bootsect.exe is not recognised as aninternal or external command, operable program or batch file”Yet another waste of yours and my time……

199. VanditPosted October 20, 2009 at 8:27 am | Permalink

Thank you very much for sharing this trick.My DVD of Win 7 was corrupt & I was not able to install.Then after searching on net I got your trick & applied on my USB. It successfully worked& Win7 was installed in less than 30mins with all drivers.I would be really happy to help you if you need any help in future.Once again Thanks.

200. Andy MacPosted October 21, 2009 at 5:02 pm | Permalink

Great share, thanks.Worked on my DVD-less home server, saved me alot of time. Only problem I had was mysystems BIOS settings, missing USB option in the boot order, but did let me enable bootfrom USB, just needed to remove memory stick at the right times during restarts.Thanks again.



201. JMPosted October 23, 2009 at 2:10 am | Permalink

If you have XP do this instead of diskpart:

1) Right click on the USB drive and click format.2) Run a quick format3) Open up DOS box and type convert i: /fs:ntfs (Where “I” is your USB drive latter)4) After that goto step 5 on this list

Works great in XP

202. AnasaziPosted October 23, 2009 at 4:36 am | Permalink

I just tried to install win7 using this guide but when I tried to boot from the usb drive itsaid bootmgr is missing. But I did every step here and the bootsect command wassuccessful.

203. RaulPosted October 24, 2009 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

Thanks, a great walktrough!

204. XerxzPosted October 25, 2009 at 5:11 am | Permalink

What if i dont have the cd and i just have the files on my pc what do i do then??? anyhelp would be much appreciated.

205. adminPosted October 25, 2009 at 11:53 am | Permalink

If you have Windows 7 ISO, you need to extract it first to a folder and then to the USB.

206. CHINMAYPosted October 26, 2009 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

what if i hav 2 install windows xp??

207. JohnPosted October 28, 2009 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

Thanks dude, worked great!

208. Ralph RPosted October 29, 2009 at 3:16 am | Permalink

I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially screwed up andselected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My question here would thyenbe; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data on the “slave” that Iinadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you need not say it: I am an idiot!

209. Ralph RPosted October 29, 2009 at 3:19 am | Permalink

I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially screwed up andselected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My question here would thyenbe; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data on the “slave” that Iinadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you need not say it: I am an idiot!

210. DoronPosted November 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

This worked awesomely on vista. Thank you very much.But how does one reverse the procedure?Do I simply reformat the USB shtick?

211. WiZoOoPosted November 6, 2009 at 2:19 am | Permalink

awesome guide, works for me with win 7 oem bie final x86. thanks alot dude!

212. tristian o'brienPosted November 6, 2009 at 4:28 am | Permalink

nice one, thanks.. the BOOTSECT command made my usb drive become a viable sourceto install Windows 7 on an Asus EEE Pc.

213. DiptimanPosted November 6, 2009 at 11:50 am | Permalink

It’s not that cool dear. I am trying to do the same(i mean using bootsect.exe) from Vista.Still there is a problem saying “Your version of bootsect.exe is not compatible with thecurrent version of windows”. Please suggest.

Thanks

214. admin



214. adminPosted November 7, 2009 at 12:02 am | Permalink

@ DiptimanIf you trying to create a Windows 7 or Vista on Vista/7 you should not face any suchproblems. And if you trying to create a bootable USB of Vista/XP/7 on XP, you will seeerror.

215. Eugene IshchenkoPosted November 9, 2009 at 12:44 am | Permalink

Thank you for this wonderfull solution. It’s easy and worked for me.

216. AlexPosted November 10, 2009 at 3:24 am | Permalink

HELOO ,I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I PUT F:/BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I: IT SAYS THAT“COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIETED VOLUME DEVICEOBJECT:ACCES DENIEDWHAT TO DO PLS HELP

217. MichaelPosted November 10, 2009 at 6:32 pm | Permalink

Hi there,for all the people having problems at step 6 try this

6. Type in the cmd window CD/DVD DRIVE LETTER: and press enter i.e.D:Then Type CD BOOT and press enterThen proceed with step 7Hope this helps

218. TomaszPosted November 12, 2009 at 4:24 am | Permalink

I did EXACTLY as it says and my netbook doesn’t wanna boot from USB…I checked BIOSsettings couple of times and it is set to boot from removable device…which is correct I

guess…no idea what to do

219. TomaszPosted November 12, 2009 at 4:43 am | Permalink

OK I found it….when EEE PC starts you need to press ESC key in case to display BOOT

DEVICE SELECTION menu

220. ChasePosted November 12, 2009 at 5:17 am | Permalink

For those having problems with “access is denied” during the bootsect command, besure to open cmd exactly as mentioned in the instructions. I assumed that being loggedon as an administrator or using /runas was sufficient, but I guess things are different inVista/Windows 7.

221. hicom5Posted November 14, 2009 at 6:42 pm | Permalink

problem:“Could not map drive partitions to the associated volumedevice objects: Access is denied.”————————————————-answer:C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

On the pop-up right click context menu, select“Run as Administrator”

222. JasonPosted November 14, 2009 at 7:07 pm | Permalink

100% working… confirmed! Thanks for the tutorial… it was easy, and accurate.

223. NavsterPosted November 17, 2009 at 4:56 am | Permalink

Brilliant Guide… Worked a Treat….

224. NICEREDPosted November 17, 2009 at 12:57 pm | Permalink

Any method to know your win7 and vista compatibility (x64, x86…) before installingwin7?

225. EuphiePosted November 18, 2009 at 9:53 am | Permalink

Have you made the XP guide yet?

226. adminPosted November 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

@Nicered



@NiceredYou can use official Windows 7 upgrade advisor (it’s free) tool to check compatibilityissues. Here is the link:http://www.intowindows.com/test-your-pc-software-compatibility-with-windows-7-using-windows-7-upgrade-advisor-final/

227. Lurvinzy AndrewPosted November 23, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

Hi~ Thanks for the tutorial currently copying the files hope it works!

228. ahmedPosted November 24, 2009 at 6:46 am | Permalink

I LOVE YOU!!!

my cd drive doent work so USB was the only option.

GREAT TUTORIAL!!!

229. Andrew J. COwellPosted November 25, 2009 at 4:08 am | Permalink

Worked as advertised on my Dell Mini 9.

230. dsfjdifjaPosted November 29, 2009 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

why do all this when you can just make virtual cd drive and boot from it? 2 minutes worklol.

231. Please Help me !Posted November 29, 2009 at 11:49 pm | Permalink

Hi,Please help !!! Here what I have done:1.Download Windows 7 iso file,which I put it in isoBuster and extracted.2.Coz I have listen it is better to make clean instalation,I bought new WD external HDD-Passport Studio 500 Gb and put it all information from my PC to HDD (around 90Gb veryimportant data + windows 7 of course)!3.I run “cmd” and get in DOS- “diskpart”- “list disk”(coz there were nothing,not disk 1,2,3-i just select disk 1-don`t ask me why,coz i don`tknow for myself,coz i am stupid!!!)- select disk 1- clean…After i wrote “clean”,I discconect usb cable,coz I afraid-what does “clean” means!!??For god sake-i have all informations from last 6 years on my external hard disk…

Now,my WD doesn`t work,everything is ok in “drive manager”,when i conecct usb cablethere is the external usb hard drive showed up on the Safely Remove Hardware list rightdown,but I can not enter into the disk-inside and I am so affraid and desperate anddon`t know what to do…How you can see,I am bigginer,but please tell me what is the best solution for me to do

now and to don`t lose my data on WD (if i already didn`t lost Please,please help-with days I don`t know what to do….My e-mail is via_makedonia yahoo dot com please write me there.What I have tried:coneccting my WD with 3 dieferent cables-usb and firewire in dieferent ports.installing drivers from wd site

When I check Device Manager it shows that the device is installed and working properlybut it will not show in “my computer” and I can’t access it.before the problem,my HDD appeard as drive H:I wouldn’t be half as frustrated if it hadn’t been working properly before this.Plus-ALL

data is on my HDD,and I don`t even know if it is still there

I do it this:2 Step Solution for XP users:Part 1:Go toControl panel -> Performance and Maintenance (cannot be in classic view to see this link)-> Administrator Tools -> Services -> Universal Plug and PlayIf Universal Plug and Play is set to manual switch to automatic.Part 2Double Click Safely Remove icon on the bottom right-> Select device->click Properties ->click Volumes -> click Populate -> hit OK -> if nothing shows it may need to be formatted

Also i was in DISK MANAGEMENT,but except formating disk,I don`t see solution And formating will erase all data on the disk,isn`t it?! (if i have it,of course).

again nothing

Thanks in advance !!!!!!

232. pawanPosted December 1, 2009 at 9:44 pm | Permalink

great work …………….



great work …………….thanks a lot

233. pawanPosted December 1, 2009 at 9:46 pm | Permalink

great job ……….thanx a lot.

234. carlPosted December 1, 2009 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

have tried your process a few times with vista and 7 and works great but whilstinstalling windows i get an error code 0×80070241? any ideas why i get this code. plshelp

235. AaronPosted December 2, 2009 at 12:43 am | Permalink

Finally found a method that works. This actually works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you,awesome.

236. ThrowlandsPosted December 2, 2009 at 5:00 am | Permalink

I just finished assembling a new computer that only has SATA connections and all I haveare PATA CDROM drives. Your guide saved me from spending money on a drive I’d onlyneed once.

Many thanks.

237. BlakePosted December 3, 2009 at 11:12 am | Permalink

I did every step right and got the right results. Even the Bootsect.exe part. it told me itsuccessfully created it. i went to boot desktop from USB and STILL got the BOOTMGR ismissing. Now i did it with vista from XP and it worked great. i had the vista install cd. nowfrom vista to 7 its different. its an .iso file. is that why i cant make it work?

238. KevinPosted December 3, 2009 at 12:36 pm | Permalink

When I get to step 6 and type CD BOOT, I receive an error message:

“They system can not find the specified path”

I have a crappy Sony upgrade CD and it is not bootable. Could that be why I get thatmessage? If the CD is not bootable, does that mean I can not create a bootable CD?

239. ToddPosted December 4, 2009 at 1:35 am | Permalink

I can’t thank you enough.. my dvd-rom has been down, tryed fixing with the filter deletebut computer still doesn’t recognize it, but it spins up at start up, I can put dvd in and itacts like it wants to but nothin..(yes all the bios stuff been checke, enabled and so on)—– so needless to say this little fix has been a God sent.. Works like a champ.. the onlythink that didn’t work was“Format fs=ntfs” I formated it the old fashed way..and in step 6. “D:CD Boot” I had to do “CD/Boot” amazing how that little / makes all thedifference…

I was a computer with xp and a good dvd drive to set up a third drive to boot from andre-install vista on my laptop..

Thx again..

240. ChrisPosted December 4, 2009 at 2:49 am | Permalink

This is an excellent guide for anyone and I am very greatful you took the time to do this.

Quick note that may confuse people, in step 6 where it states “D:CD BOOT” should be“D: CD BOOT” as shown in the screen shot.

Thank you for the brilliant guide!!!

241. vaitheeswaranPosted December 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm | Permalink

Hey Thanks Man , for your help.and i don’t understand onething.

how do u find about disk 1 or disk 2 of usb . explain that dude.

thanks in advance

242. vaitheeswaranPosted December 4, 2009 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

hi again one more doubt.



hi again one more doubt.

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: ?

so my usb drive name is 1201(E)

i have to type 1201 E: or must type NT60 E: ?

243. GabePosted December 7, 2009 at 4:39 am | Permalink

Works great, thanks.

244. Johnathan M CamienPosted December 8, 2009 at 7:29 am | Permalink

I am not sure if this is posted but for everyone that has the CD as an ISO file you canuse MagicISO to mount the ISO file to a virtual drive so that the system sees it as aCD/DVD. then just use that drive letter in place of the CD/DVD drive letter in the guide.Worked like a charm for me.

245. SaleemPosted December 8, 2009 at 8:49 pm | Permalink

everything went fine. booted on the flash drive, but can’t partition using win 7.installation stopped there. what to do? tried it on asus Eee mini.

246. PownPosted December 9, 2009 at 11:50 pm | Permalink

i get a disk read error occurred when i try to boot from the usb i followed the guid and itshould work, whats wrong?

247. matthewPosted December 10, 2009 at 8:22 am | Permalink

worked great. thanks.

248. waseemPosted December 10, 2009 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

I had a problem in start.As in window Xp in command prompt Diskpart command LIST DISK doesnot show usb asdisk.It shows it as volume.kindly guide me whats the problem.Regards

249. killakPosted December 10, 2009 at 7:32 pm | Permalink

Hey, great guide!Before I start I wanted to confirm something; when I’m done, if I want to use the pendrive again, I just format it from My Computer right?

250. RS232Posted December 11, 2009 at 8:44 am | Permalink

Thanks for this wonderful how to..GRRRRRRREATTTTT!!!

251. PARASPosted December 13, 2009 at 7:16 am | Permalink

INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS WE CAN JUST USE “WIN2FLASH”APPLICATION FROM WIN2FLASH.COM OR JUST CAN GOOGLE WIN2FLASH AND EASILY GETIT.

I AM USING WIN2FLASH FOR SOME TIME AND BEST PART IT CAN INSTALL WINDOWS XPAS WELL AS WIN 7 BOTH FROM USB PEN DRIVE.

TESTED BY ME ON ACER LAPTOP(7), HCL LEAPTOP(2), AROUND 19 DESKTOPS

252. GregoryPosted December 13, 2009 at 8:48 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much!!! It took a lot of configuring and restarts but I finally managed torecover my OS with zero data loss. After I back up my stuff, I’ll be installing Win7 usingmicrosoft’s boot tool.

253. RPJPosted December 16, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Permalink

Worked perfectly. Used it on a 4Gb SD card with a USB SD reader to install Win7 64-biton an Acer laptop. Many thanks.

254. CrabQuichePosted December 17, 2009 at 4:34 am | Permalink

If you are doing this guide from XP, use the HP USB Flash Disk Format tool instead ofsteps 3 and 4. This is because XP’s DiskPart Tool does not support The NTFS Formattingfor USB flash disks. Thank you for a great guide. I am working on a tool which does it all



for USB flash disks. Thank you for a great guide. I am working on a tool which does it allfor you, called 7toUSB.

255. PiyushPosted December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am | Permalink

If u get this message ‘Could not map drive partition to the associated volume deviceobjects:Access is denied.

goto C:/Windows/System32/ (before doing anything (or before running DISKPART)

right click on cmd.exe

Run as administrator (just second option)

and repeat whatevr is given in this website…..DONE

256. teejayPosted December 17, 2009 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

‘A disc read error’…plz help me.i changed the BIOS priority to USB HDD.there were otheroptions USB FDD,USB CDROM,USB ZIP.

257. JakePosted December 18, 2009 at 12:53 am | Permalink

Thank you very much, this worked perfectly for me.

258. kamleshPosted December 18, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

it is very very helpful for me.thank’s.

259. david dizzlePosted December 19, 2009 at 8:16 am | Permalink

I have a question for you, I have done this guideover and over again different ways on different operatingsystems and I cant get it to work, I am wanting to installwindows 7 iso on my desktop pc which is an xp machine. I changed the bios bootsequence so it detects the usb first actually I made them all usb and it still gos straightthrough the boot sequence and right into the xp bootup screen. I dont know what to doplease help.

thank you, david

260. adminPosted December 19, 2009 at 11:09 am | Permalink

@ David Dizzle

It seems your PC doesn’t support USB booting, or your Windows 7 ISO is not bootable.

261. david dizzlePosted December 20, 2009 at 6:56 am | Permalink

If it doesnt support usb booting then why is it an option in the boot sequence?

262. andrew pandaPosted December 20, 2009 at 8:47 am | Permalink

this works like a charm, did a vista install from usb. thanks!!!

263. chachaPosted December 20, 2009 at 11:23 pm | Permalink

“Could not map drive partitions to the associate volume device object: Access is denied.

This happened right after bootsect.exe/nt60 E:

(The usb key is considered by the comp as drive E)

I tried the so-called easier guide link, it couldn’t even find an iso file in the windows 7files. (It’s on a cd)And i know there is nothing wrong with the windows 7 cd, i just used it last night toinstall it on my uncles comp, which is where i’ve been trying to go through this guide)I need it on a usb key so i can install it on MY notebook. Help anyone?

264. chachaPosted December 20, 2009 at 11:30 pm | Permalink

Okay so, access isn’t denied anymore. but it still says the same thing besides that

265. Senior47Posted December 21, 2009 at 2:19 am | Permalink

Thanks for this easy tutorial! Now, just a easy question!-)



Thanks for this easy tutorial! Now, just a easy question!-)On my USB-pen drive there is space enough for both the 32 and 64 bits version ofwindows 7. Would it be possible to have a menu from which one could choose which OSto install?A new easy tutorial maybe!-)

266. JaFarPosted December 22, 2009 at 9:22 am | Permalink

Thanks Chase (post 226) finally found that out and was going to post with solution butseen yours. Took me 20 minutes to realize that you have to right click and run as adminin Vista and 7

267. hnnnPosted December 22, 2009 at 4:45 pm | Permalink

thanks man for this guide!

268. rikPosted December 22, 2009 at 7:23 pm | Permalink

hey i got an iso file i downloaden from school

(we get free software there)

and i cannot do step 5 is that a problem?

and i got an iso file when i want to select is with the dvd usb tool program it said that itis not valid

can anyone helpe me?

269. toderuPosted December 24, 2009 at 5:51 am | Permalink

Hello,great work,for saving time you can use “format fs=ntfs quick”that can save some time if you have a big usb stick.

270. CroatianBoyPosted December 31, 2009 at 4:09 am | Permalink

Hello and BIG THANKS FROM CROATIA

100% WORKING,

EASY AND FAST WAY TO INSTALL WINDOWS WITHOUT DVD

271. Z1pp3rPosted December 31, 2009 at 3:26 pm | Permalink

This is AMAZING! THNX MAN! Nice Tutorial!

Keep doing making tuts like this!

272. SamPosted January 1, 2010 at 2:15 am | Permalink

Just thought others should know, command in step 7 must have a space after EXE

As published BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

This works BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:(shown in the screen cap correctly)

–Sam

273. triple sixPosted January 4, 2010 at 10:00 pm | Permalink

thankx… its work.

274. BrodyPosted January 5, 2010 at 12:02 am | Permalink

Well, accidentally formatted my external HDD with my movie library, .ISO library, and allof my pictures on it, but, my fault.

275. KIRITH SIVAPosted January 5, 2010 at 4:46 pm | Permalink

HEY,

MUCH APPRECIATED! GREAT TUTORIAL! AND IT WORKS!! YOU SAVED ME SOME DOLLARS.THANKS VERY MUCH!

KIRITH SIVA.



KIRITH SIVA.

276. PaulPosted January 7, 2010 at 4:11 am | Permalink

Man… After days of searching and trial and error, FINALLY this is a guide that WORKS!

I have just installed Windows 7 on my netbook and I am sooooo freakin’ happy.

I blog about computers, software and web development in German and I would like toask your permission to translate this guide into German and publish it on my blog. Withfull credits to you and a link to the original guide of course.

277. NathanPosted January 7, 2010 at 6:21 am | Permalink

Great guide, but MS has now made it much easier for us:http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

278. Vaidy MohanPosted January 9, 2010 at 2:00 am | Permalink

Awesome. I could restore my system from what you could call as disaster.

Thanks so much.

Vaidy

279. Ahir @nuragPosted January 9, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

thank for this update…….all of u………..

any new update so mail me this mail id……..

i will wait your reply………………….

280. BrandonPosted January 10, 2010 at 6:04 am | Permalink

This worked flawlessly for upgrading my wife’s PC. She had a DVD ROM drive thatrefused to be recognized and this was an awesome work-around and super fast.

Thanks!

281. somebodyPosted January 10, 2010 at 10:55 am | Permalink

go here for these things in a nutshell from micro$ofthttp://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

282. lucyPosted January 10, 2010 at 11:20 am | Permalink

you cant copyright anything in the command prompt screenshots that you did using MSFTinstructions for this process.dolt.

283. MichielPosted January 11, 2010 at 4:48 pm | Permalink

About step 6:

D: CD BOOT

The “CD BOOT” is not doing anything. Just D: is enough, anything after that is ignored.

For the rest: thanks for the guide, it’s really helpful for a lot of people I think.

284. renrenPosted January 13, 2010 at 3:36 pm | Permalink

nice i will try this

285. XAcePosted January 17, 2010 at 6:03 am | Permalink

Thank you,Streamlined instructions,it worked perfectly.

286. RobbiePosted January 19, 2010 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

hey it wont let me do the last command, BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F: , my flash drive is f andit says could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access isdenied???????.. what do i need to do

287. slowniePosted January 20, 2010 at 12:59 am | Permalink

Excellent work, thank you. This is good help the beginner users.



Excellent work, thank you. This is good help the beginner users.

Many thanksbye slownie

288. zdarovaPosted January 20, 2010 at 3:22 am | Permalink

i had some problems at the begining, as i have raid 0 with amd southbridge.

so guys, for Windows 7 x64 you need the folder /boot from a 32 bit dvd instalation if youwant to prepare the usb drive on a 32bit PC (i used from the DVD of RC win 7 a had frommay 2009…)

it worked fine, i tried first with an Ultimate version x64now i want to install the Profession Win 7, because i have the license from the universityfor it

thanks!

289. kk kanganPosted January 20, 2010 at 2:50 pm | Permalink

great.. thank you. it worked like a charm.

290. khangPosted January 22, 2010 at 2:09 am | Permalink

you should clarify step 5 for those who dont have the windows dvd. Mounting an imageisn’t something everyone knows about. Like myself, I am assuming most people who aregonna use this guide only have the .iso file and not the dvd.

291. PatrykPosted January 22, 2010 at 8:42 am | Permalink

;( well, mine went bad, really bad, my disk 1 was my second hdd (i realized that after) ushould add how to discover what disk is the usb, i’ve deleted all my most important files;( i reached active, i didn’t made format, is there a way to take back my stuff?

292. JohnPosted January 23, 2010 at 2:58 am | Permalink

Worked Perfectly. I can now have the great W7 on my laptop with a burned up DVDdrive, lol

293. Paul SmithPosted January 26, 2010 at 6:49 pm | Permalink

Worked perfectly. Thank you.

294. SinnerPosted January 27, 2010 at 7:36 pm | Permalink

This is stupid, I didn’t have to do all this crap, all I did was format my 4GB flash drive infat 32 format, copy the contents if the Windows 7 DVD contents to the USB flash drive.And then set the bios to boot from flash. all done with my mouse, no diskpart or cmdprompt.

295. maseoPosted January 29, 2010 at 11:00 am | Permalink

@khang, if you only have the .iso file of windows 7 and not the dvd, (install power isotrial-free online), nxt double click .iso image and it appears in power iso, in toolbar ofpower iso click on ‘mount’ select ’1 drive(in drop out menu) follow a couple of promptsand its mounted….nxt…go to ‘my computer’ and you will see a virtual drive(DVD Drive)their with the windows 7 in it, right click on it and explore(or open in new window) all thefiles are their and you can now copy them to your pen drive.

a much easier and quicker way is (assuming you have power iso installed) is simply rightclick on .iso image and mount from their, my computer, explore or open…copyfiles//simple really,

296. maseoPosted January 29, 2010 at 11:10 am | Permalink

@ patryk

if you didnt get as far as format then you should be able to recover files, im assumingyour disc drive has dissapeared from ‘my computer’?? if so, go to start menu>>typepartition in search bar (dont hit enter) clcik on the ‘create and format partitions’ file>>abox will appear and take a minute or 2 to load in all your partitions…..once loaded youshould see your missing partition/drive…if so right click on it..select ‘change drive letterand paths,>>select ‘add’ from the nxt pop up box>>type a letter in, make sure the letteris not assigned to any other resources (egzample…type letter R ) once you put the letterin, just click ok, your partition should be back as normal now in my computer.

297. stevePosted January 30, 2010 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

This works like a charm. If your having problems try the other easy installation that hehas posted on the link at the top of the page. That one has only 4 steps that u follow. In



has posted on the link at the top of the page. That one has only 4 steps that u follow. Inany case both of these installation guides have my 5 star rating*****

298. SANRocksPosted January 31, 2010 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

very very tankssssssssssssssssssss……my rateing is 5*****

299. lennyPosted January 31, 2010 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

it worked you are a star i bought my note book for £50 coz it wouldnt load up,, best £50ive spent in a long time thanks to your help,,, cheers

300. OmegaPosted February 3, 2010 at 4:47 am | Permalink

1st off, nice tutorial! I used my iPod touch as a flash disk, and used ultraiso to make theimage<—so far so good, everything loads but I get a message stating that 'devicedrivers are missing' [paraphrased] I read around and it looks like it may be cd/DVD notbeing supported, but I'm installing from USB, no need for DVD drive help pleez

301. lePosted February 5, 2010 at 2:17 am | Permalink

that sir,simply put, is ‘the bollox’,TUVM

302. antonioPosted February 6, 2010 at 8:50 am | Permalink

Hi, does this step’s will reformat my flash drive?

303. adminPosted February 6, 2010 at 4:48 pm | Permalink

@AntonioYes, it will format your drive.

304. GeoffPosted February 10, 2010 at 9:01 am | Permalink

Worked perfectly!!!

The funny thing was my Windows 7 Ultimate DVD was scratched, so I tried to use myWindows 7 Home and that didn’t fit on my 4gig USB stick.

Than I tried an 8 Gig microSD card and that did fit…and booted perfectly on my AsusR1600.

Thanks for really well written and detailed instructions.

305. Victor AromaPosted February 11, 2010 at 7:27 am | Permalink

This tutorial is awesome!Thanks for the helpful tips.

Cheers,Victor Aroma

306. RohitPosted February 12, 2010 at 7:09 am | Permalink

Perfect .. 10/10 !

Thanks for sharing this valuable info ..

307. duncanPosted February 12, 2010 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

my netbook is 32 bit and my win7 is 64bit.. im wondering if this can be installed..and if it cant can yyou please tell me how i could upgrade my netbook to 64bit?

308. xkoviPosted February 12, 2010 at 2:10 pm | Permalink

The easiest way how to install Win7/Vista from usb is just to format your USB stick (fromwindows, no cmd line needed!) and extract files from *.iso into root of your USB

stick….nothing else…tested million times

309. zorzerPosted February 16, 2010 at 2:02 am | Permalink

thx! 100% working like you said

310. SGPosted February 16, 2010 at 2:03 am | Permalink



Posted February 16, 2010 at 2:03 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot! The MS tool kept erroring out when trying to create a bottable USB installerfrom the DVD. However your instructions worked like a charm…Thanks!

311. ajPosted February 16, 2010 at 7:10 am | Permalink

Although there are a couple of tools out there to help simplify this process, I just ranacross a new one that works under XP as well. Bootsage is another nice utility to add toyour toolbelt. http://firesage.com/bootsage

312. The-StoicPosted February 22, 2010 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

You are a legend. Got a SFF here and no DVD or CD-Dom. Used your instructions to get

Windows Home server up and running. Thanks for the info.

313. noneya biznessPosted February 24, 2010 at 2:16 am | Permalink

yea, this is stupid…..just format and copy windows 7 files to usb…DONE

314. HarryPosted February 24, 2010 at 2:51 am | Permalink

Thx dude !

315. MoosewadPosted February 24, 2010 at 11:23 am | Permalink

once i hit “format fs=ntfs” it just says 0 percent and stays there.

Help!!

316. lakshayPosted February 25, 2010 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

I am not getting my pendrive disk number.

when i type list diskonly disk 0 is visible

i have tried on all USB ports

317. VickyPosted February 27, 2010 at 3:47 am | Permalink

Excellent guide.I need to save this site on my pc.Extremely useful and helpfulThanxs.

318. DG3Posted March 6, 2010 at 12:19 am | Permalink

Thanks for the guide ^^ verry usefull! You saved me from CD/DVD’s with windows andothers!

319. khizerPosted March 6, 2010 at 11:00 pm | Permalink

nice work!!!can anyone tell me how to put xp in the usb and make it bootable..pleasethanks

320. deoPosted March 11, 2010 at 2:05 am | Permalink

In case you get error message “Access Denied” in the last step you may need to start“Virtual Disk” service from Start->Run->services.msc

321. Richard BorgPosted March 11, 2010 at 2:31 am | Permalink

Excellent tutorial worked like a charm!

Thanks!

322. ralphPosted March 12, 2010 at 10:40 pm | Permalink

Really helpful.

thnx

323. padamPosted March 13, 2010 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

You should really give the _original author_ credit, instead of pretending like you wrotethis guide yourself.



this guide yourself.

Just a couple of weeks after it’s posted here:

“link removed”You turn around and post it here.

You can try to deny it, but it’s the _exact_ same steps in the _exact_ same order, on topof using the _exact_ same commands, again, in the _exact_ same order.

Plagiarism is baaaaaad.

324. adminPosted March 13, 2010 at 10:43 pm | Permalink

@PadamHow can you say that just because order of commands are same? You know, one can’tcreate a bootable disk by entering those commands in random order. So steps will besame if you refer other sites too. I can’t blame other sites for that right? You need toexecute the step 1 first and then 2.. You can’t reverse it!

325. Kevin WoleyPosted March 13, 2010 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

Looks like you guys did a great job copying the instructions from here:“link removed”

Way to pass it off as your own.Kevin

326. padamPosted March 14, 2010 at 5:19 am | Permalink

“just because [...]“? It’s kinda cute how you ignored the other points. The order of thecommands is important, but they do _not_ have to be executed in that exact order.

Furthermore, I’m even more convinced you have no idea what any of the commandsposted do – as you’re misleading users into thinking that bootsect doesn’t work on XPinstalls or vista installs with XP as the target. It’s a matter of changing the /n60argument to /nt52 for it to use the master boot code that’s compatible with NTLDR(rather than BOOTMGR, which is what Vista/7 uses).

To quote you in case you decide to go deleting it:

“This guide doesn’t work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7.. [snip]“

327. adminPosted March 14, 2010 at 8:45 am | Permalink

@KevinI don’t know what to say! For your kind information, Microsoft has given the how tomake bootable usb in its WinPE help guide. Do download and read it before making suchcomments.

328. AbhishekDattaPosted March 14, 2010 at 8:25 pm | Permalink

AWESOME man! solved my prob.

I… AM… YOUR… FAN… NOW…

329. padamPosted March 14, 2010 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

The fact that you removed the link to his blog from both of our posts speaks volumes initself. There are other links all throughout the comments on this page, _none_ of whichhave been removed.

kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

Leave it up this time, let the users make their own decision as who stole it from who.


@PadamI have deleted the links just because I don’t allow readers to post links in comments.You might get two or three links in the whole comment section (in this post). And mindthat I could have deleted your comments if i had done so. Hope you got it. Also note thatI will be deleting your future comments as I don’t like to argue on a useless topic.

331. AndyPosted March 15, 2010 at 12:15 am | Permalink

@adminy wasting time on useless things/people……..

plzz help me out through the problem soon…..



332. RobPosted March 15, 2010 at 4:02 am | Permalink

Works perfect.Thank you very much for youre efforts!

333. AndrewPosted March 15, 2010 at 7:17 am | Permalink

If you have the following error:

“COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:ACCESS IS DENIED”

Then when you opened your command prompt you did not right-click and run as admin.

334. PejePosted March 16, 2010 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

Working fine & smooth.thanks for the tutorial!

335. SanjayPosted March 17, 2010 at 6:09 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much..it is working fine…..

336. mwawePosted March 17, 2010 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

im trying to make a usb with Win7 64bit my OS is Win7 32bit and i have problem in step7.

system sayid:version of F:\boot\bootsect.exe is proper with version running on this PC….

anyone know what to do ??

337. mwawePosted March 17, 2010 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

correct:!!!!!

version F:\boot\bootsect.exe is NOT proper with….

338. MTLPosted March 18, 2010 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

Great guide. For those of us who are not builders or very familiar with computers,including a detailed step on how to change the boot priority in BIOS from HDD or CD toUSB would make this guide complete…

Thanks for your time and effort on what is here though – Much appreciated!

339. Diego FrenichePosted March 19, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Permalink

Thanks! After trying a lot of “tutorials”, this one WORKED. I’ve finished installing my Asus904 HD

Thanks again!

340. SathyaPosted March 20, 2010 at 12:30 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot!!!!It worked good for me… Only thing you could further mention is that “diskpart doesnotrecogonise removable storsge in xp” it works only in vista (or) win 7.

341. visionsPosted March 20, 2010 at 1:41 am | Permalink

CD BOOT Problems you need to *press ctrl c then type the commands below 100%working for me now



342. shakirPosted March 24, 2010 at 1:37 am | Permalink

superb expalanation…. anyone will easily understand…keep it up..

343. Huy NguyenPosted March 24, 2010 at 8:51 am | Permalink

Excellent



Works great for me

Thanks

344. underworld666Posted March 25, 2010 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

Really great!!!This tips works fine for me.

Thanks!

345. davidPosted March 28, 2010 at 3:51 am | Permalink

i cannot burn cds or photos onto a disc when i try it says put disc into cd drive d .Thanksif you can help me

346. OlegPosted April 1, 2010 at 7:55 pm | Permalink

HiThanks a lot for info.

Can I have both, vista and win7 on usb stick at the same time? Just out of interest.

Thanks

347. RMPosted April 2, 2010 at 7:05 am | Permalink

I did this from a Windows 7 computer and was able to install Windows 7 from USB withno issues at all.

Well done!

348. PatatattatPosted April 2, 2010 at 8:55 am | Permalink

I did this process on a SATA SSD 16gb harddrive I had, and it worked! Beautiful.

349. RishadPosted April 6, 2010 at 5:28 pm | Permalink

Thanks Alot man, This is very usefull for me…….

Thanks buddy……

350. RajeshPosted April 6, 2010 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

Man, just worked like a charm in the second try. First try I had error “COULD NOT FINDMAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:ACCESS IS DENIED”

Solution:C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe

On the pop-up right click context menu, select“Run as Administrator”

Repeated all the steps once again.. and Voila…

thanks a lot my Friend..

351. TimPosted April 12, 2010 at 4:42 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much! Great detail!

352. SkylerPosted April 13, 2010 at 9:41 am | Permalink

I did all the steps up until 5 now I was wondering I don’t have Win 7 on a disk just onmy hardrive can I just copy over to my USB at this point? and would I still have to changethe Bios settings?

353. AmosPosted April 13, 2010 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

Hi, excellent instructions…I’m almost there but when i run format fs=ntfs I get thefollowing error message right at the end of the format..

“100 percent completed”“diskpart has encountered an error the parameter is incorrect”

have you seen this before and if so any suggestions?



have you seen this before and if so any suggestions?

i’m on Vista

354. AmosPosted April 13, 2010 at 9:08 pm | Permalink

actually you can’t continue with the instructions, if you try assign you get “There is novolume specified. Please select a volume and try again”

355. KrimPosted April 15, 2010 at 2:46 am | Permalink

When I put the usb in, it gets to the boot screen and says “BOOTMGR IS MISSING” andI’ve repeated the BOOTSECT steps already.

356. HannibalPosted April 16, 2010 at 2:46 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the tutorial, it work perfectly.

i also have a WINDOWS 7 AIO DVD 33 in 1 i had put together and put that on a USB too,also works perfectly.

thanks again

357. HannibalPosted April 16, 2010 at 2:51 pm | Permalink

TO AMOS

make sure you fill all details in CAPITAL LETTERS and just take your time to go through itagain.

358. Zaid rohidPosted April 16, 2010 at 5:33 pm | Permalink

i hv problem with this technic.. the command sound like this..

“Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects :Access is denied. ”

someone please help me….

359. VolNPosted April 18, 2010 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

To Zaid

try to run cmd.exe as administrator and it will be fixed

360. Harjinder SinghPosted April 25, 2010 at 4:30 pm | Permalink

u r the best men i think bcz u simply tell us the setp for install window frm usb.anybodyeasily do it. thanx for ue help.

361. miroPosted April 26, 2010 at 5:51 am | Permalink

You need to add > Type EXIT < To exit the diskpart after formatting. Like this:

5. Type EXIT to exit DISKPART

6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following commandnow:


Otherwise very helpful indeed Thanks

362. izdelava spletnih stPosted April 27, 2010 at 10:57 am | Permalink

Great article!

Helped my friend’s laptop

363. leahcimPosted April 28, 2010 at 9:14 am | Permalink

i gotta try vpc mode…………… tnx

LeAhCiM

364. Zaid rohidPosted April 29, 2010 at 1:44 am | Permalink



Posted April 29, 2010 at 1:44 am | Permalink

THANK YOU… !!! YOU ARE THE GREAT!

365. hamedshaikPosted April 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm | Permalink

try dis guyz its vry easy

http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-vista-or-xp-usb-flashpen-drive-with-a-single-click-must-try/

366. DerickPosted May 2, 2010 at 6:52 am | Permalink

insert the usb flash drive hit any key depending your pc you have to go to the systembios

367. OmniPosted May 2, 2010 at 7:00 am | Permalink

Works with doing a quick format aswell, as it takes long time to do a regular.Super guide!

368. MohamedPosted May 4, 2010 at 6:33 pm | Permalink

This excellent work / / / I will by experience

369. ferpujPosted May 6, 2010 at 9:52 pm | Permalink

Try wintoflash and forget all your usb problem, all you need installation cd win7/vista/xpwintoflah and usb stick 4gb for 7/vista 2gb for xp… drivers and stripcan do it later.

370. maniPosted May 12, 2010 at 2:39 pm | Permalink

now microsoft provide their own tool to create a bootable usb drive to install windowsvista/7/2008/2008-R2

371. Waqas Muhammad AkashPosted May 12, 2010 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

32 bit and 64 bit. This method works on both vista and win7. either 32 bit or 64 bit.now because 64 bit capacity is more than 32 installation CD or DVD.I have 16 GB card. On this card i havewin 98win mewin professional 2000win server 2003win NT networkswin xp ( all in 1 ) home, professional, media center editwin vista (all in 1)win 7 ( all in 1 ) 32 bit and 64 bit is only win 7. above rest os are only 32 bit…I have installed too many times on different system different os what customer ask for it.via using this memory card…..simply booting and them select from the list what i need to install then after that setupfor that windows will run up…..and so go on….waqas _ akash AT yahoo DOT com if some one need please send me personal email….

372. liteshPosted May 13, 2010 at 10:22 pm | Permalink

tnx i like it

373. liteshPosted May 13, 2010 at 11:10 pm | Permalink

sir after installing windows i got error on pendrive that window was unable to format nwho to format it into fat again.

374. Madhur MakwanaPosted May 19, 2010 at 10:01 am | Permalink

Thanx man.. great work..

375. Bill GatesPosted May 21, 2010 at 5:50 am | Permalink

Thanks man. Worked a treat!

376. setuPosted May 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

May be I am in biggest trouble of my life with computer, I was following your steps

without knowing that my main backup data hdd (500gb) was attached and I follow allthe steps till the formatting ….where I realized I have formatted the wrong one..and if Idon’t get my data back I will be at zero….al my work and everything was in it n I don’thave a dvd back up as well…..i know it’s stupid fuc’ed up situation ……any help will be lifesaver….please pls…..get me out of this………..




@Setu

You can try EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard free edition to get back your data. I hope youwill get back your data.

378. anonPosted May 28, 2010 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

After copying is complete, delete the file ‘ei.cfg’ to make all Windows varients available.

379. oxygenPosted May 28, 2010 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

or HP USB Format Tool

380. MattPosted May 29, 2010 at 5:51 am | Permalink

OMG, this works so well, thanks, i have tried so many other “guides” and they did work.THANKS

381. BenjaminPosted June 1, 2010 at 7:44 am | Permalink

To anyone else still having the error in DiskPart, you MUST right click the CMD shortcutwithin your Accessories folder and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.

Otherwise, permission denied errors.

382. SuneevPosted June 1, 2010 at 11:35 am | Permalink

I put forward my warm thanks for the help this post provided me.

This process is working fine with windows 7

Thanks Again

[email protected]

383. MichaelPosted June 1, 2010 at 1:27 pm | Permalink

I’ve used this guide before with success, but it’s not working this time. Every time I typein “cd boot”, I get an error message stating “The system cannot find the path specified.”I’ve already tried two computers and I get the same message. I also tried replicating theexact steps I did the first time by using a virtual drive, but that isn’t working either.What’s wrong?

384. azhkPosted June 6, 2010 at 10:53 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot for the excellent guide!

385. RobinPosted June 7, 2010 at 10:43 pm | Permalink

After step 7 it shows an error stating “Could not map drive partitions to the associatedvolume device objects: Access is denied”Any idea how to solve this problem?

386. PeterPosted June 8, 2010 at 12:16 am | Permalink

Thanks for the article, worked perfectly.

387. DennisPosted June 8, 2010 at 2:25 am | Permalink

Thanks! Works great!

388. somuPosted June 8, 2010 at 4:05 pm | Permalink

In the step 5 you had mentioned “insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive”but what if i don’t have optical drive, i am unable to go further this step.

389. MAN WITH NO NAMEPosted June 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm | Permalink

GREAT WORK THANK YOU !

390. Thankful29lPosted June 10, 2010 at 10:50 pm | Permalink



Very well written guide, woks like charm

Thank you

391. anderPosted June 16, 2010 at 7:23 am | Permalink

This is a good article, but it has an error. It says:

> 6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th> step. Type the following command now:>> D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive> letter.>> CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

What you meant to say was:

6. At the prompt, switch to your DVD drive. For example, if your DVD drive is drive D,type:

D:

…then press Enter.

7. Type CD BOOT and press Enter, to see the message below.

(I would make typing CD BOOT a separate step.) Cheers, Ander

392. TaleenoPosted June 16, 2010 at 5:34 pm | Permalink

I did this the first time and it worked fine- But i copied the wrong version of Win7 whichhad expired. Do i need to run command prompt again for the newer version or can i justcopy the files over from the new DVD and go straight away?

393. mezvixPosted June 20, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

for windows xp users format usb with petousb tool you can get by googling around andrunbootsect as instructed , other wise boodsectis also available standalone on manywebsites to make usbs bootable .it even supports making xp bootable usb

394. SATADRUPosted June 21, 2010 at 11:12 am | Permalink

HEY GUYS JUST MOUNT THE WIN 7 ISO FILE IN DEMONS TOOL IN XP AND INSTALL IT TOTHE PARTITION U LIKE….THERE IS NO NEED TO USE ANY DVD OR USB PENDRIVE…….ANYPROBLEM!! MAIL ME [email protected]……..

395. josephPosted June 24, 2010 at 3:30 am | Permalink

Todo funcionó a la perfección.

Gracias !!

396. SanthoshPosted June 24, 2010 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

thank you………dis is very interesting..

397. Ahmad BukhoriPosted June 25, 2010 at 10:52 am | Permalink

work wonderfull on my external hard drive…thank you.

398. BradPosted June 26, 2010 at 9:21 am | Permalink

Just awesome. Very nicely done, easy to understand and exactly what I was after.

399. RaeefPosted June 26, 2010 at 12:52 pm | Permalink

Thanks, I used it on my Sony Vaio upgrade media on my NW180J

It worked perfectly.

400. Harsha MadushanPosted June 26, 2010 at 3:10 pm | Permalink

Thanx a lot !!! work perfectly……… Use full for me….

401. AnuragPosted June 26, 2010 at 7:06 pm | Permalink

EXCELLENT GUIDE THANK U VERY MUCH…it worked in first time



EXCELLENT GUIDE THANK U VERY MUCH…it worked in first time

402. Victor FernandesPosted June 28, 2010 at 10:49 am | Permalink

Sir,At present I am using Windows XP which I would like to replace by Windows 7. Pleasehelp me to install Windows 7 on my computer.Thanking you.

403. raksmeyPosted June 28, 2010 at 3:07 pm | Permalink

thank you post is very useful for me. but does it work?

404. HudsonPosted June 29, 2010 at 6:52 pm | Permalink

I’m currently at the copying files to USB end stage. But for anyone who reads down here,make sure to check that you’ve selected the right disk in stage 4, one way to do this isby typing DETAIL DISK and hitting enter after the SELECT DISK 1 line, brings up a load ofdetails and a volume list at the bottom, with name, size etc, mine was Disk 4.(Using a different guide I manage to format my D:, good thing I’ve got a server backup.DON’T MAKE MY MISTAKE)

405. VenthanPosted June 29, 2010 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

Hey,

Thanks a lot, this helped me to resolve my issue after a 5 days struggle

406. nexPosted July 1, 2010 at 2:28 pm | Permalink

hi,anyone can help in bios settings,how it is done to select pendrive ..i cannot do italthough i have new m/b and all above trick ..but i can’t detect my bootable drive…may ilack this idea…help me out …..thanks

407. solemPosted July 2, 2010 at 2:48 am | Permalink

I was a bit sceptical about this actually working. It just seemed too good to be true, thisbeing Windows and all. But it actually works.

Like mentioned earlier it’s not possible to run bootsect from 32-bit windows on a 64-bitversion.

Also, I had to run cmd as admin or else bootsect would complain about something I can’tremember atm.

408. real1tyFTWPosted July 4, 2010 at 2:21 pm | Permalink

OMG THANX !!!!!!!!! I HAD A MAJOR FKING ISSUE, ! AND BY JUST SAYING the first 2

commands the SETUP started and i was good to go THXALLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

409. solarni sistemiPosted July 5, 2010 at 7:19 am | Permalink

i found this article helpful because recently i had problems with usb and booting. THANKS

410. JibbaPosted July 6, 2010 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

Don’t know why everyone post hard guides with cmd promt. There is a program directlyfrom Microsoft to do that same thing in 3 clicks. It also works on pirate/cracked copy ofwindows 7 .

Download and guide: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

411. twePosted July 9, 2010 at 1:14 am | Permalink

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was easy and helped things run much moresmoothly. What a relief!

412. JanPosted July 10, 2010 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

This guide didnt work for me. When I try to boot the USB drive it just says “invalidpartition table” and halts.

413. JanPosted July 10, 2010 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

I fixed it, it didnt have anything to do with this guide. If you get the error “invalidpartition table” try configuring your usb drive to load as hddd and not removable/fdd.



414. FanePosted July 13, 2010 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

it works on 16 Gb USB Disk ???

there is a maximum size of USB Disk ? 10x for answer

415. KumarPosted July 16, 2010 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

There is always an easy way, download the tool from windows website and vollla sitback and relax it will do everything for you !!!

http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

416. IgrePosted July 24, 2010 at 8:34 pm | Permalink

Great written guide!

417. LTPosted July 25, 2010 at 4:00 am | Permalink

I just had to tell you this was so easy, even for a non-techie like me, and by far theeasiest setup instructions on the web. I am installng Win 7 on my (6-yr old) son’s

netbook as we speak 7 he is so impressed!

418. bat787Posted July 29, 2010 at 10:10 am | Permalink

Perfect explaination.. Many many.. many many..man thanks

419. JohnnyPosted July 29, 2010 at 10:23 pm | Permalink

To get this working in XP just use a Windows 7 virtual machine. Virtual Box is easyenough.

It’s working for me.

PS. Not sure if it has been said, but not looking through all the comments lol

420. KameshPosted July 31, 2010 at 2:13 pm | Permalink

I have a doubt in 5th step whr u say to insert Win 7 DVD…but if my cd-rom is not workinghow can i insert DVD in tht place..my rom is not even opening if i press the button..thenwhat should i do??

421. KayesPosted July 31, 2010 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

This is really cool man, buy 1 thing in the step 7 when i type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: itwas not working but next time when i tried it was working.

Any way thanks for the real tutorial. I hope i will see more useful tutorial soon.

422. Summitsingh ThakurPosted July 31, 2010 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

Thanks! 100% Working for me. Well, before I was able to install Ubuntu only.

423. GhostPosted August 4, 2010 at 10:54 am | Permalink

ThanX allot to whoever brain is behind all this…. Works 110% clean & safe install. Noproblems faced. Follow the steps as written

424. Cristian C.Posted August 6, 2010 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

Thank you!!!Your tutorial is excelent!Simple, safe and easy to follow.

Thank you, thank you!

425. AdlantisPosted August 7, 2010 at 5:45 pm | Permalink

Really great guide, easy to understand and follow, thanx a bunch!

426. Maneksh.V.ThomasPosted August 7, 2010 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

THANK YOU Soooooo Much Man… you saved me…

SHAILENDRA



427. SHAILENDRAPosted August 8, 2010 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

Your The Best Boss!!!!

428. MichellePosted August 9, 2010 at 8:02 am | Permalink

OMG.. This saved my whole day..OMGH!!!!!!!!

Im back on my own pc – it worked TYSM !!!!!!!!!!

FANTASTIC.

429. junexPosted August 9, 2010 at 11:15 am | Permalink

how can i sure that..this is working…and it is good to used it.?

430. avatonPosted August 10, 2010 at 12:37 am | Permalink

excellent work m8

431. StevePosted August 12, 2010 at 4:19 am | Permalink

what a legend!! I was completely lost and you have saved me – worked a treat.

Many thanks -

432. MackPosted August 12, 2010 at 8:43 am | Permalink

Everything worked fine down to copy the files from the DVD to the USB. I get a ‘Can’tread from the source file or disk. bootsect.exe.mui’

Any ideas are appreciated.

433. adelPosted August 13, 2010 at 12:38 am | Permalink

DiskPart> select disk 3DiskPart> cleanDiskPart succeded in cleaning the disk.DiskPart> creat partition primaryDiskPart> succeded in creating the specified partitionDiskPart> select partition 3The specified partition is not valid.Please select a valid partitionthere is no partiotion selected.

thats the eror i get please help me.

434. AJPosted August 13, 2010 at 8:04 am | Permalink

What a guide, 101% working. People still leaving comments every day after one year.One of the best guides ever if you ask me! THANK YOU, you deserve it!

435. SmithyPosted August 13, 2010 at 2:42 pm | Permalink

Jesus, how many times has the guy got to say it. ITS FOR WINDOWS VISTA AND 7 NOTXP . Bunch of retards!

436. NLkiwiPosted August 15, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Permalink

Followed instructions and worked great, no issues. Created a Win7x64 usb install from aWin7x64 machine. Install was for a HTPC with no optical drive.

437. odotanPosted August 16, 2010 at 11:52 am | Permalink

The easiest method yetOFFICIAL FROM MICROSOFT

http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool

438. TammiPosted August 17, 2010 at 2:21 am | Permalink

I had an error, when I tried to format, that said Virtual Disk service error: the file system

is incompatible. I fixed it by using quick format instead. Use this command

format fs=NTFS quick

I hope this helps somebody. =)



439. rakeshPosted August 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm | Permalink

by the way I’m using MSI P55-GD65 motherboard and transcend 4GB USB drive.is it my board or the usb drive….A Read Error…please help

440. RahulPosted August 17, 2010 at 6:41 pm | Permalink

This method will not work if you are running on Windows Xp.The best alternative will beto use either use either the microsoft method or try to use softwares like WintoFlash toautomate it for you.

441. AbdullahPosted August 17, 2010 at 8:57 pm | Permalink

This method worked for me 100%, i am installing right now from a 8GB USB. Thanks a lot!!!!!

442. Corey jPosted August 18, 2010 at 3:13 am | Permalink

worked well with windows server 2008 ENT, on my xeon server

Also if you are making the usb disk from a 32 bit machine and your having problems,saying incompatable stuff, than go to a machine which is 64 bit, and do it over

anyway good luck with everyone else, and these steps

443. LAP87Posted August 18, 2010 at 11:15 am | Permalink

Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool , takes your ISO and makes a bootable USB Drive or DVD.Works under Xp/Vista.


444. JohnsinPosted August 18, 2010 at 7:58 pm | Permalink

Wow this was so Educational… I tried to do it with both x64 and x32 and there it was onmy EHDD! Cool Guide! Thanks man

445. FrankiePosted August 19, 2010 at 4:10 am | Permalink

When you said insert the Windows Vista/Windows 7 disk, did you mean insert a blankdisc or the disc that already has the software on it?(The $100 disc from store that comesin the software box)

Thanks

446. DRBDANISHPosted August 19, 2010 at 5:17 am | Permalink

It was a success.. Thanks mate…

447. adminPosted August 19, 2010 at 9:20 am | Permalink

Frankie, put the disc that has Windows 7 on it. Good luck!

448. RoxyPosted August 19, 2010 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

I followed this guide but when booting up i have an error message ‘A disk read error’

What is the problem?

449. LitlisPosted August 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm | Permalink

I do all the steps but on step 7 then i write “bootsect.exe /nt60″ he write this:This version of G:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact thesoftware publisher.then what should i do??

450. good stuffPosted August 19, 2010 at 4:55 pm | Permalink

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451. Valdez



451. ValdezPosted August 19, 2010 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

This worked well for me to create Win7 32 bit usb version,but when I tried to make 64bit version on another flash drive using a 64bit DVD I gotboot\bootsect.exe is not compatible…..I am using 32bit Vista to make these drives. Can Imodify the code to make this work? Or do I need to find 64bit machine with DVD drive?Thanks,Valdez

452. adminPosted August 19, 2010 at 7:47 pm | Permalink

Try to do it on x64 version of Windows.

453. tavuPosted August 20, 2010 at 12:26 am | Permalink

I can’t copy the autorun file from the Windows DVD to the USB stick. It says I need toprovide an administrator to copy to that folder. Everything else is copied, just theautorun has this problem. What can I do?Thank You.

454. puneetPosted August 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm | Permalink

Thanks dude great job, very easy & good explanation

455. Miss PrettyPosted August 22, 2010 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

I want to know the detail steps on how you can repair window operating system.

Thanks

456. Miss PrettyPosted August 22, 2010 at 10:09 pm | Permalink

Also i want some things on Virtual LAN, the problems and prospects of it.

Thanks for your help.

457. miss26Posted August 23, 2010 at 3:35 pm | Permalink

hi, have a problem in step 6..my dvd drive is E, and my usb is G……

E: CD BOOTE:\boot>bootsect.exe /nt60 G:Target volume will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied.

pls help me in this problem..thanks

458. UwaisPosted August 24, 2010 at 7:21 am | Permalink

hii am using this method to install snow lepoard on a previously windows machine will itwork??btw my snow lepoard image is on my comps HD so i cant complete step 5 onwards??what do i do??

also is there anyway of reversing this procedure after i haveinstalled the OS so i can usethe HD as a mass storage device after??

thanks

459. johnPosted August 24, 2010 at 7:25 am | Permalink

hi am i able to use this method to install MAC OS snow lepoard. i have no disk just the.DMG file so i cant complete step 5 onwards. will it still work??

also am i able to reverse the effects on my external HD so i can use it as a mass storagedevice after??

thanks

460. admin

Posted August 24, 2010 at 8:48 am | Permalink

@ JohnSorry, I have no idea about Mac OS.

461. DANNYPosted August 24, 2010 at 9:42 pm | Permalink



Posted August 24, 2010 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

Thanks man this is by far the best and accurate tutorial for making a win7/vista bootableusb…

462. DANNYPosted August 24, 2010 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

@John, no you can’t as NTFS relates to windows file system only.

463. Dave D.Posted August 25, 2010 at 7:23 am | Permalink

Hey, I tried it and works perfectly, thanks a lot…i’ve tried other guides with no successbut your guide is fantastic…keep up the good work…this world needs more helpfulpeople like you.

464. RAZONPosted August 25, 2010 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

MANY MANY THINKS SIR BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM TO COPY “SETUP.EXE” FILEWHY IT NOT COPY. PLEASE EXPLINE ME SIR

465. Fi156Posted August 25, 2010 at 3:21 pm | Permalink

Nice How To, but the command: format fs=ntfs needs HOURS not minutes…

466. naveen kumarPosted August 26, 2010 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

Works like magic….. Thanks

467. MadhavPosted August 27, 2010 at 1:01 pm | Permalink

@Fi156 better use format fs=ntfs quick This will take you a few seconds. that commandwithout quick will take long time because it performs a complete format. thanks

468. KOUSHIKPosted August 28, 2010 at 12:08 am | Permalink

actually i have a another problem .i have a pen drive but its don’t show its originalmemory and it is not to be formatted .this pen drive is 8 gb but showing 69mb.if you giveme a suggestion that how i am recover from this problem so iam glad ti you.

469. RichardPosted August 28, 2010 at 11:16 am | Permalink

You rock man! Thanks for this guide. I’ve spent two whole days trying to repair mycorrupt Windows 7 installation on my Netbook, which has been a challenge as it has nooptical drive, so having a bootable Flash Drive was the perfect answer. Thanks again!

A few tips to others:- The format of the USB drive takes a while, just be patient (I used the full format, notquick, just to be sure!)- If you’re getting an Access Denied error when trying to map partitions, it’s because youdidn’t run the command prompt as Administrator. Right click on the Command Promptprogram as select “Run as Administrator”- When setup has completed, don’t forget to set your boot priority back to the Hard Drivein the BIOS!

470. AnkuPosted August 28, 2010 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

Thanx a lot mannn!! it really works!! u r awsum!!!!

471. CherylPosted August 29, 2010 at 10:39 pm | Permalink

I have done this – what method of copying files from cd to usb is best, I Right clickedcopyed then right clicked and pasted. When I tried to boot up I got BOOTMGR.exemissing and it wouldnt boot up. Am I doing something wrong?

472. AmpPosted August 30, 2010 at 10:27 am | Permalink

will this work for Windows 8?

473. zeroPosted August 30, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

i’ve already try your method, but i have a problem here which is, after my computerrestart to finish the installation, it came back for the begiining to format my computer and

not proceed for the “completing installation”…how to overcome this problem?please helpme…

474. EdPosted August 31, 2010 at 3:46 am | Permalink

Worked for me. Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Worked for me. Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you are using Windows XP to create your bootable USB, these steps worked for me. Ijust omitted steps 1-5

Download and install http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zipArchive Password: “pasta”

Open and find your USB drive and format using NTFS

6. Now open another command window and type following command

J: (Drive letter of Windows 7 iso mounted with demon tool or ultraiso)

CD boot

bootsect /nt60 Y: (Y is drive latter of your USB drive )

Update BOOTMGR for USB Pen Drive

7. Now copy all files from drive where you have mount Windows 7 iso

8. Now reboot your computer and press F9 to get your BIOS screen and select USB driveas your boot drive.

9. If every thing goes fine, Your Windows 7 Installation should start from your USB drive

475. GEORGEPosted August 31, 2010 at 6:01 am | Permalink

Worked like a charm!

476. zeroPosted August 31, 2010 at 6:50 am | Permalink

i’ve already try your method, but i have a problem here which is, after my computerrestart to finish the installation, it came back for the begining to format my computer andnot proceed for the “completing installation”…how to overcome this problem?please helpme…

477. gaithatPosted September 1, 2010 at 8:06 pm | Permalink

It was a perfect explanation.

Thanks for such a nice tutorial.

Only problem, I faced with BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:command.Once you invoke Command Prompt like run as Administrator there was nothing like …

Windows Xp does not recognize removable drive under: LIST DISK segment.

Pl. keep it up.

478. bulgerPosted September 2, 2010 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

Does not work on my vista laptop….. tried several times now keep getting“‘BOOTSECT.EXE’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operableprogram or batch file,” Thanks to the author as I have used this for Windows 7previously and it worked fine but any help with vista install would be appreciated!

479. I8bnsoberPosted September 4, 2010 at 2:35 am | Permalink

Worked great for me except the clean command run as (admin) gives me an accessdenied on v*sta and w*n7 but I skip this step and even use the same window toperform the partitioning and the bootsect, worked great on both.Thanks.

480. Karlo AntukinPosted September 5, 2010 at 7:13 pm | Permalink

for those whos stuck at step 7 coz Could not map drive partitions to the associatedvolume device objects:Access is denied. run cmd as administrator that would do the trick

481. bzizPosted September 5, 2010 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

problem with could not map … access denied but here is the solution:you have to go into run and go into cmd. then you have to minimise it and on yourtaskbar right-click the icon for cmd and also right-click on command prompt then click onrun as administrator

482. Darky



482. DarkyPosted September 5, 2010 at 11:19 pm | Permalink

Hey…Can i install windows 7 with usb * i dont have dvd reader atm * if i dont have awindows before it..Like my old windows crashed & now am without windows at all & i

wanna install windows 7 & no dvd reader ,thx alot

483. TechNazgulPosted September 6, 2010 at 12:49 am | Permalink

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. Worked like a charm for me with Windows 7Ultimate x86 installing to an Acer Revo 1600 (which I’m using to test out the new XBMCbeta release of Dharma).

484. young moneyPosted September 6, 2010 at 1:03 am | Permalink

hey buddy thanxits working and the way you have explained the steps its easy to understand.thanx againif more solutions are available on any problems regarding windows please tell me.

485. IceaTronicPosted September 6, 2010 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

Pro Tip:

When formatting the USB Stick, use the following:

format fs=ntfs quick

Takes about 30 seconds to format the drive. Incredibly handy if your USB stick is 8GB+like all of mine are. I dont want to wait 20 minutes for it to format…

486. thedeamonPosted September 8, 2010 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

I think the guide will also work for XP USB boot.

We have to use Vista’s bootsect.exe which can reinstall XP’s bootsector.

To (re)install an NTLDR or BOOTMGR bootsector you will need Bootsect.exe.

Copy it from a Vista DVD if you want to include it on the USB root directory.

bootsect.exe /nt52 H:

I would suggest try to format the USB key as FAT & then install the boot managerfollowed b dumping of the XP CD to start testing.

Start with FAT/FAT32/NTFS to see which one works.

If NTFS on key works, it will also mean a super fast Windows install over USB 2.0.

Catch: ensure to use correct bootsect.exe for x86 & x64 OS.

487. AzmiPosted September 9, 2010 at 4:55 am | Permalink

Hey!

I don’t know how you saved my life. I shall thank you for thousand times for this andonce more thousand times for your efforts on this. It really worked. Thank man,appreciate it…

488. deehPosted September 9, 2010 at 8:13 am | Permalink

work just fine,.. thank you..

489. AndyPosted September 9, 2010 at 5:02 pm | Permalink

Thank you so much! It’s so simple and yet I could not manage to install Windows fromUSB. Now it finally worked! Thanks!

490. RickyPosted September 10, 2010 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

Worked well for me, the only thing is I had to pull the drive out during the first reboot orthe install would start all over again.

491. RetsPosted September 12, 2010 at 6:47 am | Permalink

I did steps 1 to 4. My usb was plugged and so was my 500GB external hdd. It was toolate when I realized that I did step 4 on my external hdd. Now, I cant open my externalhdd – it always says your drive needs to be formatted. Please help =<



492. maryPosted September 12, 2010 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

Thank you so much, it worked like a charm!

493. matthewPosted September 13, 2010 at 1:40 am | Permalink

can i just say if u are using a bigger hard-drive eg a 250g external it takes about 1-2hours to format to ntfs

494. nandoPosted September 13, 2010 at 2:28 am | Permalink

THANK YOU!! this guide is awesome. worked without any problems.. and the speed ofinstall increased! now it installs about 5x faster.. it used to take 1 hour. now it took 20minutes :O!!! thanks!

495. MightyALPosted September 13, 2010 at 3:53 pm | Permalink

Good advice is hard to get, thx for complete instructions.I dont trust downloaded tools, got some probs with english cos i´m from germany but

this was site was best i found

496. james asare baffourPosted September 13, 2010 at 10:24 pm | Permalink

1)why do we use optical cd whilst basing on pen drive to install windows?

2) Can installing windows wit the help of pen drive be apply on any computer capacity?

497. Suraj YadavPosted September 14, 2010 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

Hi, Thanks very much.

498. mikaboshiPosted September 15, 2010 at 1:41 am | Permalink

Thnx allot for this great guide

I had the official ms tool to make your usb installer disk, but somehow it always endedup telling me it couldnt copy the files to my usb drive. Doing it manually worked like acharm!

Thnx allot! (again ^^):)

499. ShenPosted September 15, 2010 at 5:52 am | Permalink

When I followed this method, I manage to get the OS to boot from the USB, but thenthat creates another problem. Vista confuses itself by reading the USB as another harddrive. The error “Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria forinstallation.” shows up in the Disk Partition page. My computer only has one hard driveso it must be the USB causing the problem. Can anyone tell me how to get around thisproblem?

500. ICHIPosted September 15, 2010 at 1:38 pm | Permalink

AWESOME GUIDE!! IT WORKS WHEN I INSTALLED WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE. YOU’RE ABOMB!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS..KEEP IT UP!

501. FrackMicrosoftPosted September 16, 2010 at 12:03 am | Permalink

This will work on non-vista computers if you use an external hard drive and skip theformat command.

502. Boy XatZPosted September 16, 2010 at 6:58 pm | Permalink

amazing… this guide really worked!!! plus you don’t need to use any programs.. /heh

503. RyanPosted September 17, 2010 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

Is it just me or does it take more than just a few seconds to format the selecteddrive????

504. RyanPosted September 17, 2010 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

Maybe a few minutes….

505. weeds season 6Posted September 17, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink



Posted September 17, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

Great write up!! this really helped me out and btw this can work on non-vista computersif you use an external hard drive

506. rohitPosted September 17, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

I got “Bootmgr is missing”. I m using dell

507. saifPosted September 18, 2010 at 3:22 am | Permalink

hi i m using win xp above all steps done n my bios have option usb hdd but i its notbooting plz help

508. NithPosted September 19, 2010 at 4:14 pm | Permalink

This works perfect. Thanks !!

509. Lorem ipsum generatoPosted September 19, 2010 at 6:40 pm | Permalink

I was just looking for this guide! Tnx!

510. BanePosted September 19, 2010 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

hey, the guide is dreat but like some ppl here I have the “missing bootmgr” problem, Yousad fix it… but… how ??? please help me , I am trying to set win 7 on HP notebook wichhas vista, and your steps I^ve done on other PC wich has win 7 on it,because dvd romon notebook doesnt work. my USB drive is external HDD 1Tb.. folowed all steps one byone, then attached ext hdd on notebook and set booting from USB… still have msgmissing bootmgr….heeeeeeelp! thx!

511. darkan9elPosted September 19, 2010 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

Awesome tut, just got windows 7 32bit on my nieces Acer Aspire One, straight oneverything installed. I’d say 10-20mins faster too than conventional DVD installs.

Pressed F2 on boot to get into setup, Acer Aspire will see the USB and show it by name,I just moved it to the top of the Boot list using F6 saved changes and rebooted. OnceW7 has installed you have to go back into setup (F2) to change the boot sequence backto the HDD. Just finished updating. If only life was this simple’s lol!

512. justme!Posted September 21, 2010 at 3:42 am | Permalink

look’s like a nice method but! how do i ‘reverse’ the disk-on-key properties to it’sdefaults,i mean in this whole procedure you actually change the file system of the disk-on-key and some other properties,how to reverse all that?

513. SudheeraPosted September 22, 2010 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

Great work….it worked for the first time…thanks a lot …..

514. TomPosted September 23, 2010 at 2:49 am | Permalink

Hey, Thanks! great guide. I even got it to work using Windows XP!Tom

515. geoffPosted September 24, 2010 at 4:59 pm | Permalink

when you say copy ALL the files, does that mean hidden and system files containedwithin the CD? do you recommend drag/drop copy or a CMD Copy?

516. dallas foxPosted September 24, 2010 at 9:23 pm | Permalink

what if the windows 7 copy isn’t on a dvd but has been downloaded iso?

517. kevinPosted September 25, 2010 at 5:59 am | Permalink

Actually /active= should have 0 (most of the time) it’s the partition number OF the drive(0 as it’s formatted) otherwise you’ll get “invalid parameter…”.

518. are_peace22Posted September 26, 2010 at 10:12 am | Permalink

nice thx for the guide

519. unificationPosted September 26, 2010 at 1:37 pm | Permalink

hello . i did all steps and it end successfully .



hello . i did all steps and it end successfully .but when restart my pc and set usb boot .my system cannot boot from usb and display this message” … read disk error …” .while i use slax in this usb pen and working truest.but not working for this way that you say.please help me . and contact by me via email adress .thank.

520. LucasPosted September 27, 2010 at 10:13 am | Permalink

Perfeito com Windows7 ENG. Muito obrigado

521. unificationPosted September 27, 2010 at 7:57 pm | Permalink

please help me. i need to this.

522. unificationPosted September 28, 2010 at 4:54 am | Permalink

hello . i did all steps and it end successfully .but when restart my pc and set usb boot .my system cannot boot from usb and display this message” … read disk error …” .while i use slax in this usb pen and working truest.but not working for this way that you say.please help me . and contact by me via email adress .thank.

523. marcusPosted September 28, 2010 at 6:28 am | Permalink

i cant do the “clean” bit. error occured, unable to access. help pweez

524. jainilPosted September 28, 2010 at 8:54 am | Permalink

i cant see my pendrive in command prompt in list disk…what i have to do ???

525. daniel plasenciaPosted September 29, 2010 at 7:33 am | Permalink

thanx for the tips but i am getting a message saying could not map drive partition to theassociated volume device objects: acces is denied on step 7 can you help?

526. ehsanPosted September 29, 2010 at 4:14 pm | Permalink

thanks alot dude!

527. PrithvirajPosted September 29, 2010 at 4:34 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot . Worked like a charm, very detailed and precise. Great job keep it up

528. Dave SandersPosted September 29, 2010 at 7:42 pm | Permalink

Great step by step instructions. Even though I’ve done this dozens of times, it’s great tohave a site I can trust to refer to when my (poor) memory fails me.

Thanks!

Dave SandersMicrosoft MVP

529. PeymanPosted September 29, 2010 at 7:59 pm | Permalink

Great JOB . Thanks

530. adminPosted September 29, 2010 at 8:00 pm | Permalink

Thanks for your kind words Dave Sanders.:)

531. Justin APosted October 1, 2010 at 10:59 am | Permalink

Beautiful! Flawless! Stupid sata DVD died and with no replacement and no time to sparethis worked perfectly. Make sure drive is emptied as he states. Make sure! Otherwise,awesome. Thank yooouu.

532. turnkey websitePosted October 1, 2010 at 7:31 pm | Permalink

i have a question that before reading this tutorial or finding it i bought a 2gb pen driveand i think this procedure does not work with 2 gb pen drive or does it?



and i think this procedure does not work with 2 gb pen drive or does it?

533. DonnaPosted October 2, 2010 at 10:02 am | Permalink

WOW – Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm. I really appreciate your help. Keep up thegood work. It is people like you that make the world a better place.

Thank agian

534. DonnaPosted October 2, 2010 at 10:06 am | Permalink

Thanks again

535. Sharma MohitPosted October 3, 2010 at 9:57 pm | Permalink

plz tell me how to edit bios settings?

536. TrevorPosted October 4, 2010 at 12:56 am | Permalink

This works great, thanks alot.

537. Erik HurtigPosted October 4, 2010 at 2:43 am | Permalink

I just have to ask

Why not just copy all the files from the installation image to your drive, and havebootmgr ran from there instead?

538. Jay BeePosted October 4, 2010 at 6:40 am | Permalink

This thread is getting long, but it is only fair to say thank you for this great guide. Thanksa lot.

539. AJITPosted October 4, 2010 at 12:34 pm | Permalink

MAN ITS AWESOME IT WORKS GREAT

540. ModestePosted October 4, 2010 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

Tres bonne solutionelle marche à merveille

541. AnkitPosted October 5, 2010 at 1:27 am | Permalink

i am using win7 32 bit. can i use bootsect to create a bootable USB to install win7 64 bit?i have the ISO file for win7 64 bit, but have no clue how to get it to work.

PS- my DVD drive is kaput.

542. AnggiPosted October 5, 2010 at 9:55 am | Permalink

Thank for tutorial installing windows 7

543. DougPosted October 7, 2010 at 3:24 am | Permalink

When I received this error:

file : \Boot\BCDstatus : 0xc000000einfo : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration

I used another thumb drive and the problem was solved.

544. unificationPosted October 7, 2010 at 5:09 am | Permalink

hello . why you dont answer to me .i did all steps and it end successfully .but when restart my pc and set usb boot .my system cannot boot from usb and display this message” … read disk error …” .while i use slax in this usb pen and working truest.but not working for this way that you say.

please help me . and contact by me via email adress .thank.

545. JBPosted October 9, 2010 at 1:47 am | Permalink

Since I’m trying to make a LiveCD bootable through USB, it’s not a normal officialWindows 7 CD, and there is no BOOTSECT.EXE whatsoever, so I can’t make it BOOTMGR



Windows 7 CD, and there is no BOOTSECT.EXE whatsoever, so I can’t make it BOOTMGRCompatible. Any other solutions?

546. piyushPosted October 9, 2010 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

my dvd write is not working.how can i do this step D: CD BOOT.pls mail me ans.

547. NishantPosted October 10, 2010 at 12:26 am | Permalink

I tried with both vista and 7no prob in installation,but in vista, no user profile is being created to log in.In 7, finalisation takes all its life n after shutting down after first use, in gives problemfrom second use on ward.it was irriteting..wasted full night..!

548. SandeepPosted October 11, 2010 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

@nishant-this process only creates the way by which u can boot the setup progress withthe pendrive…comparatively faster than cd or dvds….the problem you are facing is due towrong installation files

549. KirPosted October 11, 2010 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much!

I’m Russian, but I didn’t find any working instruction for my problem on russian lanquage.This quide helps me to install Win7 Starter on my netbook using USB HDD.

P.S. Sorry for my engligh

550. LeoPosted October 12, 2010 at 1:13 am | Permalink

Can i use this for install windows xp to?

551. SamPosted October 12, 2010 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

This worked fabulously. Thanks for the easy to follow instructions! I had been looking forthis solution for a long time.

552. IonutPosted October 13, 2010 at 1:34 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot.Worked perfectly!

Very well described.

553. Jamie KitsonPosted October 13, 2010 at 5:44 pm | Permalink

You really should put a link to the MS USB/DVD tool more prominently on your site, whybother with this complicated method?


554. Jony D RicoPosted October 14, 2010 at 7:40 am | Permalink

Excelent it works great thank you, you save my life

555. Andres AuPosted October 16, 2010 at 6:20 am | Permalink

You can also check the drive number designation in the device manager under “diskmanagement” if you have trouble selecting the appropriate disk as described in step fourof this guide.

556. pempoyPosted October 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Permalink

Worked great! Thanks a lot.

557. KBPosted October 16, 2010 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

THanks for the insight, I was going crazy trying to get this to work. A lot of sights missthe part about this only working in Vista/7!

558. JACK91Posted October 16, 2010 at 10:46 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot dude..it is awesome..installed in 11 minutes..WOW



Thanks a lot dude..it is awesome..installed in 11 minutes..WOW

559. CrypdanPosted October 17, 2010 at 3:30 am | Permalink

When you say copy windows 7 contents, you mean the documents or a iso file?

560. haroldcorePosted October 17, 2010 at 9:48 am | Permalink

what if i dont have a win7 disc? what if i just have an ISO but not on a cd. because ihave an ISO on my downloads.

561. AJPosted October 18, 2010 at 10:53 pm | Permalink

Works perfect, thank you.

562. dvhirstPosted October 19, 2010 at 4:47 am | Permalink

Well, it worked as advertised (Windows7), but only after going to Control Panel – UserAccount Control Settings and specifying “Never notify”. Before taking this step, theBootsect command failed with “Access denied”.

Now, on to setting up BartPE on this bootable 4GB USB drive…

Thanks!

563. KGB1953Posted October 19, 2010 at 1:19 pm | Permalink

Nice Tut man. Easy to follow and love the pics

564. KGB1953Posted October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

If you have an .iso file just mount it with magiciso. Google it.

565. c0dePosted October 19, 2010 at 11:58 pm | Permalink

Each tutorial to this Thema goes that way:“First you use this Tool ,then use this tool and then do this dont mind why…”

What about people dont have Windows?I have only a far idea what to do with the USB Stick when i dont have those superspecial Windows Tools…

Always those Windowlooker with there freaky tools xDNever have a idea what they do ^^

566. JaimiePosted October 21, 2010 at 7:08 am | Permalink

Nice one works a treat.

Additional info:1.) during the diskpart in command prompt, users need to cancel or ignore any promptsby windows to automatically format the drive.

2.) If you get the message from command prompt when coppying the boot info that thedevice is currently locked, it’s probably either your antivirus trying to scan the emptydrive, or it’s windows that has automatically opened the drive contents in a window.Stopping the antivirus or any open windows other than commandprompt associated withthe USB or external drive and trying again from where it said “device locked” works.

Thanks for a brilliant post. Saved me hours. I’m setting up a PC with old DVD drives andthree have failed! Saved me getting a new DVD drive!

567. SamuelPosted October 23, 2010 at 6:31 am | Permalink

PLEASE HELP!

I am having troubles with step 6:

I have typed in C:\Windows|System32> D: CD BOOTThen when I type in D:\> CD BOOTit says that The System Cannot Find The Path Specified.My disk is definitely in the drive and is definitely drive D: so what is wrong?

568. elise sayerPosted October 24, 2010 at 7:02 am | Permalink

make it work

569. chieltPosted October 25, 2010 at 4:52 am | Permalink



Posted October 25, 2010 at 4:52 am | Permalink

I have a 4GB usb pendrive. When I try to do ‘CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY’ it tells me thedrive isn’t big enough te create a partition without extra parameters. Please advise.

570. nikhilPosted October 25, 2010 at 10:54 am | Permalink

Ultimate guide..Fully working on Lenovo..

571. AlbertPosted October 25, 2010 at 11:10 am | Permalink

hey, i keep getting “… invalid ms-dos command” when copying the disk content in step 8.

572. AlbertPosted October 25, 2010 at 11:18 am | Permalink

and my explorer crashed.I created this in win 7.

573. shoabPosted October 26, 2010 at 3:06 am | Permalink

sir pls tell me about how to create usb bootale for install windows xp-7 by usb devicelike pen drive.

574. SATHISHPosted October 29, 2010 at 7:11 pm | Permalink

ya its really nice to do but in between i got some error .. but i think that the inspectionsgiven above are really gud .., the same time after i did some steps my usb drivescrashed , after that i cant able to use d usb .., so please avoid stop in between.. thanks

575. SATHISHPosted October 30, 2010 at 12:46 am | Permalink

Hey Sorry For My Previous Post .., I Tried once again these steps i finally got thanks

Its Working Great …. Thanks

576. paras kumarPosted October 30, 2010 at 8:56 pm | Permalink

i have no cd drive so haw to make bootable pen drive

577. mukeshPosted October 31, 2010 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

thanks dear its greet. working and help me lotthanks again

578. Vyom NeerajPosted November 1, 2010 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

Great post..!! Followed all the instructions step by step and works like a charm..!!

The only tip is that this wont work for xp since in xp, the MS DOS disk manager does notshow usb disks. it will only show the HDD as disk 0. There is no disk 1. But when i triedwith vista, then it shows usb as disk 1 and all the steps worked easily.

Thanks again man..!!

579. JeffreyPosted November 1, 2010 at 6:03 pm | Permalink

i tried but it does boot.

580. SherwinQPosted November 4, 2010 at 10:03 am | Permalink

It works great, thanks for sharing this man.

581. marshmallowPosted November 5, 2010 at 8:45 am | Permalink

where u download window 7 file

582. FilledVoidPosted November 5, 2010 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

This worked perfectly for a system that I was fixing which had a broken DVD drive. Themethod used was able to make my external drive bootable with Lenovos DVD image.

Thanks a ton.

583. Alex789045Posted November 6, 2010 at 6:26 am | Permalink

THANKYOU finally one of these guides works YES!!!!



584. VashPosted November 6, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Permalink

hey bro i’ve read all the instructions, i’ve never try it myself but on about the commentsabove, it’s a kind of 99% of believing you!!!hope i could make it!!!thanks

585. bINKPosted November 6, 2010 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

thank you sir for your assistance on how to install windows from a usb , i have a oem cdwith all of the versions of windows on it and it works flawlessly with the usb method . ihave sucsescfully install starter, basic, home premium x86, x64 , and so on but my faviortuseing this method is what i have on my asus mini netbook with 500 gb hard drive and 4gb memory with windows 7 ultamate x64

586. sandyPosted November 7, 2010 at 2:08 pm | Permalink

F:\BOOT>bootsect.exe /nt60 H:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied.

dis is d error i am facing plz help me out

587. sandyPosted November 7, 2010 at 2:40 pm | Permalink

i solved that prob…. thanks for the artical….

588. lunaticPosted November 7, 2010 at 9:35 pm | Permalink

Brick both of the usb drives I had thanks.

Worked like a charm good job buddy.

589. griffPosted November 9, 2010 at 8:40 pm | Permalink

Have used this a bunch of times, really good guide thanks.

The only difficulties i had were resolved when i ran command prompt as an administrator.

590. JamesPosted November 10, 2010 at 6:59 am | Permalink

Awesome write up, worked like a charm! Thank you!

591. Deepak kumarPosted November 10, 2010 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

after giving this command BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:it gives errorcould not map drive partition to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied

592. AlanPosted November 11, 2010 at 3:22 pm | Permalink

Much appreciated. I have an old Pc with org CD drive. It just wouldn’t read the Win 7 CD.My HD was dead and I had to install a new one. Luckily I had my laptop with WIN 7installed. Took a while but we are up and running again.

593. 1234Posted November 11, 2010 at 7:43 pm | Permalink

after instalation if i want to use my flash drive as a normal storing device, what do i haveto do?just format? or it will stay a bootable device 4 evar?

594. removals companiesPosted November 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

this tutorial was what i was needing for my cd driveless laptop

595. David BrennanPosted November 12, 2010 at 5:38 pm | Permalink

One of your command prompt lines is formed incorrectly but will still work:i.e.

D: CD BOOTCD BOOT

should be just

D:CD BOOT



CD BOOT

or:

cd /d D:\BOOT

but the guide works perfectly anyhow. Thanks very much.

596. dark8soulPosted November 14, 2010 at 8:52 am | Permalink

for those who have trouble with all these instructionstry downloading wintoflash. very simple to use

597. A random dudePosted November 15, 2010 at 12:06 am | Permalink

Right, it looks good, but I’ve yet to try it, for a few reasons:

1. How do you reverse the process for the USB, in case I want to use it as normal againafter I’ve booted up my PC with it? Can it be done? How? Maybe it works anyway? Idon’t want to ruin a good 16GB USB for it otherwise.

2. I’ve got my Win7 on an .ISO on my HDD, and I COULD install it using e.g DaemonToolsor some such directly, but there are things that are better with a booted installation,thus I want to go with that option. But, my question is this, can I do as with the CD/DVDdrive with a virtual drive, where I mount the Win7 .ISO and do Step 6 with the mounteddrive?

Many thanks in advance!

598. laciePosted November 16, 2010 at 2:47 am | Permalink

thank you!

599. ScottPosted November 16, 2010 at 4:51 pm | Permalink

I got a problem on the final step: BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:

The error reported an inability to complete the step due to a compatibility issue with theversion of windows I’m running….. suffice to say I’m PRETTY MUCH flabbergasted at thispoint, any help hopefully? pending thats enough information

600. StålePosted November 16, 2010 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

A very good and easy to follow guide. Thank you.

601. AganaPosted November 16, 2010 at 7:04 pm | Permalink

this is great. it works great. thanks!

602. SREEJITHPosted November 19, 2010 at 6:48 am | Permalink

I did this and installed Windows 7 Ultimate successfully….

THankx….

603. ViciPosted November 19, 2010 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

Great tehnical post! Tnx for sharing!

604. PurushothamPosted November 20, 2010 at 12:07 am | Permalink

I did everything, but when I tried to boot, It says “A disk read error occurred, Presscontrol+alt+del to restart.. Plz help me.

605. JasonPosted November 20, 2010 at 2:11 am | Permalink

Thank you Thank you Thank youeasy to follow and worked like a charm!Thank you Thank you Thank you

606. King Matt 85Posted November 21, 2010 at 12:32 am | Permalink

Awesome. Well done pal!

607. ZaqPosted November 21, 2010 at 1:19 am | Permalink



So i was on a mission for a free netbook. the job was to fix a laptop without a cd drivethat worked. SO i turned to this. needless to say. Thanks for the net book. Your a moneysaver bud thank you!

608. NEERAJPosted November 21, 2010 at 2:06 pm | Permalink

yOU ARE GREATtHANK,S

609. kylePosted November 22, 2010 at 4:46 am | Permalink

um in stuck at spet 7 help plz it says it does not recognize “bootsect.exe as an interal orexternal command”

help plz

610. kylePosted November 22, 2010 at 4:47 am | Permalink

im stuck not “in stuck”sorry typo

611. ŽanPosted November 22, 2010 at 10:23 pm | Permalink

I get Invalid MS-DOS function and I cannot copy boot folder…Thanks for help!

612. deamonPosted November 23, 2010 at 3:32 am | Permalink

works great,… thanks man. cheers

613. freddyzdeadPosted November 23, 2010 at 10:38 am | Permalink

If you really want to claim “100% Working” then why is step 6 still wrong?

It says:====================================================D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.====================================================when it should say:====================================================D: and hit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.====================================================

This is easy to fix and it is confusing a lot of people.

Also, I think FAT32 would work ok; speed difference would be insignificant.

And I think the BOOTSECT.EXE part is redundant because DISKPART prolly already didthat. That’s why some ppl have got it to work when they left out that step.

Anyway, the main thing is it works. You just need to shout in caps that it DOESN’T WORKIN XP. Maybe the morons would see it then.

614. QiangPosted November 23, 2010 at 1:47 pm | Permalink

I tried this solution. “List Disk” works on Vista, not XP.

615. MichaelPosted November 24, 2010 at 12:34 am | Permalink

I don’t have any Drivers when I try to install Windows 7 on my Netbook with no OS,what do I do?

616. mallikarjunPosted November 25, 2010 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

hey… after copyin the files to usb, i tried to install it on other comp by changing the bootorder… i’m getting a error BOOT MNGR MISSING… please help me with this…

617. RyanPosted November 26, 2010 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

i followed this instruction and I unfortunately 2 of my drives are now missing. i only havemy drive C visible

i am running windows 7(32bit) with 1 SATA HD(had 3 partitions now only C is visible) and1 IDE HD



1 IDE HD

can someone please help me with this??

618. magallanesPosted November 27, 2010 at 3:53 am | Permalink

Thanks.

btw, you can do (if you know that you pendrive is not defective):

FORMAT QUICK FS=NTFS

instead ofFORMAT FS=NTFS

619. AndreasPosted November 28, 2010 at 1:31 am | Permalink

Hi, I’ve tried to install win 7 from usb using wintoflash but faild due to ther error that Ineed cd/dvd drivers. The solution was removing the usb and reinserting it then Icancelled the setup and went to repair options. I then chose command prompt. Afterreinserting the usb you will have 3 discs. Mine were X: which was the boot disc(supposedly the usb but it wasn’t) c: (the usb after inserting it again) and d: (the cd-rom). On the command prompt I had to navigate to X:\windows. (type: “cd X:\windows”without quotes) then type: “bootsect /nt60 C: “(this loads the bootmgr on the usb. theusb in my case was C: so you have to find yours) after that just restart and the setupwill continue without errors. best of luck

620. gride420Posted November 28, 2010 at 3:26 am | Permalink

great how too now i want a very easy how too on putting x86 and x64 bit of windowsand of vista on one disk. Then should be able to do this guide and have both on 1 thumbdrive. In the process of putting each os from xp up on 1 thumb drive each. Much fasterinstalls and no more burning disc. Thanks

621. orsPosted November 28, 2010 at 10:52 am | Permalink

All of you who get “Could not map drive partition to the associated volume deviceobjects: Access is denied.”

Try running cmd as administrator!

622. l0stb3taPosted November 30, 2010 at 2:35 am | Permalink

Out of curiosity, do folder permissions have to be set so that hidden files and foldersmust be enabled? I tried this with my USB stick, and I get a missing operating systemerror. I copied everything I could see from my Win7 DVD, but if there are hidden files onthe DVD that could explain the missing operating system error that both Jonathan and Iare getting.

623. DanielPosted November 30, 2010 at 7:44 am | Permalink

I have a Net Book that came with Windows 7 Starter. I would like to install the UltimateEdition on it but it has no CD Drive. I got my hands on the Windows file but they are inISO format ready to be copied to a disk and boot off of said disk. Is there a way I cancopy these files onto a Flash drive instead and boot off of the Flash drive?

624. GamerPosted December 1, 2010 at 8:34 am | Permalink

Thanks!

625. nikPosted December 1, 2010 at 9:15 am | Permalink

what happens to pendrive is it able to function normally after this…

626. anandPosted December 3, 2010 at 4:34 am | Permalink

Thanks man it really worked

627. shanePosted December 3, 2010 at 8:12 am | Permalink

i did this to a tablet pc that had no dvd-rom, and did NOT support USB boot option….isimply yanked the drive from the tablet pc, connected it to a different pc via usb bridge,

followed the procedures above, put the hard drive BACK into the tablet pc, fired it up,and windows began installation. Worked great, and didnt even create a second partitionto do it lol

628. Eye WebmasterPosted December 4, 2010 at 3:22 am | Permalink

Thank for this article I’ve made a working bootable USB of my own. I need this to makemy computer renewed and prepare it for my SEO work task.



my computer renewed and prepare it for my SEO work task.

629. NavalPosted December 4, 2010 at 4:36 pm | Permalink

I haven’t the window 7 dvd disk. can I use above tips for Windows Xp or where can I getwin 7 files. pls help.

630. LWNPosted December 6, 2010 at 9:04 pm | Permalink

We’re in 2010, and for those of you that have had no success (ISO-file not recognizedfor example) using the Microsoft ISO-tool mentioned on occasions in this thread, the realsolution that ALWAYS works is here:

http://firesage.com/bootsage.php

631. MDPosted December 7, 2010 at 6:28 am | Permalink

AWESOME dude!! This worked 1st time, better than buttered popcorn

632. ThomasPosted December 9, 2010 at 12:33 am | Permalink

For those who had the errorCould not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied.

REMEMBER TO OPEN CMD WITH ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSIONS!!!

633. zORGPosted December 9, 2010 at 10:07 pm | Permalink

admin permissions doesn’t fix this problem thomas

634. bukagPosted December 10, 2010 at 6:40 am | Permalink

how do they do it??

635. Easy123Posted December 10, 2010 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

I have used this method several times and it works GREAT. Instruction are very easy tofollow.

For those having trouble with not being able to copy the contents of the DVD to thethumb drive b/c you dont have a DVD drive. I would suggest to either perform thesesteps on a PC that has a drive or if you have a iso or a rar image of a DVD you can usemagiciso (free) to create a virtual CD ROM drive and then mount the image to a virtualDrive.

Works GREAT.. I used this for Vista and Windows 7 32 and 64 bit.

If you cant figure it out READ the instructions Carefully or take your USB thumb drive andDVD to a local computer shop and have them do it for you. Make sure you give them thissites URL b/c it works just fine. Quick and Easy.

Thanks

636. JuanPosted December 11, 2010 at 4:53 am | Permalink

Thank you! I keep this page on my favorites and use it often.This worked without issues.Those having problems are either using the wrong drive letter, have a syntax error, ordon’t have the USB as the first boot device on the BIOS.Another thing to consider is that not all boards allow booting from a USB drive –especially older one.Don’t drive yourself crazy if the option is there, your computer is somewhat old, and itdoesn’t work. Chances are booting from USB is not supported.

Good luck.

637. GeorgePosted December 11, 2010 at 12:32 pm | Permalink

I was installing Windows XP on old laptop, but installation process aborted in themidway giving me some error, while I was using similar guide to install XP. So, I haveremoved HDD (2.5 with IDE interface) and formatted it on using another laptop which isrunning on Windows 7 (I used IDE to USB adapter to connect it). Thus, now when HDD isclean and I try to boot up from USB (setting it in BIOS to boot up from USB), it gives meonly blinking cursor and it does not go anywhere. If I remove USB and tries to boot upfrom HDD it gives:

BOOTMGR is missingPress ctrl+alt+del to reboot



As I remember on Win 98 there was ‘copy SYS’ command to start command prompt. Anyalternative on XP? I simply need to get command prompt started and than I’ll take it fromthere to install XP.

Please help if any one can!

638. icePosted December 11, 2010 at 7:29 pm | Permalink

if you get this message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:“This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windowsyou’re running.”

meaning you are running 32 bit windows and trying to execute a 64 bit bootsect.exe

all you have to do to fix this is to copy your 64 bit windows 7 on to the usb and theninsert a 32 bit dvd and execute the 32 bit bootsect.exe on to your usb

639. SenthilkumarPosted December 12, 2010 at 8:16 am | Permalink

Awesome. Worked exactly.

640. KhalidPosted December 12, 2010 at 12:39 pm | Permalink

it required software like “wintoflash”


please me give more details through email for this process


please me give more details it required any software like “wintoflash”

643. GeorgePosted December 14, 2010 at 5:40 am | Permalink

To ice

Any idea about my issue?

644. Li XinPosted December 14, 2010 at 3:44 pm | Permalink

It is working! Good instructions,and easy to follow. Thanks

645. sM4llziEPosted December 14, 2010 at 6:57 pm | Permalink

Wait.. There’s an official tool? You could have put that at the beginning xD

646. IcePosted December 15, 2010 at 12:08 am | Permalink

To Georgereasech how to get BOOTMGR back on the HD.The orginal problem, before you formated the HD, sounds like a bad Ram, run a memorytest in bios if you have it, or get a new ram chip if you can to make sure.

647. LefterisTRPosted December 15, 2010 at 2:51 am | Permalink

win7 usb

648. paulettePosted December 15, 2010 at 7:28 am | Permalink

Hi. I have been trying to do this and I get stuck on this part where it says to do:Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:

D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.


BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:Is there something Im doing wrong? Also can this be done on a computer running

windows 7 for a vista? My desktop is windows 7 and my laptop which im trying to fix wasvista. I erased everything on the laptop hard drive on my windows 7 computer so didthat mess it up?I would appreciate any help.Thanks

649. paulettePosted December 15, 2010 at 7:31 am | Permalink



To George:Did you figure it out? My laptop does the same thing with the blinking cursor and I havetried everything I can think of.Thanks

650. PhilPosted December 15, 2010 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

I used this guide 3 times now, still havent gotten the commands tattooed on mybackbone.. but.. works 100% every time. I installed win7 on my own laptop, my pc, onework pc, and now using it on my girlfriends laptop. thanks a lot for the simple guide,everyone saying it doesn’t work, either aren’t following the steps, or should check to seethat they arent trying to install windows on their washing machine or something. if ufollow the steps, it will work. I actually get a error message on the final step, but I havestill been able to complete the installation every time. thanks man, people like you arewhat makes the www great.SincerelyPhil

651. NiharPosted December 17, 2010 at 6:26 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot ……i was having problem in cd/dvd drive….u solved it…thanks again.:)

652. sintayehuPosted December 17, 2010 at 7:06 pm | Permalink

I am very glad right now. I was highly frustrated because I thought my computer is notgonna be compatible for windows 7. I tried many things even went to repair guys. Onlythis page worked for me. I thank you guys! really I’m happy!

653. MichaelPosted December 17, 2010 at 9:17 pm | Permalink

Nice Guide, took me 5 minutes to complete this tutorial. You Rock!

654. AjmalPosted December 18, 2010 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

I am using a 8GB usb, but in “LIST BOOT” command Disk 0 mean only hard disk ismentioned no other disk there.

SO what to do?

655. GeorgePosted December 18, 2010 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

To IceThanks, I’ll give a try. I do not think its RAM issue though.

To PauletteOnce I try it, I’ll update you here.

656. lambangPosted December 18, 2010 at 12:39 pm | Permalink

how do I get the uninstall windows 8? please in reply

657. lambangPosted December 18, 2010 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

how do I get the windows 8 install? please in reply

658. hishamPosted December 18, 2010 at 8:39 pm | Permalink

itz awesome thankz alot ……….i thoughtit may not work but it worked after thatthankz thankzcan i know ur name plzzz

itz awesomw

659. maryamPosted December 18, 2010 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

excellent..Thanks a lot

660. sumitPosted December 19, 2010 at 6:08 pm | Permalink

hi……… i have not yet checked it whether this works or not but hope for best….

661. StanislavskyPosted December 19, 2010 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

Thank you sooo much for the guide, really simple to follow up !!!

Kudos for you and your website !!



Kudos for you and your website !!

662. BOSSPosted December 20, 2010 at 5:29 am | Permalink

I FOLLOW ALL THE PRECEDURE THEN ITS GAVE ME BOOTMGR IS MISSING

663. SrinivasanPosted December 20, 2010 at 10:43 am | Permalink

Perfectly worked for me…Just followed your instructions…. Great and Thanks…I was actually trying to install over the network where two systems were connected tothe same home group, But it was little scary. This one was easy.Appreciate if you could give a tutorial for the installation over the same network.

ThankSrini

664. rajPosted December 20, 2010 at 10:41 pm | Permalink

*Waits for a 200GB HDD to format F_F *

665. smsPosted December 22, 2010 at 2:05 am | Permalink

it works like a charm

i’ve installed windows 7 in my precision workstation 490 Thanks alot

666. JaquesPosted December 22, 2010 at 4:02 am | Permalink

Been going through guides and suggestions all over the place this evening, but I foundthis;

http://www.computerbild.de/download/WinToFlash-4776317.html?dl=1

That just works, you just need your Win CD and a 4GB+ USB drive and you are all set…

667. mar marPosted December 22, 2010 at 4:15 am | Permalink

ok what do i do if i dont have the disk but i do have all the stuff i need saved on anotherflash drive?

668. MaxPosted December 22, 2010 at 8:15 pm | Permalink

I have only one question, can i make the bootable flash drive on any win, i mean, imusing xp and i want to make win7 x64 bootable flash drive, is that possible?

669. victorPosted December 22, 2010 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

Works great! Keep up the good work. Thank you.

670. peetyPosted December 22, 2010 at 11:43 pm | Permalink

very nice guide. thanks. only issue im having is its taking FOREVER to format a 8gb usbdrive

671. peetyPosted December 22, 2010 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

i am thinking i mightve been better off specifying ‘quick’ in the format

672. XaoPosted December 23, 2010 at 12:24 am | Permalink

this tutorial works only with the computer u have made the changes? or if i plug out theusb and put it in other computer it will work!?

673. MSW SUXPosted December 23, 2010 at 1:00 am | Permalink

I DIDNT GET A VISTA DISK WITH MY PC, IT CAME PRE-INSTALLED!!

674. Win7easyinstallPosted December 23, 2010 at 1:27 am | Permalink

Hi all!

Here are some tips.1. Can only be created from a computer running Windows 7 or Vista2. You can only create a drive that is the same type as the os your using. i.e. 64bit drivescannot be made on 32bit installed!3. Do not install to flash/pen/usb drive, install to hard drive!



3. Do not install to flash/pen/usb drive, install to hard drive!4. Make sure you have backed up all your data since this is clean install.5. Format and install speeds vary depending on your flash drive and its capacity. i.e. A4GB drive will be quicker at formatting than a 8GB model.

Hope this helped!

@marmarDownload a program that can create .iso files or if you have the .iso on another drivesimply mount with Virtual Clone Drive or Daemon Tools (Virtual Clone Drive is easier,once you have got the .iso with all the files in mount and use the virtual disk drive letterin the cmd and it should be easy!

Thanks,Win7easyinstall

675. Win7easyinstallPosted December 23, 2010 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

I am going to reinstall my Win 7 now! WAs having problems with when on startup itwould say File: James and the ‘OPEN WITH’ box i would have it close 3 of them everytime! :/ Hopefully this works cause my pc take months to load up win 7 ultimate (1GB

Ram) also I get blue screen of death! (I got too many programs on startup )

win7easyinstall

676. Chandan SInghPosted December 24, 2010 at 1:12 am | Permalink

Thanx, it’s 100% working.

thank u for giving this code

677. Bill BrownPosted December 24, 2010 at 4:41 am | Permalink

Please help me its not working!??!?!!? I got an error during my first install so I checkedto make sure my hardrive was okay. I opened it up and noticed a wire was disconnectedso I soldered it back in place(I’m rather smart hardware type stuff) and then I furtherproceeded to make sure the physical hard drive disk didn’t have any scratches on it (itwas pretty clean). So yea, It is beyond me why it is not working, have any ideas?

678. WildSchatzPosted December 24, 2010 at 6:59 am | Permalink

Man, thank you for making my Win7 USB installation as easy as possible. You stepsworked like a charm. Had to go this route after the DVD installation would error out.Thanks again!!

679. Eddie K.Posted December 24, 2010 at 2:28 pm | Permalink

Use your brain, put the UPDATE call in the first line not in the last one! This is all a wasteof time since MS Tool does it all instantly.

680. LlFPosted December 24, 2010 at 2:49 pm | Permalink

have anyone used this tool:http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

681. spagPosted December 26, 2010 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

Hey, the instructions were great! during the installation process, setup returned to theinitial installation screen instead of restarting after expanding the files. I rebooted thecomputer and after that it finished setup without issue.

682. Bradley RimbleusPosted December 27, 2010 at 3:59 am | Permalink

I followed this guide and succesfully installed windows on a computer.

However using the same USB on another computer, I get the following error (yes, allbios settings are correct, such as boot from usb, usb legacy)

I have the right version (32bit).

A disk read error occurred; Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.

any solution to this?

683. Andrew BensonPosted December 27, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Permalink

Thou art a god among men, and I shalt worship thou as such. No seriously this is themost useful thing I have seen the past two years. You have saved what little life Iactually have.



684. Ted AllenPosted December 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm | Permalink

Awesome! Well written, easy to understand, and worked well. Thank you!

685. james mccoyPosted December 28, 2010 at 5:31 am | Permalink

awesome tutorial

686. AlanPosted December 28, 2010 at 9:01 am | Permalink

Thanks a huge huge amount!!Acer Aspire One froze while running XP recovery. Dead computer…Used your instructions and loaded Windows 7.Worked Great!

687. leePosted December 28, 2010 at 2:08 pm | Permalink

awseome

688. Mark DPosted December 29, 2010 at 2:38 am | Permalink

Make sure you run the command prompt as Administrator if you are doing this within

Windows 7.

689. Anthony MaesPosted December 29, 2010 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

Hi, thanks for the tutorial, this was thew only one that worked over network. LAN. BooT.

690. arthurPosted December 30, 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

this is great! I accidentally erased all the content of my external drive during the processbut its my fault.that doesn’t matter anyway I can install Windows 7 Ultimate to acomputer from usb flash drive now.thank you!

691. TobiasPosted December 31, 2010 at 3:03 am | Permalink

Wonderful, i fixed my netbook. Super

692. chrisNova777Posted January 1, 2011 at 6:19 am | Permalink

the steps are nowhere near difficult to follow, but this just flat out doesnt seem to workfor me, I always always always get the BCD Boot Error :

file : BootBCDstatus : 0xc000000einfo : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration

when trying to boot.. Can anyone point out what could be causing this? whichthumbdrives are people using here that have experienced success?? ive tried with apatriot Xporter XT 8gb and a Lexar 8gb Secure and no go so far with either of them…

693. chrisNova777Posted January 1, 2011 at 6:35 am | Permalink

ok so i just tested the usb from the patriot xporter XT and it works on the machine ivecreated it on, but not on the machine im trying to use it to install on, do you have tomake the disk on the machine that you are using it on?

694. TheOriginalPolPosted January 1, 2011 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

THANK YOU! I really do appreciate you writing instructions on how to properly do this. Isaw a bunch of those guides where folks said to just ‘copy all the files over to a FAT32drive’ and I knew that couldn’t be right… sure enough it wouldn’t work for me. You are agentleman and a scholar.

695. vamseePosted January 3, 2011 at 1:02 am | Permalink

its working fine.. but problem is that… booting started automatically from pen drive andfiles expanded… then when it restarted in the middle… again booting started frombeginning by reading files from usb… its an unending cycle… wat to do??? im panicked….

tell a solution asap…

696. darkathenaPosted January 3, 2011 at 3:24 am | Permalink

hey guys to make the format faster enter..

FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK OVERRIDE



DarkAthena

697. TastykleanPosted January 3, 2011 at 5:22 am | Permalink

I like the fact that people will follow all steps but fail to read the title. Its A Tutorial ForVista And 7 Based Systems. Xp Does Not Have The Tools To Do This.Anyway.Life Saver Thanks Buddy !

698. BradleyPosted January 3, 2011 at 9:59 am | Permalink

awesome. worked on the first try. you rule.

699. JeremyPosted January 4, 2011 at 4:49 am | Permalink

Hello,

Some motherboards, (like mine,) DO support booting from USB, but the bis lists USBdevices as ‘Hard Disk’s instead of ‘Removable’. So in order to get it to boot from USB youmust change the hard disk boot order. So when you are installing windows 7 it comes toa point where it needs to reboot to finish the installation. But when it reboots it beginsthe install sequence all over again. This is because it booted from the USB again.FIX:-just watch and wait for the reboot, then hold ‘del’ or whatever key gets you to yourbios on your system. then switch the hard disk boot order back to device #1 being thepartition where you chose to install windows.voila! your install will continue as normal.

BTW my motherboard is ASUS P5N-D

Also, this guide is totally awesome – works perfectly, thank you.Jeremy

700. JeremyPosted January 4, 2011 at 5:10 am | Permalink

my previous post was directed to ‘vamsee’ of post #713 to answer the question there.

701. SaravananPosted January 6, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

When i am trying to boot from Pendrive i am getting below error message.

A disk read error accoured.ctrl+alt+Del to restart.

I am using Asrock P4i45GV Mothoer board with Bios versio 3.0.

Anyone can help me?????????????????

702. Grafi?no OblikovanjePosted January 7, 2011 at 6:09 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot! This help me so much, expecialy because my dvd was broken…

703. FREDDY U.Posted January 7, 2011 at 9:02 am | Permalink

IT WORKED 100%JUST FOLLOW EVERY STEP AND THAT’S IT.

704. DannyPosted January 7, 2011 at 10:55 pm | Permalink

I wonder if anyone has accidentally formatted the wrong drive aka Disk 0. Would be alaugh.

705. ankkitPosted January 8, 2011 at 10:31 pm | Permalink

i got error coping bootmgr code it saidprogram to big to fiti m using 4gb kingston pendriveplz help……

706. dallasPosted January 9, 2011 at 4:35 am | Permalink

hey… so if i put my copy of windows 7 on flashdrive it should boot right…. i do not havewindows 7 disk the file is just in my computer…. so do i just put it on flashdrive thenfollow next steps

707. ARC™Posted January 9, 2011 at 11:32 am | Permalink

not working the 1st time i try it. im on 2nd attempt now. the thing is, i keep my windows



not working the 1st time i try it. im on 2nd attempt now. the thing is, i keep my windowsinstaller file and everything on my hard disk(H) and not dvd/cd. So, does it mean that Ihave to alter the 6th step correspond to the letter of my hard disk?

708. japexPosted January 9, 2011 at 6:12 pm | Permalink

“No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correctdrivers, and then click ok”

i can reach the “Install” part but then it comes up with the error message above. icannot load drivers since when i browse. i cannot seem to see the USB. ive put an AHCIand Chipset driver there but cant browse because i cant see it. help pls.

help please. putang ina kasi tong gumawa ng tutorial eh. gago.

709. Damon D.Posted January 10, 2011 at 1:08 am | Permalink

Works Great , Thank you very much

710. AndreasPosted January 10, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Permalink

Just for the record;

You don’t have to do the steps after step 4. All you need to do after step 4 is to copy thecontents of the Win7 DVD to the flash drive and then it’s good to go.

711. romancePosted January 10, 2011 at 6:10 pm | Permalink

hi, in step 4, u’ve mentioned to format the pen drive. i did it but the process is very slowbecause the format command is applicable for thorough formatting. can i format the pendrive in that step in quick mode? thnkx

712. JunaPosted January 11, 2011 at 5:11 am | Permalink

I followed these instructions to the letter. Diskpart showed my USB drive to be disk 3. Iformatted disk 3. Whoops, my 250 Gb data drive just lost everything on it! <:-{

Why tell people to use such a truly shit utility as diskpart when you can format a diskfrom Windows Explorer?

713. David C.Posted January 11, 2011 at 6:37 am | Permalink

Worked like a charm! Thanks!!!

714. sdPosted January 12, 2011 at 1:31 pm | Permalink

This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you’rerunning. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need a X86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher. “

715. Ankit singhPosted January 12, 2011 at 3:08 pm | Permalink

hi,my cd drive is not working and when i put any usb drive and boot my system it showssome error like disk not found.please help me. i want to use windows 7 on my laptop.

716. ChuchoPosted January 13, 2011 at 7:14 am | Permalink

Can I do this to install it on a new pc? dont have any OS on it.

717. D.R.KurreyPosted January 13, 2011 at 11:20 pm | Permalink

There is problem !“Operating System not found”

718. D.R.KurreyPosted January 13, 2011 at 11:21 pm | Permalink

problem arise at the time of booting from usb

719. ShivamsPosted January 14, 2011 at 2:11 pm | Permalink

Thanks for ur post. But when i’m installing win7 through usb wen it is restarting for thefirst time it is again automatically going boot again. Thus my installation stopped in themiddle. Please help me in installing my OS..Thanks,regards,Shivams



720. Anshul KatariaPosted January 14, 2011 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

hey bro i dont have cd of windows 7 but i have an iso image of it in my drive. How to usethis process without cd?please tell

721. adminPosted January 14, 2011 at 4:34 pm | Permalink

Anshul Kataria, please use Virtual Clone Drive (free) software to mount the ISO file.

722. TED EPosted January 14, 2011 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

I locked at step 5… i thing the problem was my anti virus program… turn it of and voila!

723. Tyler PerryPosted January 15, 2011 at 12:43 pm | Permalink

I tried to install Win xp on my EEEpc 1000H but for some reason it wouldnt boot unless iput the USB stick in….lol, its mad when Win 7 is much easier to setup and install than XP.

724. PIyushPosted January 15, 2011 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

Thanks

725. MonizPosted January 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

Thanks man, it’s worked…

726. GLa5sPosted January 17, 2011 at 3:34 am | Permalink

What if I am doing this on a netbook where there is no dvd drive but I have the files onmy desktop already? I am lost on what to type in when the instructions say to insert dvd

727. kathirPosted January 19, 2011 at 9:59 am | Permalink

thanks a lot..its working !!!!!…

To open cmd prompt,please do the followingAll programs—>accesories—>cmd—>right click and click run as administrator…then follow the instructions given in the guide…once again thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

728. AnkitPosted January 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm | Permalink

thanks m8,many many thanks.. with my optical drive malfunction, I had no other option to reinstallthe OS, you really hav been of great help.. thanks again..

729. HelmiPosted January 19, 2011 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

Its work…thank you..:D

730. walentPosted January 20, 2011 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

Works on Windows 7, even without bootsect.. thanks!!

731. kreggPosted January 21, 2011 at 4:42 am | Permalink

Uhh… guys… You do realise there is a Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool that does allthis ridiculous hard work for you, right? And it’s from Microsoft too.

Save yourself 5 hours and use that instead.

732. juozasPosted January 21, 2011 at 2:28 pm | Permalink

Thanx work good.

733. SanjayPosted January 21, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Permalink

Really it was helpful to me.@Brandon Only Works on VISTA AND WINDOWS 7.

734. JonathanPosted January 22, 2011 at 6:43 pm | Permalink

Excellent post. Very helpful.



Excellent post. Very helpful.

735. EumesmoPosted January 24, 2011 at 3:44 am | Permalink

You can also try BOOTICE to set partition active and write Windows 7 boot sector

736. denbangPosted January 24, 2011 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

Double thumbs up!

737. GOOD WORKPosted January 24, 2011 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

thanks alot

738. ShashiPosted January 25, 2011 at 12:59 am | Permalink

Goog for this information and we can load two operating system in USB so that we caninsatll at time windows 7 or windows server 2008

739. Thebest**Posted January 25, 2011 at 4:01 am | Permalink

The best tutorial, i have used this many times without any problems and it rocks anytime with no problems …thanks for posting this

740. ChrisPosted January 25, 2011 at 5:58 am | Permalink

Hey followed the instructions and everything seems to work to a point. When windowsstarts it gives me the splash screen that says “Install Windows” or whatever, when Iclick it the box disappears for a second, and then reappears. Can’t actually get to theinstall, weird.

741. bohariPosted January 25, 2011 at 6:04 am | Permalink

its rewlly good abd i try it later

742. ManjunathPosted January 26, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

Helped me very much to install windows 7 using usb. Just ensure that you run CommandPrompt as Run As Adminstrator (Right Click Option on cmd). I wasted much time usingnormal mode.

743. bmac3Posted January 26, 2011 at 9:23 pm | Permalink

Guys please help me. CMD crashed when I was doing the FORMAT FS=NTFS at 23%. Nowmy USB-Stick isn’t working because it is displayed as NTFS. I can’t access it at all. Howcan I get it right again?

744. vikrantPosted January 27, 2011 at 12:32 am | Permalink

Thank a lot. Very useful tutorial

745. CristianPosted January 27, 2011 at 2:09 am | Permalink

i did everything but i wanted to install but what will i have to do in the bios setup?

746. Shaikh NOman NasirPosted January 27, 2011 at 3:43 am | Permalink

Hey i am trying to follow your steps… But when i write BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F:(MY USBDRIVE LETTER IS F) THEN I GOT THIS MSG

“TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

COULD NOT MAP DRIVE TO THE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICEOBJECT

WHAT TO DO ?

747. shahin

Posted January 27, 2011 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

Thanks….

748. JanPosted January 28, 2011 at 9:56 am | Permalink

Hi. i have followed you guide and i got to boot the usb successfully, but when windows 7starts. it doesn’t get to the installation process, it’s just stock on the windows 7background and the mouse pointer, what do you think is the problem? is my



motherboard not compatible ? i have asus p5sd2-vm. or is it with my installer that hasthe problem?

thanks in advance!

749. pietPosted January 29, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Permalink

dude, you so rock!!! i hav espent hours creating stupid osis using low quality tools to get to this point.. andyet it was so simple this way!! thumbs up dude

750. TonyPosted January 29, 2011 at 8:58 pm | Permalink

Super…USB win7 boot disk is working fine…Thanks a lot !!!!!

751. Putra HaikalPosted January 29, 2011 at 9:46 pm | Permalink

Hi there,

this guide is working fine.

thank you for shared with us

752. gezPosted January 30, 2011 at 4:48 am | Permalink

@ JanJust leave it, it will eventually bring up the language option and continue..it just takesabout 5-10 mins and appears as nothing is happening..just be patient!

753. hAMMADPosted January 30, 2011 at 3:57 pm | Permalink

Some times /nt60 do not work for whatever reason then we can use /nt52.

754. EasonPosted January 30, 2011 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

Its 100% working

BUT since its other laptops bios are new now. Its not removable devices for me but Hard

Drive

755. just mePosted January 31, 2011 at 1:21 am | Permalink

wish you would have stated that if you do not have a win 7 dvd/cd, and the info isalready on your flash drive, proceed to step #x. I just wiped out my usb drive which hadall of my win 7 data on it. thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

756. AlPosted January 31, 2011 at 4:25 am | Permalink

Hi I’m facing the same error as sandy in post #601.

Access denied error running Bootsect.exe Please help!

Thanks, –Al

757. JoePosted January 31, 2011 at 6:50 am | Permalink

Thank you so much for your help.It’s very cool.

758. BachirPosted January 31, 2011 at 11:22 pm | Permalink

Any one faced this message when trying to copy file into USB stick? “”Can’t read from thesource file or disk. bootsect.exe.mui’”". When I presses skip I got same message forother file names!!!!!

Post #441 had teh same problem

regards

759. ThomasPosted February 1, 2011 at 2:15 am | Permalink

If you have access denied error, run cmd in run as adminstrator mode.

760. AndreasPosted February 1, 2011 at 9:35 am | Permalink

Works just as described. Thanks very much, saved my bacon after realizing Mom-in-



Works just as described. Thanks very much, saved my bacon after realizing Mom-in-Law’s PC didn’t have DVD drive.To Al: had same error. Make sure you are running CMD as Admin. If it doesn’t prompt youfor permission on launch, you didn’t launch it right. Use the right-click “run asadministrator” option.

761. balajiPosted February 2, 2011 at 1:39 am | Permalink

Hi, i would like you to guide me that how can i deploy xp/vista/windows7 wherein the osto be loaded from the centralized server to the client desktops. Is there any software orfreewares available. Can anyone help me how to proceed with

762. PerTPosted February 2, 2011 at 3:44 am | Permalink

Hi Al

I had the same – look at #577 and change to “never notify”BUT I had to reboot – after I changed to “never notify” – before it worked.After reboot – you can go step 6 – by open the cmd again.

763. DarkPosted February 2, 2011 at 5:48 am | Permalink

F**king awesome!!! Thanks brawah

Works great!

764. ShanePosted February 2, 2011 at 2:13 pm | Permalink

Worked a treat !!Thanks !

(remember guys – right click on the cmd to run as administrator or the boosect.exe wontwork)

765. NOORPosted February 4, 2011 at 3:41 pm | Permalink

HI !!!I’m Palestinian , So please excuse my English!!I want to ask about the commandsSELECT DISK 1CLEANCREATE PARTITION PRIMARYSELECT PARTITION 1ACTIVEFORMAT FS=NTFS(Format process may take few seconds)ASSIGNEXIT

Are these commands affect the machine I’m working in ?

I have a windows CD BUT My lptp DVD machine is out of work , and i need to installwindows 7 on my lptp

IF I used this guides to install the CD contents to USB on my friend lptp ,,, does thisaffect hers ?

Thanks a lot

766. philPosted February 4, 2011 at 8:17 pm | Permalink

if step 7 fails, run command prmopt as administrator.

767. anjan raiPosted February 5, 2011 at 1:31 am | Permalink

Hey man, thanks a lot. i was searching this type of method from last few days and now igot sucess. it really worked. THANKS alot bro.

768. lunjanie2Posted February 6, 2011 at 2:15 am | Permalink

After using BOOTSECT letter on the USB drive chnaged from F: to G:, if that is of help forsomeone there. Check the drive letter before doing step 7

769. KatherinePosted February 6, 2011 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

I can’t figured out whats going on >__> I’ve changed the bios and I get an error.“bootmgr cannot be found”

770. Manindra AgrawalPosted February 6, 2011 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

hi Thnx a lot its work properly. if i want to make Bootable USB for XP



is i will follow above steps or some other steps

Thnx for it

771. IsraelPosted February 6, 2011 at 10:21 pm | Permalink

Worked perfect…Tryed with 7, 32 and 64 bitsTy

772. BhupendPosted February 8, 2011 at 10:45 pm | Permalink

it works

773. mokshaPosted February 10, 2011 at 7:12 pm | Permalink

Thanks a million tonne. You’re a savior. This really works. My DVD drive isn’t working andI had no choice.

774. LeAnnaPosted February 10, 2011 at 8:32 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the great DIY article! One question: what to do for people without theWindows7/Vista DVD? Software came pre-installed with licenses stick to the bottom ofthe netbook.

775. DRPosted February 12, 2011 at 1:10 am | Permalink

How do i get my USB flash drive to function as a mass storage device again?

776. FlorinPosted February 12, 2011 at 1:52 am | Permalink

I tried to install the way this tutorial said but at the formating the memory stick as NTFSit taked me samething more than 1 hour and got an error of formating also. So I hadformated as NTFS in Windows 7 and copyed the files from the win7 image mounted withdaemon tools (drag & drop – I had unchecked “Hide protected operating system files”from Folder and search options)and worked just fine with installing windows 7 onanother computer.

777. nainglinnPosted February 12, 2011 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

It can do bootable usb with Transcend . I have tried to do bootable drive with Verico usbbut I cann’t .

778. DIODIMPosted February 13, 2011 at 1:38 am | Permalink

wonderfull guide man…you rock!!

779. JasonPosted February 13, 2011 at 3:49 am | Permalink

Thanks! This really help me out in a jam. Not having a dvd-rom with my netbook can be apain at times.

780. JoaoPosted February 14, 2011 at 7:46 pm | Permalink

Worked great! Dell Optiplex 160 – no DVD ram, only USB. Thanks!

781. JIMPosted February 16, 2011 at 10:05 am | Permalink

thanks alot

782. MichaelPosted February 16, 2011 at 4:22 pm | Permalink

LIST DISK only shows my 2 local harddisk, and not the USB flash drive.

783. Jaideep AroraPosted February 16, 2011 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

Pappi Boss Aap Chaa Gaye !!!!!

Master Brain Bhai!1 kya baat hai,It helps me a lot on my mini laptop to install windows on my own.

Thanksss!!!Bravo Yaar

784. Elli BagelmanPosted February 17, 2011 at 12:55 am | Permalink

Thanks! worked like a charm



Thanks! worked like a charm

785. Jaideep AroraPosted February 17, 2011 at 1:31 am | Permalink

So Dammnn Good, Marvolous Work, Grt,U Must be some Windows Co-worker na.

Win 7 get installed only in 15 min compare to DVD Rom drive which takes 20-30 min.Time, Money & Pressure, CD Cost etc. everything I savedI purchased a new Flash Drive of 8GB and it works for me so good.Bye, Have more fun and also give me the XP Booting related post.Thanks Admin

786. anonymousPosted February 17, 2011 at 6:24 pm | Permalink

sir when i type list disk , my USB volume is not listed, please help !!!

787. killer_boyPosted February 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm | Permalink

i’ve been follow ur steps and instruction to the last steps.. but after the bootsect.exepart i’ve got this

“target volumes will be update with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access denied.”

can u help me with this thing please..

788. asankaPosted February 18, 2011 at 9:33 pm | Permalink

Thnx man, it workd

789. joshPosted February 19, 2011 at 2:47 am | Permalink

can i use win to flash and get the file on to my usb and follow the steps? if so what filetype should it be after i format so the cpu can read it?

790. RAJU THOKARPosted February 19, 2011 at 6:10 pm | Permalink

How to copy the windows 7 on Flash drive, directly copy and paste as we usually do inFlash drive or through command?

791. ChristianPosted February 20, 2011 at 9:30 am | Permalink

Thank you so much – this was the easiest install I’ve ever done.

792. Arjun3111Posted February 20, 2011 at 10:24 am | Permalink

thank u very much…..a sigh of relief…..phewww…..!!!

god bless u…. keep rocking….

793. ErikPosted February 20, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Permalink

can i do that all that work in my desktop for formating my laptop, or all this work have tobe in that computer wich will be formated?

794. franz99Posted February 20, 2011 at 2:44 pm | Permalink

I followed sucessfully all the steps of this guide under Windows 7 Pro but when bootingon my USB pendriveI get the same error as mentionned earlier by madmax :file : \Boot\BCDstatus : 0xc000000einfo : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration

I could not find in this discussion above any answer to madmax’s question so couldplease help usDo you think this error message related to the preparation of the USB pendrive or to thecapabilities of my mainboard ?

I get the same error message when using the official MS Toolhttp://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/

795. AsgerPosted February 20, 2011 at 3:14 pm | Permalink

100% is nothing … MANY THANKS!!!!!!!!

flex



796. flexPosted February 21, 2011 at 1:14 am | Permalink

Fantastic guide… thanks!

797. AlexPosted February 22, 2011 at 4:15 am | Permalink

Hi,

thanks for the support it worked perfectly!!! i have a little problem altough, i used my phone memory card as boot usb and now ican’t use it in the phone again, somehow the phone can’t recognise it… how can i fix it?

798. GauravPosted February 23, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

Yes it is “100% working.”

Thanks dude!!

799. Ajmat husainPosted February 24, 2011 at 2:16 pm | Permalink

i am very happy bcz it is very simple formula.

800. Sunmaster14Posted February 25, 2011 at 8:07 am | Permalink

to avoid ACCESS DENIED errors, run cmd from system 32 folder “Run As Administrator”

801. HakuginLabsPosted February 25, 2011 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

For those having issues with not having a dvd to copy the files from. Use a virtual drive,there are a few good free programs that will mount iso images into a virtual dvd drive.For people having issues with the bootsect.exe step, you will need to make sure you areusing a 64bit OS to create a 64bit usb installer. I ran into this myself using 32bit vista onone of my laptops. I had to use my 64bit vista laptop to create a 64bit windows 7 usbisntaller for my netbook.

And remember to run Command Prompt as admin, if you run into issues with cmd promptdropping admin privileges after exiting diskpart, you may be having an issue with theUAC. Just open a new cmd prompt as admin (easiest fix).

Great guide btw. Allowed me to format and reinstall 7 (using the DVD provided by themanufacturer) on a netbook without using an external dvd drive which I did not have themoney to buy.

802. HakuginLabsPosted February 25, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

@AlexSorry, forgot to add this to my previous comment.There are a few options for restoring the memory card to being usable in your phone.

Option 1: Delete the partition and create a new fat32 partition (I’ve noticed a lot ofphones don’t recognize ntfs easily, some do). This is the easiest option

Option 2: This is for advanced pc users.. You can download and burn off a “Live” versionof linux that will boot from disc and provide a full linux environment and use a diskpartitioning program like gparted or Disk Utility

I recommend option 1, worked for a co-worker that had run into the same issue.

803. alexanderPosted February 26, 2011 at 6:13 am | Permalink

hi,

thanks for the answer! sorry for being stupid, but how do i delete the partition? :)

804. Mark AnthonyPosted February 27, 2011 at 7:14 am | Permalink

hope this works..I need to reinstall my windows 7

805. Sunil Rana

Posted February 27, 2011 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

I have got a problem with my laptop that it is comfortably running the video DVD’s but itis not detecting the bootable DVD. How can i install the windows. Shall i copy thecontents of DIsc image file in to USB and then make USB bootable and boot through it..

Please suggest …..

806. nobblerPosted February 27, 2011 at 10:57 pm | Permalink

Great stuff. Worked like a charm. I tried another method that didn’t boot at all, but this



Great stuff. Worked like a charm. I tried another method that didn’t boot at all, but thisone worked on the 1st try. I dir get an ACCESS DENIED when it tried to lock the disk forthe ‘bootsect.exe /NT60 h:’ command, but it worked anyway. If you do it this way you’llend up where you wanna be. Thanks!

807. Ajmal KhanPosted February 28, 2011 at 6:43 pm | Permalink

HiI have got the problem in step 4.In step 4 my flash drive do not show in command promt.please solve the problem and reply me. Thanks

808. joePosted March 1, 2011 at 5:35 am | Permalink

Can I use an sd card instead? I tried and it can’t create a partition when I type in createpartition primary.

809. bharathpPosted March 1, 2011 at 10:48 am | Permalink

i tried the steps suggested to format laptop using usb . in second step i typed LIST DISK

810. bharathpPosted March 1, 2011 at 10:58 am | Permalink

i tried the steps suggested to format laptop using usb after insert the usb(pen drive4gp) in usb port. in second step i typed LIST DISK . it list out disk0 only. it did not list anyother disks such as disk1 for usb that i was inserted. so i cant proceed further .pleasetell me that how can i proceed further.

811. RyanPosted March 1, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

Everything went smoothly and I could boot from the USB but after that there is amessage thy says: Bootmgr missing press ctl alt del to restart how to fix?

812. aRjay T.Posted March 2, 2011 at 12:35 am | Permalink

Hi! I have been using this Howto coz its really working. One observation though, after Iconverted the usb as a bootable win7 installer, I couldnt use it as file storage anymore.This happend to a brand new usb as well as my good old usb that has write protectswitch.

Everytime I try to store files on an already bootable usb, its as if the the system releasesthe usb (like as if I ejected it) then after a few seconds, the system detects it again thatits there and will offer for a scan for error. If I choose to scan, it wont push through andre-offers it again and again.

Btw, I cant format nor do anything to the usb’s partition.

813. putheaPosted March 2, 2011 at 5:43 am | Permalink

when i install. it can not create system partition. why?

814. Clint SulisPosted March 2, 2011 at 7:07 am | Permalink

This is a perfect guide that does exactly what it says. Anyone who has problems withthis guide is a noob.

815. DelPosted March 2, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

Helpboots from usb, loads ok, then restarts but just starts the “load windows 7″ processagain. if i take out usb it says no operating system.sorry, as you can probably guess, i am a bit dim at this stuff

816. WILLPosted March 2, 2011 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

hi i got to step 7 and tryed it but got

could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:access is denied.

can someone please help

817. GREAT JOBPosted March 3, 2011 at 4:24 am | Permalink

Tnx a lot! mounted .ISO with daemoon… works perfectBut is possible to make multi boot usb key?windows X64 + 86 + Linux I now linux don’t like ntfs…Can be this created on fat32 oh “forget it should be linux tool”Tnx for this!!!



818. GREAT JOBPosted March 3, 2011 at 4:33 am | Permalink

ok it’s already in your site…

819. SmVuenoPosted March 5, 2011 at 3:36 am | Permalink

Thanks!i’we been using this guide soo much now it’s almost abusive.

820. BekPosted March 5, 2011 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

I get stuck on step 4; how do i know which disk is for my usb? I selected disk 1 anywayand typed in CLEAN. its tells me VIRTUAL DISK SERVICE ERROR: there is no media on thedevice.” i didnt think anything of it because the usb didnt have anything on it to beginwith. so I typed in Creat Partition Primary then tells me “No usable free extent could befound. it may be that there is insufficent free space to creat a partition at the specifiedsize and offset….”I dont know what that means. my usb is 4GB, is that too small? am I doing it wrong?

821. ZhamPosted March 6, 2011 at 1:55 pm | Permalink

I compelete all the steps but when I use it in my laptop, I get this message “BOOTMGR ismissing”. I don’t know what is the problem.

822. sumitPosted March 6, 2011 at 10:09 pm | Permalink

I m stuck here.. please help..

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6001Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation.On computer: SUMIT1-PC

DISKPART> LIST DISK

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt——– ———- ——- ——- — —Disk 0 Online 186 GB 0 BDisk 1 Online 3875 MB 0 B

DISKPART> SELECT DISK 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> CLEAN

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

There is insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified sizeand offset.Specify different size and offset values or don’t specify either to create themaximum sized partition.

DISKPART>

823. Vibhakar LalPosted March 7, 2011 at 1:54 am | Permalink

Awsome ,This work like Charm,All we me People must follow are steps,Religiously,

I am able to install in 12min .

824. Hey BekPosted March 7, 2011 at 1:58 am | Permalink

Hey Bek. Normally the DISK # would be the last on the list. Before you start, unplug anyother external device from your system. And note if you have more than one internalhard drive. So if you have 2 internal drives and the one usb drive (the one you want toload the boot on), then the list would be:

Disk 0 (1st internal)Disk 1 (2nd intermal)Disk 2 (external)



Disk 2 (external)

Also the Size column, in your case should be a little under 4 gig. Will show something like3242 MB.

Hope that helps

825. 11225ePosted March 8, 2011 at 8:43 am | Permalink

Hi. I’ve read all the posts hoping to solve my issue – but no luck. I hope someone hasthe answer…I am trying to make my 1TB eGo USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive bootable. I am running Win7. The bios hardware supports booting from a USB drive, and I am able to select the USBdrive from the boot menu. But when I choose the USB drive, I get:A disk read error occurredPress Ctrl+Alt+Del to restartI am able to read/write from the USB drive normally via Win 7 with no problems. The USBdrive is formatted NTFS and could this matter – my computer is 64 bit and the USB driveis formatted with whatever you get when you select NTFS – would that be 64 bit in mycase?Lastly, when I try the Windows 7 USB Tool, I can’t even get past selecting an ISO file – itsays mine are invalid.Is there any help for me??

826. shaheryarPosted March 9, 2011 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

please help me i am having an error (could not map drive the partition to the associatedvolume device object:access is denied) please help me

thank you

827. chetanPosted March 10, 2011 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

Hello, I am trying to install win7 ,I am reaching till getting install option after boot but Iam getting error like “required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing.if you have a driverfloppy disk,cd,dvd or usb flash drive,please insert it now…plz help me urgent

828. karthik0000Posted March 11, 2011 at 7:50 am | Permalink

Installing operating system through usb flash drive is really a difficult task how everinstalling vista and windows 7 are now made easy using the usb flash drive. The abovelisted post explains a step wise approach to installation using sub flash drive. impressivepost , keep updating more important stuff.

829. TianYiPosted March 13, 2011 at 11:17 am | Permalink

Great Guide ManWorking Very well.

Thanks for your Post………

830. JuanPosted March 13, 2011 at 2:38 pm | Permalink

Thanks much, had a problem with access denied but read thread and I was not runningCMD as administrator. Went back and ran CMD as admin and worked great!, needed win7 for a NETBOOK format and reload.thank you for this guide!.

831. Myat MinPosted March 14, 2011 at 3:05 pm | Permalink

I get following error message after BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G: command

832. NigelPosted March 15, 2011 at 2:46 am | Permalink

If I make the key on an ASUS windows 7 will it work to repair a totally f-ed up medionvista who always gets a blue screen while booting in evey single mode?

833. MajorPosted March 15, 2011 at 7:30 am | Permalink

I have made an usb also with this methos, i have always the same problem. at the first itdoes not ask me to press any key to boot which it begins automatically. So it neverfinishes the installation since when the system reboots after the first phase, theinstallation starts again loading the files. any suggest please?From a DVD there is no problem since it asks me to press any key to boot…

834. saddaviPosted March 15, 2011 at 1:38 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot. u really really helped me.keep it up.

Cheers



835. CheersPosted March 15, 2011 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

Had problem at bootsect but this [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx] simple one worked at windows vista 32bit to install awindows 7 64bit.

836. CheersPosted March 15, 2011 at 5:39 pm | Permalink

forgot to add: use the ntfs instead of fat32, it’s better for larger (>4GB) drives

837. michalPosted March 16, 2011 at 12:24 am | Permalink

hi all got a problem. try to instal windows 7 from pendrive and after i make a choice withlanguage time etc, on next screen showing me message i havent got some drivers and ineed put a cd with windows. what i cant do becouse i havent got a dvd rom.

838. karthikPosted March 16, 2011 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

when i turn on my system it’s comming as BOOT ERROR, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart..my os has geen corrupted nd i dont have the DVD drive also.. can u tel me hw to installWindows7 using Pen Drive….

839. stylePosted March 17, 2011 at 7:05 pm | Permalink

well thanks alot brother for this usiful lesson but i have a small problem , my windowswhich i want to download is not original , and its crack is built in it , when the setupreboots i had to change the boot priority from flash USB to HDD in order to completeinstalation BUT when i do so the windows will not be cracked !!! what shall I Do ;

840. AmadeuPosted March 17, 2011 at 8:48 pm | Permalink

I’m trying this on a portable without any hard disk nor cd/dvd reader. It has just 2 USBentries. It works fine with Linux (no surprise!)

Thanks for your work !Amadeu

841. KairokoPosted March 19, 2011 at 9:47 pm | Permalink

Is there a way to get the USB to work for other purposes again afterward? Please replyto me asap, and preferably by email, if you can see it.

Regards,Kairoko

842. totoPosted March 22, 2011 at 1:46 am | Permalink

Installing Windows 7 SP1 HOME PREMIUM on Emachines E528 in 6 minutes. Super!

843. JakePosted March 22, 2011 at 4:49 am | Permalink

Kairoko,

Hi – all you have to do is plug it into any machine and right click on the drive and format

to either FAT32 or NTFS and then VOILA!

844. AdmiralisPosted March 22, 2011 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

awesome as i`m a tech noob i`m returning over and over to this site its awesomehelped me several hundreds of times (a false exaggeration) keep making posts like thistnx a million (ROFL i like to roll on floor allot)

845. MetalMadnessPosted March 23, 2011 at 4:36 am | Permalink

i cant get past step 3 lol, im on win 7 x64 and ive typed in diskpart and its shows thefirst part of the msg but not the diskpart> bit :S it wont let me type either.

i have left it alone for a while just incase it was having a moment of fail and being slow,

ive even tried it from the start again (making sure i follow perfectly step by step and i stillget the same thing.

im not a complete noob on computers but this is new to me

846. lovejeet singhPosted March 23, 2011 at 9:33 am | Permalink

hi..when a am execute bootsect.exe /nt60 f: (f is my usb drive letter) command themessage I get is:



message I get is:

“Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access isdenied.”

please give me the solution i’ve been follow ur steps and instruction 4 times…

847. jadajadaPosted March 23, 2011 at 10:17 am | Permalink

does this process work on older systems which do offer booting from USB devices forinstance a dell dimension 2400 please post when you get a moment.

848. jadajadaPosted March 23, 2011 at 10:43 am | Permalink

WOW big ups to you sir, i can confirm it does work on older systems. Provided thesystem has the option to boot from a USB device,it will work. everything went great!thanks you very much.

p.s this was my first attempt at booting from a USB device and you made it very clearand straight forward.

i can’t thank you enough. keep up the great work. K + + +

849. DaGoof23Posted March 23, 2011 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

Not sue if this has been mentioned before, if so, please delete my post.

First of many thanks for this great guide!

Created a Bootable pen drive with it and pluged it in only to get the message: “BootMGRfile is missig”

Solution in my case:Removable device Boot in Bios was enabled, but the Bios maped the Pen as a harddrive,so even if i manually chose: “Boot from removable device” BIOS didn’t find any andjumped to boot from Harddisk where it found no BootMGR.

When inspecting bootsequence in BIOS i could expand the entry “Harddrive” theexpanded entry showed the built in harddrive as first device and the pen as second.Well i switched the pen to first device and it worked.

Sry for this long explanation, i hope it can help.

850. reyPosted March 24, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

ON STEP #8:MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS FIRST THING TO DO BEFORE I COPY WIN7 INSTALLER INTO THEUSB..BTW I GET THE INSTALLER IN TORRENT WITH THE .UIF EXTENSION.

851. jrrPosted March 24, 2011 at 9:35 pm | Permalink

hey thanks so much this was so hopeful keep it up man. hey and once you figure a wayto install xp please post the link thanks.

852. AchalPosted March 25, 2011 at 8:04 pm | Permalink

My friend’s computer is not working. The system starts, says windows is starting andthen again goes to first stage of statrup and this cycle goes on. I have pen drive whichhas Windows 7 Ultimate installation files in it. How to do it now.

853. SUVIGYAPosted March 26, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

HELLOI DON,T THIS ON XPNO DISK 1 APPEAR IN CMD COMMANDLIST DISKI HAVE NO DVD WRITER SO HOW I COPY THE FILE FROM DVD TO PENDRIVEPLS SEND ME FOLLOWING STEP THROUGH EMAIL FOR XP

854. chaky

Posted March 26, 2011 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

nice how-to, thanks

just add explanation that if your flash drive already has some letter, that last ASSIGNcommand is not needed (actually it will give error)

855. MickeyPosted March 27, 2011 at 5:52 am | Permalink

GREAT GUIDE!



856. johnPosted March 27, 2011 at 11:14 am | Permalink

my optical drive is damaged and in step 5 it is written thatinsert windows disk………..can u help me?

857. SabyaPosted March 27, 2011 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

I have the contents in my PC to copy but don’t have the CD with me how to proceedhelp. I am at the stage of DISKPART>EXIT now it shows C:\windows\system32>how to proceed.Regards

858. minhalarabiPosted March 28, 2011 at 3:44 am | Permalink

hi gys i found that problem……

Hlp is here XD ….late but Got it 4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive nois “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the abovestep to confirm it.

So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

SELECT DISK 1

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

(Format process may take few min)

EXIT…

u will be back to c:then again type…your drive name “D:” (DVD Drive name)AND SAME AS GIVEN THERED: CD BOOTD:BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:

Relly u did it FinalyThx..tweakwindows….add like be your frend i am your fan…xd:P

859. minhalarabiPosted March 28, 2011 at 3:49 am | Permalink

thx for this tweakwindowsboz of this i got how to use pendrive in ps2 ……thx alothope u have more prowrfull idea….

860. MazahyrPosted March 28, 2011 at 4:56 am | Permalink

Hi i’m able to do all the steps right but i can’t make it sure whether it is bootable or not.When i attempted all the mentioned step the windows “icon” appeared on the USBdrive. Now when i open it by double clicking instead of opening the autorun setupwindow, it explores the USB. Wat indication will help me know whether it has becomebootable or not. Plz urgent help required.

861. rizPosted March 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

what if my windows 7 dvd is not a bootable 1??will it work ??like will it copy all the fileson the usb and work as a bootable 1?

862. aaronPosted March 29, 2011 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

guys, you gotta remember to move the files on the root of the USB drive. IF THEY are in aCD_ROM folder, Bootmngr will not be found by the BIOS

good luck and thanks for the awesomeness

863. SmoPosted March 30, 2011 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

Thanks so much for the effort here, really comprehensive guide, saved me alot of hair

pulling. A very important webpage! Keep it up!



864. JashanPosted March 30, 2011 at 8:45 pm | Permalink

Thanks man working 100 percent


@Mazahyr

Try it on VMWare or VirtualBox.


@Jogh

If you don’t have a working optical drive and have an ISO file of Windows 7, simplymount it using Virtual Clone Drive.

867. ali_JPosted April 2, 2011 at 9:21 am | Permalink

hey i am also getting the error “a disk read error occured Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”after trying to boot from the usb

i see there are several people who has this issue but is not resolved. admin if there is no

solution, can u please provid an expaination

868. ChazPosted April 2, 2011 at 10:43 pm | Permalink

To all those receiving ‘disk read error’

I had this problem and strangely evaded it by simply having a second USB stick in thecomputer at boot up.

It was a Ubuntu USB boot that I had made but strangely somehow it managed toprompt the Windows 7 Install USB to boot.

Makes no sense at all but it worked!

Good luck

869. feyazPosted April 4, 2011 at 4:22 am | Permalink

hey, I screwed another hard disk with these codes, it’s obvious that I made a mistake. Ihad more than 600gb data in it. Now when I double click on it in my computer it says it’snot been formatted.Is there a way I can recover my files?

870. AaronPosted April 5, 2011 at 5:26 am | Permalink

@feyaz no if it said its not formatted then all the data on it is already gone.

On another note, this worked great thanks.

871. 3rdEyePosted April 5, 2011 at 10:47 am | Permalink

I don’t know why my last entry wasn’t posted. Did I do something wrong?

872. tarun PurohitPosted April 5, 2011 at 11:15 am | Permalink

i am create a bootable for 2 gb pen drive for xp.but pen drive is 1time runing and then second time create bootable 2 gb than my pendrive is finish.

873. someonePosted April 6, 2011 at 4:38 am | Permalink

If you want a easy way (no need using command prompt, also avoid the problem of notseeing your usb drive when using the ‘list disk’ command) for creating a bootable usb

drive for installing windows 7, download and use the tool from here. You can find theinstructions herehttp://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/

874. WilliPosted April 6, 2011 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

Hi, I followed the guideline upto step 7. I used a 4GB usb stick but the Windows 7 DVDcontents are 4,78 GB large. How is it supposed to fit into the stick. Thanks



875. hamooshPosted April 7, 2011 at 3:36 am | Permalink

very goodin addition for ppl who downloaded windows on their pc , in step 6u first extract iso file of windows if it isthen u type that command but not choosing D: the driver letter u jst write first letter ofdrive u saved extracted filesthen CD full path of location of ur files.

876. AlKHOlIcPosted April 8, 2011 at 10:35 pm | Permalink

freaking awsome worked great thanks bunch and i tried like 5 differnt program thatwhere just headache you saved the day THANK YOU

877. AnilPosted April 8, 2011 at 10:46 pm | Permalink

thank u so much, i tried many other trick but i fail all the time. this guide and screenshots make it easy and i succeed. once again thank’s a lot. it makes me ur fan.

878. ShivamPosted April 9, 2011 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

I dont have a windows 7 dvd but i have windows setup in my computer can i makebootable usb from this. If yes plz tell me how

879. Tejinder SinghPosted April 10, 2011 at 12:38 am | Permalink

sir i dont have dvd drive. I have copied the installation files of windows 7 on my harddisk .I am not able to get how to use D; CD BOOT command

880. SibyPosted April 11, 2011 at 4:24 pm | Permalink

can we use that USB drive for further use ?

881. RooliPosted April 11, 2011 at 7:00 pm | Permalink

Thank you for your post, it helped a lot,every step was correct, and it is faster,than using DVD.

882. AlPosted April 12, 2011 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

This is so so cool. I’ve done it and it’s working 100%. Thank you very much for this guide.

883. potter3Posted April 12, 2011 at 7:31 pm | Permalink

thanks a lot but , can i do this without DVD / Flash ?

884. samPosted April 13, 2011 at 12:04 am | Permalink

hey guys wy wasing time on windows try linux mint one dvd will install all of ur needs. vlcopen office image editor all drivers and u can boot live using a pen drive no need toinstall it!!!and best part no viruses and a very stable system with superfast booting time give it atry

885. SuperTareFratePosted April 13, 2011 at 9:06 pm | Permalink

Works 100%, tested and running windows 7 installed from USB Stick! Nice work!

886. SUDHEESHPosted April 14, 2011 at 5:20 pm | Permalink

Tnx bro. Tnx for sharing such valuable info.May GOD BLESS U.

887. DarkoPosted April 14, 2011 at 6:18 pm | Permalink

how to make usb noramal. I cant format my usb pls help

888. Gi joePosted April 14, 2011 at 10:17 pm | Permalink

Diskpart is different on XP to Vista and Windows 7. So the above guide probably won’twork in XP because some features of Diskpart that work in Vista and Windows 7 don’twork in XP. We found this out at work over a year ago when attempting to do the samething.

889. JulianPosted April 15, 2011 at 2:25 am | Permalink

Extremely useful guide – you’re a STAR!!!



Extremely useful guide – you’re a STAR!!!

890. sanjayPosted April 15, 2011 at 1:06 pm | Permalink

thanks a lot dude

891. samraatPosted April 15, 2011 at 2:11 pm | Permalink

Can we format our pen drive or sd card after installation??Can that be used as a normal pendrive after installation??

892. KaraciitePosted April 15, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Permalink

hey,can the USB be used again as it was before copying windows 7 setup in it? or its turnedinto permenently a Windows 7 setup drive ?

893. adminPosted April 15, 2011 at 5:32 pm | Permalink

@Karaciite

You will able to use it again for other purpose.

894. SupaTomPosted April 15, 2011 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

For some of you who cannot get the USB to recognize or the USB to boot, chances areyour USB flash drive itself doesn’t like to be a boot device.

My 4GB Cruzer Micro refuses to be a boot device, while my 4GB OCZ ATV has no problem.Keep this in mind.

895. ShangPosted April 15, 2011 at 6:50 pm | Permalink

Wow…Thanks…That’s great

896. ShangPosted April 15, 2011 at 8:53 pm | Permalink

Oh My God, I cant do anything when the error display the message in the empty box:”Install WIndowsNo dirves were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage dirver for installation””Notice: I did step – by – step as 9 steps above,all ok. But when I install windows 7 (setBIOS priority to USB ok), the error displayed.I hope you help me.

897. KaraciitePosted April 16, 2011 at 2:06 am | Permalink

ok thnx

898. ABHINAVPosted April 18, 2011 at 9:28 pm | Permalink

dude…. it just stuck in 100 percent!!!!! what should i do??????????

899. Mike VangoPosted April 19, 2011 at 1:21 am | Permalink

Works Perfect with Windows 7. Followed the guide and worked like a dream..!Thanks for a super duper guide.!!

900. codifusPosted April 19, 2011 at 7:01 pm | Permalink

Did this with Windows 2008 R2 .iso Worked flawlessly. Thanks TweakWindows!!

901. John WPosted April 19, 2011 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

Excellent article. Got it working first time. Saved me ball ache! Thanks mate.

902. RicardoPosted April 21, 2011 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

Great post!!!

By any chance do you have a similar one for Windows XP?

Thanks

903. MaxPosted April 21, 2011 at 10:05 pm | Permalink



Posted April 21, 2011 at 10:05 pm | Permalink

Just wanted to say “thank you”, I’ve been using this guide for a while and it alwaysworks and always helps! Thank you

904. John CPosted April 23, 2011 at 2:10 am | Permalink

For those getting the error of “There is insufficient free space to create a partition” …

I was getting the same error. I had to CLEAN again and then it worked. You might alsohave to clean all.

Hope that helps.

905. CKPosted April 24, 2011 at 2:32 am | Permalink

Thanks for this guide, it saved me having to replace an external DVD rom, for all thosethat got the problem of “read error” all you need to do is substitute fs=ntfs to fs=fat32,that fixed my problem.

906. BobPosted April 24, 2011 at 4:49 am | Permalink

Update to Post 911.

For what it’s worth – this post worked for me:

http://reboot.pro/9196/

907. soodabehPosted April 24, 2011 at 4:41 pm | Permalink

Hi,Thanks for your help and article.I test it and it work.

908. JeffPosted April 24, 2011 at 8:43 pm | Permalink

Thanks for he helpful tip. I just got a new CPU/MOBO and turns out it doesn’t have anyIDE interfaces, and I have no SATA DVD drive! I used to image XP machines from a USBdrive using GHOST and an HP/Thin Client utility… I figured there had to be a way to dothis in Windows.

909. sibinPosted April 24, 2011 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much , ……I was looking for this from a log time , i tried and is success.Thnks once again …..

910. VigPosted April 25, 2011 at 2:43 am | Permalink

This guide is much better than any other I’ve come across, esp for how to format the usbdrive. Thanks!

911. AndyPosted April 25, 2011 at 3:59 am | Permalink

it worked perfectly! thank you so much!!

912. Moe AliPosted April 25, 2011 at 10:08 pm | Permalink

Hello,

I just wanted to thank you for this step-by-step guide.

It was amazing and it worked PERFECTLY fine.

Thank you again.

913. ATULPosted April 26, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

I completed the task upto 4th step completely..as i m not having the optical drive, is there any other way because i am having the setupfiles of windows7 in my harddisk.

914. AddeliniPosted April 26, 2011 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

Hey there, I don’t know if this question has been answered before but, can i use this onmy external harddrive ? And can i use this without having the installation files? since idont have a Installation DVD is the installation files somewhere on the currentharddrive?



915. PreritPosted April 28, 2011 at 1:06 am | Permalink

Can i know how to restore my usb drives lost space?Actually when I was trying the upper steps..my usb is showing 125Mb memory while itwas of 16GB….Please help somebody….

916. AdrianPosted April 28, 2011 at 5:55 am | Permalink

Awesome post. thank you very much. worked fine for installing SBS 2011.

917. JreiPosted April 28, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

Question:

If my optical drive is not working (that’s why I need this tutorial to reinstall/reformat myPC using Bootable USB) and I have my ISO image (also the extracted file) of WindowsVista on my hard disk, how about step 6? am I still using the CD BOOT command on thismatter?Help, thanks!

918. HeroPosted April 30, 2011 at 2:51 am | Permalink

mine sayscouldnot map drive partitions to the associated volume device object:access is denied

PLEASE HELP!!

919. philPosted April 30, 2011 at 6:55 am | Permalink

sir when i type the command “BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:” IT SAYS that”could not map driveH:to an associated volume device ” what should i do man?

920. AriPosted May 8, 2011 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

hey,please tell me how to do the same work in windows xp

921. Kar FaiPosted May 8, 2011 at 9:46 pm | Permalink

Hey for people having problems you should explore other ways to do it lolhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx try this site or just googlewindows 7 usb evangelist the first link is the site anyway i used to try this method butodd enough i couldn’t get past after certain step and as pointed out by those that faileven when the method works during installation problem occur so here you go i wasn’tgoing to type my comment in at first till i realize its 2011 and more than ever people arestill doing this so here is an alternative cheers

922. MikePosted May 9, 2011 at 6:32 am | Permalink

Genius! Worked like a charm. Thanks for posting.

923. JhayzPosted May 9, 2011 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

WinToFlash applications works perfect. Im using Windows XP on my laptop and i want ausb bootable thumb drive containing windows 7 to install on my another desktop pc..I’ve used wintoflash and it works great on my Kingston 4gb usb thumb drive.

924. leoPosted May 10, 2011 at 12:35 pm | Permalink

thanx….100% workinggreat tutorial…illustrated….

925. leoPosted May 10, 2011 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

@phil

type the command after restarting your pc…same problem occured here….i just restarted my pc and it worked

926. joshuaPosted May 10, 2011 at 1:17 pm | Permalink

Greetings!can you give me a link where i can download win7 ulti 32bit?

thanks



927. skaligPosted May 10, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much for this tutorial. Works great!

@phil: H: has to be the drive letter of you USB Stick!

928. atehPosted May 11, 2011 at 9:26 am | Permalink

why windows 7 starter cannot set picture at desktop?

929. adminPosted May 11, 2011 at 11:04 am | Permalink

@ joshuaCheck this post: http://www.intowindows.com/download-windows-7-enterprise-90-day-trial-now/

930. pravinPosted May 12, 2011 at 11:43 am | Permalink

Hi Thanx allot handsome. Its 100 percent working.I was under presser with a Laptopyou helped me. Wish u all the best. Tc

931. valyPosted May 12, 2011 at 9:11 pm | Permalink

Hello. I have a 8gb kingston pen drive. I have did all the steps. At the end i have copiedthe files from the dvd win 7 ultimate to the stick. On boot it says : pen drive withoutoperating system. Please help.\

932. valyPosted May 12, 2011 at 9:21 pm | Permalink

I did a mistake. Now i now what it was. My stick is bootable. Thanks for this tutorial.

933. vice245Posted May 13, 2011 at 12:51 am | Permalink

thank u so much work perfectly. it really help

934. MaverickPosted May 14, 2011 at 6:56 pm | Permalink

how to revert the flash drive back to normal file transfer usage?

935. GeorgePosted May 15, 2011 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

Thanks my friend the command line way works really nice!

936. BharatPosted May 15, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

i want to intall windows 7 using bootable pendrivebut they show me error drives not found so what can i do?plz mail me suggestions

937. RonelPosted May 16, 2011 at 2:09 pm | Permalink

Hi, i have one concern because you see i have already a soft copy of the windows 7installation files. There is no DVD file on it. So, my concern is that what am i gonna do instep 6 and step 7? what should i skip? or is there something else i should do? PleaseHelp. email me PLEASE..

938. kamranPosted May 16, 2011 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

hi tnxi did evry rules but i have a problemin boot select in bios i have 4 USB choosusb cd romusb zipusb hddusb fdd\which one i shoul choos ?

when i choos USB HDD an error acored that press crt+del+alt to restart and cant bootwhy ?

939. Mads M. EriksenPosted May 17, 2011 at 11:37 am | Permalink

Thx for the advises

THe thing is, that is has been impossible for me to do it from my laptop. But when usingmy friends stationary there is not any problem.when using the command function, it can only find my harddrive (C:)



940. DarekPosted May 17, 2011 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

Working perfect Big Thanks!!!

941. ThembaPosted May 18, 2011 at 9:40 pm | Permalink

I got this Error in step4: bootsect.exe/NT60 E:

” Target volumes will updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.could not map drive partitions to associated volume device objects: access denied.”

942. hamzaPosted May 18, 2011 at 11:41 pm | Permalink

hi,i am the whole process, it works fine but in the end it states“could not map drive partition to the associated volume device object: access is denied”can somebody please help me with this!

943. Nicholas CoronaPosted May 19, 2011 at 2:23 am | Permalink

@EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THE “BOOT MGR MISSING ERROR”

SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, BUT IT WAS RIGHT SMACK IN THEMIDDLE AND UNNOTICEABLE. IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS ERROR CHANCES ARE THAT ONYOUR USB FLASHDRIVE OR HARDDRIVE THE NECESSARY FILES ARE SAVED IN A FOLDERPROBABLY CALLED “CD-ROM”. YOU MUST EXTRACT THE FILES FROM THAT FOLDER ANDMAKE SURE THEY ARE AT THE ROOT OF YOUR FLASHDRIVE/HARDDRIVE INSTEAD OF BEINGTRAPPED IN SOME ADDITIONAL FOLDER.

HOPE THIS HELPS!!

944. LeePosted May 19, 2011 at 4:51 am | Permalink

I was able to do all the steps on a 4 gb flash drive, but i ran out of space so I purchasedan 8 gb. When I get to step 4 – creating the partition I get the following error: there isinsufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size and off set. Specifydifferent size and offset values or don’t specify either to create the maximum sizepartition.

I have tried several times with same error. As I noted above the first time on the smallerflash drive it worked fine. Any idea?

945. siaPosted May 19, 2011 at 8:25 am | Permalink

why it said no device driver were found??i have followed all the steps to transfer the filefrom dvd to usb device.Plz help..thx

946. JHONNY"X"Posted May 20, 2011 at 11:34 pm | Permalink

hey man i was just wondering if i can copy the file of both windows vista and windows 7on the same pen drive.

Thanks for the steps..

947. R.B.Posted May 21, 2011 at 2:22 am | Permalink

God Bless … Thanks sooooooooo much!

948. nishikiPosted May 24, 2011 at 2:53 am | Permalink

This has got to be the best how-to for usb boot I’ve come across. Thank you very muchfor it.

949. Anjan BhowmikPosted May 25, 2011 at 3:51 am | Permalink

Yep! It does work!

Thanks m8!

950. Kevin HarmsPosted May 25, 2011 at 9:05 pm | Permalink

Great docs, easy to understand. What I found is I had to do the bootsect /NT60 h: afterthe file copy, then it seemed to work.

951. CharliePosted May 25, 2011 at 11:11 pm | Permalink



This works everytime Been using this every now and then and it works allways! Reallygreat tutorial. Works just as well with Windows Server 2008 R2.Thanks for a great tutorial.

952. TonyPosted May 26, 2011 at 12:25 am | Permalink

Didn’t work…. When I typed in LIST DISK it first showed only my hard drive… Then I putmy flash Drive in another port (K) and when I typed in LIST DISK it gave me a list of doscommands…. Do you know why?Thanks

953. TonyPosted May 26, 2011 at 2:36 am | Permalink

OK I get it… Doesn’t work with xp

954. RossPosted May 26, 2011 at 4:17 pm | Permalink

Has any one done a write up for doing this for XP?And if so what is the web address?OR what are the steps for doing this for a XP installation?

955. AmielPosted May 30, 2011 at 5:53 am | Permalink

Works great for windows 7! At first I was afraid of what’ll happen to my USB drive. Aftertyping CLEAN, it displayed an error report and my USB device light kept blinking. I exiteddisk part and restarted the procedure. This time it worked perfect. I was able to reformatmy HP laptop flawlessly. Thanks!

956. BilalPosted May 31, 2011 at 8:34 pm | Permalink

“BOOTMGR is missing ” I m getting this message although everything else was successfulas mentioned in the guide and then I copied the Win 7 all files into the USB flash .. butits not working and displaying the message i mentioned at the start .. plz guide

957. paulPosted May 31, 2011 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

Thank you so so much!

I was an idiot and tried to use my previous DVD Drive to install on a new system, just formy luck I had a I/O error…

I followed this guide and it was perfect… Windows installed in minutes!

The only hiccup that I encountered was a failure in CMD to do a format, so I just usedthe Right Click > Format > NTFS and then did the CD Boot commands and it workedwonders

Thank you, Sir.

PS – Your face should be printed on money!

958. MostafaPosted May 31, 2011 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

you said Format process may take few seconds ! but it take few hours for me ! why ?thanks

959. Simon the PiemanPosted May 31, 2011 at 10:47 pm | Permalink

This is awesome, My DVD drive on my laptop allowed me to format my hardrive beforetrying (and failing) to install Windows 7. I have struggled for hours to get my drive toread the DVD correctly and install an operating system to no avail. This guide hasbasically turned my laptop from a paperweight with no OS to a fully functioning Windows7 machine once again. Cant thank you and the work you have done on publishing thisenough, very much appreciated !

960. Jatin KumarPosted June 1, 2011 at 3:06 am | Permalink

This is the best “Make Win7 bootable pendrive” post.

Thanks dude

961. abhijitPosted June 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

great information…….thank u so much for sharing

962. rajatPosted June 1, 2011 at 2:13 pm | Permalink

can it will work on netbook



can it will work on netbook

963. krisnaPosted June 2, 2011 at 2:55 pm | Permalink

ur guide is almost done. but at the end part i did format the “c” drive and click “NEXT”button.so its display a error massage that is “setup was unable to create a new systempartition Or locate an existing system partition.see the setup log files for moreinformation”.so plz rly to me.thanks to u

964. boat partsPosted June 2, 2011 at 7:35 pm | Permalink

hi,Thanks to you for sharing this.Actually my DVD drive was not working and i was notgetting any way to install my new copy of windows so i copy all my data in my USB driveattached with other desktop machine and by using this process i installed windows onmy laptop.It is really an amazing way for installation.

965. MikePosted June 3, 2011 at 9:01 am | Permalink

Worked like a charm! I was having network connection difficulties on my HP mini 210. Itwould connect wireless for about 15 minutes then drop and not come back. HPdetermined that it might be a windows issue and wanted me to reinstall Windows 7Starter with their USB drive. Rather than wait over 5 days for the drive, I followed thesesteps (very clear btw) and it booted right into the reinstall and it kicked off just fine. NowI can put a fresh install of 7 Ultimate on and see if that fixes it. Thanks!

966. norbeeyPosted June 5, 2011 at 8:46 pm | Permalink

All the steps went fine and I have set the removables to the 1st place at the bootpriority order but still nothing happens. Why?

967. eru88Posted June 6, 2011 at 2:08 am | Permalink

I did everything but when i try to install the operating system it saysWindows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation areavailable, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D

I try deleting and saving the files from the dvd again to the usb but the same thinghappen. I am mounting the iso and saving those files, does it not work like that?

968. Emirates SkeptronPosted June 6, 2011 at 2:43 am | Permalink

Please see below, what’s wrong? =(

———————————————————X:\BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 M:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

M: (\\?\Volume{41bc0891-3a3e-11e0-92ec-1c6f6590ed84})

Updated NTFS filesystem bootcode. The update may be unreliable since thevolume could not be locked during the update:Access is denied.

Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.

X:\BOOT>———————————————————

969. AakashPosted June 7, 2011 at 5:37 am | Permalink

Hey,

I tried doing this on my external HDD and it didn’t work. So I used a USB Flash Drive andit worked great. But now when I try to use my External HDD, it won’t work at all. Anyhelp?

Thanks.

970. FanctronPosted June 7, 2011 at 8:21 am | Permalink

Man, works like a charm. Tks very much.

Cheers

971. espenPosted June 8, 2011 at 4:10 pm | Permalink

fantastic!

972. samPosted June 8, 2011 at 11:58 pm | Permalink



nice update it really help keep it up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

973. sandip karmakarPosted June 9, 2011 at 9:08 am | Permalink

how to windows7 install from usb drive detail

974. vinayPosted June 9, 2011 at 3:41 pm | Permalink

ihave a doubt in the 8th step,where u say to copy the windows files to usb.there what’scopying,does it mean to copy image file?.

975. ShaunPosted June 9, 2011 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

Thankyou, after running into the problem of the windows 7 installation hanging when itexpands files when i used the dvd was doing my head in, then using this method andbooting the setup via usb, made it work like a charm

976. ArjenPosted June 9, 2011 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

Hmz, you can skip the step with Diskpart

mostly because it takes too long (16gb stick)

You can just reformat it quickly into NTFS format.

then do the step that comes after Diskpart.

Works like a charm aswell.

977. JudePosted June 10, 2011 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

I had follow all your instruction and I got it all smooth. But when I tried to use my USB toboot my Acer 4530, I got the message BOOT MGR MISSING. What’s wrong?

978. RajmohanPosted June 10, 2011 at 1:18 pm | Permalink

great !!!

979. yusriPosted June 10, 2011 at 6:43 pm | Permalink

my problem is,‘BOOTSECT.EXE’ is not recognized as an internal or external command operable programor batch file.

what i need to do?

980. PatrickPosted June 10, 2011 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

Why not “show hidden folders and files” in folder options and open the windows 7 discand copy all the files to a flash drive. works for me 100% of the time

981. NavidPosted June 12, 2011 at 6:10 pm | Permalink

How can i understand what is my usb disc number? pls help

982. AshPosted June 13, 2011 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

i will try this process ok bt thanks for this

983. MouZPosted June 13, 2011 at 1:34 pm | Permalink

M gonna try this right now. My cd/dvd-rom are not working since 2 months. I thought iwont be able to format until i get it right.. lets see if it works:-)

984. VictorPosted June 13, 2011 at 9:08 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much, the guide was extremely helpful!!!great stuff!!

985. MouZPosted June 13, 2011 at 11:22 pm | Permalink

1. My disk no. of USB flash drive is disk 2. Do i need to type SELECT PARTITION 1 or 2 inmy case?



2. My CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are not working, it don’t detect any CD or DVD. Everythingwent smooth till i typed F: CD BOOT (F is my DVD RW drive). The error comes: “Thedevice is not ready”. What should i do now??

986. GCC1401Posted June 13, 2011 at 11:23 pm | Permalink

For those who got the message “COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THEASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:ACCESS IS DENIED” you did not run cmd as administrator that is why the access isdenied. So, close de de cmd and open it as describe in step 2:

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt andselect Run as administrator.

987. shyamPosted June 14, 2011 at 5:40 pm | Permalink

I know very well that one windows 7/xp/vista in one bootable pen drive but i don’t knowthat how to creat Bootable flash/pen drive of Windows 7, Vista, or XP in one pen/flashdrive please help me

988. GusPosted June 14, 2011 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

|Used your method as described, works great, thank you.

989. dzulPosted June 14, 2011 at 6:13 pm | Permalink

U save my day…thank u…

990. TroyPosted June 14, 2011 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

Followed to the letter, multiple times. Doesn’t work for me. Says bootmngr is missing,and yes USB is set as primary boot drive. Help?

991. pherenikaPosted June 15, 2011 at 12:50 am | Permalink

On windows 7 removable drives will not appear in the list of disks. If your usb is notshowing up in the list of disks, instead of LIST DISK and SELECT DISK 1, type LISTVOLUME and SELECT VOLUME 1.

992. pherenikaPosted June 15, 2011 at 12:52 am | Permalink

Oh, and cheers for a great guide!

993. TonyPosted June 15, 2011 at 3:47 am | Permalink

I have a question why doesn’t Windows Copying 100% all filesit is just copying 10% the files ? please answer

994. BenjaminPosted June 16, 2011 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

Just a notice. I downloaded a fresh copy of Vista, and i used daemon tools to mount theiso file. And everything worked 100%.. GL, and great guide, best out there, Would be

nice with a guide for XP too

995. kittuPosted June 18, 2011 at 10:14 am | Permalink

hi sir,its good but end of part its shows error msg that ìs set up was unable to create ansystem partition or locate an exits system partition.see the setup log files .plz how could u slove this. and rly to me

996. DKPosted June 18, 2011 at 10:40 am | Permalink

Ben… try this…

Type “G:” (g being the flash drive and with out the quotations) Then press -Enter-

xcopy h:\*.* /a /e /k (H: being the drive where your windows 7 disk is)Then press -Enter-

997. DKPosted June 18, 2011 at 10:44 am | Permalink

Opps Tony not Ben…

998. Steve OllisPosted June 20, 2011 at 3:05 am | Permalink

Thanks for this. The DVD drive in my kid’s PC died just before they managed to destroythe XP install that was on there. I was going to have to rat a DVD from another machine



the XP install that was on there. I was going to have to rat a DVD from another machineuntil I found this article.

999. iqbalPosted June 20, 2011 at 4:22 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot !! it worked just fine on the second attempt…Very useful..keep up the good

work

1000. CurbupPosted June 20, 2011 at 6:10 am | Permalink

hi there…

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

u made my day…thanks bro..

1001. MuralidharPosted June 20, 2011 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

Great dude…Thanks..

1002. MutherfarqwaPosted June 23, 2011 at 3:39 pm | Permalink

Good onya mate.

1003. AliPosted June 25, 2011 at 2:35 am | Permalink

That’s great

1004. chadPosted June 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm | Permalink

It worked. Thanks for the article. 5 stars on the clarity, compare your solution to others,refer to a simpler soluiton for less technical users, and make it #1 rank on search engine.

1005. martinPosted June 26, 2011 at 10:09 pm | Permalink

i got same problem like few ppl here which someone described like this

“Here is the message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:“This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windowsyou’re running. Check your computer’s system information to see whether you need aX86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the softwarepublisher. ”

I SOLVED IT

just unomounted the iso from virtual drive and did all the steps again..BUT I found out that i mounted wrong file to virtual drive!this is why ppl got this problemjust mount the instalation of w7 in the drive. do this all steps and it will work for sure!good luck

1006. ClairePosted June 27, 2011 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

Hey great Tutorial.

Tried it on my laptop and works like a charm

But the second time around when I accidentally chose my Backup disk, during theFORMAt FS=NTFS process I realize it was my hardisk. So I closed CMD, and there it wasmy Harddrive was gone and undetected by my Comp. Can Someone help me? Really

appreciate your help guys

1007. jimPosted June 28, 2011 at 3:49 am | Permalink

Could someone please help me? I have basicaly 3 issues.

1. My Dvd player is not running (reason why I’m here)2. I erased the partition containing the official Windows 7 file…3. No OS running on my PC.. so no VPC possible.

Could someone please guide me where I could find downloadable Windows 7? I have anofficial OEM Windowns 7 key. But realised I did not receive any CD with.

Can I create a bootable USB key without burning DVD?Thanks

1008. rishiPosted June 30, 2011 at 12:22 am | Permalink



Posted June 30, 2011 at 12:22 am | Permalink

hey man u rock.!!although i did it from a win 7 32 bit version for a 64 bit win 7 setup and it did give anerror as many of the above comments have..yet i continued with the copying all the filesand EUREKA…the usb became bootable!!thanks a lot man…u r a genius..!!

1009. tinaPosted June 30, 2011 at 3:32 am | Permalink

plzz…ma laptop says”BOOTMGR is compressed”….ma cd rom isnt working so…am usingusb..i copied the recovery disk to the disk but its stilll showing the same thing..plz help

1010. tinaPosted June 30, 2011 at 4:32 am | Permalink

i tried ur command prompt n its telling me cannot map drive partition, access is denied

1011. John VPosted June 30, 2011 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

For anyone having problems with the initial setup starting again from scratch when thecomputer restarts, it isn’t necessary to remove the USB drive at any point.

Simply monitor the installation process closely and when the computer restarts for thefirst time, re-enter BIOS immediately and change the boot device priority so that the(non-USB) hard drive is the first boot device. Save settings and exit BIOS.

This only needs to be done once and the rest of the installation will completesuccessfully, regardless of the number of restarts.

1012. RyanPosted July 2, 2011 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

That was an excellent guide. Well done.

1013. Devang VyasPosted July 2, 2011 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

Yep. Worked fine for windows 7. Good technique without using any kinda software.

Thanx for d info.

1014. fc3232Posted July 3, 2011 at 12:37 am | Permalink

Confirm that this works on Windows XP computer being used to download the torrent

First I got an error so I used an 8GB FlASHDRIVE drive and then it worked

Cool!

1015. vivek.JPosted July 3, 2011 at 1:59 pm | Permalink

i’m having an error that “bootmgr file is missing” what can i do for tat…

1016. Cheap VibratorsPosted July 4, 2011 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

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1017. nongPosted July 6, 2011 at 9:59 pm | Permalink

thanks a lot.u rock man.

1018. Korea SongPosted July 7, 2011 at 3:40 pm | Permalink

Thank you, it works.

1019. hringriinPosted July 8, 2011 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

Hi …

Well, it actually worked perfectly according to my Windows installation but in “damaged”my usb device in some kind.I usually use that one for having live Linux-Images handy, created by “UNIVERSAL-USB-INSTALLER” from pendrivelinux.com …The thing now is, that it is not possible for me to get that working again. I think this iscaused by the action of BOOTSECT.EXE … Is there any possibility to undo the changesbootsect.exe has made? I’d be very glad, if you can help me. I will also write a moredetailed description if needed.

Regards



hringriin

1020. laynePosted July 9, 2011 at 11:42 pm | Permalink

Thank you so much! stroke of awesomeness! I have used this guide now 15 times! andhave it permantly saved on my hard drive! You are amazing and your that kind of peoplethat make the internet not complete trast

1021. brianPosted July 10, 2011 at 4:55 am | Permalink

this is the best tutorial ever!!!!!!!!!!!! A total retard can do this!!!!!!!!

1022. OPACITYPosted July 10, 2011 at 9:45 am | Permalink

thank you, really! it works…….Gracias…. Gran idea. funcional..!

1023. SunnyPosted July 11, 2011 at 10:16 am | Permalink

could you help me PLEASE!! i followed everything up until bootsec.exe /nt60 g:

“it tells me that acces is denied”

any suggestions?

1024. leroy cozierPosted July 11, 2011 at 11:45 am | Permalink

ty i love how u explaned it u should be on every problem site. ty again

1025. steadyPosted July 11, 2011 at 6:33 pm | Permalink

i followed all the steps mentioned in the guide and all went well, until… when i boot intothe usb drive successfully, it says “no operating system detected”? why doesn’t it startthe setup files?

1026. AlgisPosted July 14, 2011 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

Hi,

I had ‘disk read error’ with Transdcend 8Gb card. I switched to aData 8Gb card andeverything worked fine.

Regards,Algis

1027. jayvccPosted July 14, 2011 at 9:42 pm | Permalink

thanks tweak it works smoothly on windows 7 this really help a lot. very detailed onexplanations and job well done. =)

1028. jeffPosted July 15, 2011 at 10:41 am | Permalink

hi there!

this is really great, i just have 1 question thoughwhen you Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive, do you needto create a folder first or just copy all the files to the USB.

also does it matter if the windows 7 is in .iso format? or you need to extract all files firstand then copy to USB? thank you so much!

1029. LEKAPosted July 16, 2011 at 3:28 am | Permalink

BRO I LOVE YOU YOU ARE A GENIOUS I WORKS IS PERFECTYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

1030. TomPosted July 18, 2011 at 3:59 am | Permalink

Hey

Firstly to the author of this article, this was terrific. A fantastic guide with very clearinstructions. Thanks very much for this.

Secondly to Jeff; you don’t need to create a folder. After following the instructions setout here, make sure that there is nothing on the USB drive and then copy the contentsof the windows disk (in their entirety) onto the drive. Make sure that the BIOS loads fromthe drive first, or press F12 during boot, and you’re set.



Tom

1031. WolfosPosted July 20, 2011 at 2:57 am | Permalink

Can’t get it to work, I can boot Linux distributions fine with this BIOS settings and Ifollowed all steps.

1032. eDadouPosted July 20, 2011 at 7:59 pm | Permalink

Thank you so much, i’m copying the files right now, you are saving me a lot of frustrationif this works !

1033. mayankPosted July 21, 2011 at 3:11 am | Permalink

Hey some one pease help me

I am getting this error while creatimg primary partition:

There is insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified sizeand offset.Specify different size and offset values or don’t specify either to create themaximum sized partition.

My USB is 8 gb and completely empty and formatted

PLZ help I need this to work

1034. failmaticPosted July 21, 2011 at 5:01 am | Permalink

This guide is terrific. I’ve been using this for years. The directions are clear and concise. Ifyou cant follow it, perhaps, you shouldn’t be installing windows via usb and go grabyourself an external dvd drive.

1035. KEIMPosted July 21, 2011 at 7:43 am | Permalink

BLESS!!!!!! TO THE FULLEST fatB……Jamaica

1036. AlexPosted July 21, 2011 at 11:09 pm | Permalink

does this work if the laptop im trying to use the usb with is windows 7 starter?

1037. KIRKPosted July 22, 2011 at 7:27 am | Permalink

I am stuck at part 6. when in CMD entering D:CD BOOT IT TELLS ME D:CD is not arecognized command so I entered D: to bring me into D: and entered CD BOOT thatbrought me to D:\Boot> after entering BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G it says that is notrecognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Cananyone help me navigate around this problem?

1038. adminPosted July 22, 2011 at 10:28 am | Permalink

@ Alex

Should work fine.

1039. BIGTWEZZYPosted July 23, 2011 at 6:02 am | Permalink

worked perfect for me,,really got me out a bind,,,thanks

1040. AAPosted July 24, 2011 at 8:48 am | Permalink

I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!!! I have trying to boot and install Windows 7 mystubborn HP mini all day – you just save me over $200!!!! Thanks so much. Keep up thegood work!!!!

1041. SysAdminPosted July 24, 2011 at 2:55 pm | Permalink

Great how-to. Thanks

1042. MetinPosted July 25, 2011 at 2:11 pm | Permalink

Thanks so much, I repaired my computer with a USB Win 7 64 bit, by using your helpguide. Praying for you…

1043. StevePosted July 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm | Permalink



Posted July 26, 2011 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

Thanks alot! Worked like a charm!

1044. Muhammad arsalanPosted July 27, 2011 at 5:09 pm | Permalink

awesom information very good thanks for sharing.

1045. StrikyPosted July 28, 2011 at 1:08 am | Permalink

Hi there thank you for the great guide, it worked well!!

ButI do face some weirdo problem here. I am installing Win7 64bits and the install willrequire a reboot. At the beginning usually we press any key to enter the windows setupbut after the reboot it is not required.

However by using pendrive as bootable driver the “press any key to continue” screendoesn’t appear anymore and it keep self entering the setup and stopped me fromcompleting the setup…anyone have clue on this problem?

1046. Sohaib IkramPosted July 28, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

please describe this in a video

1047. NikPosted July 28, 2011 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

Can I install windows 7 64bit version on a windows 7 32 bit version? if yes… then howcan I do this?

thnx =)

1048. vinoPosted July 29, 2011 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

man how to find whether my mother board supports usb bootable,,…

1049. SAHUPosted July 30, 2011 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

Amazing! i never thought I could do it by myself. Thanx for ur help.

1050. luiPosted July 31, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Permalink

hey dude, nice guide.. now i can use my usb as a primary boot device cause my netbookdoesnt have a cd/dvdrom.

1051. beingtherePosted July 31, 2011 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

Cool,thanx dude. This help me a lot

1052. green housePosted July 31, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Permalink

Hi there i have done this and put my USB in and it sarted to take me throgh the set upprocess, but the computer is then asking me for the drivers. The drivers are on aseperate disk and i have no idea what drivers it would need etc. can you please helpme??

1053. eggsasPosted August 1, 2011 at 1:59 am | Permalink

Striky just change your bios on restart to start hard drive before usb.It worked perfectly for me…

1054. TatsatPosted August 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm | Permalink

My system copy installation files and extract files and restarts and after that again andagain system restarts

1055. Kaustav Dey

Posted August 2, 2011 at 6:37 pm | Permalink

great article, thanks

1056. Vipin dassPosted August 3, 2011 at 9:34 pm | Permalink

Thanks dear

1057. DarthZeldaPosted August 4, 2011 at 12:13 am | Permalink

So… I got through the guide splendidly, the PC booted, but the data were somehowcorrupt, so the installation couldn’t get to an end. But when I inserted the stick and



corrupt, so the installation couldn’t get to an end. But when I inserted the stick andwanted to rewrite the data, so I could do all that again, Win just couldn’t find it. No traceof inserting anywhere. Anyone any hints? I never heard about making a brick out of USB,but I might have just done that xD

Cheers,- DZ

1058. mohammadPosted August 4, 2011 at 2:19 am | Permalink

its very slow format i think that will take a days for formating my flash only

Thanks anyway for shared information

1059. phuserPosted August 4, 2011 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

very concludent guide, ty

1060. MikeyPosted August 5, 2011 at 10:56 am | Permalink

As other have said above me (#286 for one), you don’t need to type “D: CD BOOT” andthen “CD BOOT” the first command “D:” and then the second command “CD BOOT” isfine. Anything after the space in the “D:” command was ignored. All you are doing isnavigating the command prompt to “D:\BOOT”. That’s just how the command line works.

1061. MikeyPosted August 5, 2011 at 10:57 am | Permalink

p.s. Aside from the above mentioned bug, great article. I didn’t know you could do all this

with just command line tools

1062. andrianPosted August 5, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Permalink

Thanks, it works perfectly!

1063. BrandonPosted August 7, 2011 at 10:29 am | Permalink

okay i did every ting step by step and i still get when i put it into my laptop bootmanager missing :/ any suggestions?

1064. unknownPosted August 8, 2011 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

hello siri did exactly what you said.process was a complete. But when i tried it in my system itshowed “A disk error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart”.

Please reply ASAP

1065. redbeardPosted August 9, 2011 at 4:27 pm | Permalink

i have followed this tutorial to the letter and the usb boot works perfectly but oninstallation i get ” No device drivers were found make sure instalation media contains thecorect drivers ” the media i used installs on any machine i have and works perfect … anyidea why it dont install from usb

thanks in advance

redbeard

1066. syahreinPosted August 10, 2011 at 8:40 am | Permalink

hi man. it used to be as easy as copying the windows 7 ultimate cd to my ext hdd and i’dbe able to use it to boot up. but suddenly it didnt work anymore. after finding this site,i’m able to install frm my ext hdd.

thanks loads man!

1067. SethunathPosted August 11, 2011 at 10:13 am | Permalink

my problem is i don’t have optical drive.

1068. LeePosted August 11, 2011 at 10:03 pm | Permalink

If you’re having trouble finding your disk in list disk you can just type “select volume D:”for example (where D: is the drive letter of your usb). Also for the format selection youcan also type FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK so the format is a quick format rather than a 5-10minute one.

Good Luck!



1069. sayPosted August 12, 2011 at 10:47 am | Permalink

hello.

i just have one question:after formatting the usb, and i don’t have windows 7 installed in cd but i have a copy ofwindows 7 activator.

will i just send a copy of windows 7 on my reformatted usb?

thanks a lot and god bless . ..

1070. RudiPosted August 13, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

Please note that Windows 7 setup doesn’t support USB 3.0 device to boot from. Thiscauses a error during installation that the installer needs drivers. Very simple solution isto put the USB stick into a USB 2.0 port!

Thanks for this guide, works perfect for me!

1071. RamPosted August 14, 2011 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

I tried using this and it worked. But when the setup is restarting the system, it againloads windows 7 and installs a copy again. The setup isn’t getting completed.

1072. markPosted August 14, 2011 at 7:54 pm | Permalink

Is it ok if my ext hdd has other content?will it be erased or be affected if I will follow yourprocess?

1073. StephaniePosted August 14, 2011 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

I cannot get past step 1. After I type in diskpart all bthe shows up except diskpart> so Ican’t enter the rest of the commands.

1074. CRAFTPosted August 15, 2011 at 1:51 am | Permalink

works like a charm ,thanks a ton

1075. wonwonPosted August 15, 2011 at 7:43 am | Permalink

Thanks,i was tried and it works perfectly!

1076. maggiePosted August 15, 2011 at 11:48 am | Permalink

works like a charm. I’d buy you a beer or 3 for all the time you saved me. cheers!

1077. IvanPosted August 15, 2011 at 12:57 pm | Permalink

hey i got a multi boot usb key with win 7 in it but when trying to instal windows it says itcan’t find drivers for HDD but useing a dvd it finds the drivers. Please help

1078. DetePosted August 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm | Permalink

Great. Don’t have any idea what i just did but it worked. Followed every step carefullyand my netbook is right now next to me finishing the install.Thank you!

1079. KakashiPosted August 15, 2011 at 7:44 pm | Permalink

Tried it and it works 100%

Great tutorial

1080. JoshjuniorrPosted August 16, 2011 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

When i go to boot from my usb device it tells me i’m missing the boot manager and to hitctrl alt del to reboot.

i followed all the steps and the boot manager step installed correctly. Any idea what theproblem could be?

1081. RZPogiPosted August 16, 2011 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

It works on windows 7 32bit. gonna try on 64bit



1082. irulPosted August 17, 2011 at 11:24 am | Permalink

thanks bro…for share…

1083. keeksPosted August 19, 2011 at 6:05 am | Permalink

Worked a treat! Thanks!

1084. ShashankPosted August 19, 2011 at 7:31 am | Permalink

Guys…My USB is working with this things

1085. AliPosted August 19, 2011 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

Thank you very much for this guide. This is a great effort.

1086. NOMANPosted August 19, 2011 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

THANKS MAN ITS WORKS I AM HAPPY COZ OF YOU THANKS A LOT

1087. omarPosted August 20, 2011 at 11:56 pm | Permalink

thank u verry much for this tuto

1088. DeanPosted August 21, 2011 at 3:25 am | Permalink

Hi. I tried this twice now and have seemingly ruined 2 seperate usb thumb drives (LexarEcho and Verbatim Tuff n Tiny). An error appeared after attempling to clean the thumbdrives. After that point the drives are no longer functional and I can’t complete the restof the process. Any ideas?

I’m running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit on an HP Mini

Thanks

1089. VijiPosted August 21, 2011 at 9:26 am | Permalink

Great Teacher, very well explained free-of-cost unlike to most web sites which takes thereaders a ride and finally request for credit cards. You are a Bonafide Samaritan…. GoodJob and keep it go…. We are there with you… Viji, Sri Lanka.

1090. phantom_ITPosted August 21, 2011 at 4:09 pm | Permalink

hi , any one knows below pls help me.I just tried this and works fine. I just installed win 7 from the USB pen drive. but afterthat my pendrive is not working. Its just blinking and i see its size as zero (0).Who can help me fix this. pls pls pls pls pls


@ phantom-IT

Please try to format the pen drive.


@ Dean

Sorry to hear that your USB thumb drives are not working after trying out this guide. IsWindows detecting the drive? Can you see the drive in My Computer or Computer?

1093. AkshayPosted August 22, 2011 at 10:24 am | Permalink

wooo it works 100%…. thanks dude

1094. DeanPosted August 23, 2011 at 1:45 am | Permalink

The thumb drives are no longer recognised. It’s no big deal as I just returned one ofthem to Best Buy. I would really like to know how to re-install windows on my netbookthough so I’m wondering is there’s any work-around to the clean process. Or if there’ssome other way of formatting the thumb drive for the installation process.

Thanks for the help.

1095. John Theo



1095. John TheoPosted August 23, 2011 at 3:53 am | Permalink

u rule man .. works like a glove

1096. SPARKPosted August 23, 2011 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

to enable listdisk in windows xp download this tool

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=23711

1097. TomislavPosted August 23, 2011 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

darnn… you should’ve wrote the quict ntfs forman command, not the standard, it’s takingforever on this aspire one xD

1098. coolioPosted August 25, 2011 at 5:28 am | Permalink

hey man i havnt got the windows 7 cd but got a torrent. do you know exactly what files ineed to download/mount. thanks.

1099. Windows 8Posted August 25, 2011 at 9:37 am | Permalink

Technology make me live and without advance and new tech life is not good.. New OSWith New features Windows 8

1100. Hem lal gautamPosted August 25, 2011 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

Hi i want to block this side please help me.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhMy God

1101. EthienPosted August 26, 2011 at 7:29 am | Permalink

THANK YOU!

1102. Moeed AwaisPosted August 26, 2011 at 10:33 pm | Permalink

u r awesome, m a big fan of urs,u rock…..:)

1103. MeMePosted August 27, 2011 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

Just one small problem, it doesn’t seem to detect my flash drive I’ve tried everything Iknow and no matter what, it doesn’t appear when I type List Disk. Any advice?

1104. CRIZZPosted August 28, 2011 at 4:57 am | Permalink

guys igot my usb “no media” … can you help me out.? i almost done it.. but i might haveskip a step..:(

1105. AkelesPosted August 28, 2011 at 4:57 am | Permalink

u r rock man..


I ALREADY MADE IT WORK.(USB) JUST THAT IT SAYS THE DEVICE IS NOT READY WHEN ITYPE “D: CD BOOT”

1107. PramodPosted August 28, 2011 at 7:09 am | Permalink

Step 6,7 are very important. Otherwise the install will say Device Driver missing.

1108. aditiPosted August 28, 2011 at 3:25 pm | Permalink

hey i created bootable pen drive n i want to install windows 7 in boot options they rshowing usb-hdd,usb-fdd,usb-zip i do not know from where to boot pl tell


but isn’t that dvd drive would already be the usb.coz the dvd files(win7 instalation filesare in usb already)? it only says device not ready TT

1110. sukuwanPosted August 29, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Permalink

Thank u very much , this thing really worked for me. I appreciate ur work!!!!!



1111. NatePosted August 30, 2011 at 4:38 am | Permalink

how would u install from usb if you don’t have the windows 7 disk but have the windows7 iso file on the usb onto a pc with no operating system?

1112. RyanPosted August 30, 2011 at 10:14 am | Permalink

Thanks, I have been wondering how to do this!

1113. pradip chaudhariPosted August 30, 2011 at 3:40 pm | Permalink

Can you please explain me step no 8. How to copy windows 7 content in usb drive.I mean wheter we should exit commaond prompt after step no 7?

1114. OgrajePosted August 31, 2011 at 5:13 am | Permalink

thank u very much for this tutorial!

1115. Jeanard GuintoPosted September 2, 2011 at 7:56 am | Permalink

thanks dude….,,,

1116. kunalPosted September 3, 2011 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

thanks man

1117. KazrobPosted September 3, 2011 at 1:57 pm | Permalink

Works fine. But the total beginner needs to be told that they need to have bootsect ontheir machine and perhaps a link to download it.

1118. attaPosted September 3, 2011 at 11:57 pm | Permalink

hey man i have win7 ultimate files in my sony walkman who could i copy those using cdboot command i’ve tried this commandg: cd bootas my sony walkman is on g drivebut it didn’t work and showed this msgdiskpart>can you help me

1119. GarsPosted September 4, 2011 at 12:00 am | Permalink

keep the good work man!

1120. JuanPosted September 6, 2011 at 1:21 pm | Permalink

You’re my hero

1121. lobzPosted September 6, 2011 at 1:37 pm | Permalink

is there any way tat i can disable this on my usb?

1122. Install os using penPosted September 6, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Permalink

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn and post comments in your site.

1123. SAschaPosted September 6, 2011 at 3:35 pm | Permalink

Hello and help, I tried this on my eeePC 1005PE but it is not recognizing the USB stick, Itried 6 of them but nothing. Always: “Reeboot and select a propper boot device …”

What can I do? My current win 7 installation is not working anymore. I tried even to

reset the Cmos and removed the battery … but nothing…. help please, i am going mad…

any idea??

cheeers

1124. StefanPosted September 8, 2011 at 1:07 pm | Permalink

I had some troubles with step 7 as well, but found out I needed to run the command asan Administrator and had nothing to do with x64 and/or x86.

1125. NIRDESH



1125. NIRDESHPosted September 9, 2011 at 12:25 am | Permalink

it works….could i convert my usb again to previous version…???

1126. KevinPosted September 9, 2011 at 4:38 am | Permalink

AWESOME!!! Thanks.

1127. PRiYamPosted September 12, 2011 at 12:27 am | Permalink

Great post … works like a charm … 10 out of 10 dear!!!

1128. Jagdish Singh CharanPosted September 12, 2011 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

I had some troubles with step 7 as well, but found out I needed to run the command asan Administrator and had nothing to do with x64 and/or x86.

1129. TomaszPosted September 13, 2011 at 12:20 pm | Permalink

Great!It worked perfect and fast.Very good guide.Thank You!

1130. David EPosted September 14, 2011 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

TO – MADMAX, franz99, Doug, chrisNova777, and anyone else experiencing the BOOT0xc000000e when trying to boot to the flash drive, I have firgured it out. I tried this with3 different flash drives and every one of them gave me the EXACT same 0xc000000emessage when trying to boot. c:\bootsect.exe /nt60 x: /force That did it for all 3 drives. 1Patriot drive, 1 PNY, and 1 Super Talent, 1 SanDisk, and 1 Kingston and they all workedjust fine after using the “/force” command after /nt60 – I hope this helps all whoencounter this problem.

1131. Finn AndersenPosted September 15, 2011 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

Great guideA good idea is to share the USB stick with full acces for everyone – I got an error whentrying to write to my 8G usb pen – but after sharing , nada problem

// Finni

1132. PhysicaPosted September 16, 2011 at 12:37 am | Permalink

Hey, This is a great guide.however I was wondering how can I format the usb back to the original OS?

1133. WelseyPosted September 16, 2011 at 2:32 am | Permalink

Great…Good Guide!!!Thanks

1134. aliPosted September 16, 2011 at 5:17 am | Permalink

I have boot usb but when I plug it to boot the screen put a flashing dash and nothinghappen ?

Help !!

1135. okaziiPosted September 16, 2011 at 8:15 am | Permalink

nice info, but easy to use win2flash, anyway that software make errors some times, somanual metod it;s better

1136. Robin @ Windows 8Posted September 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

Must wait till the beta release come out. hope they will make it quick..

Robin.

1137. AnkitPosted September 17, 2011 at 2:02 pm | Permalink

I followed all the steps but when i booted message appears boot manager missing..Plzzhelp!!

1138. Dusan



1138. DusanPosted September 18, 2011 at 12:17 am | Permalink

E:\BOOT\BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:

COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ACCOCIETED VOLIUME DEVICE OBJECTS:ACCESS IS DENIED

Always returns the same message…. WHY?

1139. TomPosted September 18, 2011 at 2:46 am | Permalink

not working on Vistaon typing J: cd boot getting messagethe device is not ready.In windows explorer I can see and browse dvd drive J, not problem.Any idea?

1140. SamPosted September 18, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

I followed all the steps but when i try to us eit it saysBOOTMGR is missingpress ctrl+alt+del to restartCan someone pleasee helpp?

1141. LeoPosted September 19, 2011 at 7:40 am | Permalink

It works perfect!!! This guy is the bomb!

1142. McKrackenPosted September 19, 2011 at 12:48 pm | Permalink

Works perfect, used this guide to install 7 like 10 times! Thanks!

1143. insanePosted September 19, 2011 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

perfect.. awsome procedure.. thnxx..

1144. DevendraPosted September 20, 2011 at 6:26 pm | Permalink

Really awesome work.. 1st time I am writing any comment on ny pst to thnk.. tyvm..

1145. ShayanPosted September 21, 2011 at 7:51 pm | Permalink

Hello,I have Toshiba NetBook With Win 7 Starter

And im trying to install win7 on it again But I have a Problem My Windoes NotResponding And it wont Install Any Hardwere of a USB flash device or External CD/DVDrom

When I Turn It On It Just Shows:

Reboot And Select Proper Boot DeviceOr Install Boot Media In Selected Boot Dvice And Press A Key

If You Know What To Do Plz Helpme!

Thanks, Shayan

1146. MussePosted September 21, 2011 at 8:01 pm | Permalink

Im getting a “The Device Is Not Ready” when i do step 6 with the CD Boot

1147. Srikanth ReddyPosted September 22, 2011 at 11:15 am | Permalink

Hai

I have diskparted my usb stick by following the above mentioned steps successfully. Butwhile copying the contents of Windows 7 Dvd to my Usb drive i see this error message…(can’t read the file INSTALL.WIM from the source)…..i even tried copying itindividually….but i can’t..please help me out….

thanks….

1148. ALEXPosted September 22, 2011 at 3:14 pm | Permalink

My thumb drive is undetectable now.Till step 4 every thing was good and when I inserted the dvd and followed the step 5.Iencountered the below error.Included from the end of step 4



Included from the end of step 4

===============================================Leaving DiskPart…

C:\Windows\system32>D: CD BOOT

D:\>CD BOOT

D:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive G: to an associated volume device object.==============================================

when I tested my thumb drive in Linux, it said it is an “Unmounted removable medium”

any body know what to do to make my thumb drive working

1149. Roshan ChauhanPosted September 22, 2011 at 9:24 pm | Permalink

after BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 I:WHEN I HIT ENTER…..”could not map drive partition to the associated volune deviceobjecs:Access is denied”

plz help me…………what to do……

1150. RonaldEronPosted September 23, 2011 at 11:22 am | Permalink

what about windows 8 beta? I had this software and i want to install it on my netbook…and i want to use my usb to install it. Is this tutorial can also work to windows 8?

1151. DavidPosted September 24, 2011 at 7:40 am | Permalink

works great on my laptop Windows 7 ultimate x64……thanks…….. its very helpful to boot from usb…

1152. GustavoPosted September 24, 2011 at 8:14 am | Permalink

Roshan, you must open Command Prompt with Administrator rights to execute it.

1153. MariusPosted September 24, 2011 at 11:57 pm | Permalink

I EFFIN LOVE YOU!!!!!

1154. ayushPosted September 25, 2011 at 11:50 am | Permalink

hey!! i hv acer emachines 350.in d boot priority list d options r :1 IDE0 :TOSHIBA MK1665GSX2 IDE13 USB HDD4 USB FDD5 Network boot6 USB CDROM

M instaling windows 7 thru pendrive ….SO WICH OPTION SHOULD BE PUT TO 1st

1155. HoangPosted September 25, 2011 at 1:20 pm | Permalink

Thanks Gustavo!

1156. JohnPosted September 25, 2011 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

“This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there. I

have seen many sites/blogs that have “Install Vista from USB guide” but either withincomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don’t’ useproper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this100% working guide.”

Hummmmm. Doesn’t work for me. I have no USB drive listed when I use list diskcommand in diskpart.

1157. scottGPosted September 26, 2011 at 4:43 am | Permalink

Great!!I had tried multiple instructions with all failures. This worked perfect and I took my allversions image and it worked so that I could choose from all versions of either 32 bit and64bit versions. Now all I would like to do is include a SP1 slipstreamed onto the flash



64bit versions. Now all I would like to do is include a SP1 slipstreamed onto the flashdrive and I would be really happy:)) Any suggestions to being able to modifyconfiguration for a slipstream update?Thanks,Scott

1158. khubbaibPosted September 27, 2011 at 2:39 am | Permalink

great job well done

1159. Daniel SaylesPosted September 28, 2011 at 3:23 am | Permalink

this works for the windows 8 beta too thanks man

1160. MrugeshPosted September 28, 2011 at 1:26 pm | Permalink

Not able to “CLEAN”. You mentioned in the 4th step.Can please provide the solution.Thanks in advance.

1161. pericPosted September 28, 2011 at 4:49 pm | Permalink

Thank you for sharing your valuable knowlege, It has saved alot of Hardwork and timestrying to install from a Slow DVd and CD, Thanks man, See you in future with moreinformations and knowlege,God bless You

1162. SasaPosted September 28, 2011 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

Great! Thanks a lot.

1163. THOMASPosted September 28, 2011 at 7:06 pm | Permalink

STEP 8: Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.

Do you mean that one should copy Dvd contents using cmd ?Can I simply copy and paste the files as usual ?

1164. adminPosted September 29, 2011 at 12:22 pm | Permalink

@ ThomasSimply copy using the the copy and paste option available in Windows Explorer.

1165. VascoPosted September 30, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the info, it was most valuable. I’ve been trying to reinstall my SO from therecovery DVD but my cd drive went nuts… this was the only option, and it worked fine.

Thanks again and keep up the good posts….

1166. jumintenPosted October 1, 2011 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

thanks, it work

1167. PetePosted October 2, 2011 at 9:25 pm | Permalink

Great Article – Works a treat -Much appreciated

1168. motorcycle fairingPosted October 3, 2011 at 2:41 am | Permalink

Nice post. Been looking for this step by step method. Keep up the good work!

1169. opbPosted October 4, 2011 at 9:00 am | Permalink

thanks man its really working.Good job keep it up.

1170. DumplumpPosted October 4, 2011 at 9:16 am | Permalink

This Blows. I Google Searched for How To Install WindowsTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO a USB External drive not FROM. so disappointed.Took all that time just to come up short.

1171. adminPosted October 4, 2011 at 9:23 am | Permalink

@DumplumpThis guide is only to prepare a bootable USB so that you can install Windows 7 from USB.If you want to install Windows 7 to an external USB drive, check out our this guide:http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7-to-usb-external-hard-drive-must-read/



must-read/

1172. Open Source SearchPosted October 4, 2011 at 9:42 am | Permalink

Yea why only windows 7 from usb and not the other way around?

1173. Ran PaskalPosted October 5, 2011 at 1:27 am | Permalink

Thanks a lot!

1174. SalmanPosted October 5, 2011 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

Thanks a lot..!!!! Really help me this

1175. vladoPosted October 5, 2011 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

Please create a video!

1176. saurabhPosted October 5, 2011 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

It works fine, please guide me to install xp, i want to install xp from pen drivr..

1177. hariPosted October 6, 2011 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

hi this is hari it is a good one to install the windows7 i have already use it but now iwant to install the windows xp using the same following procedure can i do it please tellme if not whats the reason…..

1178. EricPosted October 7, 2011 at 3:12 am | Permalink

Its not working for me. I don’t know if that’s because I don’t HAVE an optical drive, whichwas the whole point of this tutorial.

1179. AravindPosted October 8, 2011 at 8:15 am | Permalink

plss do help me bro.. as am not eble to complete the process sucessfully, i think its justbecause am not having a proper dvd drive in my pc.. i tried using a usb flash drive bt thecmd is showing that they cannot recognise the file…. so plss do help me in thissituation…


@AravindIf you are having issues in following the above guide, do check out this guide:http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/

1181. dan meanockPosted October 12, 2011 at 4:28 am | Permalink

URE A GOD! thanks very much!

1182. rene martesanoPosted October 13, 2011 at 7:48 am | Permalink

please could you help me i did to format the fs=ntfs so i saw the 100 percent completedbut when i go to 5,6 and 7 i could not able to go in the cd boot and i was tried to typethe bootsect.exe /nt60 h: so when i enter that it’s not working…. hope you gonna helpme for this problem thank you

1183. nishantPosted October 14, 2011 at 4:39 am | Permalink

While running and cmd.exe from windows; go to system32 folder in windows installed onyour pc. then find cmd.exe and right click on it and select “Run as administrator” to runthe cmd.exeYou will not get any error in the above given process…

1184. villaPosted October 14, 2011 at 12:24 pm | Permalink

hi…everything i have done properly but my usb device doesn’t work..and do not runauto..only i shows the win7 logo on my usb device give me a solution about how toautorun and boot …….

1185. abhay singhPosted October 14, 2011 at 12:49 pm | Permalink

i have only C drive in 500 GB HDD in my Acer Laptaop. in that C drive i have companyloaded original window 7 home basic. i want the partition of my C drive without formatmy window7.plz give me a solution about how i can partition of my C drive 500 GB HDD.



plz give me a solution about how i can partition of my C drive 500 GB HDD.

1186. DmnPosted October 15, 2011 at 6:44 am | Permalink

ALL DONE. all steps, commands, etc.But I had a problem:

Status:0xc0000017

Ramdisk device creation failed due to insufficient memory.

QUESTION: What could I do?

1187. BATZZZ19Posted October 15, 2011 at 2:49 pm | Permalink

WHEN I PUT THE CD IN MY DRIVE

AND START A NEW PAGE OF CMD WITH ADMINISTRATORTHEN I PUT D: CD BOOT AND CD BOOT THENBOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E: FOR MY FLASH I GET A MESSAGESAYING

This version of D:\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you’rerunning. Check your computer’s system information to see wheter you need x86 (32-bit)or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the sofware publisher.

so i was guessing i need to do the setup of cmd from a x64 bit computer to make myflash drive get the info from cd x64 to the flash drive

but im clueless now, since i dont think that matters since it didn’t read the disk yet, anysuggestions?

1188. QTPosted October 16, 2011 at 11:03 am | Permalink

Hi sir,thanks for your share.but the ‘FORMAT FS=NTFS’command line just to install legacy Win7O.S. only. It can’t install the UEFI Win7 O.S with Win7 64bit DVD Disc.

You can changed the command line like as ‘FORMAT QUICK FS=FAT32′ to format the USBflash disk.

Thanks!

Tim.

1189. QTPosted October 16, 2011 at 11:11 am | Permalink

Hi BATZZZ19,

To create 64BIT O.S. to USB flash disk, you need to install 64 bit O.S. to your platformand then typing the ‘BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E:’ command line with cmd prompt under 64bit O.S.

Best regards,Tim

1190. FilipPosted October 16, 2011 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

This f*cker CMD took me 30min to format 16gb USB.

1191. mohammadPosted October 17, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

Hey guys,It also work fine with me,just a few tips that already said above.1.open cmd in admin mode only,if dont ur access will be denied.2.if you are running win 32 bit(x86) and wants to install a 64bit(x64)windows you willhave a problem.you should find a win 32bit and try to update the USB drive with

BOOTMGR compatible code with that dvd.after that you can put your win64bit files onUSB and change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive.notice that you need to change this priority after copying win files into HDD to continueinstalling from HDD.

1192. Please Help!!!!!!!!!Posted October 18, 2011 at 3:13 am | Permalink

Hi. I used a 8 gb flash drive to do the steps but after i finished the steps my WD 1tb it’snot recognized by windows i try 3 other laptop but same. it’s working perfect b4 i do thesteps. Please help it’s has all my data and i don’t have the backup for it

1193. AbinashPosted October 18, 2011 at 5:01 pm | Permalink



It shows a error that “boot manager missing”

1194. akshayPosted October 18, 2011 at 5:49 pm | Permalink

does it works for intel g31 board……….with hp pen drive 4gb…….if i set my boot device priority as1. usb2.cd rom3. hard disk..

plz ans. and thanxs in advnce…..

1195. PatrickPosted October 19, 2011 at 8:26 am | Permalink

I have done this all, and when restarted with bios boot from usb, install screen came up,it copied windows files, then expanded windows files, it then self restarts and instead offinishign nstall process it bring me back to install screen to reclcik install and select whichpartition? why is that?

1196. xereonPosted October 19, 2011 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

Works like a charm! Ta!

1197. waseemPosted October 20, 2011 at 1:18 am | Permalink

after typing bootsect.exe /NT60 G: I GET MESSAGE “bootsect.exe is not a valid win32application”.My current OS is Windows 7 (32-bit).however my G: drive is a virtual drive

1198. marcPosted October 20, 2011 at 1:29 am | Permalink

thank you so so so much for this guide….it works like a charm and you ended a

nightmare for me….thank you

1199. eight86sixPosted October 20, 2011 at 3:35 am | Permalink

tnx so much man,this guide just saved my life.successfully instaled W7 on sony vaio.tnx alot once againcheers

1200. NikoPosted October 20, 2011 at 7:36 am | Permalink

Works fine! Thanks! I did in XP using VMWARE to create a Windows7 virtual machine,then installed it on my other laptop.

1201. Jagdish Singh CharanPosted October 20, 2011 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

i proper support for this guideand i make pendire bootable for window 07and installed window 07 successfulfrom jaipur Rajasthan

1202. anilPosted October 20, 2011 at 9:09 pm | Permalink

gr8 work…. im looking for dis frm a long time.thnks a lot

1203. ravikotafxPosted October 21, 2011 at 3:18 am | Permalink

thnx a lot dude…..

1204. JEMAIPosted October 21, 2011 at 5:34 am | Permalink

how can i copy the OS file after the procedure 7. can i use GUI or CMD?

1205. JEMAIPosted October 21, 2011 at 5:47 am | Permalink

thanks mate i did using GUI to copy the files and it works. I don’t need to buy a externaldvd. its really help-pull

1206. JamiPosted October 21, 2011 at 4:22 pm | Permalink

The shortcut version:1. Format your USB to NTFS using the Windows GUI and keep it plugged in2. Open your iso using MagicISO or some other app and extract boot/bootsect.exe3. Run bootsect.exe /nt60 :



3. Run bootsect.exe /nt60 :4. Copy all contents of iso to your USB

1207. saqib janPosted October 21, 2011 at 11:37 pm | Permalink

i hope that this method will be useful.sir when i insert the usb in my pc it get conneted but when i type “”list disk”" in cmd itshows me only my harddrive not the connected usb flash drive to continue this processplz help me as soon as possible i will be thanksfull to you.

1208. CinCityNewKidPosted October 23, 2011 at 5:59 am | Permalink

Found everything was pretty self explantory Great Guide. The only that that tripped meup was copying the files. I had them in a subdirectory… As soon as I put them in the rootof the drive it worked like a charm. Thanks for posting this guide.

CinCityNewKid

1209. azrul zzPosted October 24, 2011 at 5:08 pm | Permalink

Help!! please help ..

Master, I have problems after doing these four parts. FORMAT FS = NTFS (Formats theprocess may take several seconds) at first it went well up to 20 per cent, after that itturned to 0 per cent to wait too long. So I did re-from the first part, and it does not runagain. So how to return the flash drive to the original as not doing the things above?Please, I hope the Master can help my problem.

DISKPART>LIST DISKDisk###(Disk 2) Status(Online) Size(3819 MB) Free(0 B)

DISKPART>SELECT DISK 2

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART>CLEAN

DiskPark has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified. See theSystem Event Log for more information.

Please Help

1210. BrunoPosted October 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

Hi all, i just see this great tut and i diced to try!

I buy a TDK 4GB usb pen. when i try to copy all the DVD files, i says you need 87MB morespace! and i see the USB pen i have 3.77. =/ WTF

What can i do now?? plz some one hellp me here! can i zip some files?

1211. jetPosted October 25, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Permalink

Hi, can I ask for help in making this work? I’ve done the all the steps several timesalready on an 8GB usb drive but I can’t seem to make it bootable.

Also, if it helps, the autoplay to Setup.exe does not work. I am trying to install Windows7 on a laptop with a brand new HDD.

1212. PatrickPosted October 26, 2011 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

I downloaded a IMG file from Microsoft, how to continue from there?

1213. jasonPosted October 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

i have been successful in setting bootsect.exe /nt60

i’ll start to setup…hope it will work…

1214. anonPosted October 29, 2011 at 1:11 am | Permalink

This will take a few seconds (Yeah right! even my 8gb sticks takes 10min to format…doing my 700gb hdd atm… 15min gone, and still at 1%.

but love this guide, used it a few times, just as a quick look up for the commands.

1215. anvtPosted October 29, 2011 at 10:56 pm | Permalink



super sexy man…thanx a lot…gt sum minor glitchesif u get any error stating “install drivers from the select folder”then jus plug ur USB in USB 2.0 port. USB 3.0 drivers are nt installed by default

thanx a lotman

1216. ieee488Posted October 30, 2011 at 2:33 am | Permalink

Thanks!

Worked for me with a Dell Precision M6300.

My 8GB USB stick took more than a few seconds to format in step #4. More like minutes.

Also, in step #8, typing ‘robocopy D:\ H:\ /MIR’ in the command prompt box worked forme.

1217. DavePosted October 30, 2011 at 6:17 pm | Permalink

Excellent guide, thanks.You can use daemon tools to mount a disc image of OS and then use the drive letter itassigns as your DVD drive.

1218. Eonix90Posted November 1, 2011 at 8:18 am | Permalink

Thanks..its work…..

1219. NilammaniPosted November 3, 2011 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

Thank you for this post.I tried to step 6, it is going to fine. When I reach step 7 and type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:in H:\boot> prompt It will be something wrong! what happen? Please someone help me.Detail for Error message…H:\>CD BOOTH:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied.H:\boot>—————————————————Note: H: is Windows 7 DVD drive and I: is USB drive—————————————————Thank you!

1220. sandeep soniPosted November 10, 2011 at 9:47 am | Permalink

this trick is not working so plz any one can help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzz its very urgentbecause my cd drive is not working…

1221. SpyPosted November 10, 2011 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

Hey, i tried following this but when my laptop boots i cant continue with the formatbecause it says that I am missing the drivers for the hard disk!!The iso i am using for the setup is the legit downloadable copy of win 7 home prem.any ideas?

1222. SpyPosted November 10, 2011 at 12:45 pm | Permalink

by the way, step 8 failed for me as I couldnt copy the files, but i had to mount the winimage on another drive and then copy to the usb

1223. TonyPosted November 11, 2011 at 12:02 am | Permalink

Easy to follow, commands were correct, good job on the tutorial brotha.

-Tony

1224. MarvinPosted November 11, 2011 at 9:26 am | Permalink

Hey to all, i Just have a question,after i make a bootable usb drive to install windowsand if im already finish in installing,can i still use usb for saving files,or after theinstallation is complete can i still erase the installer of windows 7 from usb?Thank you

guyz,and i will be waiting for your opinion

1225. Abdul WaheedPosted November 11, 2011 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

can you explain the installation of Win07 OS without an optical CD drive in the machine



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1226. Abdul WaheedPosted November 11, 2011 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

Can I know the procedure to install the OS on a system that has no optical CD-Drive??

1227. Sahil SharmaPosted November 13, 2011 at 7:03 am | Permalink

Thnks dude,Worked like a charm just 25 mins to install windows 8..Keep it up..

1228. quePosted November 13, 2011 at 11:23 pm | Permalink

I’ve tried this 3 times now, and only get as far as formating to 100% complete, but thenit never returns to say “Diskpart successfully formated the volume”, nor does it return toa prompt that I can type further commands.

I’ve tried searching through all these responces to find an answer, but I’m just notseeing one.

Thanks for your help

1229. ExCuSePosted November 14, 2011 at 4:43 am | Permalink

n0thing 2 say. JUST PERFECT!

1230. mungPosted November 15, 2011 at 6:29 pm | Permalink

i’m at step 9..but after i click ‘instal now’ , the screen display was ‘setup starting’ for the

rest of mu life…whats the problem?

1231. MyrdhinPosted November 17, 2011 at 1:11 am | Permalink

Very, very nice tutorial.My PC didnt boot on the USB when priority was set to ‘Removable’. Worked finehowever, when set to HDD. Weird eh..

1232. ChandanPosted November 18, 2011 at 2:22 pm | Permalink

From where did DVD came to picture. At starting you assumed DVD drive is not working?

1233. HansPosted November 19, 2011 at 11:22 pm | Permalink

Greate guide. Worked perfect. Quick and excellent.

1234. ahmadPosted November 22, 2011 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

this is not working for me,the process stop until format and before that automaticallyhang on the command prompt..

1235. stimPosted November 22, 2011 at 10:02 pm | Permalink

nice,worked a treat. cheers.

1236. Anwar Ali khanPosted November 23, 2011 at 8:50 am | Permalink

the above commands are not working for winxp,so plz any help for winXp.



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