Tip of the day: How to Install Windows 7 From USB Flash Drive

No DVD Rom Drive? Tired of slow windows installation? Now this might help a lot. Using a flash drive to install windows 7.

Here are the list of what you will need:

ISO of windows 7 installer

Thumb drive with atleast have a capacity of 4GB

MBRWiz Download and Extract it on your hard drive (Diskpart utility for Windows XP doesn’t detect USB drive as Disk hence we need to use this free utility to make bootable USB drive).

Here are the steps:
1. Connect your thumbdrive to the computer, then format usb drive. To format right click on the usb drive then format.

2. Go to Start -->  run --> cmd this will open command prompt then type the following:
convert i: /fs:ntfs (where "i" is your usb drive letter)

3. Mount Windows 7 Image file (you can use magic disc a freeware)

4. Go to Start --> Run --> type cmd then enter
now dir to the directory where you have extracted mbrwiz then type the following commands
mbrwiz /list (note the disk nu,ber of you thumb drive)
mbrwiz /disk=y /active=y (where y is the number of you flash drive)
exit

5. Open another command prompt then type the following:

j: (drive letter of win7 mounted using daemon tools)

cd boot

bootsect /nt60 y: (y is the drive letter of your thumb drive)

6. Copy all the files from your windows 7 image to you thumb drive

7. Reboot you PC then press F9 then select usb as you boot drive

8. If you have followed the steps correctly, windows 7 installation should start from your thumbdrive