Best way to create W7 + updates USB drive?

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I plan on doing a clean install on a new SSD sometime this week and I'd like to create a Windows 7 USB install thingy. I tried once in the past (i forget which program) and it always returned an error.

I was hoping some kind soul might be able to tell me the most reliable way to do it and if its possible to make one with all the Windows Updates pre-installed.

Thanks
 
I did a install of windows 7 the other day and the first thing it did was say there is 194 Updates! as windows 8 and 10 are out they re not doing any new Service packs
 
Thanks guys.

I've integrated the updates into a downloaded and extracted W7 ISO as per the instructions from post #2. Whats the best method for then recompiling my installation into an ISO to then use Rufus?
 
Goose said:
Thanks guys.

I've integrated the updates into a downloaded and extracted W7 ISO as per the instructions from post #2. Whats the best method for then recompiling my installation into an ISO to then use Rufus?
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To turn it in to a bootable ISO you need WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) do some googling and you should find it.

Once you have WAIK installed it will give you a special CMD prompt that you must use, once that is running use the following command:

Code: 
oscdimg.exe -l<INSERT NAME OF DISC> -m -u2 -bE:\AIO\DVD\boot\etfsboot.com <INSERT LOCALE OF W7 FILES> <INSERT SAVE LOCALE OF THE ISO>

Replace the INSERT parts with your own paths, I ended up creating a batch file with the command already in so I just then call the batch file from the special CMD prompt and it does everything for me.

Stoner81.
 
Actually having had another look at Rufus I don't think you need to make it a bootable ISO or for that matter if it needs to be an ISO. I think you can just point Rufus in the direction of the install files/folder(s) and it should do the rest.

Stoner81.
 
Where are you putting the installation files, onto a DVD or USB drive? If a USB drive, you can miss out creating an ISO and just copy the updated install.wim file to your USB drive.
 
I have just ran through this and integrated 173 updates!.

now its done im just going to copy it all over to a bootable USB stick as I don't need it to be in a ISO file
 
Stoner81 said:
Actually having had another look at Rufus I don't think you need to make it a bootable ISO or for that matter if it needs to be an ISO. I think you can just point Rufus in the direction of the install files/folder(s) and it should do the rest.

Stoner81.
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Yeah thats what I did in the end, seems to work fine.
 
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