how to create bootable USB disk of windows 7
Quick tutorial of how to create bootable usb of windows 7 , All you need is a genuine copy of windows 7 and working windows system and a USB memory stick .
Prerequisites
- Copy of Windows ( ISO or DVD )
- Minimum 4GB USB stick
- Working windows system
STEPS
1 . Mount Your ISO or Insert DVD
2 . Insert USB
3 . Open my computer and notedown DVD/ISO drive ( eg. d:)
4 . Now prepare USB ( USE DISKPART CAREFULLY if you have more than one hard drives )
5 . Open command prompt ( open run and type ” cmd ” )
6 . type diskpart and click yes on (UAC)
diskpart> list disk it will list all disk connected to pc , identify your USB drive by looking at size of drive
diskpart> select disk DISK_NUMBEREnter your USB drive’s disk number accordingly
diskpart> cleanit will clean all partitions in USB
diskpart> create partition primaryCreate primary partition
diskpart> active this will activate that partition
diskpart> format fs=ntfs quickformat with ntfs or you can use fat32
diskpart> assign this will mount your USB and assign a drive letter
diskpart> exitexit diskpart
7 . Open My Computer and notedown USB Drive Letter ( eg. g:)
8 . open cmd and and type
xcopy x:\*.* /s /e /f y:\Where x: is DVD/ISO drive letter and y: is USB drive letter .
wait until is finished copying files , it will take some time depend on your system .