Ok, so you have downloaded Windows 7 beta, now you have realized that you can't install it on your small Netbook like Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind or Dell Mini because they don't have DVD drive!
Instead of buying an external optical drive, follow this guide to make your USB drive bootable and install Windows 7 through it.
Ok, so you have downloaded Windows 7 beta, now you have realized that you can't install it on your small Netbook like Acer Aspire One, Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind or Dell Mini because they don't have DVD drive! Instead of buying an external optical drive, follow this guide to make your USB drive bootable and install Windows 7 through it. Step 1 – Let’s create a bootable USD Drive! 1. Clearly, the first thing you need is a USB drive and the one I used was an 8GB Seagate model.
5. Format the drive by typing:
6. Mount the Windows 7 beta iso using Daemon Tools or similar.
8. Using bootsect, we’ll make the USB drive a bootable NTFS drive, ready for a Windows 7 image (my drive was labeled G):
9. We are finished with the command prompt now, so you can close it. Step 2 – Copy the installation files from the mounted Windows 7 iso to the USB drive. Use explorer for copying and pasting. Step 3 – Install on the Netbook 1. Plug in the USB drive and turn on the netbook Guide by Garyshortblog
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Step 1 – Let’s create a bootable USD Drive!
1. Clearly, the first thing you need is a USB drive and the one I used was an 8GB Seagate model.
2. Plug the drive into your PC.
3. Open a command prompt as administrator.
4. Get the drive number by typing:
- diskpart
- list disk
- On my machine the USB disk was number 1.
5. Format the drive by typing:
- select disk 1
- clean
- create partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format fs=NTFS
- assign
- exit
6. Mount the Windows 7 beta iso using Daemon Tools or similar.
7. Navigate to the boot directory
- cd E:\boot
8. Using bootsect, we’ll make the USB drive a bootable NTFS drive, ready for a Windows 7 image (my drive was labeled G):
- bootsect /nt60 G:
9. We are finished with the command prompt now, so you can close it.
Step 2 – Copy the installation files from the mounted Windows 7 iso to the USB drive.
Use explorer for copying and pasting.
Step 3 – Install on the Netbook
1. Plug in the USB drive and turn on the netbook
2. On start up press <F12> to select the bootable drive
3. Select the USB drive and press return
4. The netbook will boot from the USB drive and the installation will begin
5. Install as normal.
Guide by Garyshortblog
Source: Winmatrix
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