Installing Windows 7 off USB Drive

JHONO · 2 Apr 2012 at 15:33

Hi does anyone know which software in order to transfer Windows 7 from disk to a USB drive?

Also how is it done, is it simple? Always used the disk myself but figured ive give this a go.

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JHONO · 2 Apr 2012 at 15:48

Looks easy enough. Thing is i need the Windows 7 ISO, does that mean i have to extract the data off disk as an ISO image first? If so which software for that, alcohol maybe?

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JHONO · 2 Apr 2012 at 16:16

bledd. said:
http://pbatard.github.com/rufus/

This is what I use.

I don't like putting W7 on a multiboot key, I have other tools on that instead, using YUMI

Looks good aswell as uNetbootin, Does rufus also put the ISO on the drive as well?

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JHONO · 2 Apr 2012 at 16:50

robinbredin said:
You can get the win 7 ISO's from the link below,

http://www.mydigitallife.info/downl...cial-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/

Or the win 7 ISO's with SP1,

http://techdows.com/2011/07/downloa...h-sp1-iso-official-direct-download-links.html

Cool they look good, silly question to ask but are they safe to use as in free from any malicious software etc? Also just to clarify you need a valid Key to use it as well (which i have)?

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JHONO · 2 Apr 2012 at 16:52

Also groen, If i where to use imgburn, what read speeds would you recommend i use to make the image?

Also bledd which settings would recommend using for rufus as well?

Just like to gather this info you see so i can get it right first time.

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JHONO · 12 Apr 2012 at 15:10

Just wondering if i should format the USB drive to NTFS or keep as FAT 32 before uploading the ISO on to the drive?

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JHONO · 12 Apr 2012 at 16:46

Ah yes of course!

Done it as NTFS now, though i dont think it matters anyway just tested it and it booted fine.

Thanks