Install Windows 7 from a USB drive the very easy way Bootable USBThe fastest way to install windows 7 is from a bootable usb drive. You can cut the install time down to around 1. DVD if you use a fast drive. People still asking me to explain what is the best way to do this as many of the guides online are too complex, or require third party software which doesnt always work as they supposed to. With this Bootable. USB guide all you need to ensure is that your motherboard supports USB booting, and this is a common feature now for most of the computers. Today I am going to publish a step by step guide which works perfectly and doesnt require any additional tools I have been doing it for some time now to create bootable Windows install drives. You need to get hold of a fast USB 2. It doesnt need to be 3. GB or bigger,however, all you need is a 4. GB unit. The faster it is, the better. What you need Windows 7 DVD install disc or ISO image USB Drive 4. GB and as fast as you can get Running Windows Operating system Working set of hands and eyes A few minutes of your life. Plug in your USB drive in the USB port Before going any further, make sure you have removed any important files on your drive to a safe location, what we are about to do next is to erase the entire contents of the drive. Insert your DVD of Windows 7 into the computer, but dont start the normal install process. Open your My Computer and make a note of the drive numbers of both the USB drive and the DVD drive with Windows 7 files on it. As you can see from the image above, the DVD drive is drive has letter D assigned and the USB drive is E. Windows Product Activation 0X80004005. Want to know how to install and boot Damn Small Linux on your usb flash drive then keep reading. Want to install Ubuntu but dont have a spare blank DVD Dont worry After downloadin the ISO file, you can use a highlyreusable USB flash drive to get the job done. Open the command prompt with admin rights. Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit ShiftCtrlEnter. To keep things really easy, if you see text in upper case, it means this is what you type into the command prompt you dont need to type in upper case. Next type. DISKPARTthis loads the diskpart application we need to proceed. Then type. LIST DISKthe image above shows our 3. GB USB drive is listed as DISK 2so you have to type. SELECT DISK 2 your USB Drive may have a different number, dont follow exactly this text it depends on your usb driveYou will get a successful response Disk 2 is now the selected diskNext we want to clean the USB drive. Type CLEANyou will get a successful response Disk. Part succeeded in cleaning the disk. After the drive is cleaned follow the list in the image above detailed below in list order you can also note the successful text responses from the OS as you enter each command. SELECT DISK 2 or what number your USB drive hasCREATE PARTITION PRIMARYSELECT PARTITION 1. ACTIVEFORMAT FSNTFSFormatting can take a little time depending on the size of the drive, our 3. GB unit took about 1. Next type ASSIGNEXIT DISK PART will exitType D CD BOOT substitute the D if necessary with the letter of your Windows 7 DVD drivethen key. CD BOOTthen. BOOTSECT. Create A Bootable Windows 7 USB Drive From Linux Tested On Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux blog. ASKF27SuA/UXg8ZGNMS5I/AAAAAAAACGQ/_A8rQs7-B7s/s1600/install2.png' alt='Install Linux On Usb Drive' title='Install Linux On Usb Drive' />EXE NT6. E substitute the E if necessary with the letter of your now ready USB drive we are telling the system to create a boot sector file on the USB drive. Now you can exit the command prompt and copy all the files on the Windows 7 DVD to the USB drive. Once this step is finished youll be ready to boot from this drive, all you need to do is configure your motherboard bios setup to boot first from USB rather than hard drive or optical drive. If you dont know how to do this, refer to your specific motherboard manual or search the internet. Now, Windows 7 installation should take between 4. DVD disc. Last step Drink a cup of tea, from now on you can do this again and again.