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This guide works 100% for Windows 7 and Windows 8 unlike most of the guides out
there. I have seen many sites/blogs that have Install Vista from USB guide but either
with incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that dont use
proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this
100% working guide to install Windows 7 and Windows 8 from USB flash drive.
I just did this method on one of my friends machine and installed Windows 7 and
Windows 8 . The main advantage is that by using USB drive you will be able to install
Windows 7 or Windows 8 in just 15 minutes. You can also use this bootable USB drive on
friends computer who doesnt have a DVD optical drive.
The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say that
your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USB
drive.
Reiemen:
*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)
*Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation files.
Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Windows 8 USB drive using which
you can install Windows 7 or Windows 8 easily.
Pocede:
1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to a
safe location on your system.
2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open
Command Prompt with admin rights.
*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Cl+ Shif+ Ene.
Or
*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and
select Run as administrator.
3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in
the command prompt:
First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

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First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.
Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB
flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Dik 1.
4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no
is Dik 1.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above
step to confirm it.
So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
(Format process may take few seconds)
ASSIGN
EXIT
Dont close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next
step. Just minimize it.
5. Next insert your Windows7/Windows 8 DVD into the optical drive and check the drive
letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is D and
USB drive letter is H (open my computer to know about it).
6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following command
now:
D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive letter.
CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR
compatible code.
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
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Where H is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see the
below message.
8. Copy your Windows 7 or Windows 8 DVD contents to the USB flash drive.
9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7 or Windows 8. Only thing you
need to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. I
wont explain it as its just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabling the USB
boot option in the BIOS.
Note: If you are not able to boot after following this guide means you havent set the
BIOS priority to USB. If you got any problem in following this guide feel free to ask
questions by leaving comment.
Update: If ou find this guide difficult to follow, please use the eas-to-use guide
to create a bootable USB to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 using official tool.
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1. Daryl
Posted January 12, 2009 at 1:20 am Permalink
Hey thanks! Id love to try this soon I hope its working
2. Brandon
I dont think XP shows usb drives in list disk, or maybe its just me. Is there any other
alternative to step 4?
3. tweakwindows
^ Thats why I have mentioned only Vista & Windows 7.
4. tweakwindows
Works 100% on Vista & Windows 7..Thanks.
5. Casmir
This is coolHope it will work the same way with an external HDD.
Keep up the good work bro
6. ben
Posted January 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm Permalink
i am also trying to do this from xp, and it doesnt work, im not sure if step 4 needs to be
done in comand prompt (i formatted the stick in disk manager) but i got stuck on step 7
because there is no such thing as bootsect.exe
7. neodorian
When I run bootsect.exe it says that this version isnt compatible with my version of
windows even though it is running the vista version.
8. tweakwindows
Please use Vista or Windows 7 as bootsect.exe is not present in XP CD.This guide only
works on Windows Vista & 7
9. tweakwindows
This guide doesnt work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7..I have mentioned in the
title of the post.
10. tweakwindows
@ben
Please follow the guide step-by-step and dont skip any step.
11. Paul
THANK YOU! I was having problems getting the boot sector to work
and you fixed it. Definitely better than any other guide SCREEN SHOTS = TEHWIN!, they
help sooo much when you cant see what youve done wrong, even picked up a few new
cmd tricks.
Im a fan, thanks man.
12. ?lhan
Hey man your methods does not working in XP. Please reinform us.
13. Omar
I was doing fine up until step 5. I figured the whole point of booting from a USB drive
was to avoid having to burn a disc with the Windows 7 files on it, or install on a PC
without a DVD drive. Anyway, I dont have any blank DVDs, so I was trying to install it
from my USB drive, but I cant get past step 5, since I dont have my Windows 7 files on
a disc. They are on my hard drive, and my USB drive. Help!
14. John
Got it working in the second attempt.good guide.
15. EiNS
Thanksvery excellent guide
any working method for xp usb drive installation? Tried manybut non of them working
16. Lincoln
OK nevermind I just had to optimise the drive for performance Sorry about that!
17. vikrant
Does it also mean that we can install windows 7 on a usb drive?
18. BlogPiG
This worked an absolute treat. Nice write-up.
I did it on an XP box using Windows 7 mounted onto a virtual DVD drive.
I had to do the format using the windows tools as wasnt available as part of diskpart in
XP.
All the rest worked as described.
19. eden
i just formated my usb pen, and done show all files on the DVD and copied the contents
over.
i didnt use the diskpart tools.
installed w2in 7 fine
20. Laker_Fan32
Leechie!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR XP!!!! Wow, I have been
searching for past two days and you explained it in 4 steps, you are AWESOME! Thank
you VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!
21. Rkee
U can also achieve booting from a usb drive by using daemon tools. Dont mean to dis on
the author graet walkthrough by the way. Its just an alternative, and no need for any
command prompt scripting.
22. madmax
i tried both the XP method and VISTA method. both i managed to do without any
problems. but when i try to boot from the pen drive i get this error
file : \Boot\BCD
status : 0xc000000e
info : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration
some help please?
23. Darin
Hey, I followed all the steps, and everything worked perfectly until I booted from the Usb
device and tried to install windows 7. It said that Setup does not support installation to
disks connected through a USB port. Is there a way around this?
24. tweakwindows
@Darin
Firstly, let me apologise for the experience youre having.
The error means, your motherboard doesnt support USB booting. I have also mentioned
this in my guide. And there is no way to boot USB unless your motherboard support.
@Vikrant
No this guide doesnt for the users who like to install Windows 7 on USB.
@Omar
If you dont have a DVD drive/USB(4GB) then use my guide Installing Windows 7
without using USB/DVD drive. There are two methods, direct and via VPC method.
Please follow my guides.
@All
I am glad that this guide helped you to install Windows 7.
Thanks.
25. Joey
i downloaded windows 7 from microsoft and dont have a cd/dvd for it so what do i do do
i extract it to the usb then restart using the flash drive or what?
i extract it to the usb then restart using the flash drive or what?
26. tweakwindows
@Joey
If you dont have a DVD/USB then use my below guide which shows Installing Windows
7 without using USB/DVD drive
http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive-method-
2/
http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive-method-
1/
27. gabontz
Hello i cant see my usb stick with diskpart.
all i can see, is my 4 HDDs on my computer.
What can i do in this case?
28. pete
When I try step 7, I get: The system cannot execute the specified program
29. suavi
Bootsect.exe problem!
I think that there is a problem occurs when you want to install 64 Bit Windows 7 from
your 32 Bit Vista.
Here is the message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows
youre running. Check your computers system information to see whether you need a
X86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the software
publisher.
30. Morty
What if I want to create a x64 boot in a x86 environment? I get this error message. This
version of g:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows youre
running. Check your system information yada yada contact software publisher. I am
running Vista 32-bit, trying to create this USB boot thingaby for Windows 7 64-bit.
Thanks mate.
31. Nick
When I tried to boot from usb it will not even get finished copying the files when it gives
me an error code. It sometimes will start installing updates. But what is with this damn
error code. I,m waiting on it to do it again..Expanding files (0%).
Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are
available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D
I would be very grateful for anyones help.
32. Siddanth
Hey tweakwindows i think we need to make use of xcopy command havent tried it for xp
did u try it out /?
33. Jonathan
I have followed all instructions.
I tried the flash drive one of my main machines and it works. However, on my test rig, I
only get a Missing Operating System message. Boot priorities are set to USB Boot.
What could be wrong?
34. Laker_Fan32
My USB becomes Bootable, however when it is installing it gets stuck at 8% and then
nothing happens??? Ive tried many times and it doesnt seem to work, it always gets
stuck at 5% or 8%. Sometimes it errors out with the error code: 0x800703ee
35. PeterNLD
Can the USB-stick after having Windows7 installed, be used to get in the complete
recovery enviroment as well?
36. SEO Blog
36. SEO Blog
Works like a charm, thanks
37. Into Windows(Admin)
First of all, sorry for the delay in reply.
@ PeterNLD
Of course, you can use as a replace to DVD.
@ Laker_Fan32
Sorry for the delay. I think you need to copy all the files once again. Just try it.
@ Siddarth
I didnt try that method. But I have another method which works on XP as well. Will post
the guide soon.
@ Nick
Make sure you copy all the Windows 7 files to USB correctly.
@Suavi
Basically, I havent tested this method on 64-bit machine. So, I cant find a solution for
you.
Thank you.
Into Windows
38. tyson
Hi, I read d comments & got confirmed that this method works although i didnt try it. I
want to install windows xp by USB method. Can you also give a method like this for
windows xp also?? I am currently running windows vista & dont have an optical drive.
39. Nik Simpson
Only one minor issue if you are trying to create a W7 64-bit bootable drive on a 32 bit
install of Vista. In that case youll have to run the bootsect command from a 32-bit W7
DVD, because the version on the 64-bit DVD will not run on a 32-bit OS.
40. cdnwood
Thank you! Absolutely brilliant your guides have been very helpful!! It all worked just
as you have so thoroughly described.
41. Fzang
Um, couldnt you have skipped step 5 and onwards? You just need to do the diskpart
and then copy contents of the CD to your USB, at least, thats what worked for me
Also, why are you formating to NTFS instead of FAT32?
Just wondering..
42. bob Sauve
If I had Vista pre-installed when I purchased my computer
what different steps would I take to make a bootable USB drive??
Thanks,
Bob
43. Andy
Thanks mate for this, very detailed and very user friendly, i tried to install Win xp on my
EEEpc 1000H but for some reason it wouldnt boot unless i put the USB stick in.lol, its
mad when Win 7 is much easier to setup and install than XP.
Anychance of letting me know how to dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Easy Peasy
?
Thanks mate your a star
44. Nick1
Correct me if Im wrong, but step 5 states that we need a DVD. I use this guide because
I dont have one. Am I right?
45. cmerg
Great article. Worked like a charm.
Great article. Worked like a charm.
46. Man
Posted February 2, 2009 at 9:56 pm Permalink
Hi.
In the list disk step,I cant see my USB drive. Whats wrong with it? (My Operating
System is XP.)
Does it only work in Vista?
Thank you for your teaching.
47. SENTY
HEY I HAVE PROBLEM IN THE LAST STEP .. MY DVD ROM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.I
HAVE IMAGE(NRG) OF WINDOWS VISTA.I LOAD IT USING A IMAGE READER SOFTWARE
(POWER ISO),WHEN I TRYING TO EXCUTE THE LAST STEP USING VIRTUAL DVD ROM THAN
THE ORIGINAL DVD ROM,I GOT A EXCEPTION
COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
HOW CAN I SLOW IT ..?,PLS HELP ME .. SND ME MAIL ON MY MAIL ACCOUNT
48. tweakwindows
Sorry for the delay in replay.
@Man
This method works fine on Vista and Windows 7 only. I will be writing a guide for XP
users in a week. Stay tuned!
@Nick1
I wrote this guide to make the installation faster. In my personal experience Windows 7
took just 15 minutes to get installed from USB compared to 35 minutes DVD method. Of
course, you can skip the step 5 if you can mount the image and copy the files.
@Andy
Sorry, I am not planning on that. But, it should be easier if you install Linux over
Windows 7.
@Bob Sauve
Follow the same procedure. This method works on both Vista and Windows 7.
@Tyson
Wait for few days to get a detailed guide.
@Fzang
NTFS is faster than FAT.
Admin
http://www.intowindows.com
49. ELPY
Awesome,Think!!!
50. asd
Posted February 11, 2009 at 3:44 am Permalink
well im gonna try this from my phone. hope everything works out ok
51. TY
About th LIST DISK command, I can not see my USB drive number (As you so the
instruction below). so how? i see only my Hard Drive. what can i do?? pls help me!!
52. omg
Hi thats an awesomely explained method! great work!
but im on Vista x86 and i was trying to make a usb with Vista x64 on it, but the cmd
prompt gave me this error!
This version of X:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows
x86 or x64 version of the program, and then contact the software publisher
Is it that i need Vista x64 to create a USB x64!??
Pls help
53. Cobrass2
53. Cobrass2
Thanks Worked like a charm.
54. JD
No luck from XP on my Asus 1000HE
I used leechers method and continued from step 5.. wehen attemping to boot from USB I
get disk read error
55. Sjengie
Hi, i tried it using my 4Gb microSD but like Darin my HP mini-note 2133 (which offers boot
option through USB generic STORAGE DEVICE) boot manager comes with an error the
boot selection failed because a required device is inaccesible.
I worked through all the steps as described above without any errors.
But i notice that diskpart command DETAIL DISK shows that Bootable = No
Si is it bootable yes or no and what might have gone wrong?
thx, btw great job this site !!
56. Sjengie
Correction, it works again !
noticed that i did not copy my w7 dvd properly
great, you made linux disappear for us, thx again tweakwindows !
57. pete
Posted March 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm Permalink
Hi ive tried and tried but DISKPART wont see my usb key, can u help.
58. ajin
hey it is showing cannot find bootmngr press crl alt del to restart
59. Anthony
Posted March 5, 2009 at 2:10 am Permalink
Great guide. You need to update your requirements section to point out that these
instructions only work when done on a Vista or Windows 7 platform, or specifically state
they will not work on XP
60. tweakwindows
Thanks for the reply. Will edit the post soon.
61. tweakwindows
@ajin
I hope you have followed my steps correctly. Try to repair your bootmgr file.
62. tweakwindows
Sorry, if you cant find see your USB drive in the DISKPART command, I cant help you.
However, if you have only one hard drive, then you can use the 1 as your USB key. But
try this on your own risk.
63. Pinko
Formatting may take few seconds ^^
It has bee taking maby 30minutes for 10percent with my 250gb drive
64. Pinko
56% now. thos are way loong seconds.
65. Swanny
Posted April 10, 2009 at 10:25 pm Permalink
I have try all the step by step but on the stage command E:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60
F:
I got this message Could not map drive partition to the associated volume device
objects:
Access is denied. Any idea what went wrong. Please help. Thanks.
66. jickie
awesome guide does exactly what it says on the tin, thanks so much im now installing
windows 7 on all my mates comps via usb.
67. Jeff
Posted May 5, 2009 at 3:46 pm Permalink
excellent guide. thanks very much. you saved me aged of messing with BartPe again
trying to make a bookable installation drive.
thanks.
68. victor frazee
list disk DID NOT detect a 4GB or a 16GB memory stick
69. Quan
Lets say I have a hdd box with 2 partitions (Y, Z), can I use your method to create boot
install for Vista on partition Y and for Windows 7 on partition Z?
70. JB
Posted May 10, 2009 at 9:30 am Permalink
Great write up. Works perfectly!!
71. Brad
Thanks a lot! Worked no problem. It also fixed the partition tables on my USB key!
72. Cooper
Windows XP/2000 users !!!
Diskpart will not recognize removable storage, so dont bover
This only works under WIndows Vista or 7.
73. ID
When are the mongs gonna read and understand this guide does not work on xp.
74. Joeypesci
For everyone having issues with diskpart in XP not seeing the USB stick, its because
thats an XP issue. The way XP and Vista handles USB drives, Vista sees them in Diskpart
but XP tends not to. There is a reg hack to fix it but I havent bothered to search for it.
75. Joeypesci
Just spotted someone beat me to it
76. J
Works 100% in my Notebook. I wanted to install Vista Ultimate with a 8GB USB Pen and i
made it!
Thanks!
77. Christopher
Best write-up ever! Clear and concise. Oh, and it works!!!
Great job, and thank you!
78. Iam
Funny thing I noticed on Win7, when you EXIT the DiskPart and try to continue in
Command Prompt, while copying the bootsector to device, you may face an error
Access Denied for no priviledge in copying the bootsector to device.
Solution just Exit the Command Prompt and Run it again (still need to Run as
Administrator).
79. DanielRemains
Im sure this is another arrengement with MS and USB driver manufactuer to make
money LOL joke
Nice guide I will have to steal my girlfriends USB drive (Which I bought her for christmas
LOL) to try this. Looks like its worth it thanks
80. pirater2113
so if you do this tut correctly on a vista computer then you can use the pen drive on a Xp
computer?
81. Jay
Hey Bro can one dual boot using this. ie. Vista and Windows 7
82. mads
perfect. great guide. thanks
83. Omer
Dear,
I want to install windows 7 RC through USB/Pen drive.
But when i open the command prompt and write LIST DISK there (after DISKPART), it only
shows my hard drive there, that is DRIVE 0 only, though i try it after inserting USB.
Y is it so?
84. mike
FORMAT FS=NTFS
Yeah lol, its taking a loooong few seconds on my 8GB drive
85. mike
I have a question for you, admin.
What if I want to rollback changes made to my USB drive? Or can I leave it like that
(partitions, ntfs) for regular use after installing windows 7?
86. admin
@Jay
Yes, you can dual boot.
87. admin
@ pirater2113
You can use this to create bootable USB on Vista and 7 only. If you have created on a
Vista computer then you can use it on a XP computer to boot.
88. Yue
i tried it and it wont work, i am using an old portable hard drive which is 5 gb, is it alright
with it?
89. znakistu
10x for this useful tutorial
its working on vista tomorrow i will try on win 7.
10x a lot
90. trav
Can I do this with an SD card and USB adapter?
91. anil
made a usb with above tutorial, will install windows 7
i wanted to install windows 7 64 bit but have 32 bit vista
now in order to install windows 7 64 bit, it seems, i will have to burn a dvd
92. Tweakwindows
@Trave
I havent personally tried using SD card. But you should be able to do that.
93. Tweakwindows
@All
We are going to close the comments for this post.
We are going to close the comments for this post.
94. JP Jones
I used this method successfully on two computers. I was very surprised that when I was
unable to change the boot sequence to USB in the BIOS on an older laptop, windows 7
installed anyway. I was pretty sure that it wouldnt work but I tried it and presto! It
went through the three reboots and installed perfectly. Has anyone else had this
happen?
95. William
this method from microsoft takes out the last part using bootsect. and it still works.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx
96. Christian Saborio
Worked like a charm, great instructions, thanks!
97. aaraza
Hi,
Great guide. However, I am stuck after:
bootsect.exe /nt60 h: (h is my usb drive letter)
The message I get is: Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device
objects: Access is denied.
I followed the steps twice niowand get the same result. Am I missing something? Would
greatly appreciate any helpI have a netbook down and would like to put Windows 7 on
it using a USB stick.
Thanks!
98. aaraza
Please ignore my last message I was not running command prompt as Administrator!
99. Saurabh Zagade
I m very very thankful to U for such HELP..
100. Ben Charlton
Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:52 am Permalink
You can follow my guide to creating a bootable usb disk under windows xp then follow
this guide from 5 onwards.
101. Giorell
Posted June 4, 2009 at 12:15 pm Permalink
I want to ask something. Can I return my flash drive back to normal after this? Leave a
tagg on my guest book or email me rather.
102. murtaza
Hey..hv vista already installed on my pc..need 2 install win 7 as dual boot..i tried once
dual bootin with xp bt resulted into bootin f only xp..cud u pls help me out hw 2 dual
boot win 7 wid vista
103. ferris
Best guide I have ever used Thank you, hats off sir.
104. Bogdan
I find it funny that you say this is a 100% working guide but you dont mention that fact
that the Win 7/Vista USB boot drive needs to be created on computer running Windows
7 or Vista. That should really be added to the Requirements section so you can call your
guide 100% working. I seen a few comments from people saying it doesnt work
because theyre trying to make the boot drive from within XP.
105. Bogdan
Other than that small piece of missing information, the guid e is great!
106. Jacob
(Im hoping HTML will work )
trying the F:CD BOOT command (where F is my DVD drive location), it returns the
following functions
Firstly, from DISKPART (which you didnt say to leave, not sure if you meant to or not)
Secondly, from C:\Windows\System32 (where your screenshot is taken from)
107. Jacob
Sorry, images werent displayed from html
Ill just explain it
from C:\Windows\System32, after running the F:CD BOOT
it returns a simple Parameter is incorrect.
from DISKPART it gives me a list of about 25 sub commands
not sure about the right word for that
thankyou but, your guide seems very will explained (just having some technical issues
108. Mark
Awesome work! Clear and very simple! For everyone having problems, keep in mind the
guide is only for:
- Windows 7 installing / not running from an USB drive
- MB with USB boot support
Just follow the steps.
Thanks for this guide!
PS:
109. TSurF
Great guide cheers bro!
110. Shaz
Thank a lot. Very useful tutorial I followed it all through until I boot through usb and
setup program comes up. When I get to, select which drive you want the installation I
cant select my usb drive it comes up with the message below:
WINDOWS CANNOT BE INSTALLED TO THIS DISK. SETUP DOES NOT SUPPORT
CONFIGERATION OF OR INSTALLATION TO DISKS CONNECTED THROUGH A USB OR IEEE
1394 PORT.
I tried 3 different computers and a few new laptops and come up with same message. I
read these forums and people successfully installing them, What am i doing wrong. Can
you please Help.
Ive been at this for almost 2 weeks.
I can boot from usb but cant install onto it. I am trying to install vista.
CAN YOU PLEASE HELP.
THANK YOU
111. admin
@Shaz
You cant install Windows on USB using this guide. You can only use this guide to create
a bootable USB and then use it as installation media.
112. Shaz
Thanks a lot for fast reply. Is there a way that I can install vista onto my external hard
drive? if so how is it possible.
Thank you
113. CMal
Thanks, this worked really well.
Couldnt get my old DVD drive to read quickly/effectively enough and this did the trick!
Well chuffed ;D
114. Julio Bravo
It works fine, except one problem: when I run the windows7 64bits RC1
\boot\bootsect.exe in my Vista 32, it doesn`t work. I did it running from the \boot folder
of the windows7 Beta1 32bits and it is OK.
115. Laymain
If you have a version problem with bootsec.exe, just use bootsec.exe from a Vista DVD.
Put back your Windows 7 after and continue following the guide
116. Gregor
Thanks ! Have a nice day.
117. xopher
very nice toot.
as an Ubuntu user I enjoyed being able to do this kind of stuff from Win7 7127 on my
desktop to make this 7210 for my netbook without using linux.
imagine that.
118. JakeDK
Great guide, thx
Had a problem with step six but thats because the written command is wrong, but I
figured it out when I saw the command in the scrren thx again just what I was
looking for.
119. Bernard
I used this method and created a USB drive for my Windows 7 installation. Works
flawlessly! Oh, and the installation of Windows now takes only 8 minutes.
120. Brantyr
Step 2: dont you guys know if you hit winkey + R you get the oldschool run box which
automatically starts whatever you run from it with admin privledges?
121. Chris
Posted July 11, 2009 at 9:44 am Permalink
Great guide, thanks.
To those, like me, that are (were) running Vista 32-bit and wanting 7 64-bit:
In step 7, use bootsect.exe from your Vista CD. Barring any other issues, it will work
perfectly. It did for me.
122. DaveG
Posted July 11, 2009 at 12:27 pm Permalink
Hello, TweakWindows, and thanks, but I know what you mentioned about Vista, which
I AM using, I used a Sandisk 8GB and waited half an hour for the formatting process
(hardly a few seconds, but I wasnt surprised, and Id like to know how you get that on a
4GB flash drive), I followed each of your steps in order twice while running an
Administrator command session, with positive feedback after each command was
completed, and then I reordered my BIOS boot priority (which had the same effect as
hitting F12, other than F12 not requiring another BIOS session to boot normally from
your hard disk again). Looks like I did everything right, and STILL I cant boot from a
flash drive. I see most others have not had that problem, but I made sure that I did
what you said, with the right stuff, and still I crashed with this error: BOOTMGR NOT
PRESENT (or MISSING, something similar), and that was after the BOOTMGR.EXE
/NT60 command completed with success! I know nothing of boot managers, much less
repairing them, but I sure would appreciate a clue (wherever it is)! I am close to
hopelessly frustrated on this, even if this is the best tutorial Ive seen so far, and if I
cant resolve it here I will probably give up please help!
123. DaveG
Ohdid I misunderstand that this is for making use of an image file? Is that not how
Vista is normally distributed, on a normal DVD? I am trying to install a modified version of
Vista, distributed by .iso, for two very good reasons: 1) Im on a bloatware diet, and 2)
Im trying to replace what I already paid for, after it got wiped (yeah, the whole freakn
disk), and if you Microsoft pirate hunters have a problem with that, then you can go
impale yourselves on your own swords! To any who would clue me in on what else may
be needed besides the image file (after following the above steps), or explain any non-
troll reasons why this method would not work with what I am trying to do, Id be most
grateful.
124. Veselin Belchev
If you have Windows XP all ready installed just fallow 6. 7. 8. 9. Before this steps format
your USB FLASH drive in NTFS format. Its all ready works to Windows 7 and Windows
Vista
125. PCLove
On #4 where the file system is being set, you can use QUICK to speed up the formatting
like this:
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
Its so much faster!
126. ????????
Thanks!
This would really help me a lot installing on Vaio Type P.
127. kuld33p
I am getting a window at the installation process to select a driver. I can not go pass
that.. any idea.. I tried to select windows/inf folder as well.. but no luck.. installation
does not proceed.
128. JonJon
Hello, Ive already tried this guide a week ago and it works. I have windows 7 in my hp
mini 2140. But now I want to downgrade again back to Windows XP.
Can I use this guide again? but rather than to put the windows 7 installation in the usb
it would be the windows xp? Or should I search another guide for this? I havent tried it
yet. I just want to ask here first before I try.
Regards,
129. konrad
it works flawleslly tnx man
130. admin
Sorry, JonJon.. This guide is only for Windows 7 or Vista.
131. Me
Hi,
Is it possible to create a multi boot?
So one can select what version to install from the same stick:
Windows 7 x64 or x86
Windows Vista x64 or x86
132. ive
some bios dont recognise NTFS formatted usb keys as boot device, so you might still
want to format as FAT32, even if it makes your key slower
133. Jean-Sbastien
Very great work! Thank you very much!
134. Peter
Hi Admin,
Quick question- Would this method work with my Vaio boot disk? instead of a standard
windows cd. Thanks in advance.
135. Mahesh
When I tried executing LIST DISK in command prompt,I couldnt find my USB drive listed
in.
in.
So I couldnt proceed.
Please guide me
136. Shom
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
If the flash drive has been previously used for as a bootable installer for a Linux distro
then the MBR needs to be reset, which can be done by modifying the Step 7 command
to:
bootsect /nt60 H: /force /mbr
This will remove the Master Boot Record so Windows boot loader will kick in, instead of
Linux (GRUB).
137. admin
@Peter
Bootable Windows DVD or Image is required to make this happen.
138. Franck
For the ones that do not want to burn a blank DVD, you can mount the .iso file you
downloaded (e.g. using VirtualCloneDrive) and do the copy from there.
Will give this tutorial a try shortly to get the SevenRC on my X200 (small & great but no
optical drive).
139. Bernard
Hi. I followed this guide to make a bootable Windows 7 usb drive a few weeks ago, and
it worked perfectly!
Now I have downloaded a new version of Win 7 (The RTM released just recently), and I
wonder if I have to follow this guide from step 1 to remake the bootable drive, or is it
enough for me to erase the content on the flashdrive and then copy from the image, the
last step?
140. Waqar
Nice tutorial will do installing!!
141. 9shares admin
usb drive will be not available when use diskpart command in windows xp. you should
use vista or later versions of windows.
142. Patrick
all that is necessary is to format your USB and then copy all files from the the cd/dvd(iso
or whatever) to the device. Then just to be sure to boot from the device via the bios or
boot selection.
143. Michael
Has anyone found out a solution to the problem of it sating BOOTMGR not found. Press
ctrl alt dlt to restart when trying to boot it. I cant get passed that.
144. Torpido
I have a U3 Software on my USB, its basically there for Exploring and locking the USB, if i
copy entire system File(U3) and then paste it back after a format for the purpose of
above guide will i be able to still use it the U3, and if yes must i format it back to FAT32?
145. Mark
After trying over and over i finally got it. It was bringing up my vaio recovery tools, so I
had to take my hdd out of the boot order and it worked like a charm.
146. Franck
Posted August 1, 2009 at 2:35 am Permalink
I got the install to run on the X200 using the USB, but I had to deal with a cannot
create or locate system partition error. That is an error linked to the usage of USB
media and not DVD.
If the USB is first in the BIOS, then the Custom upgrade option simply fails to find the
HDD where to create the system partition (100MB) I initially wanted a dual-boot of my
Lenovo-Vista, but I had to completely format the drive finally. Once blank, I could put it
first in the BIOS (since not bootable yet) and the system booted on the USB.
From that tricky point, it went smoothly. This guide is great.
147. 9shares admin
nice article..thanks
148. Yan Li
Hey, thanks for this great article. Ive used this several times already, since I felt my
original windows 7 64-bit was not to my liking on my new laptop. I found out why the
bootmgr is missing message was showing after correctly carrying out all the
instructions. I put the Windows 7 ISO on my usb instead of the folders/files inside the
Windows 7 ISO/CD!
149. VladamirTOM
Posted August 7, 2009 at 9:04 pm Permalink
Great guide. Worked perfectly thanks a lot. Now I dont have to worry about finding a
disc drive just for a folding rig.
150. Kusta
If you click right, you get properties of the drive any drive and then click format. I
think that will short this procedure of formating drive, for those who do not like to typing.
151. Hisham
I have a problem here !! someone could help me please ?? When Im formatting the USB
Drive and after it finish I got this msg: DiskPart has encountered an error: The
parameter is incorrect.
See the System Event Log for more information. Whats that supose to mean ?? Could
anyone give me the solution please.
152. Minh Tran
Thanks for the guide. Perhaps you should update it with Shoms comment(#137). I was
using a usb stick that formerly had the linux grub loader on it. I was getting the missing
bootmgr error message until I used the /force /mbr option like Shom suggested.
Also, formatting is very slow I would add the QUICK option on the format command.
Although in Windows 7, I can just right click on my usb drive letter in my computer &
quick format it using NTFS bypassing DISKPART altogether.
153. Barry
Worked fine, though format was a little slow.
Thanks for an easy to follow guide!
154. Nikunj
its really works.
155. Pali
Thanks for this guide! Exelent job. Thank you again! Pali from Hungary.
156. Marleybrit
does this work with XP?
157. Gaurav Akrani
This article is really only awesome guide which works.
Worked 100% without any flaws and mind irritating drills.
Please dont try this on your Windows XP Pro Operating system and waste your time.
It is only for Windows Vista and/or Windows 7 Beta users.
I tried it as instructed on windows 7 beta and worked like charm.
Can somebody please tell me similar 100% working guide for triple booting Windows 7 +
Windows XP + Ubuntu Linux.
Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.
Rds, Gaurav Akrani
158. Tried 4 times?
Troubles I can boot from the USB stick into the Windows setup 7 fine. However, every
time the computer restarts, it restarts the setup.
So During the next restart I pulled the USB stick out and Windows started. The setup
picked up where it left off. The green bar wasnt moving at all though.
So I ran it all again I rebooted (with the USB stick plugged in), reformatted the
destination drive, re-ran the full setup, pulled the stick out for the first restart You
know that black screen where you can choose safe mode or regular mode? There are 2
Windows 7 options there and every time I repeat the above, it adds another Windows 7
option.
What am I missing??
Thanks for any help.
159. Tried 4 times?
Oh hey! Never trust a green bar It worked after a loooong time.
160. Chris Leiter
Step 6 works more efficiently if you enter it as one line:
CD /D D:\Boot
161. NoR3N
thx a lot You save me many Hours from searching external dvd drivers Perfect JOB!!!
162. RnR
Very good, Im going to boot it in a few seconds from nowTHANX
163. CK117
If you have problems with the BOOTSECT.exe part, just add /force to the end.
164. Robert
Thanks a bunch for this tute, it has saved me hours of frustration and bad words.
I created a USB install and will use it tonight on my guinea pig system.
165. JB
Thanks the format took ages on my 16gb cruzer
Also, my source was an ISO of the x64 RTM build. First try, I mounted this with MagicISO
and copied files with explorer had a problem with a missing file boot\bcd, so I started
again, but used 7-zip to extract the iso, and am now through with the install, which flew
by in just 20 or so minutes.
I think that copying files from the magiciso mounted iso was not the ideal way to go 7-
zip seems to have done the trick for me.
166. JONNYK
GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!!!!!
Go to device manager and go to properties and select policies, and select the better
Performance the bottom one for you to use the BOOTSEC.EXE part.
You might have to reboot.
I also suggest you use KILL U3 utility for san disk.
167. Mindslight
Thanks !
Johannes from France
168. Josh
Excellent stuff. I tried following other sites instructions only to find they didnt even
create the boot sector. This worked like a charm. Thanks!
169. Anonyme
Damnit, cant do it on a x64 Win7 DVD from XP 32 :/
170. rockystuud
Hi ! Thanks. It works fine . Thanks a lot for your effort and clear instructions.
171. jiji
FORMAT FS=NTFS
This is bad . Very bad.
It doesnt take few seconds.
It does take very many seconds.
Formatting quick is much faster and enough (I already did to this stick two times before)
.
Please correct.
172. David Amison
Just tryed it worked perfectley thanx!!!!!!!
173. YASEEN
Posted September 4, 2009 at 8:13 pm Permalink
AWESOME!!!
174. vagothcpp
Posted September 5, 2009 at 9:22 am Permalink
Replace format fs=ntfs
with format fs=ntfs quick
to make it format faster.
175. Harris
thanks bro..
176. JHANU
thanks man thats ur great work keep on doing..
177. Dan Berger
For those of having the 32/64 bit problem, just follow the beginning of the guide and
after you finish formating, copy & paste (drag and drop) the contents of the dvd (which
you can virtually mount on your hdd) onto the usb stick. it will be bootable and will work!
178. Zak
hai dude it really works great.
can u also tell me how to create an live pendrive (like live cd).
179. e
work like magic
Thanks alot
Keep posting !
180. klokluider
XP users follow this method:
Just for completion
1. First create your bartpe files using UBCD4WIN
2. after you have done that create your usb flashdrive using UBUSB
point to the files of your bartpe
be sure you check create cd image and let de default Z in place
check if you have selected the right drive
press go
after finished you have a bootable usb drive which is able to get in a xp environment.
3. Now copy the content of your win XP CD to a folder XPCD on the flash drive (x:\xpcd)
4. after copying boot the drive in the PC and select Compatibility Mode (Memory Mapped)
5. after finished you select the commandline and type
X:\XPCD\i386\Winnt32.exe /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /makelocalsource
6. first enter the xpkey and name of the computer and region then click next
7. Now youre asked if you want to upgrade to the XP NTFS filesysten, select NO for
this then hit Next.
8. Itll now see Copying installation files and the familiar green progress bar. Shortly
after Copying Installation Files is complete, setup will close without notice or any type
of prompt, this is normal.
9. remove the flash drive and Reboot your computer and setup will continue from the
hard drive where you can choose to install XP or do a repair install if XP is already
installed.
http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11375&st=570
181. Malone
Working. Perfect. Thanks for it, amazing work.
Kingston 8GB
Windows 7 RC
on Dell Optiplex GX270, BIOS A07
Only little mistake at point 6:
Quote: D:CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive letter.
The right command is: D: CD Boot
Need space between D: and CD BOOT
See screenshot.
182. Simran
I have installed windows seven using the method provided by you but I am not able to
play my pen drive in my car CD player. I mean when I try to play songs in my car, it do
not work now. Please give a solution.
183. Malone
@Simran
Format, and write songs again on it.
FAT32 will be OK.
184. acme
do you have to copy the entire contents of the win7 disk? my thumbdrive isnt that big.
185. jj
D:\boot>bootsect.exe /NT60 H:
Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:
D:\boot>
Any suggestions?
186. cj
i will tell you one thing,this is the first advice i have gotten from that internet that works
perfectly,i wanted to upgrade my pc to 7 so i formated my vista not knowing that my cd
rom was messed,so i was running out of options to install 7 until i saw this and i saw all
the instryctions carefully,here i am with my pc typing this and my pc is perfectly in
shape,thank you very much,you are a saviour
187. admin
@Acme
Yup. You need to copy all the contents you your thumbdrive.
188. Faisal
Posted October 3, 2009 at 8:08 pm Permalink
good job. my laptop dont have DVD drive. Thanks for the post
189. widL
Posted October 13, 2009 at 2:31 am Permalink
I love this guide, it works flawlessly. Thanks for sharing!
190. vietha
It works like a charm
thx alot
191. marvin carter
you most do these commands in windows safe mode to avoid the Access denied
message.
192. Martin
Hello,
I have the folders for Windows 7, and I want to burn a DVD to install from (I need to
format my PC, so I cant just install from within XP). However, I cant just burn the files to
the DVD, cus then it wont let me boot from it.
Any ideas on how to do just that? How do I make it bootable?
193. Jackson
So.. can I still used the usb drive after this? Can I reformat it to fat32?
194. Zaino
hey really great guys, but i couldnt show my usb drive in step LIST DISK only the local
drivers
please help.
195. mugurelu
Can i use an external hard drive? A partition of it from which to install w7?
196. admin
@ mugurelu
Since you are going to create a bootable drive, you need to format the drive completely.
So, you cant use just one partition. And about external drive, it should work fine (I have
tested on flash drives only).
197. admin
@ Jackson
You should be able to format it with FAT 32 or NTFS.
198. ceeque
simply does not work. One of the main reasons being is you have typed out the
commands in the text differently to what you have input into the command screen, you
have ommitted the spaces in your text yet placed spaces in the command prompt, and
even after correcting those errors all you get is:bootsect.exe is not recognised as an
internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Yet another waste of yours and my time
199. Vandit
Thank you very much for sharing this trick.
My DVD of Win 7 was corrupt & I was not able to install.
Then after searching on net I got your trick & applied on my USB. It successfully worked
& Win7 was installed in less than 30mins with all drivers.
I would be really happy to help you if you need any help in future.
Once again Thanks.
200. Andy Mac
Great share, thanks.
Worked on my DVD-less home server, saved me alot of time. Only problem I had was my
systems BIOS settings, missing USB option in the boot order, but did let me enable boot
from USB, just needed to remove memory stick at the right times during restarts.
Thanks again.
201. JM
If you have XP do this instead of diskpart:
1) Right click on the USB drive and click format.
2) Run a quick format
3) Open up DOS box and type convert i: /fs:ntfs (Where I is your USB drive latter)
4) After that goto step 5 on this list
Works great in XP
202. Anasazi
I just tried to install win7 using this guide but when I tried to boot from the usb drive it
said bootmgr is missing. But I did every step here and the bootsect command was
successful.
203. Raul
Thanks, a great walktrough!
204. Xerxz
What if i dont have the cd and i just have the files on my pc what do i do then??? any
help would be much appreciated.
205. admin
If you have Windows 7 ISO, you need to extract it first to a folder and then to the USB.
206. CHINMAY
what if i hav 2 install windows xp??
207. John
Thanks dude, worked great!
208. Ralph R
I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially screwed up and
selected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My question here would thyen
be; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data on the slave that I
inadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you need not say it: I am an idiot!
209. Ralph R
I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially screwed up and
selected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My question here would thyen
be; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data on the slave that I
inadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you need not say it: I am an idiot!
210. Doron
Posted November 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm Permalink
This worked awesomely on vista. Thank you very much.
But how does one reverse the procedure?
Do I simply reformat the USB shtick?
211. WiZoOo
Posted November 6, 2009 at 2:19 am Permalink
awesome guide, works for me with win 7 oem bie final x86. thanks alot dude!
212. tristian o'brien
nice one, thanks.. the BOOTSECT command made my usb drive become a viable source
to install Windows 7 on an Asus EEE Pc.
213. Diptiman
Its not that cool dear. I am trying to do the same(i mean using bootsect.exe) from Vista.
Still there is a problem saying Your version of bootsect.exe is not compatible with the
current version of windows. Please suggest.
Thanks
214. admin
214. admin
@ Diptiman
If you trying to create a Windows 7 or Vista on Vista/7 you should not face any such
problems. And if you trying to create a bootable USB of Vista/XP/7 on XP, you will see
error.
215. Eugene Ishchenko
Thank you for this wonderfull solution. Its easy and worked for me.
216. Alex
HELOO ,I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I PUT F:/BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I: IT SAYS THAT
COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIETED VOLUME DEVICE
OBJECT:ACCES DENIED
WHAT TO DO PLS HELP
217. Michael
Hi there,
for all the people having problems at step 6 try this
6. Type in the cmd window CD/DVD DRIVE LETTER: and press enter i.e.
D:
Then Type CD BOOT and press enter
Then proceed with step 7
Hope this helps
218. Tomasz
I did EXACTLY as it says and my netbook doesnt wanna boot from USBI checked BIOS
settings couple of times and it is set to boot from removable devicewhich is correct I
guessno idea what to do
219. Tomasz
OK I found it.when EEE PC starts you need to press ESC key in case to display BOOT
DEVICE SELECTION menu
220. Chase
For those having problems with access is denied during the bootsect command, be
sure to open cmd exactly as mentioned in the instructions. I assumed that being logged
on as an administrator or using /runas was sufficient, but I guess things are different in
Vista/Windows 7.
221. hicom5
problem:
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume
device objects: Access is denied.
-
answer:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
On the pop-up right click context menu, select
Run as Administrator
222. Jason
100% working confirmed! Thanks for the tutorial it was easy, and accurate.
223. Navster
Brilliant Guide Worked a Treat.
224. NICERED
Any method to know your win7 and vista compatibility (x64, x86) before installing
win7?
225. Euphie
Have you made the XP guide yet?
226. admin
@Nicered
@Nicered
You can use official Windows 7 upgrade advisor (its free) tool to check compatibility
issues. Here is the link:
http://www.intowindows.com/test-your-pc-software-compatibility-with-windows-7-using-
windows-7-upgrade-advisor-final/
227. Lurvinzy Andrew
Hi~ Thanks for the tutorial currently copying the files hope it works!
228. ahmed
I LOVE YOU!!!
my cd drive doent work so USB was the only option.
GREAT TUTORIAL!!!
229. Andrew J. COwell
Worked as advertised on my Dell Mini 9.
230. dsfjdifja
why do all this when you can just make virtual cd drive and boot from it? 2 minutes work
lol.
231. Please Help me !
Hi,
Please help !!! Here what I have done:
1.Download Windows 7 iso file,which I put it in isoBuster and extracted.
2.Coz I have listen it is better to make clean instalation,I bought new WD external HDD-
Passport Studio 500 Gb and put it all information from my PC to HDD (around 90Gb very
important data + windows 7 of course)!
3.I run cmd and get in DOS
- diskpart
- list disk
(coz there were nothing,not disk 1,2,3-i just select disk 1-don`t ask me why,coz i don`t
know for myself,coz i am stupid!!!)
- select disk 1
- clean
After i wrote clean,I discconect usb cable,coz I afraid-what does clean means!!??
For god sake-i have all informations from last 6 years on my external hard disk
Now,my WD doesn`t work,everything is ok in drive manager,when i conecct usb cable
there is the external usb hard drive showed up on the Safely Remove Hardware list right
down,but I can not enter into the disk-inside and I am so affraid and desperate and
don`t know what to do
How you can see,I am bigginer,but please tell me what is the best solution for me to do
now and to don`t lose my data on WD (if i already didn`t lost
Please,please help-with days I don`t know what to do.
My e-mail is via_makedonia yahoo dot com please write me there.
What I have tried:
coneccting my WD with 3 dieferent cables-usb and firewire in dieferent ports.
installing drivers from wd site
When I check Device Manager it shows that the device is installed and working properly
but it will not show in my computer and I cant access it.
before the problem,my HDD appeard as drive H:
I wouldnt be half as frustrated if it hadnt been working properly before this.Plus-ALL
data is on my HDD,and I don`t even know if it is still there
I do it this:
2 Step Solution for XP users:
Part 1:
Go to
Control panel -> Performance and Maintenance (cannot be in classic view to see this link)
-> Administrator Tools -> Services -> Universal Plug and Play
If Universal Plug and Play is set to manual switch to automatic.
Part 2
Double Click Safely Remove icon on the bottom right-> Select device->click Properties ->
click Volumes -> click Populate -> hit OK -> if nothing shows it may need to be formatted
Also i was in DISK MANAGEMENT,but except formating disk,I don`t see solution
And formating will erase all data on the disk,isn`t it?! (if i have it,of course).
again nothing
Thanks in advance !!!!!!
232. pawan
Posted December 1, 2009 at 9:44 pm Permalink
great work .
great work .
thanks a lot
233. pawan
great job .
thanx a lot.
234. carl
have tried your process a few times with vista and 7 and works great but whilst
installing windows i get an error code 080070241? any ideas why i get this code. pls
help
235. Aaron
Posted December 2, 2009 at 12:43 am Permalink
Finally found a method that works. This actually works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you,
awesome.
236. Throwlands
I just finished assembling a new computer that only has SATA connections and all I have
are PATA CDROM drives. Your guide saved me from spending money on a drive Id only
need once.
Many thanks.
237. Blake
I did every step right and got the right results. Even the Bootsect.exe part. it told me it
successfully created it. i went to boot desktop from USB and STILL got the BOOTMGR is
missing. Now i did it with vista from XP and it worked great. i had the vista install cd. now
from vista to 7 its different. its an .iso file. is that why i cant make it work?
238. Kevin
When I get to step 6 and type CD BOOT, I receive an error message:
They system can not find the specified path
I have a crappy Sony upgrade CD and it is not bootable. Could that be why I get that
message? If the CD is not bootable, does that mean I can not create a bootable CD?
239. Todd
I cant thank you enough.. my dvd-rom has been down, tryed fixing with the filter delete
but computer still doesnt recognize it, but it spins up at start up, I can put dvd in and it
acts like it wants to but nothin..(yes all the bios stuff been checke, enabled and so on)
so needless to say this little fix has been a God sent.. Works like a champ.. the only
think that didnt work was
Format fs=ntfs I formated it the old fashed way..
and in step 6. D:CD Boot I had to do CD/Boot amazing how that little / makes all the
difference
I was a computer with xp and a good dvd drive to set up a third drive to boot from and
re-install vista on my laptop..
Thx again..
240. Chris
This is an excellent guide for anyone and I am very greatful you took the time to do this.
Quick note that may confuse people, in step 6 where it states D:CD BOOT should be
D: CD BOOT as shown in the screen shot.
Thank you for the brilliant guide!!!
241. vaitheeswaran
Hey Thanks Man , for your help.
and i dont understand onething.
how do u find about disk 1 or disk 2 of usb . explain that dude.
thanks in advance
242. vaitheeswaran
hi again one more doubt.
hi again one more doubt.
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: ?
so my usb drive name is 1201(E)
i have to type 1201 E: or must type NT60 E: ?
243. Gabe
Works great, thanks.
244. Johnathan M Camien
I am not sure if this is posted but for everyone that has the CD as an ISO file you can
use MagicISO to mount the ISO file to a virtual drive so that the system sees it as a
CD/DVD. then just use that drive letter in place of the CD/DVD drive letter in the guide.
Worked like a charm for me.
245. Saleem
everything went fine. booted on the flash drive, but cant partition using win 7.
installation stopped there. what to do? tried it on asus Eee mini.
246. Pown
i get a disk read error occurred when i try to boot from the usb i followed the guid and it
should work, whats wrong?
247. matthew
worked great. thanks.
248. waseem
I had a problem in start.
As in window Xp in command prompt Diskpart command LIST DISK doesnot show usb as
disk.
It shows it as volume.
kindly guide me whats the problem.
Regards
249. killak
Hey, great guide!
Before I start I wanted to confirm something; when Im done, if I want to use the pen
drive again, I just format it from My Computer right?
250. RS232
Thanks for this wonderful how to..GRRRRRRREATTTTT!!!
251. PARAS
INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS WE CAN JUST USE WIN2FLASH
APPLICATION FROM WIN2FLASH.COM OR JUST CAN GOOGLE WIN2FLASH AND EASILY GET
IT.
I AM USING WIN2FLASH FOR SOME TIME AND BEST PART IT CAN INSTALL WINDOWS XP
AS WELL AS WIN 7 BOTH FROM USB PEN DRIVE.
TESTED BY ME ON ACER LAPTOP(7), HCL LEAPTOP(2), AROUND 19 DESKTOPS
252. Gregory
Thank you very much!!! It took a lot of configuring and restarts but I finally managed to
recover my OS with zero data loss. After I back up my stuff, Ill be installing Win7 using
microsofts boot tool.
253. RPJ
Worked perfectly. Used it on a 4Gb SD card with a USB SD reader to install Win7 64-bit
on an Acer laptop. Many thanks.
254. CrabQuiche
If you are doing this guide from XP, use the HP USB Flash Disk Format tool instead of
steps 3 and 4. This is because XPs DiskPart Tool does not support The NTFS Formatting
for USB flash disks. Thank you for a great guide. I am working on a tool which does it all
for USB flash disks. Thank you for a great guide. I am working on a tool which does it all
for you, called 7toUSB.
255. Piyush
If u get this message Could not map drive partition to the associated volume device
objects:
Access is denied.
goto C:/Windows/System32/ (before doing anything (or before running DISKPART)
right click on cmd.exe
Run as administrator (just second option)
and repeat whatevr is given in this website..DONE
256. teejay
A disc read errorplz help me.i changed the BIOS priority to USB HDD.there were other
options USB FDD,USB CDROM,USB ZIP.
257. Jake
Thank you very much, this worked perfectly for me.
258. kamlesh
it is very very helpful for me.
thanks.
259. david dizzle
I have a question for you, I have done this guide
over and over again different ways on different operating
systems and I cant get it to work, I am wanting to install
windows 7 iso on my desktop pc which is an xp machine. I changed the bios boot
sequence so it detects the usb first actually I made them all usb and it still gos straight
through the boot sequence and right into the xp bootup screen. I dont know what to do
please help.
thank you, david
260. admin
@ David Dizzle
It seems your PC doesnt support USB booting, or your Windows 7 ISO is not bootable.
261. david dizzle
If it doesnt support usb booting then why is it an option in the boot sequence?
262. andrew panda
this works like a charm, did a vista install from usb. thanks!!!
263. chacha
Could not map drive partitions to the associate volume device object: Access is denied.
This happened right after bootsect.exe/nt60 E:
(The usb key is considered by the comp as drive E)
I tried the so-called easier guide link, it couldnt even find an iso file in the windows 7
files. (Its on a cd)
And i know there is nothing wrong with the windows 7 cd, i just used it last night to
install it on my uncles comp, which is where ive been trying to go through this guide)
I need it on a usb key so i can install it on MY notebook. Help anyone?
264. chacha
Okay so, access isnt denied anymore. but it still says the same thing besides that
265. Senior47
Thanks for this easy tutorial! Now, just a easy question!-)
Thanks for this easy tutorial! Now, just a easy question!-)
On my USB-pen drive there is space enough for both the 32 and 64 bits version of
windows 7. Would it be possible to have a menu from which one could choose which OS
to install?
A new easy tutorial maybe!-)
266. JaFar
Thanks Chase (post 226) finally found that out and was going to post with solution but
seen yours. Took me 20 minutes to realize that you have to right click and run as admin
in Vista and 7
267. hnnn
thanks man for this guide!
268. rik
hey i got an iso file i downloaden from school
(we get free software there)
and i cannot do step 5 is that a problem?
and i got an iso file when i want to select is with the dvd usb tool program it said that it
is not valid
can anyone helpe me?
269. toderu
Hello,
great work,
for saving time you can use format fs=ntfs quick
that can save some time if you have a big usb stick.
270. CroatianBoy
Hello and BIG THANKS FROM CROATIA
100% WORKING,
EASY AND FAST WAY TO INSTALL WINDOWS WITHOUT DVD
271. Z1pp3r
This is AMAZING! THNX MAN! Nice Tutorial!
Keep doing making tuts like this!
272. Sam
Just thought others should know, command in step 7 must have a space after EXE
As published BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:
This works BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
(shown in the screen cap correctly)
Sam
273. triple six
thankx its work.
274. Brody
Well, accidentally formatted my external HDD with my movie library, .ISO library, and all
of my pictures on it, but, my fault.
275. KIRITH SIVA
HEY,
MUCH APPRECIATED! GREAT TUTORIAL! AND IT WORKS!! YOU SAVED ME SOME DOLLARS.
THANKS VERY MUCH!
KIRITH SIVA.
KIRITH SIVA.
276. Paul
Man After days of searching and trial and error, FINALLY this is a guide that WORKS!
I have just installed Windows 7 on my netbook and I am sooooo freakin happy.
I blog about computers, software and web development in German and I would like to
ask your permission to translate this guide into German and publish it on my blog. With
full credits to you and a link to the original guide of course.
277. Nathan
Great guide, but MS has now made it much easier for us:
http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
278. Vaidy Mohan
Awesome. I could restore my system from what you could call as disaster.
Thanks so much.
Vaidy
279. Ahir @nurag
thank for this update.all of u..
any new update so mail me this mail id..
i will wait your reply.
280. Brandon
This worked flawlessly for upgrading my wifes PC. She had a DVD ROM drive that
refused to be recognized and this was an awesome work-around and super fast.
Thanks!
281. somebody
go here for these things in a nutshell from micro$oft
282. lucy
you cant copyright anything in the command prompt screenshots that you did using MSFT
instructions for this process.
dolt.
283. Michiel
About step 6:
D: CD BOOT
The CD BOOT is not doing anything. Just D: is enough, anything after that is ignored.
For the rest: thanks for the guide, its really helpful for a lot of people I think.
284. renren
nice i will try this
285. XAce
Thank you,Streamlined instructions,it worked perfectly.
286. Robbie
hey it wont let me do the last command, BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F: , my flash drive is f and
it says could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is
denied???????.. what do i need to do
287. slownie
Excellent work, thank you. This is good help the beginner users.
Excellent work, thank you. This is good help the beginner users.
Many thanks
bye slownie
288. zdarova
i had some problems at the begining, as i have raid 0 with amd southbridge.
so guys, for Windows 7 x64 you need the folder /boot from a 32 bit dvd instalation if you
want to prepare the usb drive on a 32bit PC (i used from the DVD of RC win 7 a had from
may 2009)
it worked fine, i tried first with an Ultimate version x64
now i want to install the Profession Win 7, because i have the license from the university
for it
thanks!
289. kk kangan
great.. thank you. it worked like a charm.
290. khang
you should clarify step 5 for those who dont have the windows dvd. Mounting an image
isnt something everyone knows about. Like myself, I am assuming most people who are
gonna use this guide only have the .iso file and not the dvd.
291. Patryk
;( well, mine went bad, really bad, my disk 1 was my second hdd (i realized that after) u
should add how to discover what disk is the usb, ive deleted all my most important files;
( i reached active, i didnt made format, is there a way to take back my stuff?
292. John
Worked Perfectly. I can now have the great W7 on my laptop with a burned up DVD
drive, lol
293. Paul Smith
Worked perfectly. Thank you.
294. Sinner
This is stupid, I didnt have to do all this crap, all I did was format my 4GB flash drive in
fat 32 format, copy the contents if the Windows 7 DVD contents to the USB flash drive.
And then set the bios to boot from flash. all done with my mouse, no diskpart or cmd
prompt.
295. maseo
@khang, if you only have the .iso file of windows 7 and not the dvd, (install power iso
trial-free online), nxt double click .iso image and it appears in power iso, in toolbar of
power iso click on mount select 1 drive(in drop out menu) follow a couple of prompts
and its mounted.nxtgo to my computer and you will see a virtual drive(DVD Drive)
their with the windows 7 in it, right click on it and explore(or open in new window) all the
files are their and you can now copy them to your pen drive.
a much easier and quicker way is (assuming you have power iso installed) is simply right
click on .iso image and mount from their, my computer, explore or opencopy
files//simple really,
296. maseo
@ patryk
if you didnt get as far as format then you should be able to recover files, im assuming
your disc drive has dissapeared from my computer?? if so, go to start menu>>type
partition in search bar (dont hit enter) clcik on the create and format partitions file>>a
box will appear and take a minute or 2 to load in all your partitions..once loaded you
should see your missing partition/driveif so right click on it..select change drive letter
and paths,>>select add from the nxt pop up box>>type a letter in, make sure the letter
is not assigned to any other resources (egzampletype letter R ) once you put the letter
in, just click ok, your partition should be back as normal now in my computer.
297. steve
This works like a charm. If your having problems try the other easy installation that he
has posted on the link at the top of the page. That one has only 4 steps that u follow. In
has posted on the link at the top of the page. That one has only 4 steps that u follow. In
any case both of these installation guides have my 5 star rating*****
298. SANRocks
very very tankssssssssssssssssssssmy rateing is 5*****
299. lenny
it worked you are a star i bought my note book for 50 coz it wouldnt load up,, best 50
ive spent in a long time thanks to your help,,, cheers
300. Omega
1st off, nice tutorial! I used my iPod touch as a flash disk, and used ultraiso to make the
image<so far so good, everything loads but I get a message stating that 'device
drivers are missing' [paraphrased] I read around and it looks like it may be cd/DVD not
being supported, but I'm installing from USB, no need for DVD drive help pleez
301. le
that sir,
simply put, is the bollox,
TUVM
302. antonio
Hi, does this steps will reformat my flash drive?
303. admin
@Antonio
Yes, it will format your drive.
304. Geoff
Worked perfectly!!!
The funny thing was my Windows 7 Ultimate DVD was scratched, so I tried to use my
Windows 7 Home and that didnt fit on my 4gig USB stick.
Than I tried an 8 Gig microSD card and that did fitand booted perfectly on my Asus
R1600.
Thanks for really well written and detailed instructions.
305. Victor Aroma
This tutorial is awesome!
Thanks for the helpful tips.
Cheers,
Victor Aroma
306. Rohit
Perfect .. 10/10 !
Thanks for sharing this valuable info ..
307. duncan
my netbook is 32 bit and my win7 is 64bit.. im wondering if this can be installed..
and if it cant can yyou please tell me how i could upgrade my netbook to 64bit?
308. xkovi
The easiest way how to install Win7/Vista from usb is just to format your USB stick (from
windows, no cmd line needed!) and extract files from *.iso into root of your USB
stick.nothing elsetested million times
309. zorzer
thx! 100% working like you said
310. SG
Thanks a lot! The MS tool kept erroring out when trying to create a bottable USB installer
from the DVD. However your instructions worked like a charmThanks!
311. aj
Although there are a couple of tools out there to help simplify this process, I just ran
across a new one that works under XP as well. Bootsage is another nice utility to add to
your toolbelt. http://firesage.com/bootsage
312. The-Stoic
You are a legend. Got a SFF here and no DVD or CD-Dom. Used your instructions to get
Windows Home server up and running. Thanks for the info.
313. noneya bizness
yea, this is stupid..just format and copy windows 7 files to usbDONE
314. Harry
Thx dude !
315. Moosewad
once i hit format fs=ntfs it just says 0 percent and stays there.
Help!!
316. lakshay
I am not getting my pendrive disk number.
when i type list disk
only disk 0 is visible
i have tried on all USB ports
317. Vicky
Excellent guide.
I need to save this site on my pc.
Extremely useful and helpful
Thanxs.
318. DG3
Thanks for the guide ^^ verry usefull! You saved me from CD/DVDs with windows and
others!
319. khizer
nice work!!!
can anyone tell me how to put xp in the usb and make it bootable..please
thanks
320. deo
In case you get error message Access Denied in the last step you may need to start
Virtual Disk service from Start->Run->services.msc
321. Richard Borg
Excellent tutorial worked like a charm!
Thanks!
322. ralph
Really helpful.
thnx
323. padam
You should really give the _original author_ credit, instead of pretending like you wrote
this guide yourself.
this guide yourself.
Just a couple of weeks after its posted here:
link removed
You turn around and post it here.
You can try to deny it, but its the _exact_ same steps in the _exact_ same order, on top
of using the _exact_ same commands, again, in the _exact_ same order.
Plagiarism is baaaaaad.
324. admin
@Padam
How can you say that just because order of commands are same? You know, one cant
create a bootable disk by entering those commands in random order. So steps will be
same if you refer other sites too. I cant blame other sites for that right? You need to
execute the step 1 first and then 2.. You cant reverse it!
325. Kevin Woley
Looks like you guys did a great job copying the instructions from here:
link removed
Way to pass it off as your own.
Kevin
326. padam
just because [...]? Its kinda cute how you ignored the other points. The order of the
commands is important, but they do _not_ have to be executed in that exact order.
Furthermore, Im even more convinced you have no idea what any of the commands
posted do as youre misleading users into thinking that bootsect doesnt work on XP
installs or vista installs with XP as the target. Its a matter of changing the /n60
argument to /nt52 for it to use the master boot code thats compatible with NTLDR
(rather than BOOTMGR, which is what Vista/7 uses).
To quote you in case you decide to go deleting it:
This guide doesnt work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7.. [snip]
327. admin
@Kevin
I dont know what to say! For your kind information, Microsoft has given the how to
make bootable usb in its WinPE help guide. Do download and read it before making such
comments.
328. AbhishekDatta
AWESOME man! solved my prob.
I AM YOUR FAN NOW
329. padam
The fact that you removed the link to his blog from both of our posts speaks volumes in
itself. There are other links all throughout the comments on this page, _none_ of which
have been removed.
kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345
Leave it up this time, let the users make their own decision as who stole it from who.
330. admin
@Padam
I have deleted the links just because I dont allow readers to post links in comments.
You might get two or three links in the whole comment section (in this post). And mind
that I could have deleted your comments if i had done so. Hope you got it. Also note that
I will be deleting your future comments as I dont like to argue on a useless topic.
331. Andy
@admin
y wasting time on useless things/people..
plzz help me out through the problem soon..
332. Rob
Works perfect.
Thank you very much for youre efforts!
333. Andrew
If you have the following error:
COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
Then when you opened your command prompt you did not right-click and run as admin.
334. Peje
Working fine & smooth.thanks for the tutorial!
335. Sanjay
Thank you very much..it is working fine..
336. mwawe
im trying to make a usb with Win7 64bit my OS is Win7 32bit and i have problem in step
7.
system sayid:
version of F:\boot\bootsect.exe is proper with version running on this PC.
anyone know what to do ??
337. mwawe
correct:!!!!!
version F:\boot\bootsect.exe is NOT proper with.
338. MTL
Great guide. For those of us who are not builders or very familiar with computers,
including a detailed step on how to change the boot priority in BIOS from HDD or CD to
USB would make this guide complete
Thanks for your time and effort on what is here though Much appreciated!
339. Diego Freniche
Thanks! After trying a lot of tutorials, this one WORKED. Ive finished installing my Asus
904 HD
Thanks again!
340. Sathya
Thanks a lot!!!!
It worked good for me Only thing you could further mention is that diskpart doesnot
recogonise removable storsge in xp it works only in vista (or) win 7.
341. visions
CD BOOT Problems you need to *press ctrl c then type the commands below 100%
working for me now
342. shakir
superb expalanation. anyone will easily understandkeep it up..
343. Huy Nguyen
Excellent
Works great for me
Thanks
344. underworld666
Really great!!!
This tips works fine for me.
Thanks!
345. david
i cannot burn cds or photos onto a disc when i try it says put disc into cd drive d .Thanks
if you can help me
346. Oleg
Hi
Thanks a lot for info.
Can I have both, vista and win7 on usb stick at the same time? Just out of interest.
Thanks
347. RM
Posted April 2, 2010 at 7:05 am Permalink
I did this from a Windows 7 computer and was able to install Windows 7 from USB with
no issues at all.
Well done!
348. Patatattat
I did this process on a SATA SSD 16gb harddrive I had, and it worked! Beautiful.
349. Rishad
Thanks Alot man, This is very usefull for me.
Thanks buddy
350. Rajesh
Man, just worked like a charm in the second try. First try I had error COULD NOT FIND
MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
Solution:
C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe
On the pop-up right click context menu, select
Run as Administrator
Repeated all the steps once again.. and Voila
thanks a lot my Friend..
351. Tim
Thank you very much! Great detail!
352. Skyler
I did all the steps up until 5 now I was wondering I dont have Win 7 on a disk just on
my hardrive can I just copy over to my USB at this point? and would I still have to change
the Bios settings?
353. Amos
Hi, excellent instructionsIm almost there but when i run format fs=ntfs I get the
following error message right at the end of the format..
100 percent completed
diskpart has encountered an error the parameter is incorrect
have you seen this before and if so any suggestions?
have you seen this before and if so any suggestions?
im on Vista
354. Amos
actually you cant continue with the instructions, if you try assign you get There is no
volume specified. Please select a volume and try again
355. Krim
When I put the usb in, it gets to the boot screen and says BOOTMGR IS MISSING and
Ive repeated the BOOTSECT steps already.
356. Hannibal
Thanks for the tutorial, it work perfectly.
i also have a WINDOWS 7 AIO DVD 33 in 1 i had put together and put that on a USB too,
also works perfectly.
thanks again
357. Hannibal
TO AMOS
make sure you fill all details in CAPITAL LETTERS and just take your time to go through it
again.
358. Zaid rohid
i hv problem with this technic.. the command sound like this..
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects :
Access is denied.
someone please help me.
359. VolN
To Zaid
try to run cmd.exe as administrator and it will be fixed
360. Harjinder Singh
u r the best men i think bcz u simply tell us the setp for install window frm usb.anybody
easily do it. thanx for ue help.
361. miro
You need to add > Type EXIT < To exit the diskpart after formatting. Like this:
5. Type EXIT to exit DISKPART
6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following command
now:
Otherwise very helpful indeed
Thanks
362. izdelava spletnih st
Great article!
Helped my friends laptop
363. leahcim
i gotta try vpc mode tnx
LeAhCiM
364. Zaid rohid
THANK YOU !!! YOU ARE THE GREAT!
365. hamedshaik
try dis guyz its vry easy
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-vista-or-xp-usb-
flashpen-drive-with-a-single-click-must-try/
366. Derick
insert the usb flash drive hit any key depending your pc you have to go to the system
bios
367. Omni
Works with doing a quick format aswell, as it takes long time to do a regular.
Super guide!
368. Mohamed
This excellent work / / / I will by experience
369. ferpuj
Try wintoflash and forget all your usb problem, all you need installation cd win7/vista/xp
wintoflah and usb stick 4gb for 7/vista 2gb for xp drivers and stripcan do it later.
370. mani
now microsoft provide their own tool to create a bootable usb drive to install windows
vista/7/2008/2008-R2
371. Waqas Muhammad Akash
32 bit and 64 bit. This method works on both vista and win7. either 32 bit or 64 bit.
now because 64 bit capacity is more than 32 installation CD or DVD.
I have 16 GB card. On this card i have
win 98
win me
win professional 2000
win server 2003
win NT networks
win xp ( all in 1 ) home, professional, media center edit
win vista (all in 1)
win 7 ( all in 1 ) 32 bit and 64 bit is only win 7. above rest os are only 32 bit
I have installed too many times on different system different os what customer ask for it.
via using this memory card..
simply booting and them select from the list what i need to install then after that setup
for that windows will run up..and so go on.
waqas _ akash AT yahoo DOT com if some one need please send me personal email.
372. litesh
tnx i like it
373. litesh
sir after installing windows i got error on pendrive that window was unable to format nw
ho to format it into fat again.
374. Madhur Makwana
Thanx man.. great work..
375. Bill Gates
Thanks man. Worked a treat!
376. setu
May be I am in biggest trouble of my life with computer, I was following your steps
without knowing that my main backup data hdd (500gb) was attached and I follow all
the steps till the formatting .where I realized I have formatted the wrong one..and if I
dont get my data back I will be at zero.al my work and everything was in it n I dont
have a dvd back up as well..i know its stupid fuced up situation any help will be life
saver.please pls..get me out of this..
377. admin
@Setu
You can try EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard free edition to get back your data. I hope you
will get back your data.
378. anon
After copying is complete, delete the file ei.cfg to make all Windows varients available.
379. oxygen
or HP USB Format Tool
380. Matt
OMG, this works so well, thanks, i have tried so many other guides and they did work.
THANKS
381. Benjamin
To anyone else still having the error in DiskPart, you MUST right click the CMD shortcut
within your Accessories folder and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Otherwise, permission denied errors.
382. Suneev
I put forward my warm thanks for the help this post provided me.
This process is working fine with windows 7
Thanks Again
Suneev
suneev.lpu@gmail.com
383. Michael
Ive used this guide before with success, but its not working this time. Every time I type
in cd boot, I get an error message stating The system cannot find the path specified.
Ive already tried two computers and I get the same message. I also tried replicating the
exact steps I did the first time by using a virtual drive, but that isnt working either.
Whats wrong?
384. azhk
Thanks a lot for the excellent guide!
385. Robin
After step 7 it shows an error stating Could not map drive partitions to the associated
volume device objects: Access is denied
Any idea how to solve this problem?
386. Peter
Thanks for the article, worked perfectly.
387. Dennis
Thanks! Works great!
388. somu
In the step 5 you had mentioned insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive
but what if i dont have optical drive, i am unable to go further this step.
389. MAN WITH NO NAME
GREAT WORK THANK YOU !
390. Thankful29l
Very well written guide, woks like charm
Thank you
391. ander
This is a good article, but it has an error. It says:
> 6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th
> step. Type the following command now:
>
> D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive
> letter.
>
> CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
What you meant to say was:
6. At the prompt, switch to your DVD drive. For example, if your DVD drive is drive D,
type:
D:
then press Enter.
7. Type CD BOOT and press Enter, to see the message below.
(I would make typing CD BOOT a separate step.) Cheers, Ander
392. Taleeno
I did this the first time and it worked fine- But i copied the wrong version of Win7 which
had expired. Do i need to run command prompt again for the newer version or can i just
copy the files over from the new DVD and go straight away?
393. mezvix
for windows xp users format usb with petousb tool you can get by googling around and
runbootsect as instructed , other wise boodsectis also available standalone on many
websites to make usbs bootable .it even supports making xp bootable usb
394. SATADRU
HEY GUYS JUST MOUNT THE WIN 7 ISO FILE IN DEMONS TOOL IN XP AND INSTALL IT TO
THE PARTITION U LIKE.THERE IS NO NEED TO USE ANY DVD OR USB PENDRIVE.ANY
PROBLEM!! MAIL ME satadruhalder@yahoo.co.in..
395. joseph
Todo funcion a la perfeccin.
Gracias !!
396. Santhosh
thank youdis is very interesting..
397. Ahmad Bukhori
work wonderfull on my external hard drive
thank you.
398. Brad
Just awesome. Very nicely done, easy to understand and exactly what I was after.
399. Raeef
Thanks, I used it on my Sony Vaio upgrade media on my NW180J
It worked perfectly.
400. Harsha Madushan
Thanx a lot !!! work perfectly Use full for me.
401. Anurag
EXCELLENT GUIDE THANK U VERY MUCHit worked in first time
EXCELLENT GUIDE THANK U VERY MUCHit worked in first time
402. Victor Fernandes
Sir,
At present I am using Windows XP which I would like to replace by Windows 7. Please
help me to install Windows 7 on my computer.
Thanking you.
403. raksmey
thank you post is very useful for me. but does it work?
404. Hudson
Im currently at the copying files to USB end stage. But for anyone who reads down here,
make sure to check that youve selected the right disk in stage 4, one way to do this is
by typing DETAIL DISK and hitting enter after the SELECT DISK 1 line, brings up a load of
details and a volume list at the bottom, with name, size etc, mine was Disk 4.
(Using a different guide I manage to format my D:, good thing Ive got a server backup.
DONT MAKE MY MISTAKE)
405. Venthan
Hey,
Thanks a lot, this helped me to resolve my issue after a 5 days struggle
406. nex
hi,anyone can help in bios settings,how it is done to select pendrive ..i cannot do it
although i have new m/b and all above trick ..but i cant detect my bootable drivemay i
lack this ideahelp me out ..thanks
407. solem
I was a bit sceptical about this actually working. It just seemed too good to be true, this
being Windows and all. But it actually works.
Like mentioned earlier its not possible to run bootsect from 32-bit windows on a 64-bit
version.
Also, I had to run cmd as admin or else bootsect would complain about something I cant
remember atm.
408. real1tyFTW
OMG THANX !!!!!!!!! I HAD A MAJOR FKING ISSUE, ! AND BY JUST SAYING the first 2
commands the SETUP started and i was good to go THX
ALLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
409. solarni sistemi
i found this article helpful because recently i had problems with usb and booting. THANKS
410. Jibba
Dont know why everyone post hard guides with cmd promt. There is a program directly
from Microsoft to do that same thing in 3 clicks. It also works on pirate/cracked copy of
windows 7 .
Download and guide: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
411. twe
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was easy and helped things run much more
smoothly. What a relief!
412. Jan
This guide didnt work for me. When I try to boot the USB drive it just says invalid
partition table and halts.
413. Jan
I fixed it, it didnt have anything to do with this guide. If you get the error invalid
partition table try configuring your usb drive to load as hddd and not removable/fdd.
414. Fane
it works on 16 Gb USB Disk ???
there is a maximum size of USB Disk ? 10x for answer
415. Kumar
There is always an easy way, download the tool from windows website and vollla sit
back and relax it will do everything for you !!!
416. Igre
Great written guide!
417. LT
I just had to tell you this was so easy, even for a non-techie like me, and by far the
easiest setup instructions on the web. I am installng Win 7 on my (6-yr old) sons
netbook as we speak 7 he is so impressed!
418. bat787
Perfect explaination.. Many many.. many many..man thanks
419. Johnny
To get this working in XP just use a Windows 7 virtual machine. Virtual Box is easy
enough.
Its working for me.
PS. Not sure if it has been said, but not looking through all the comments lol
420. Kamesh
I have a doubt in 5th step whr u say to insert Win 7 DVDbut if my cd-rom is not working
how can i insert DVD in tht place..my rom is not even opening if i press the button..then
what should i do??
421. Kayes
This is really cool man, buy 1 thing in the step 7 when i type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: it
was not working but next time when i tried it was working.
Any way thanks for the real tutorial. I hope i will see more useful tutorial soon.
422. Summitsingh Thakur
Thanks! 100% Working for me. Well, before I was able to install Ubuntu only.
423. Ghost
ThanX allot to whoever brain is behind all this. Works 110% clean & safe install. No
problems faced. Follow the steps as written
424. Cristian C.
Thank you!!!
Your tutorial is excelent!
Simple, safe and easy to follow.
Thank you, thank you!
425. Adlantis
Really great guide, easy to understand and follow, thanx a bunch!
426. Maneksh.V.Thomas
THANK YOU Soooooo Much Man you saved me
SHAILENDRA
427. SHAILENDRA
Your The Best Boss!!!!
428. Michelle
OMG.. This saved my whole day..
OMGH!!!!!!!!
Im back on my own pc it worked
TYSM !!!!!!!!!!
FANTASTIC.
429. junex
how can i sure that..this is workingand it is good to used it.?
430. avaton
excellent work m8
431. Steve
what a legend!! I was completely lost and you have saved me worked a treat.
Many thanks -
432. Mack
Everything worked fine down to copy the files from the DVD to the USB. I get a Cant
read from the source file or disk. bootsect.exe.mui
Any ideas are appreciated.
433. adel
DiskPart> select disk 3
DiskPart> clean
DiskPart succeded in cleaning the disk.
DiskPart> creat partition primary
DiskPart> succeded in creating the specified partition
DiskPart> select partition 3
The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition
there is no partiotion selected.
thats the eror i get please help me.
434. AJ
What a guide, 101% working. People still leaving comments every day after one year.
One of the best guides ever if you ask me! THANK YOU, you deserve it!
435. Smithy
Jesus, how many times has the guy got to say it. ITS FOR WINDOWS VISTA AND 7 NOT
XP . Bunch of retards!
436. NLkiwi
Followed instructions and worked great, no issues. Created a Win7x64 usb install from a
Win7x64 machine. Install was for a HTPC with no optical drive.
437. odotan
The easiest method yet
OFFICIAL FROM MICROSOFT
http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool
438. Tammi
I had an error, when I tried to format, that said Virtual Disk service error: the file system
is incompatible. I fixed it by using quick format instead. Use this command
format fs=NTFS quick
I hope this helps somebody. =)
439. rakesh
by the way Im using MSI P55-GD65 motherboard and transcend 4GB USB drive.
is it my board or the usb drive.A Read Error
please help
440. Rahul
This method will not work if you are running on Windows Xp.The best alternative will be
to use either use either the microsoft method or try to use softwares like WintoFlash to
automate it for you.
441. Abdullah
This method worked for me 100%, i am installing right now from a 8GB USB. Thanks a lot
!!!!!
442. Corey j
worked well with windows server 2008 ENT, on my xeon server
Also if you are making the usb disk from a 32 bit machine and your having problems,
saying incompatable stuff, than go to a machine which is 64 bit, and do it over
anyway good luck with everyone else, and these steps
443. LAP87
Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool , takes your ISO and makes a bootable USB Drive or DVD.
Works under Xp/Vista.
444. Johnsin
Wow this was so Educational I tried to do it with both x64 and x32 and there it was on
my EHDD! Cool Guide! Thanks man
445. Frankie
When you said insert the Windows Vista/Windows 7 disk, did you mean insert a blank
disc or the disc that already has the software on it?(The $100 disc from store that comes
in the software box)
Thanks
446. DRBDANISH
It was a success.. Thanks mate
447. admin
Frankie, put the disc that has Windows 7 on it. Good luck!
448. Roxy
I followed this guide but when booting up i have an error message A disk read error
What is the problem?
449. Litlis
I do all the steps but on step 7 then i write bootsect.exe /nt60 he write this:
This version of G:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windo
ws youre running. Check your computers system information to see whether you n
eed a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the
software publisher.
then what should i do??
450. good stuff
Appreciate such a good info. Deserve moar views&comments.
Such success made me cum four times in a row, thanks mate. You need a one gosu sexy
treat like good asss penatration.
Wish u good sex GG.
451. Valdez
451. Valdez
This worked well for me to create Win7 32 bit usb version,
but when I tried to make 64bit version on another flash drive using a 64bit DVD I got
boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible..I am using 32bit Vista to make these drives. Can I
modify the code to make this work? Or do I need to find 64bit machine with DVD drive?
Thanks,
Valdez
452. admin
Try to do it on x64 version of Windows.
453. tavu
I cant copy the autorun file from the Windows DVD to the USB stick. It says I need to
provide an administrator to copy to that folder. Everything else is copied, just the
autorun has this problem. What can I do?
Thank You.
454. puneet
Thanks dude great job, very easy & good explanation
455. Miss Pretty
I want to know the detail steps on how you can repair window operating system.
Thanks
456. Miss Pretty
Also i want some things on Virtual LAN, the problems and prospects of it.
Thanks for your help.
457. miss26
hi, have a problem in step 6..my dvd drive is E, and my usb is G
E: CD BOOT
E:\boot>bootsect.exe /nt60 G:
Target volume will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
Access is denied.
pls help me in this problem..thanks
458. Uwais
hi
i am using this method to install snow lepoard on a previously windows machine will it
work??
btw my snow lepoard image is on my comps HD so i cant complete step 5 onwards??
what do i do??
also is there anyway of reversing this procedure after i haveinstalled the OS so i can use
the HD as a mass storage device after??
thanks
459. john
hi am i able to use this method to install MAC OS snow lepoard. i have no disk just the
.DMG file so i cant complete step 5 onwards. will it still work??
also am i able to reverse the effects on my external HD so i can use it as a mass storage
device after??
thanks
460. admin
@ John
Sorry, I have no idea about Mac OS.
461. DANNY
Thanks man this is by far the best and accurate tutorial for making a win7/vista bootable
usb
462. DANNY
@John, no you cant as NTFS relates to windows file system only.
463. Dave D.
Hey, I tried it and works perfectly, thanks a lotive tried other guides with no success
but your guide is fantastickeep up the good workthis world needs more helpful
people like you.
464. RAZON
MANY MANY THINKS SIR BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM TO COPY SETUP.EXE FILE
WHY IT NOT COPY. PLEASE EXPLINE ME SIR
465. Fi156
Nice How To, but the command: format fs=ntfs needs HOURS not minutes
466. naveen kumar
Works like magic.. Thanks
467. Madhav
@Fi156 better use format fs=ntfs quick This will take you a few seconds. that command
without quick will take long time because it performs a complete format. thanks
468. KOUSHIK
actually i have a another problem .i have a pen drive but its dont show its original
memory and it is not to be formatted .this pen drive is 8 gb but showing 69mb.if you give
me a suggestion that how i am recover from this problem so iam glad ti you.
469. Richard
You rock man! Thanks for this guide. Ive spent two whole days trying to repair my
corrupt Windows 7 installation on my Netbook, which has been a challenge as it has no
optical drive, so having a bootable Flash Drive was the perfect answer. Thanks again!
A few tips to others:
- The format of the USB drive takes a while, just be patient (I used the full format, not
quick, just to be sure!)
- If youre getting an Access Denied error when trying to map partitions, its because you
didnt run the command prompt as Administrator. Right click on the Command Prompt
program as select Run as Administrator
- When setup has completed, dont forget to set your boot priority back to the Hard Drive
in the BIOS!
470. Anku
Thanx a lot mannn!! it really works!! u r awsum!!!!
471. Cheryl
I have done this what method of copying files from cd to usb is best, I Right clicked
copyed then right clicked and pasted. When I tried to boot up I got BOOTMGR.exe
missing and it wouldnt boot up. Am I doing something wrong?
472. Amp
will this work for Windows 8?
473. zero
ive already try your method, but i have a problem here which is, after my computer
restart to finish the installation, it came back for the begiining to format my computer and
not proceed for the completing installationhow to overcome this problem?please help
me
474. Ed
Worked for me. Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Worked for me. Thanks to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are using Windows XP to create your bootable USB, these steps worked for me. I
just omitted steps 1-5
Download and install http://i.thepcspy.com/USB_Boot.zip
Archive Password: pasta
Open and find your USB drive and format using NTFS
6. Now open another command window and type following command
J: (Drive letter of Windows 7 iso mounted with demon tool or ultraiso)
CD boot
bootsect /nt60 Y: (Y is drive latter of your USB drive )
Update BOOTMGR for USB Pen Drive
7. Now copy all files from drive where you have mount Windows 7 iso
8. Now reboot your computer and press F9 to get your BIOS screen and select USB drive
as your boot drive.
9. If every thing goes fine, Your Windows 7 Installation should start from your USB drive
475. GEORGE
Worked like a charm!
476. zero
ive already try your method, but i have a problem here which is, after my computer
restart to finish the installation, it came back for the begining to format my computer and
not proceed for the completing installationhow to overcome this problem?please help
me
477. gaithat
It was a perfect explanation.
Thanks for such a nice tutorial.
Only problem, I faced with BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:command.
Once you invoke Command Prompt like run as Administrator there was nothing like
Windows Xp does not recognize removable drive under: LIST DISK segment.
Pl. keep it up.
478. bulger
Does not work on my vista laptop.. tried several times now keep getting
BOOTSECT.EXE is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable
program or batch file, Thanks to the author as I have used this for Windows 7
previously and it worked fine but any help with vista install would be appreciated!
479. I8bnsober
Worked great for me except the clean command run as (admin) gives me an access
denied on v*sta and w*n7 but I skip this step and even use the same window to
perform the partitioning and the bootsect, worked great on both.
Thanks.
480. Karlo Antukin
for those whos stuck at step 7 coz Could not map drive partitions to the associated
volume device objects:
Access is denied. run cmd as administrator that would do the trick
481. bziz
problem with could not map access denied but here is the solution:
you have to go into run and go into cmd. then you have to minimise it and on your
taskbar right-click the icon for cmd and also right-click on command prompt then click on
run as administrator
482. Darky
482. Darky
HeyCan i install windows 7 with usb * i dont have dvd reader atm * if i dont have a
windows before it..Like my old windows crashed & now am without windows at all & i
wanna install windows 7 & no dvd reader ,thx alot
483. TechNazgul
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. Worked like a charm for me with Windows 7
Ultimate x86 installing to an Acer Revo 1600 (which Im using to test out the new XBMC
beta release of Dharma).
484. young money
hey buddy thanx
its working and the way you have explained the steps its easy to understand.
thanx again
if more solutions are available on any problems regarding windows please tell me.
485. IceaTronic
Pro Tip:
When formatting the USB Stick, use the following:
format fs=ntfs quick
Takes about 30 seconds to format the drive. Incredibly handy if your USB stick is 8GB+
like all of mine are. I dont want to wait 20 minutes for it to format
486. thedeamon
I think the guide will also work for XP USB boot.
We have to use Vistas bootsect.exe which can reinstall XPs bootsector.
To (re)install an NTLDR or BOOTMGR bootsector you will need Bootsect.exe.
Copy it from a Vista DVD if you want to include it on the USB root directory.
bootsect.exe /nt52 H:
I would suggest try to format the USB key as FAT & then install the boot manager
followed b dumping of the XP CD to start testing.
Start with FAT/FAT32/NTFS to see which one works.
If NTFS on key works, it will also mean a super fast Windows install over USB 2.0.
Catch: ensure to use correct bootsect.exe for x86 & x64 OS.
487. Azmi
Hey!
I dont know how you saved my life. I shall thank you for thousand times for this and
once more thousand times for your efforts on this. It really worked. Thank man,
appreciate it
488. deeh
work just fine,.. thank you..
489. Andy
Thank you so much! Its so simple and yet I could not manage to install Windows from
USB. Now it finally worked! Thanks!
490. Ricky
Worked well for me, the only thing is I had to pull the drive out during the first reboot or
the install would start all over again.
491. Rets
I did steps 1 to 4. My usb was plugged and so was my 500GB external hdd. It was too
late when I realized that I did step 4 on my external hdd. Now, I cant open my external
hdd it always says your drive needs to be formatted. Please help =<
492. mary
Thank you so much, it worked like a charm!
493. matthew
can i just say if u are using a bigger hard-drive eg a 250g external it takes about 1-2
hours to format to ntfs
494. nando
THANK YOU!! this guide is awesome. worked without any problems.. and the speed of
install increased! now it installs about 5x faster.. it used to take 1 hour. now it took 20
minutes :O!!! thanks!
495. MightyAL
Good advice is hard to get, thx for complete instructions.
I dont trust downloaded tools, got some probs with english cos im from germany but
this was site was best i found
496. james asare baffour
1)why do we use optical cd whilst basing on pen drive to install windows?
2) Can installing windows wit the help of pen drive be apply on any computer capacity?
497. Suraj Yadav
Hi, Thanks very much.
498. mikaboshi
Thnx allot for this great guide
I had the official ms tool to make your usb installer disk, but somehow it always ended
up telling me it couldnt copy the files to my usb drive. Doing it manually worked like a
charm!
Thnx allot! (again ^^):)
499. Shen
When I followed this method, I manage to get the OS to boot from the USB, but then
that creates another problem. Vista confuses itself by reading the USB as another hard
drive. The error Windows is unable to find a system volume that meets its criteria for
installation. shows up in the Disk Partition page. My computer only has one hard drive
so it must be the USB causing the problem. Can anyone tell me how to get around this
problem?
500. ICHI
AWESOME GUIDE!! IT WORKS WHEN I INSTALLED WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE. YOURE A
BOMB!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS..
KEEP IT UP!
501. FrackMicrosoft
This will work on non-vista computers if you use an external hard drive and skip the
format command.
502. Boy XatZ
amazing this guide really worked!!! plus you dont need to use any programs.. /heh
503. Ryan
Is it just me or does it take more than just a few seconds to format the selected
drive????
504. Ryan
Maybe a few minutes.
505. weeds season 6
Great write up!! this really helped me out and btw this can work on non-vista computers
if you use an external hard drive
506. rohit
I got Bootmgr is missing. I m using dell
507. saif
hi i m using win xp above all steps done n my bios have option usb hdd but i its not
booting plz help
508. Nith
This works perfect. Thanks !!
509. Lorem ipsum generato
I was just looking for this guide! Tnx!
510. Bane
hey, the guide is dreat but like some ppl here I have the missing bootmgr problem, You
sad fix it but how ??? please help me , I am trying to set win 7 on HP notebook wich
has vista, and your steps I^ve done on other PC wich has win 7 on it,because dvd rom
on notebook doesnt work. my USB drive is external HDD 1Tb.. folowed all steps one by
one, then attached ext hdd on notebook and set booting from USB still have msg
missing bootmgr.
heeeeeeelp! thx!
511. darkan9el
Awesome tut, just got windows 7 32bit on my nieces Acer Aspire One, straight on
everything installed. Id say 10-20mins faster too than conventional DVD installs.
Pressed F2 on boot to get into setup, Acer Aspire will see the USB and show it by name,
I just moved it to the top of the Boot list using F6 saved changes and rebooted. Once
W7 has installed you have to go back into setup (F2) to change the boot sequence back
to the HDD. Just finished updating. If only life was this simples lol!
512. justme!
looks like a nice method but! how do i reverse the disk-on-key properties to its
defaults,i mean in this whole procedure you actually change the file system of the disk-
on-key and some other properties,how to reverse all that?
513. Sudheera
Great work.it worked for the first timethanks a lot ..
514. Tom
Hey, Thanks! great guide. I even got it to work using Windows XP!
Tom
515. geoff
when you say copy ALL the files, does that mean hidden and system files contained
within the CD? do you recommend drag/drop copy or a CMD Copy?
516. dallas fox
what if the windows 7 copy isnt on a dvd but has been downloaded iso?
517. kevin
Actually /active= should have 0 (most of the time) its the partition number OF the drive
(0 as its formatted) otherwise youll get invalid parameter.
518. are_peace22
nice thx for the guide
519. unification
hello . i did all steps and it end successfully .
but when restart my pc and set usb boot .
my system cannot boot from usb and display this message
read disk error .
while i use slax in this usb pen and working truest.
but not working for this way that you say.
please help me . and contact by me via email adress .
thank.
520. Lucas
Perfeito com Windows7 ENG. Muito obrigado
521. unification
please help me. i need to this.
522. unification
read disk error .
thank.
523. marcus
i cant do the clean bit. error occured, unable to access. help pweez
524. jainil
i cant see my pendrive in command prompt in list disk
what i have to do ???
525. daniel plasencia
thanx for the tips but i am getting a message saying could not map drive partition to the
associated volume device objects: acces is denied on step 7 can you help?
526. ehsan
thanks alot dude!
527. Prithviraj
Thanks a lot . Worked like a charm, very detailed and precise. Great job keep it up
528. Dave Sanders
Great step by step instructions. Even though Ive done this dozens of times, its great to
have a site I can trust to refer to when my (poor) memory fails me.
Thanks!
Dave Sanders
Microsoft MVP
529. Peyman
Great JOB . Thanks
530. admin
Thanks for your kind words Dave Sanders.:)
531. Justin A
Beautiful! Flawless! Stupid sata DVD died and with no replacement and no time to spare
this worked perfectly. Make sure drive is emptied as he states. Make sure! Otherwise,
awesome. Thank yooouu.
532. turnkey website
i have a question that before reading this tutorial or finding it i bought a 2gb pen drive
and i think this procedure does not work with 2 gb pen drive or does it?
and i think this procedure does not work with 2 gb pen drive or does it?
533. Donna
WOW Thanks a lot. It worked like a charm. I really appreciate your help. Keep up the
good work. It is people like you that make the world a better place.
Thank agian
534. Donna
Thanks again
535. Sharma Mohit
plz tell me how to edit bios settings?
536. Trevor
This works great, thanks alot.
537. Erik Hurtig
I just have to ask
Why not just copy all the files from the installation image to your drive, and have
bootmgr ran from there instead?
538. Jay Bee
This thread is getting long, but it is only fair to say thank you for this great guide. Thanks
a lot.
539. AJIT
MAN ITS AWESOME IT WORKS GREAT
540. Modeste
Tres bonne solution
elle marche merveille
541. Ankit
i am using win7 32 bit. can i use bootsect to create a bootable USB to install win7 64 bit?
i have the ISO file for win7 64 bit, but have no clue how to get it to work.
PS- my DVD drive is kaput.
542. Anggi
Thank for tutorial installing windows 7
543. Doug
When I received this error:
file : \Boot\BCD
status : 0xc000000e
I used another thumb drive and the problem was solved.
544. unification
hello . why you dont answer to me .
i did all steps and it end successfully .
read disk error .
thank.
545. JB
Since Im trying to make a LiveCD bootable through USB, its not a normal official
Windows 7 CD, and there is no BOOTSECT.EXE whatsoever, so I cant make it BOOTMGR
Windows 7 CD, and there is no BOOTSECT.EXE whatsoever, so I cant make it BOOTMGR
Compatible. Any other solutions?
546. piyush
my dvd write is not working.how can i do this step D: CD BOOT.pls mail me ans.
547. Nishant
I tried with both vista and 7
no prob in installation,
but in vista, no user profile is being created to log in.
In 7, finalisation takes all its life n after shutting down after first use, in gives problem
from second use on ward.
it was irriteting..
wasted full night..!
548. Sandeep
@nishant-this process only creates the way by which u can boot the setup progress with
the pendrivecomparatively faster than cd or dvds.the problem you are facing is due to
wrong installation files
549. Kir
Thank you very much!
Im Russian, but I didnt find any working instruction for my problem on russian lanquage.
This quide helps me to install Win7 Starter on my netbook using USB HDD.
P.S. Sorry for my engligh
550. Leo
Can i use this for install windows xp to?
551. Sam
This worked fabulously. Thanks for the easy to follow instructions! I had been looking for
this solution for a long time.
552. Ionut
Thanks a lot.
Worked perfectly!
Very well described.
553. Jamie Kitson
You really should put a link to the MS USB/DVD tool more prominently on your site, why
bother with this complicated method?
554. Jony D Rico
Excelent it works great thank you, you save my life
555. Andres Au
You can also check the drive number designation in the device manager under disk
management if you have trouble selecting the appropriate disk as described in step four
of this guide.
556. pempoy
Worked great! Thanks a lot.
557. KB
THanks for the insight, I was going crazy trying to get this to work. A lot of sights miss
the part about this only working in Vista/7!
558. JACK91
Thanks a lot dude..it is awesome..installed in 11 minutes..WOW
Thanks a lot dude..it is awesome..installed in 11 minutes..WOW
559. Crypdan
When you say copy windows 7 contents, you mean the documents or a iso file?
560. haroldcore
what if i dont have a win7 disc? what if i just have an ISO but not on a cd. because i
have an ISO on my downloads.
561. AJ
Works perfect, thank you.
562. dvhirst
Well, it worked as advertised (Windows7), but only after going to Control Panel User
Account Control Settings and specifying Never notify. Before taking this step, the
Bootsect command failed with Access denied.
Now, on to setting up BartPE on this bootable 4GB USB drive
Thanks!
563. KGB1953
Nice Tut man. Easy to follow and love the pics
564. KGB1953
If you have an .iso file just mount it with magiciso. Google it.
565. c0de
Each tutorial to this Thema goes that way:
First you use this Tool ,then use this tool and then do this dont mind why
What about people dont have Windows?
I have only a far idea what to do with the USB Stick when i dont have those super
special Windows Tools
Always those Windowlooker with there freaky tools xD
Never have a idea what they do ^^
566. Jaimie
Nice one works a treat.
Additional info:
1.) during the diskpart in command prompt, users need to cancel or ignore any prompts
by windows to automatically format the drive.
2.) If you get the message from command prompt when coppying the boot info that the
device is currently locked, its probably either your antivirus trying to scan the empty
drive, or its windows that has automatically opened the drive contents in a window.
Stopping the antivirus or any open windows other than commandprompt associated with
the USB or external drive and trying again from where it said device locked works.
Thanks for a brilliant post. Saved me hours. Im setting up a PC with old DVD drives and
three have failed! Saved me getting a new DVD drive!
567. Samuel
PLEASE HELP!
I am having troubles with step 6:
I have typed in C:\Windows|System32> D: CD BOOT
Then when I type in D:\> CD BOOT
it says that The System Cannot Find The Path Specified.
My disk is definitely in the drive and is definitely drive D: so what is wrong?
568. elise sayer
make it work
569. chielt
I have a 4GB usb pendrive. When I try to do CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY it tells me the
drive isnt big enough te create a partition without extra parameters. Please advise.
570. nikhil
Ultimate guide..Fully working on Lenovo..
571. Albert
hey, i keep getting invalid ms-dos command when copying the disk content in step 8.
572. Albert
and my explorer crashed.
I created this in win 7.
573. shoab
sir pls tell me about how to create usb bootale for install windows xp-7 by usb device
like pen drive.
574. SATHISH
ya its really nice to do but in between i got some error .. but i think that the inspections
given above are really gud .., the same time after i did some steps my usb drives
crashed , after that i cant able to use d usb .., so please avoid stop in between.. thanks
575. SATHISH
Hey Sorry For My Previous Post .., I Tried once again these steps i finally got thanks
Its Working Great . Thanks
576. paras kumar
i have no cd drive so haw to make bootable pen drive
577. mukesh
thanks dear its greet. working and help me lot
thanks again
578. Vyom Neeraj
Great post..!! Followed all the instructions step by step and works like a charm..!!
The only tip is that this wont work for xp since in xp, the MS DOS disk manager does not
show usb disks. it will only show the HDD as disk 0. There is no disk 1. But when i tried
with vista, then it shows usb as disk 1 and all the steps worked easily.
Thanks again man..!!
579. Jeffrey
i tried but it does boot.
580. SherwinQ
It works great, thanks for sharing this man.
581. marshmallow
where u download window 7 file
582. FilledVoid
This worked perfectly for a system that I was fixing which had a broken DVD drive. The
method used was able to make my external drive bootable with Lenovos DVD image.
Thanks a ton.
583. Alex789045
THANKYOU finally one of these guides works YES!!!!
584. Vash
hey bro ive read all the instructions, ive never try it myself but on about the comments
above, its a kind of 99% of believing you!!!hope i could make it!!!thanks
585. bINK
thank you sir for your assistance on how to install windows from a usb , i have a oem cd
with all of the versions of windows on it and it works flawlessly with the usb method . i
have sucsescfully install starter, basic, home premium x86, x64 , and so on but my faviort
useing this method is what i have on my asus mini netbook with 500 gb hard drive and 4
gb memory with windows 7 ultamate x64
586. sandy
F:\BOOT>bootsect.exe /nt60 H:
Access is denied.
dis is d error i am facing plz help me out
587. sandy
i solved that prob. thanks for the artical.
588. lunatic
Brick both of the usb drives I had thanks.
Worked like a charm good job buddy.
589. griff
Have used this a bunch of times, really good guide thanks.
The only difficulties i had were resolved when i ran command prompt as an administrator.
590. James
Awesome write up, worked like a charm! Thank you!
591. Deepak kumar
after giving this command BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
it gives error
could not map drive partition to the associated volume device objects:
Access is denied
592. Alan
Much appreciated. I have an old Pc with org CD drive. It just wouldnt read the Win 7 CD.
My HD was dead and I had to install a new one. Luckily I had my laptop with WIN 7
installed. Took a while but we are up and running again.
593. 1234
after instalation if i want to use my flash drive as a normal storing device, what do i have
to do?
just format? or it will stay a bootable device 4 evar?
594. removals companies
this tutorial was what i was needing for my cd driveless laptop
595. David Brennan
One of your command prompt lines is formed incorrectly but will still work:
i.e.
D: CD BOOT
CD BOOT
should be just
D:
CD BOOT
CD BOOT
or:
cd /d D:\BOOT
but the guide works perfectly anyhow. Thanks very much.
596. dark8soul
for those who have trouble with all these instructions
try downloading wintoflash. very simple to use
597. A random dude
Right, it looks good, but Ive yet to try it, for a few reasons:
1. How do you reverse the process for the USB, in case I want to use it as normal again
after Ive booted up my PC with it? Can it be done? How? Maybe it works anyway? I
dont want to ruin a good 16GB USB for it otherwise.
2. Ive got my Win7 on an .ISO on my HDD, and I COULD install it using e.g DaemonTools
or some such directly, but there are things that are better with a booted installation,
thus I want to go with that option. But, my question is this, can I do as with the CD/DVD
drive with a virtual drive, where I mount the Win7 .ISO and do Step 6 with the mounted
drive?
Many thanks in advance!
598. lacie
thank you!
599. Scott
I got a problem on the final step: BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
The error reported an inability to complete the step due to a compatibility issue with the
version of windows Im running.. suffice to say Im PRETTY MUCH flabbergasted at this
point, any help hopefully? pending thats enough information
600. Stle
A very good and easy to follow guide. Thank you.
601. Agana
this is great. it works great. thanks!
602. SREEJITH
I did this and installed Windows 7 Ultimate successfully.
THankx.
603. Vici
Great tehnical post! Tnx for sharing!
604. Purushotham
I did everything, but when I tried to boot, It says A disk read error occurred, Press
control+alt+del to restart.. Plz help me.
605. Jason
Thank you Thank you Thank you
easy to follow and worked like a charm!
Thank you Thank you Thank you
606. King Matt 85
Awesome. Well done pal!
607. Zaq
So i was on a mission for a free netbook. the job was to fix a laptop without a cd drive
that worked. SO i turned to this. needless to say. Thanks for the net book. Your a money
saver bud thank you!
608. NEERAJ
yOU ARE GREAT
tHANK,S
609. kyle
um in stuck at spet 7 help plz it says it does not recognize bootsect.exe as an interal or
external command
help plz
610. kyle
im stuck not in stuck
sorry typo
611. an
I get Invalid MS-DOS function and I cannot copy boot folder
Thanks for help!
612. deamon
works great, thanks man. cheers
613. freddyzdead
If you really want to claim 100% Working then why is step 6 still wrong?
It says:
====================================================
====================================================
when it should say:
====================================================
D: and hit enter. Where D is your DVD drive letter.
====================================================
This is easy to fix and it is confusing a lot of people.
Also, I think FAT32 would work ok; speed difference would be insignificant.
And I think the BOOTSECT.EXE part is redundant because DISKPART prolly already did
that. Thats why some ppl have got it to work when they left out that step.
Anyway, the main thing is it works. You just need to shout in caps that it DOESNT WORK
IN XP. Maybe the morons would see it then.
614. Qiang
I tried this solution. List Disk works on Vista, not XP.
615. Michael
I dont have any Drivers when I try to install Windows 7 on my Netbook with no OS,
what do I do?
616. mallikarjun
hey after copyin the files to usb, i tried to install it on other comp by changing the boot
order im getting a error BOOT MNGR MISSING please help me with this
617. Ryan
i followed this instruction and I unfortunately 2 of my drives are now missing. i only have
my drive C visible
i am running windows 7(32bit) with 1 SATA HD(had 3 partitions now only C is visible) and
1 IDE HD
1 IDE HD
can someone please help me with this??
618. magallanes
Thanks.
btw, you can do (if you know that you pendrive is not defective):
FORMAT QUICK FS=NTFS
instead of
FORMAT FS=NTFS
619. Andreas
Hi, Ive tried to install win 7 from usb using wintoflash but faild due to ther error that I
need cd/dvd drivers. The solution was removing the usb and reinserting it then I
cancelled the setup and went to repair options. I then chose command prompt. After
reinserting the usb you will have 3 discs. Mine were X: which was the boot disc
(supposedly the usb but it wasnt) c: (the usb after inserting it again) and d: (the cd-
rom). On the command prompt I had to navigate to X:\windows. (type: cd X:\windows
without quotes) then type: bootsect /nt60 C: (this loads the bootmgr on the usb. the
usb in my case was C: so you have to find yours) after that just restart and the setup
will continue without errors. best of luck
620. gride420
great how too now i want a very easy how too on putting x86 and x64 bit of windows
and of vista on one disk. Then should be able to do this guide and have both on 1 thumb
drive. In the process of putting each os from xp up on 1 thumb drive each. Much faster
installs and no more burning disc. Thanks
621. ors
All of you who get Could not map drive partition to the associated volume device
objects: Access is denied.
Try running cmd as administrator!
622. l0stb3ta
Out of curiosity, do folder permissions have to be set so that hidden files and folders
must be enabled? I tried this with my USB stick, and I get a missing operating system
error. I copied everything I could see from my Win7 DVD, but if there are hidden files on
the DVD that could explain the missing operating system error that both Jonathan and I
are getting.
623. Daniel
I have a Net Book that came with Windows 7 Starter. I would like to install the Ultimate
Edition on it but it has no CD Drive. I got my hands on the Windows file but they are in
ISO format ready to be copied to a disk and boot off of said disk. Is there a way I can
copy these files onto a Flash drive instead and boot off of the Flash drive?
624. Gamer
Thanks!
625. nik
what happens to pendrive is it able to function normally after this
626. anand
Thanks man it really worked
627. shane
i did this to a tablet pc that had no dvd-rom, and did NOT support USB boot option.i
simply yanked the drive from the tablet pc, connected it to a different pc via usb bridge,
followed the procedures above, put the hard drive BACK into the tablet pc, fired it up,
and windows began installation. Worked great, and didnt even create a second partition
to do it lol
628. Eye Webmaster
Thank for this article Ive made a working bootable USB of my own. I need this to make
my computer renewed and prepare it for my SEO work task.
my computer renewed and prepare it for my SEO work task.
629. Naval
I havent the window 7 dvd disk. can I use above tips for Windows Xp or where can I get
win 7 files. pls help.
630. LWN
Were in 2010, and for those of you that have had no success (ISO-file not recognized
for example) using the Microsoft ISO-tool mentioned on occasions in this thread, the real
solution that ALWAYS works is here:
http://firesage.com/bootsage.php
631. MD
AWESOME dude!! This worked 1st time, better than buttered popcorn
632. Thomas
For those who had the error
Access is denied.
REMEMBER TO OPEN CMD WITH ADMINISTRATOR PERMISSIONS!!!
633. zORG
admin permissions doesnt fix this problem thomas
634. bukag
how do they do it??
635. Easy123
I have used this method several times and it works GREAT. Instruction are very easy to
follow.
For those having trouble with not being able to copy the contents of the DVD to the
thumb drive b/c you dont have a DVD drive. I would suggest to either perform these
steps on a PC that has a drive or if you have a iso or a rar image of a DVD you can use
magiciso (free) to create a virtual CD ROM drive and then mount the image to a virtual
Drive.
Works GREAT.. I used this for Vista and Windows 7 32 and 64 bit.
If you cant figure it out READ the instructions Carefully or take your USB thumb drive and
DVD to a local computer shop and have them do it for you. Make sure you give them this
sites URL b/c it works just fine. Quick and Easy.
Thanks
636. Juan
Thank you! I keep this page on my favorites and use it often.
This worked without issues.
Those having problems are either using the wrong drive letter, have a syntax error, or
dont have the USB as the first boot device on the BIOS.
Another thing to consider is that not all boards allow booting from a USB drive
especially older one.
Dont drive yourself crazy if the option is there, your computer is somewhat old, and it
doesnt work. Chances are booting from USB is not supported.
Good luck.
637. George
I was installing Windows XP on old laptop, but installation process aborted in the
midway giving me some error, while I was using similar guide to install XP. So, I have
removed HDD (2.5 with IDE interface) and formatted it on using another laptop which is
running on Windows 7 (I used IDE to USB adapter to connect it). Thus, now when HDD is
clean and I try to boot up from USB (setting it in BIOS to boot up from USB), it gives me
only blinking cursor and it does not go anywhere. If I remove USB and tries to boot up
from HDD it gives:
BOOTMGR is missing
Press ctrl+alt+del to reboot
As I remember on Win 98 there was copy SYS command to start command prompt. Any
alternative on XP? I simply need to get command prompt started and than Ill take it from
there to install XP.
Please help if any one can!
638. ice
if you get this message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
youre running.
meaning you are running 32 bit windows and trying to execute a 64 bit bootsect.exe
all you have to do to fix this is to copy your 64 bit windows 7 on to the usb and then
insert a 32 bit dvd and execute the 32 bit bootsect.exe on to your usb
639. Senthilkumar
Awesome. Worked exactly.
640. Khalid
it required software like wintoflash
641. Khalid
please me give more details through email for this process
642. Khalid
please me give more details it required any software like wintoflash
643. George
To ice
Any idea about my issue?
644. Li Xin
It is working! Good instructions,and easy to follow. Thanks
645. sM4llziE
Wait.. Theres an official tool? You could have put that at the beginning xD
646. Ice
To George
reasech how to get BOOTMGR back on the HD.
The orginal problem, before you formated the HD, sounds like a bad Ram, run a memory
test in bios if you have it, or get a new ram chip if you can to make sure.
647. LefterisTR
win7 usb
648. paulette
Hi. I have been trying to do this and I get stuck on this part where it says to do:
Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:
D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where D is your DVD drive letter.
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:
Is there something Im doing wrong? Also can this be done on a computer running
windows 7 for a vista? My desktop is windows 7 and my laptop which im trying to fix was
vista. I erased everything on the laptop hard drive on my windows 7 computer so did
that mess it up?
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks
649. paulette
To George:
Did you figure it out? My laptop does the same thing with the blinking cursor and I have
tried everything I can think of.
Thanks
650. Phil
I used this guide 3 times now, still havent gotten the commands tattooed on my
backbone.. but.. works 100% every time. I installed win7 on my own laptop, my pc, one
work pc, and now using it on my girlfriends laptop. thanks a lot for the simple guide,
everyone saying it doesnt work, either arent following the steps, or should check to see
that they arent trying to install windows on their washing machine or something. if u
follow the steps, it will work. I actually get a error message on the final step, but I have
still been able to complete the installation every time. thanks man, people like you are
what makes the www great.
Sincerely
Phil
651. Nihar
Thanks a lot i was having problem in cd/dvd drive.u solved itthanks again.:)
652. sintayehu
I am very glad right now. I was highly frustrated because I thought my computer is not
gonna be compatible for windows 7. I tried many things even went to repair guys. Only
this page worked for me. I thank you guys! really Im happy!
653. Michael
Nice Guide, took me 5 minutes to complete this tutorial. You Rock!
654. Ajmal
I am using a 8GB usb, but in LIST BOOT command Disk 0 mean only hard disk is
mentioned no other disk there.
SO what to do?
655. George
To Ice
Thanks, Ill give a try. I do not think its RAM issue though.
To Paulette
Once I try it, Ill update you here.
656. lambang
how do I get the uninstall windows 8? please in reply
657. lambang
how do I get the windows 8 install? please in reply
658. hisham
itz awesome thankz alot .
i thought
it may not work but it worked after that
thankz thankz
can i know ur name plzzz
itz awesomw
659. maryam
excellent..
Thanks a lot
660. sumit
hi i have not yet checked it whether this works or not but hope for best.
661. Stanislavsky
Thank you sooo much for the guide, really simple to follow up !!!
Kudos for you and your website !!
Kudos for you and your website !!
662. BOSS
I FOLLOW ALL THE PRECEDURE THEN ITS GAVE ME BOOTMGR IS MISSING
663. Srinivasan
Perfectly worked for me
Just followed your instructions. Great and Thanks
I was actually trying to install over the network where two systems were connected to
the same home group, But it was little scary. This one was easy.
Appreciate if you could give a tutorial for the installation over the same network.
Thank
Srini
664. raj
*Waits for a 200GB HDD to format F_F *
665. sms
it works like a charm
ive installed windows 7 in my precision workstation 490
Thanks alot
666. Jaques
Been going through guides and suggestions all over the place this evening, but I found
this;
http://www.computerbild.de/download/WinToFlash-4776317.html?dl=1
That just works, you just need your Win CD and a 4GB+ USB drive and you are all set
667. mar mar
ok what do i do if i dont have the disk but i do have all the stuff i need saved on another
flash drive?
668. Max
I have only one question, can i make the bootable flash drive on any win, i mean, im
using xp and i want to make win7 x64 bootable flash drive, is that possible?
669. victor
Works great! Keep up the good work. Thank you.
670. peety
very nice guide. thanks. only issue im having is its taking FOREVER to format a 8gb usb
drive
671. peety
i am thinking i mightve been better off specifying quick in the format
672. Xao
this tutorial works only with the computer u have made the changes? or if i plug out the
usb and put it in other computer it will work!?
673. MSW SUX
I DIDNT GET A VISTA DISK WITH MY PC, IT CAME PRE-INSTALLED!!
674. Win7easyinstall
Hi all!
Here are some tips.
1. Can only be created from a computer running Windows 7 or Vista
2. You can only create a drive that is the same type as the os your using. i.e. 64bit drives
cannot be made on 32bit installed!
3. Do not install to flash/pen/usb drive, install to hard drive!
3. Do not install to flash/pen/usb drive, install to hard drive!
4. Make sure you have backed up all your data since this is clean install.
5. Format and install speeds vary depending on your flash drive and its capacity. i.e. A
4GB drive will be quicker at formatting than a 8GB model.
Hope this helped!
@marmar
Download a program that can create .iso files or if you have the .iso on another drive
simply mount with Virtual Clone Drive or Daemon Tools (Virtual Clone Drive is easier,
once you have got the .iso with all the files in mount and use the virtual disk drive letter
in the cmd and it should be easy!
Thanks,
Win7easyinstall
675. Win7easyinstall
I am going to reinstall my Win 7 now! WAs having problems with when on startup it
would say File: James and the OPEN WITH box i would have it close 3 of them every
time! :/ Hopefully this works cause my pc take months to load up win 7 ultimate (1GB
Ram) also I get blue screen of death! (I got too many programs on startup )
win7easyinstall
676. Chandan SIngh
Thanx, its 100% working.
thank u for giving this code
677. Bill Brown
Please help me its not working!??!?!!? I got an error during my first install so I checked
to make sure my hardrive was okay. I opened it up and noticed a wire was disconnected
so I soldered it back in place(Im rather smart hardware type stuff) and then I further
proceeded to make sure the physical hard drive disk didnt have any scratches on it (it
was pretty clean). So yea, It is beyond me why it is not working, have any ideas?
678. WildSchatz
Man, thank you for making my Win7 USB installation as easy as possible. You steps
worked like a charm. Had to go this route after the DVD installation would error out.
Thanks again!!
679. Eddie K.
Use your brain, put the UPDATE call in the first line not in the last one! This is all a waste
of time since MS Tool does it all instantly.
680. LlF
have anyone used this tool:
681. spag
Hey, the instructions were great! during the installation process, setup returned to the
initial installation screen instead of restarting after expanding the files. I rebooted the
computer and after that it finished setup without issue.
682. Bradley Rimbleus
I followed this guide and succesfully installed windows on a computer.
However using the same USB on another computer, I get the following error (yes, all
bios settings are correct, such as boot from usb, usb legacy)
I have the right version (32bit).
A disk read error occurred; Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
any solution to this?
683. Andrew Benson
Thou art a god among men, and I shalt worship thou as such. No seriously this is the
most useful thing I have seen the past two years. You have saved what little life I
actually have.
684. Ted Allen
Awesome! Well written, easy to understand, and worked well. Thank you!
685. james mccoy
awesome tutorial
686. Alan
Thanks a huge huge amount!!
Acer Aspire One froze while running XP recovery. Dead computer
Used your instructions and loaded Windows 7.
Worked Great!
687. lee
awseome
688. Mark D
Make sure you run the command prompt as Administrator if you are doing this within
Windows 7.
689. Anthony Maes
Hi, thanks for the tutorial, this was thew only one that worked over network. LAN. BooT.
690. arthur
this is great! I accidentally erased all the content of my external drive during the process
but its my fault.that doesnt matter anyway I can install Windows 7 Ultimate to a
computer from usb flash drive now.thank you!
691. Tobias
Wonderful, i fixed my netbook. Super
692. chrisNova777
the steps are nowhere near difficult to follow, but this just flat out doesnt seem to work
for me, I always always always get the BCD Boot Error :
file : BootBCD
status : 0xc000000e
when trying to boot.. Can anyone point out what could be causing this? which
thumbdrives are people using here that have experienced success?? ive tried with a
patriot Xporter XT 8gb and a Lexar 8gb Secure and no go so far with either of them
693. chrisNova777
ok so i just tested the usb from the patriot xporter XT and it works on the machine ive
created it on, but not on the machine im trying to use it to install on, do you have to
make the disk on the machine that you are using it on?
694. TheOriginalPol
THANK YOU! I really do appreciate you writing instructions on how to properly do this. I
saw a bunch of those guides where folks said to just copy all the files over to a FAT32
drive and I knew that couldnt be right sure enough it wouldnt work for me. You are a
gentleman and a scholar.
695. vamsee
its working fine.. but problem is that booting started automatically from pen drive and
files expanded then when it restarted in the middle again booting started from
beginning by reading files from usb its an unending cycle wat to do??? im panicked.
tell a solution asap
696. darkathena
hey guys to make the format faster enter..
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK OVERRIDE
DarkAthena
697. Tastyklean
I like the fact that people will follow all steps but fail to read the title. Its A Tutorial For
Vista And 7 Based Systems. Xp Does Not Have The Tools To Do This.
Anyway.
Life Saver Thanks Buddy !
698. Bradley
awesome. worked on the first try. you rule.
699. Jeremy
Hello,
Some motherboards, (like mine,) DO support booting from USB, but the bis lists USB
devices as Hard Disks instead of Removable. So in order to get it to boot from USB you
must change the hard disk boot order. So when you are installing windows 7 it comes to
a point where it needs to reboot to finish the installation. But when it reboots it begins
the install sequence all over again. This is because it booted from the USB again.
FIX:
-just watch and wait for the reboot, then hold del or whatever key gets you to your
bios on your system. then switch the hard disk boot order back to device #1 being the
partition where you chose to install windows.
voila! your install will continue as normal.
BTW my motherboard is ASUS P5N-D
Also, this guide is totally awesome works perfectly, thank you.
Jeremy
700. Jeremy
my previous post was directed to vamsee of post #713 to answer the question there.
701. Saravanan
When i am trying to boot from Pendrive i am getting below error message.
A disk read error accoured.
ctrl+alt+Del to restart.
I am using Asrock P4i45GV Mothoer board with Bios versio 3.0.
Anyone can help me?????????????????
702. Grafi?no Oblikovanje
Thanks a lot! This help me so much, expecialy because my dvd was broken
703. FREDDY U.
IT WORKED 100%
JUST FOLLOW EVERY STEP AND THATS IT.
704. Danny
I wonder if anyone has accidentally formatted the wrong drive aka Disk 0. Would be a
laugh.
705. ankkit
i got error coping bootmgr code it said
program to big to fit
i m using 4gb kingston pendrive
plz help
706. dallas
hey so if i put my copy of windows 7 on flashdrive it should boot right. i do not have
windows 7 disk the file is just in my computer. so do i just put it on flashdrive then
follow next steps
707. ARC
not working the 1st time i try it. im on 2nd attempt now. the thing is, i keep my windows
not working the 1st time i try it. im on 2nd attempt now. the thing is, i keep my windows
installer file and everything on my hard disk(H) and not dvd/cd. So, does it mean that I
have to alter the 6th step correspond to the letter of my hard disk?
708. japex
No device drivers were found. Make sure that the installation media contains the correct
drivers, and then click ok
i can reach the Install part but then it comes up with the error message above. i
cannot load drivers since when i browse. i cannot seem to see the USB. ive put an AHCI
and Chipset driver there but cant browse because i cant see it. help pls.
help please. putang ina kasi tong gumawa ng tutorial eh. gago.
709. Damon D.
Works Great , Thank you very much
710. Andreas
Just for the record;
You dont have to do the steps after step 4. All you need to do after step 4 is to copy the
contents of the Win7 DVD to the flash drive and then its good to go.
711. romance
hi, in step 4, uve mentioned to format the pen drive. i did it but the process is very slow
because the format command is applicable for thorough formatting. can i format the pen
drive in that step in quick mode? thnkx
712. Juna
I followed these instructions to the letter. Diskpart showed my USB drive to be disk 3. I
formatted disk 3. Whoops, my 250 Gb data drive just lost everything on it! <:-{
Why tell people to use such a truly shit utility as diskpart when you can format a disk
from Windows Explorer?
713. David C.
Worked like a charm! Thanks!!!
714. sd
This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows youre
running. Check your computers system information to see whether you need a X86 (32-
Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the software publisher.
715. Ankit singh
hi,
my cd drive is not working and when i put any usb drive and boot my system it shows
some error like disk not found.
please help me. i want to use windows 7 on my laptop.
716. Chucho
Can I do this to install it on a new pc? dont have any OS on it.
717. D.R.Kurrey
There is problem !
Operating System not found
718. D.R.Kurrey
problem arise at the time of booting from usb
719. Shivams
Thanks for ur post. But when im installing win7 through usb wen it is restarting for the
first time it is again automatically going boot again. Thus my installation stopped in the
middle. Please help me in installing my OS..
Thanks,
regards,
Shivams
720. Anshul Kataria
hey bro i dont have cd of windows 7 but i have an iso image of it in my drive. How to use
this process without cd?
please tell
721. admin
Anshul Kataria, please use Virtual Clone Drive (free) software to mount the ISO file.
722. TED E
I locked at step 5 i thing the problem was my anti virus program turn it of and voila!
723. Tyler Perry
I tried to install Win xp on my EEEpc 1000H but for some reason it wouldnt boot unless i
put the USB stick in.lol, its mad when Win 7 is much easier to setup and install than XP.
724. PIyush
Thanks
725. Moniz
Thanks man, its worked
726. GLa5s
What if I am doing this on a netbook where there is no dvd drive but I have the files on
my desktop already? I am lost on what to type in when the instructions say to insert dvd
727. kathir
thanks a lot..its working !!!!!
To open cmd prompt,please do the following
All programs>accesories>cmd>right click and click run as administrator
then follow the instructions given in the guide
once again thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
728. Ankit
thanks m8,
many many thanks.. with my optical drive malfunction, I had no other option to reinstall
the OS, you really hav been of great help.. thanks again..
729. Helmi
Its workthank you..:D
730. walent
Works on Windows 7, even without bootsect.. thanks!!
731. kregg
Uhh guys You do realise there is a Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool that does all
this ridiculous hard work for you, right? And its from Microsoft too.
Save yourself 5 hours and use that instead.
732. juozas
Thanx work good.
733. Sanjay
Really it was helpful to me.
@Brandon Only Works on VISTA AND WINDOWS 7.
734. Jonathan
Excellent post. Very helpful.
Excellent post. Very helpful.
735. Eumesmo
You can also try BOOTICE to set partition active and write Windows 7 boot sector
736. denbang
Double thumbs up!
737. GOOD WORK
thanks alot
738. Shashi
Goog for this information and we can load two operating system in USB so that we can
insatll at time windows 7 or windows server 2008
739. Thebest**
The best tutorial, i have used this many times without any problems and it rocks any
time with no problems thanks for posting this
740. Chris
Hey followed the instructions and everything seems to work to a point. When windows
starts it gives me the splash screen that says Install Windows or whatever, when I
click it the box disappears for a second, and then reappears. Cant actually get to the
install, weird.
741. bohari
its rewlly good abd i try it later
742. Manjunath
Helped me very much to install windows 7 using usb. Just ensure that you run Command
Prompt as Run As Adminstrator (Right Click Option on cmd). I wasted much time using
normal mode.
743. bmac3
Guys please help me. CMD crashed when I was doing the FORMAT FS=NTFS at 23%. Now
my USB-Stick isnt working because it is displayed as NTFS. I cant access it at all. How
can I get it right again?
744. vikrant
Thank a lot. Very useful tutorial
745. Cristian
i did everything but i wanted to install but what will i have to do in the bios setup?
746. Shaikh NOman Nasir
Hey i am trying to follow your steps But when i write BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F:(MY USB
DRIVE LETTER IS F) THEN I GOT THIS MSG
TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.
COULD NOT MAP DRIVE TO THE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE
OBJECT
WHAT TO DO ?
747. shahin
Thanks.
748. Jan
Hi. i have followed you guide and i got to boot the usb successfully, but when windows 7
starts. it doesnt get to the installation process, its just stock on the windows 7
background and the mouse pointer, what do you think is the problem? is my
motherboard not compatible ? i have asus p5sd2-vm. or is it with my installer that has
the problem?
thanks in advance!
749. piet
dude, you so rock!!!
i hav espent hours creating stupid osis using low quality tools to get to this point.. and
yet it was so simple this way!! thumbs up dude
750. Tony
SuperUSB win7 boot disk is working fineThanks a lot !!!!!
751. Putra Haikal
Hi there,
this guide is working fine.
thank you for shared with us
752. gez
@ Jan
Just leave it, it will eventually bring up the language option and continue..it just takes
about 5-10 mins and appears as nothing is happening..just be patient!
753. hAMMAD
Some times /nt60 do not work for whatever reason then we can use /nt52.
754. Eason
Its 100% working
BUT since its other laptops bios are new now. Its not removable devices for me but Hard
Drive
755. just me
wish you would have stated that if you do not have a win 7 dvd/cd, and the info is
already on your flash drive, proceed to step #x. I just wiped out my usb drive which had
all of my win 7 data on it. thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
756. Al
Hi Im facing the same error as sandy in post #601.
Access denied error running Bootsect.exe Please help!
Thanks, Al
757. Joe
Thank you so much for your help.
Its very cool.
758. Bachir
Any one faced this message when trying to copy file into USB stick? Cant read from the
source file or disk. bootsect.exe.mui". When I presses skip I got same message for
other file names!!!!!
Post #441 had teh same problem
regards
759. Thomas
If you have access denied error, run cmd in run as adminstrator mode.
760. Andreas
Works just as described. Thanks very much, saved my bacon after realizing Mom-in-
Works just as described. Thanks very much, saved my bacon after realizing Mom-in-
Laws PC didnt have DVD drive.
To Al: had same error. Make sure you are running CMD as Admin. If it doesnt prompt you
for permission on launch, you didnt launch it right. Use the right-click run as
administrator option.
761. balaji
Hi, i would like you to guide me that how can i deploy xp/vista/windows7 wherein the os
to be loaded from the centralized server to the client desktops. Is there any software or
freewares available. Can anyone help me how to proceed with
762. PerT
Hi Al
I had the same look at #577 and change to never notify
BUT I had to reboot after I changed to never notify before it worked.
After reboot you can go step 6 by open the cmd again.
763. Dark
F**king awesome!!! Thanks brawah
Works great!
764. Shane
Worked a treat !!
Thanks !
(remember guys right click on the cmd to run as administrator or the boosect.exe wont
work)
765. NOOR
HI !!!
Im Palestinian , So please excuse my English!!
I want to ask about the commands
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
ASSIGN
EXIT
Are these commands affect the machine Im working in ?
I have a windows CD BUT My lptp DVD machine is out of work , and i need to install
windows 7 on my lptp
IF I used this guides to install the CD contents to USB on my friend lptp ,,, does this
affect hers ?
Thanks a lot
766. phil
if step 7 fails, run command prmopt as administrator.
767. anjan rai
Hey man, thanks a lot. i was searching this type of method from last few days and now i
got sucess. it really worked. THANKS alot bro.
768. lunjanie2
After using BOOTSECT letter on the USB drive chnaged from F: to G:, if that is of help for
someone there. Check the drive letter before doing step 7
769. Katherine
I cant figured out whats going on >__> Ive changed the bios and I get an error.
bootmgr cannot be found
770. Manindra Agrawal
hi Thnx a lot its work properly. if i want to make Bootable USB for XP
is i will follow above steps or some other steps
Thnx for it
771. Israel
Worked perfect
Tryed with 7, 32 and 64 bits
Ty
772. Bhupend
it works
773. moksha
Thanks a million tonne. Youre a savior. This really works. My DVD drive isnt working and
I had no choice.
774. LeAnna
Thanks for the great DIY article! One question: what to do for people without the
Windows7/Vista DVD? Software came pre-installed with licenses stick to the bottom of
the netbook.
775. DR
How do i get my USB flash drive to function as a mass storage device again?
776. Florin
I tried to install the way this tutorial said but at the formating the memory stick as NTFS
it taked me samething more than 1 hour and got an error of formating also. So I had
formated as NTFS in Windows 7 and copyed the files from the win7 image mounted with
daemon tools (drag & drop I had unchecked Hide protected operating system files
from Folder and search options)and worked just fine with installing windows 7 on
another computer.
777. nainglinn
It can do bootable usb with Transcend . I have tried to do bootable drive with Verico usb
but I cannt .
778. DIODIM
wonderfull guide manyou rock!!
779. Jason
Thanks! This really help me out in a jam. Not having a dvd-rom with my netbook can be a
pain at times.
780. Joao
Worked great! Dell Optiplex 160 no DVD ram, only USB. Thanks!
781. JIM
thanks alot
782. Michael
LIST DISK only shows my 2 local harddisk, and not the USB flash drive.
783. Jaideep Arora
Pappi Boss Aap Chaa Gaye !!!!!
Master Brain Bhai!1 kya baat hai,
It helps me a lot on my mini laptop to install windows on my own.
Thanksss!!!
Bravo Yaar
784. Elli Bagelman
Thanks! worked like a charm
Thanks! worked like a charm
785. Jaideep Arora
So Dammnn Good, Marvolous Work, Grt,
U Must be some Windows Co-worker na.
Win 7 get installed only in 15 min compare to DVD Rom drive which takes 20-30 min.
Time, Money & Pressure, CD Cost etc. everything I saved
I purchased a new Flash Drive of 8GB and it works for me so good.
Bye, Have more fun and also give me the XP Booting related post.
Thanks Admin
786. anonymous
sir when i type list disk , my USB volume is not listed, please help !!!
787. killer_boy
ive been follow ur steps and instruction to the last steps.. but after the bootsect.exe
part ive got this
target volumes will be update with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access denied.
can u help me with this thing please..
788. asanka
Thnx man, it workd
789. josh
can i use win to flash and get the file on to my usb and follow the steps? if so what file
type should it be after i format so the cpu can read it?
790. RAJU THOKAR
How to copy the windows 7 on Flash drive, directly copy and paste as we usually do in
Flash drive or through command?
791. Christian
Thank you so much this was the easiest install Ive ever done.
792. Arjun3111
thank u very much..a sigh of relief..phewww..!!!
god bless u. keep rocking.
793. Erik
can i do that all that work in my desktop for formating my laptop, or all this work have to
be in that computer wich will be formated?
794. franz99
I followed sucessfully all the steps of this guide under Windows 7 Pro but when booting
on my USB pendrive
I get the same error as mentionned earlier by madmax :
file : \Boot\BCD
status : 0xc000000e
I could not find in this discussion above any answer to madmaxs question so could
please help us
Do you think this error message related to the preparation of the USB pendrive or to the
capabilities of my mainboard ?
I get the same error message when using the official MS Tool
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-usb-to-install-
windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive-using-windows-7-dvdusb-tool/
795. Asger
100% is nothing MANY THANKS!!!!!!!!
flex
796. flex
Fantastic guide thanks!
797. Alex
Hi,
thanks for the support it worked perfectly!!!
i have a little problem altough, i used my phone memory card as boot usb and now i
cant use it in the phone again, somehow the phone cant recognise it how can i fix it?
798. Gaurav
Yes it is 100% working.
Thanks dude!!
799. Ajmat husain
i am very happy bcz it is very simple formula.
800. Sunmaster14
to avoid ACCESS DENIED errors, run cmd from system 32 folder Run As Administrator
801. HakuginLabs
For those having issues with not having a dvd to copy the files from. Use a virtual drive,
there are a few good free programs that will mount iso images into a virtual dvd drive.
For people having issues with the bootsect.exe step, you will need to make sure you are
using a 64bit OS to create a 64bit usb installer. I ran into this myself using 32bit vista on
one of my laptops. I had to use my 64bit vista laptop to create a 64bit windows 7 usb
isntaller for my netbook.
And remember to run Command Prompt as admin, if you run into issues with cmd prompt
dropping admin privileges after exiting diskpart, you may be having an issue with the
UAC. Just open a new cmd prompt as admin (easiest fix).
Great guide btw. Allowed me to format and reinstall 7 (using the DVD provided by the
manufacturer) on a netbook without using an external dvd drive which I did not have the
money to buy.
802. HakuginLabs
@Alex
Sorry, forgot to add this to my previous comment.
There are a few options for restoring the memory card to being usable in your phone.
Option 1: Delete the partition and create a new fat32 partition (Ive noticed a lot of
phones dont recognize ntfs easily, some do). This is the easiest option
Option 2: This is for advanced pc users.. You can download and burn off a Live version
of linux that will boot from disc and provide a full linux environment and use a disk
partitioning program like gparted or Disk Utility
I recommend option 1, worked for a co-worker that had run into the same issue.
803. alexander
hi,
thanks for the answer! sorry for being stupid, but how do i delete the partition? :)
804. Mark Anthony
hope this works..
I need to reinstall my windows 7
805. Sunil Rana
I have got a problem with my laptop that it is comfortably running the video DVDs but it
is not detecting the bootable DVD. How can i install the windows. Shall i copy the
contents of DIsc image file in to USB and then make USB bootable and boot through it..
Please suggest ..
806. nobbler
Great stuff. Worked like a charm. I tried another method that didnt boot at all, but this
Great stuff. Worked like a charm. I tried another method that didnt boot at all, but this
one worked on the 1st try. I dir get an ACCESS DENIED when it tried to lock the disk for
the bootsect.exe /NT60 h: command, but it worked anyway. If you do it this way youll
end up where you wanna be. Thanks!
807. Ajmal Khan
Hi
I have got the problem in step 4.
In step 4 my flash drive do not show in command promt.
please solve the problem and reply me. Thanks
808. joe
Can I use an sd card instead? I tried and it cant create a partition when I type in create
partition primary.
809. bharathp
i tried the steps suggested to format laptop using usb . in second step i typed LIST DISK
810. bharathp
i tried the steps suggested to format laptop using usb after insert the usb(pen drive
4gp) in usb port. in second step i typed LIST DISK . it list out disk0 only. it did not list any
other disks such as disk1 for usb that i was inserted. so i cant proceed further .please
tell me that how can i proceed further.
811. Ryan
Everything went smoothly and I could boot from the USB but after that there is a
message thy says: Bootmgr missing press ctl alt del to restart how to fix?
812. aRjay T.
Hi! I have been using this Howto coz its really working. One observation though, after I
converted the usb as a bootable win7 installer, I couldnt use it as file storage anymore.
This happend to a brand new usb as well as my good old usb that has write protect
switch.
Everytime I try to store files on an already bootable usb, its as if the the system releases
the usb (like as if I ejected it) then after a few seconds, the system detects it again that
its there and will offer for a scan for error. If I choose to scan, it wont push through and
re-offers it again and again.
Btw, I cant format nor do anything to the usbs partition.
813. puthea
when i install. it can not create system partition. why?
814. Clint Sulis
This is a perfect guide that does exactly what it says. Anyone who has problems with
this guide is a noob.
815. Del
Help
boots from usb, loads ok, then restarts but just starts the load windows 7 process
again. if i take out usb it says no operating system.
sorry, as you can probably guess, i am a bit dim at this stuff
816. WILL
hi i got to step 7 and tryed it but got
could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:
access is denied.
can someone please help
817. GREAT JOB
Tnx a lot! mounted .ISO with daemoon works perfect
But is possible to make multi boot usb key?
windows X64 + 86 + Linux I now linux dont like ntfs
Can be this created on fat32 oh forget it should be linux tool
Tnx for this!!!
818. GREAT JOB
ok its already in your site
819. SmVueno
Thanks!
iwe been using this guide soo much now its almost abusive.
820. Bek
I get stuck on step 4; how do i know which disk is for my usb? I selected disk 1 anyway
and typed in CLEAN. its tells me VIRTUAL DISK SERVICE ERROR: there is no media on the
device. i didnt think anything of it because the usb didnt have anything on it to begin
with. so I typed in Creat Partition Primary then tells me No usable free extent could be
found. it may be that there is insufficent free space to creat a partition at the specified
size and offset.
I dont know what that means. my usb is 4GB, is that too small? am I doing it wrong?
821. Zham
I compelete all the steps but when I use it in my laptop, I get this message BOOTMGR is
missing. I dont know what is the problem.
822. sumit
I m stuck here.. please help..
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.0.6001
Copyright (C) 1999-2007 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: SUMIT1-PC
DISKPART> LIST DISK
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
- - -
Disk 0 Online 186 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 3875 MB 0 B
DISKPART> SELECT DISK 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> CLEAN
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
There is insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size
and offset.
Specify different size and offset values or dont specify either to create the
maximum sized partition.
DISKPART>
823. Vibhakar Lal
Awsome ,
This work like Charm,
All we me People must follow are steps,
Religiously,
I am able to install in 12min .
824. Hey Bek
Hey Bek. Normally the DISK # would be the last on the list. Before you start, unplug any
other external device from your system. And note if you have more than one internal
hard drive. So if you have 2 internal drives and the one usb drive (the one you want to
load the boot on), then the list would be:
Disk 0 (1st internal)
Disk 1 (2nd intermal)
Disk 2 (external)
Disk 2 (external)
Also the Size column, in your case should be a little under 4 gig. Will show something like
3242 MB.
Hope that helps
825. 11225e
Hi. Ive read all the posts hoping to solve my issue but no luck. I hope someone has
the answer
I am trying to make my 1TB eGo USB 2.0 Desktop Hard Drive bootable. I am running Win
7. The bios hardware supports booting from a USB drive, and I am able to select the USB
drive from the boot menu. But when I choose the USB drive, I get:
A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
I am able to read/write from the USB drive normally via Win 7 with no problems. The USB
drive is formatted NTFS and could this matter my computer is 64 bit and the USB drive
is formatted with whatever you get when you select NTFS would that be 64 bit in my
case?
Lastly, when I try the Windows 7 USB Tool, I cant even get past selecting an ISO file it
says mine are invalid.
Is there any help for me??
826. shaheryar
please help me i am having an error (could not map drive the partition to the associated
volume device object:access is denied) please help me
thank you
827. chetan
Hello, I am trying to install win7 ,I am reaching till getting install option after boot but I
am getting error like required cd/dvd drive device driver is missing.if you have a driver
floppy disk,cd,dvd or usb flash drive,please insert it nowplz help me urgent
828. karthik0000
Installing operating system through usb flash drive is really a difficult task how ever
installing vista and windows 7 are now made easy using the usb flash drive. The above
listed post explains a step wise approach to installation using sub flash drive. impressive
post , keep updating more important stuff.
829. TianYi
Great Guide Man
Working Very well.
Thanks for your Post
830. Juan
Thanks much, had a problem with access denied but read thread and I was not running
CMD as administrator. Went back and ran CMD as admin and worked great!, needed win
7 for a NETBOOK format and reload.
thank you for this guide!.
831. Myat Min
I get following error message after BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G: command
832. Nigel
If I make the key on an ASUS windows 7 will it work to repair a totally f-ed up medion
vista who always gets a blue screen while booting in evey single mode?
833. Major
I have made an usb also with this methos, i have always the same problem. at the first it
does not ask me to press any key to boot which it begins automatically. So it never
finishes the installation since when the system reboots after the first phase, the
installation starts again loading the files. any suggest please?
From a DVD there is no problem since it asks me to press any key to boot
834. saddavi
Thanks a lot. u really really helped me.
keep it up.
Cheers
835. Cheers
Had problem at bootsect but this [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/magazine/dd535816.aspx] simple one worked at windows vista 32bit to install a
windows 7 64bit.
836. Cheers
forgot to add: use the ntfs instead of fat32, its better for larger (>4GB) drives
837. michal
hi all got a problem. try to instal windows 7 from pendrive and after i make a choice with
language time etc, on next screen showing me message i havent got some drivers and i
need put a cd with windows. what i cant do becouse i havent got a dvd rom.
838. karthik
when i turn on my system its comming as BOOT ERROR, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart..
my os has geen corrupted nd i dont have the DVD drive also.. can u tel me hw to install
Windows7 using Pen Drive.
839. style
well thanks alot brother for this usiful lesson but i have a small problem , my windows
which i want to download is not original , and its crack is built in it , when the setup
reboots i had to change the boot priority from flash USB to HDD in order to complete
instalation BUT when i do so the windows will not be cracked !!! what shall I Do ;
840. Amadeu
Im trying this on a portable without any hard disk nor cd/dvd reader. It has just 2 USB
entries. It works fine with Linux (no surprise!)
Thanks for your work !
Amadeu
841. Kairoko
Is there a way to get the USB to work for other purposes again afterward? Please reply
to me asap, and preferably by email, if you can see it.
Regards,
Kairoko
842. toto
Installing Windows 7 SP1 HOME PREMIUM on Emachines E528 in 6 minutes. Super!
843. Jake
Kairoko,
Hi all you have to do is plug it into any machine and right click on the drive and format
to either FAT32 or NTFS and then VOILA!
844. Admiralis
awesome as i`m a tech noob i`m returning over and over to this site its awesome
helped me several hundreds of times (a false exaggeration) keep making posts like this
tnx a million (ROFL i like to roll on floor allot)
845. MetalMadness
i cant get past step 3 lol, im on win 7 x64 and ive typed in diskpart and its shows the
first part of the msg but not the diskpart> bit :S it wont let me type either.
i have left it alone for a while just incase it was having a moment of fail and being slow,
ive even tried it from the start again (making sure i follow perfectly step by step and i still
get the same thing.
im not a complete noob on computers but this is new to me
846. lovejeet singh
hi..
when a am execute bootsect.exe /nt60 f: (f is my usb drive letter) command the
message I get is:
message I get is:
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access is
denied.
please give me the solution ive been follow ur steps and instruction 4 times
847. jadajada
does this process work on older systems which do offer booting from USB devices for
instance a dell dimension 2400 please post when you get a moment.
848. jadajada
WOW big ups to you sir, i can confirm it does work on older systems. Provided the
system has the option to boot from a USB device,it will work. everything went great!
thanks you very much.
p.s this was my first attempt at booting from a USB device and you made it very clear
and straight forward.
i cant thank you enough. keep up the great work. K + + +
849. DaGoof23
Not sue if this has been mentioned before, if so, please delete my post.
First of many thanks for this great guide!
Created a Bootable pen drive with it and pluged it in only to get the message: BootMGR
file is missig
Solution in my case:
Removable device Boot in Bios was enabled, but the Bios maped the Pen as a harddrive,
so even if i manually chose: Boot from removable device BIOS didnt find any and
jumped to boot from Harddisk where it found no BootMGR.
When inspecting bootsequence in BIOS i could expand the entry Harddrive the
expanded entry showed the built in harddrive as first device and the pen as second.
Well i switched the pen to first device and it worked.
Sry for this long explanation, i hope it can help.
850. rey
ON STEP #8:
MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS FIRST THING TO DO BEFORE I COPY WIN7 INSTALLER INTO THE
USB..BTW I GET THE INSTALLER IN TORRENT WITH THE .UIF EXTENSION.
851. jrr
hey thanks so much this was so hopeful keep it up man. hey and once you figure a way
to install xp please post the link thanks.
852. Achal
My friends computer is not working. The system starts, says windows is starting and
then again goes to first stage of statrup and this cycle goes on. I have pen drive which
has Windows 7 Ultimate installation files in it. How to do it now.
853. SUVIGYA
HELLO
I DON,T THIS ON XP
NO DISK 1 APPEAR IN CMD COMMAND
LIST DISK
I HAVE NO DVD WRITER SO HOW I COPY THE FILE FROM DVD TO PENDRIVE
PLS SEND ME FOLLOWING STEP THROUGH EMAIL FOR XP
854. chaky
nice how-to, thanks
just add explanation that if your flash drive already has some letter, that last ASSIGN
command is not needed (actually it will give error)
855. Mickey
GREAT GUIDE!
856. john
my optical drive is damaged and in step 5 it is written that
insert windows disk..can u help me?
857. Sabya
I have the contents in my PC to copy but dont have the CD with me how to proceed
help. I am at the stage of DISKPART>EXIT now it shows C:\windows\system32>
how to proceed.
Regards
858. minhalarabi
hi gys i found that problem
Hlp is here XD .late but Got it
4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no
is Disk 1.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above
step to confirm it.
So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
(Format process may take few min)
EXIT
u will be back to c:
then again typeyour drive name D: (DVD Drive name)
AND SAME AS GIVEN THERE
D: CD BOOT
D:BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
Relly u did it Finaly
Thx..tweakwindows.add like be your frend i am your fanxd:P
859. minhalarabi
thx for this tweakwindows
boz of this i got how to use pendrive in ps2 thx alot
hope u have more prowrfull idea.
860. Mazahyr
Hi im able to do all the steps right but i cant make it sure whether it is bootable or not.
When i attempted all the mentioned step the windows icon appeared on the USB
drive. Now when i open it by double clicking instead of opening the autorun setup
window, it explores the USB. Wat indication will help me know whether it has become
bootable or not. Plz urgent help required.
861. riz
what if my windows 7 dvd is not a bootable 1??will it work ??like will it copy all the files
on the usb and work as a bootable 1?
862. aaron
guys, you gotta remember to move the files on the root of the USB drive. IF THEY are in a
CD_ROM folder, Bootmngr will not be found by the BIOS
good luck and thanks for the awesomeness
863. Smo
Thanks so much for the effort here, really comprehensive guide, saved me alot of hair
pulling. A very important webpage! Keep it up!
864. Jashan
Thanks man working 100 percent
865. admin
@Mazahyr
Try it on VMWare or VirtualBox.
866. admin
@Jogh
If you dont have a working optical drive and have an ISO file of Windows 7, simply
mount it using Virtual Clone Drive.
867. ali_J
hey i am also getting the error a disk read error occured Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
after trying to boot from the usb
i see there are several people who has this issue but is not resolved. admin if there is no
solution, can u please provid an expaination
868. Chaz
To all those receiving disk read error
I had this problem and strangely evaded it by simply having a second USB stick in the
computer at boot up.
It was a Ubuntu USB boot that I had made but strangely somehow it managed to
prompt the Windows 7 Install USB to boot.
Makes no sense at all but it worked!
Good luck
869. feyaz
hey, I screwed another hard disk with these codes, its obvious that I made a mistake. I
had more than 600gb data in it. Now when I double click on it in my computer it says its
not been formatted.
Is there a way I can recover my files?
870. Aaron
@feyaz no if it said its not formatted then all the data on it is already gone.
On another note, this worked great thanks.
871. 3rdEye
I dont know why my last entry wasnt posted. Did I do something wrong?
872. tarun Purohit
i am create a bootable for 2 gb pen drive for xp.
but pen drive is 1time runing and then second time create bootable 2 gb than my pen
drive is finish.
873. someone
If you want a easy way (no need using command prompt, also avoid the problem of not
seeing your usb drive when using the list disk command) for creating a bootable usb
drive for installing windows 7, download and use the tool from here. You can find the
instructions here
874. Willi
Hi, I followed the guideline upto step 7. I used a 4GB usb stick but the Windows 7 DVD
contents are 4,78 GB large. How is it supposed to fit into the stick. Thanks
875. hamoosh
very good
in addition for ppl who downloaded windows on their pc , in step 6
u first extract iso file of windows if it is
then u type that command but not choosing D: the driver letter u jst write first letter of
drive u saved extracted files
then CD full path of location of ur files.
876. AlKHOlIc
freaking awsome worked great thanks bunch and i tried like 5 differnt program that
where just headache you saved the day THANK YOU
877. Anil
thank u so much, i tried many other trick but i fail all the time. this guide and screen
shots make it easy and i succeed. once again thanks a lot. it makes me ur fan.
878. Shivam
I dont have a windows 7 dvd but i have windows setup in my computer can i make
bootable usb from this. If yes plz tell me how
879. Tejinder Singh
sir i dont have dvd drive. I have copied the installation files of windows 7 on my hard
disk .I am not able to get how to use D; CD BOOT command
880. Siby
can we use that USB drive for further use ?
881. Rooli
Thank you for your post, it helped a lot,
every step was correct, and it is faster,
than using DVD.
882. Al
This is so so cool. Ive done it and its working 100%. Thank you very much for this guide.
883. potter3
thanks a lot but , can i do this without DVD / Flash ?
884. sam
hey guys wy wasing time on windows try linux mint one dvd will install all of ur needs. vlc
open office image editor all drivers and u can boot live using a pen drive no need to
install it!!!
and best part no viruses and a very stable system with superfast booting time give it a
try
885. SuperTareFrate
Works 100%, tested and running windows 7 installed from USB Stick! Nice work!
886. SUDHEESH
Tnx bro. Tnx for sharing such valuable info.
May GOD BLESS U.
887. Darko
how to make usb noramal. I cant format my usb pls help
888. Gi joe
Diskpart is different on XP to Vista and Windows 7. So the above guide probably wont
work in XP because some features of Diskpart that work in Vista and Windows 7 dont
work in XP. We found this out at work over a year ago when attempting to do the same
thing.
889. Julian
Extremely useful guide youre a STAR!!!
Extremely useful guide youre a STAR!!!
890. sanjay
thanks a lot dude
891. samraat
Can we format our pen drive or sd card after installation??
Can that be used as a normal pendrive after installation??
892. Karaciite
hey,
can the USB be used again as it was before copying windows 7 setup in it? or its turned
into permenently a Windows 7 setup drive ?
893. admin
@Karaciite
You will able to use it again for other purpose.
894. SupaTom
For some of you who cannot get the USB to recognize or the USB to boot, chances are
your USB flash drive itself doesnt like to be a boot device.
My 4GB Cruzer Micro refuses to be a boot device, while my 4GB OCZ ATV has no problem.
Keep this in mind.
895. Shang
WowThanksThats great
896. Shang
Oh My God, I cant do anything when the error display the message in the empty box:
Install WIndows
No dirves were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage dirver for installation
Notice: I did step by step as 9 steps above,all ok. But when I install windows 7 (set
BIOS priority to USB ok), the error displayed.
I hope you help me.
897. Karaciite
ok thnx
898. ABHINAV
dude. it just stuck in 100 percent!!!!! what should i do??????????
899. Mike Vango
Works Perfect with Windows 7. Followed the guide and worked like a dream..!
Thanks for a super duper guide.!!
900. codifus
Did this with Windows 2008 R2 .iso Worked flawlessly. Thanks TweakWindows!!
901. John W
Excellent article. Got it working first time. Saved me ball ache! Thanks mate.
902. Ricardo
Great post!!!
By any chance do you have a similar one for Windows XP?
Thanks
903. Max
Just wanted to say thank you, Ive been using this guide for a while and it always
works and always helps! Thank you
904. John C
For those getting the error of There is insufficient free space to create a partition
I was getting the same error. I had to CLEAN again and then it worked. You might also
have to clean all.
Hope that helps.
905. CK
Thanks for this guide, it saved me having to replace an external DVD rom, for all those
that got the problem of read error all you need to do is substitute fs=ntfs to fs=fat32,
that fixed my problem.
906. Bob
Update to Post 911.
For what its worth this post worked for me:
http://reboot.pro/9196/
907. soodabeh
Hi,
Thanks for your help and article.
I test it and it work.
908. Jeff
Thanks for he helpful tip. I just got a new CPU/MOBO and turns out it doesnt have any
IDE interfaces, and I have no SATA DVD drive! I used to image XP machines from a USB
drive using GHOST and an HP/Thin Client utility I figured there had to be a way to do
this in Windows.
909. sibin
Thank you very much ,
I was looking for this from a log time , i tried and is success.
Thnks once again ..
910. Vig
This guide is much better than any other Ive come across, esp for how to format the usb
drive. Thanks!
911. Andy
it worked perfectly! thank you so much!!
912. Moe Ali
Hello,
I just wanted to thank you for this step-by-step guide.
It was amazing and it worked PERFECTLY fine.
Thank you again.
913. ATUL
I completed the task upto 4th step completely..
as i m not having the optical drive, is there any other way because i am having the setup
files of windows7 in my harddisk.
914. Addelini
Hey there, I dont know if this question has been answered before but, can i use this on
my external harddrive ? And can i use this without having the installation files? since i
dont have a Installation DVD is the installation files somewhere on the current
harddrive?
915. Prerit
Can i know how to restore my usb drives lost space?
Actually when I was trying the upper steps..my usb is showing 125Mb memory while it
was of 16GB.Please help somebody.
916. Adrian
Awesome post. thank you very much. worked fine for installing SBS 2011.
917. Jrei
Question:
If my optical drive is not working (thats why I need this tutorial to reinstall/reformat my
PC using Bootable USB) and I have my ISO image (also the extracted file) of Windows
Vista on my hard disk, how about step 6? am I still using the CD BOOT command on this
matter?
Help, thanks!
918. Hero
mine says
couldnot map drive partitions to the associated volume device object:
access is denied
PLEASE HELP!!
919. phil
sir when i type the command BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: IT SAYS thatcould not map drive
H:to an associated volume device what should i do man?
920. Ari
hey,please tell me how to do the same work in windows xp
921. Kar Fai
Hey for people having problems you should explore other ways to do it lol
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx try this site or just google
windows 7 usb evangelist the first link is the site anyway i used to try this method but
odd enough i couldnt get past after certain step and as pointed out by those that fail
even when the method works during installation problem occur so here you go i wasnt
going to type my comment in at first till i realize its 2011 and more than ever people are
still doing this so here is an alternative cheers
922. Mike
Genius! Worked like a charm. Thanks for posting.
923. Jhayz
WinToFlash applications works perfect. Im using Windows XP on my laptop and i want a
usb bootable thumb drive containing windows 7 to install on my another desktop pc..
Ive used wintoflash and it works great on my Kingston 4gb usb thumb drive.
924. leo
thanx.
100% working
great tutorial
illustrated.
925. leo
@phil
type the command after restarting your pc
same problem occured here.
i just restarted my pc and it worked
926. joshua
Greetings!
can you give me a link where i can download win7 ulti 32bit?
thanks
927. kalig
Thank o e mch fo hi oial. Wok gea!
@phil: H: ha o be he die lee of o USB Sick!
928. aeh
h indo 7 ae canno e pice a dekop?
929. admin
@ joha
Check hi po: hp://.inoindo.com/donload-indo-7-enepie-90-da-
ial-no/
930. pain
Hi Than allo handome. I 100 pecen oking.I a nde pee ih a Lapop
o helped me. Wih all he be. Tc
931. al
Hello. I hae a 8gb kingon pen die. I hae did all he ep. A he end i hae copied
he file fom he dd in 7 limae o he ick. On boo i a : pen die iho
opeaing em. Pleae help.\
932. al
I did a miake. No i no ha i a. M ick i booable. Thank fo hi oial.
933. ice245
hank o mch ok pefecl. i eall help
934. Maeick
ho o ee he flah die back o nomal file anfe age?
935. Geoge
Thank m fiend he command line a ok eall nice!
936. Bhaa
i an o inall indo 7 ing booable pendie
b he ho me eo die no fond o ha can i do?
pl mail me ggeion
937. Ronel
Hi, i hae one concen becae o ee i hae alead a of cop of he indo 7
inallaion file. Thee i no DVD file on i. So, m concen i ha ha am i gonna do in
ep 6 and ep 7? ha hold i kip? o i hee omehing ele i hold do? Pleae
Help. email me PLEASE..
938. kaman
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939. Mad M. Eiken
Th fo he adie
THe hing i, ha i ha been impoible fo me o do i fom m lapop. B hen ing
m fiend aiona hee i no an poblem.
hen ing he command fncion, i can onl find m haddie (C:)
940. Darek
Working perfect Big Thanks!!!
941. Themba
I got this Error in step4: bootsect.exe/NT60 E:
Target volumes will updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
could not map drive partitions to associated volume device objects: access denied.
942. hamza
hi,
i am the whole process, it works fine but in the end it states
could not map drive partition to the associated volume device object: access is denied
can somebody please help me with this!
943. Nicholas Corona
@EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THE BOOT MGR MISSING ERROR
SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED THIS, BUT IT WAS RIGHT SMACK IN THE
MIDDLE AND UNNOTICEABLE. IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS ERROR CHANCES ARE THAT ON
YOUR USB FLASHDRIVE OR HARDDRIVE THE NECESSARY FILES ARE SAVED IN A FOLDER
PROBABLY CALLED CD-ROM. YOU MUST EXTRACT THE FILES FROM THAT FOLDER AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE AT THE ROOT OF YOUR FLASHDRIVE/HARDDRIVE INSTEAD OF BEING
TRAPPED IN SOME ADDITIONAL FOLDER.
HOPE THIS HELPS!!
944. Lee
I was able to do all the steps on a 4 gb flash drive, but i ran out of space so I purchased
an 8 gb. When I get to step 4 creating the partition I get the following error: there is
insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size and off set. Specify
different size and offset values or dont specify either to create the maximum size
partition.
I have tried several times with same error. As I noted above the first time on the smaller
flash drive it worked fine. Any idea?
945. sia
why it said no device driver were found??i have followed all the steps to transfer the file
from dvd to usb device.
Plz help..thx
946. JHONNY"X"
hey man i was just wondering if i can copy the file of both windows vista and windows 7
on the same pen drive.
Thanks for the steps..
947. R.B.
God Bless Thanks sooooooooo much!
948. nishiki
This has got to be the best how-to for usb boot Ive come across. Thank you very much
for it.
949. Anjan Bhowmik
Yep! It does work!
Thanks m8!
950. Kevin Harms
Great docs, easy to understand. What I found is I had to do the bootsect /NT60 h: after
the file copy, then it seemed to work.
951. Charlie
This works everytime Been using this every now and then and it works allways! Really
great tutorial. Works just as well with Windows Server 2008 R2.
Thanks for a great tutorial.
952. Tony
Didnt work. When I typed in LIST DISK it first showed only my hard drive Then I put
my flash Drive in another port (K) and when I typed in LIST DISK it gave me a list of dos
commands. Do you know why?
Thanks
953. Tony
OK I get it Doesnt work with xp
954. Ross
Has any one done a write up for doing this for XP?
And if so what is the web address?
OR what are the steps for doing this for a XP installation?
955. Amiel
Works great for windows 7! At first I was afraid of whatll happen to my USB drive. After
typing CLEAN, it displayed an error report and my USB device light kept blinking. I exited
disk part and restarted the procedure. This time it worked perfect. I was able to reformat
my HP laptop flawlessly. Thanks!
956. Bilal
BOOTMGR is missing I m getting this message although everything else was successful
as mentioned in the guide and then I copied the Win 7 all files into the USB flash .. but
its not working and displaying the message i mentioned at the start .. plz guide
957. paul
Thank you so so much!
I was an idiot and tried to use my previous DVD Drive to install on a new system, just for
my luck I had a I/O error
I followed this guide and it was perfect Windows installed in minutes!
The only hiccup that I encountered was a failure in CMD to do a format, so I just used
the Right Click > Format > NTFS and then did the CD Boot commands and it worked
wonders
Thank you, Sir.
PS Your face should be printed on money!
958. Mostafa
you said Format process may take few seconds ! but it take few hours for me ! why ?
thanks
959. Simon the Pieman
This is awesome, My DVD drive on my laptop allowed me to format my hardrive before
trying (and failing) to install Windows 7. I have struggled for hours to get my drive to
read the DVD correctly and install an operating system to no avail. This guide has
basically turned my laptop from a paperweight with no OS to a fully functioning Windows
7 machine once again. Cant thank you and the work you have done on publishing this
enough, very much appreciated !
960. Jatin Kumar
This is the best Make Win7 bootable pendrive post.
Thanks dude
961. abhijit
great information.
thank u so much for sharing
962. rajat
can it will work on netbook
can it will work on netbook
963. krisna
ur guide is almost done. but at the end part i did format the c drive and click NEXT
button.so its display a error massage that is setup was unable to create a new system
partition Or locate an existing system partition.see the setup log files for more
information.
so plz rly to me.thanks to u
964. boat parts
hi,Thanks to you for sharing this.Actually my DVD drive was not working and i was not
getting any way to install my new copy of windows so i copy all my data in my USB drive
attached with other desktop machine and by using this process i installed windows on
my laptop.It is really an amazing way for installation.
965. Mike
Worked like a charm! I was having network connection difficulties on my HP mini 210. It
would connect wireless for about 15 minutes then drop and not come back. HP
determined that it might be a windows issue and wanted me to reinstall Windows 7
Starter with their USB drive. Rather than wait over 5 days for the drive, I followed these
steps (very clear btw) and it booted right into the reinstall and it kicked off just fine. Now
I can put a fresh install of 7 Ultimate on and see if that fixes it. Thanks!
966. norbeey
All the steps went fine and I have set the removables to the 1st place at the boot
priority order but still nothing happens. Why?
967. eru88
I did everything but when i try to install the operating system it says
Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are
available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D
I try deleting and saving the files from the dvd again to the usb but the same thing
happen. I am mounting the iso and saving those files, does it not work like that?
968. Emirates Skeptron
Please see below, whats wrong? =(
X:\BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 M:
M: (\\?\Volume{41bc0891-3a3e-11e0-92ec-1c6f6590ed84})
Updated NTFS filesystem bootcode. The update may be unreliable since the
volume could not be locked during the update:
Access is denied.
Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.
X:\BOOT>
969. Aakash
Hey,
I tried doing this on my external HDD and it didnt work. So I used a USB Flash Drive and
it worked great. But now when I try to use my External HDD, it wont work at all. Any
help?
Thanks.
970. Fanctron
Man, works like a charm. Tks very much.
Cheers
971. espen
fantastic!
972. sam
nice update it really help keep it up,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
973. sandip karmakar
how to windows7 install from usb drive detail
974. vinay
ihave a doubt in the 8th step,where u say to copy the windows files to usb.there whats
copying,does it mean to copy image file?.
975. Shaun
Thankyou, after running into the problem of the windows 7 installation hanging when it
expands files when i used the dvd was doing my head in, then using this method and
booting the setup via usb, made it work like a charm
976. Arjen
Hmz, you can skip the step with Diskpart
mostly because it takes too long (16gb stick)
You can just reformat it quickly into NTFS format.
then do the step that comes after Diskpart.
Works like a charm aswell.
977. Jude
I had follow all your instruction and I got it all smooth. But when I tried to use my USB to
boot my Acer 4530, I got the message BOOT MGR MISSING. Whats wrong?
978. Rajmohan
great !!!
979. yusri
my problem is,
BOOTSECT.EXE is not recognized as an internal or external command operable program
or batch file.
what i need to do?
980. Patrick
Why not show hidden folders and files in folder options and open the windows 7 disc
and copy all the files to a flash drive. works for me 100% of the time
981. Navid
How can i understand what is my usb disc number? pls help
982. Ash
i will try this process ok bt thanks for this
983. MouZ
M gonna try this right now. My cd/dvd-rom are not working since 2 months. I thought i
wont be able to format until i get it right.. lets see if it works:-)
984. Victor
Thank you very much, the guide was extremely helpful!!!
great stuff!!
985. MouZ
1. My disk no. of USB flash drive is disk 2. Do i need to type SELECT PARTITION 1 or 2 in
my case?
2. My CD-ROM and DVD-ROM are not working, it dont detect any CD or DVD. Everything
went smooth till i typed F: CD BOOT (F is my DVD RW drive). The error comes: The
device is not ready. What should i do now??
986. GCC1401
For those who got the message COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE
ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED you did not run cmd as administrator that is why the access is
denied. So, close de de cmd and open it as describe in step 2:
*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and
select Run as administrator.
987. shyam
I know very well that one windows 7/xp/vista in one bootable pen drive but i dont know
that how to creat Bootable flash/pen drive of Windows 7, Vista, or XP in one pen/flash
drive please help me
988. Gus
|Used your method as described, works great, thank you.
989. dzul
U save my daythank u
990. Troy
Followed to the letter, multiple times. Doesnt work for me. Says bootmngr is missing,
and yes USB is set as primary boot drive. Help?
991. pherenika
On windows 7 removable drives will not appear in the list of disks. If your usb is not
showing up in the list of disks, instead of LIST DISK and SELECT DISK 1, type LIST
VOLUME and SELECT VOLUME 1.
992. pherenika
Oh, and cheers for a great guide!
993. Tony
I have a question why doesnt Windows Copying 100% all files
it is just copying 10% the files ? please answer
994. Benjamin
Just a notice. I downloaded a fresh copy of Vista, and i used daemon tools to mount the
iso file. And everything worked 100%.. GL, and great guide, best out there, Would be
nice with a guide for XP too
995. kittu
hi sir,its good but end of part its shows error msg that s set up was unable to create an
system partition or locate an exits system partition.see the setup log files .
plz how could u slove this. and rly to me
996. DK
Ben try this
Type G: (g being the flash drive and with out the quotations) Then press -Enter-
xcopy h:\*.* /a /e /k (H: being the drive where your windows 7 disk is)
Then press -Enter-
997. DK
Opps Tony not Ben
998. Steve Ollis
Thanks for this. The DVD drive in my kids PC died just before they managed to destroy
the XP install that was on there. I was going to have to rat a DVD from another machine
the XP install that was on there. I was going to have to rat a DVD from another machine
until I found this article.
999. iqbal
Thanks a lot !! it worked just fine on the second attemptVery useful..keep up the good
work
1000. Curbup
hi there
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!
u made my day
thanks bro..
1001. Muralidhar
Great dude
Thanks..
1002. Mutherfarqwa
Good onya mate.
1003. Ali
Thats great
1004. chad
It worked. Thanks for the article. 5 stars on the clarity, compare your solution to others,
refer to a simpler soluiton for less technical users, and make it #1 rank on search engine.
1005. martin
i got same problem like few ppl here which someone described like this
Here is the message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
X86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the software
publisher.
I SOLVED IT
just unomounted the iso from virtual drive and did all the steps again..
BUT I found out that i mounted wrong file to virtual drive!
this is why ppl got this problem
just mount the instalation of w7 in the drive. do this all steps and it will work for sure!
good luck
1006. Claire
Hey great Tutorial.
Tried it on my laptop and works like a charm
But the second time around when I accidentally chose my Backup disk, during the
FORMAt FS=NTFS process I realize it was my hardisk. So I closed CMD, and there it was
my Harddrive was gone and undetected by my Comp. Can Someone help me? Really
appreciate your help guys
1007. jim
Could someone please help me? I have basicaly 3 issues.
1. My Dvd player is not running (reason why Im here)
2. I erased the partition containing the official Windows 7 file
3. No OS running on my PC.. so no VPC possible.
Could someone please guide me where I could find downloadable Windows 7? I have an
official OEM Windowns 7 key. But realised I did not receive any CD with.
Can I create a bootable USB key without burning DVD?
Thanks
1008. rishi
hey man u rock.!!
although i did it from a win 7 32 bit version for a 64 bit win 7 setup and it did give an
error as many of the above comments have..yet i continued with the copying all the files
and EUREKA
the usb became bootable!!
thanks a lot manu r a genius..!!
1009. tina
plzzma laptop saysBOOTMGR is compressed.ma cd rom isnt working soam using
usb..i copied the recovery disk to the disk but its stilll showing the same thing..plz help
1010. tina
i tried ur command prompt n its telling me cannot map drive partition, access is denied
1011. John V
For anyone having problems with the initial setup starting again from scratch when the
computer restarts, it isnt necessary to remove the USB drive at any point.
Simply monitor the installation process closely and when the computer restarts for the
first time, re-enter BIOS immediately and change the boot device priority so that the
(non-USB) hard drive is the first boot device. Save settings and exit BIOS.
This only needs to be done once and the rest of the installation will complete
successfully, regardless of the number of restarts.
1012. Ryan
That was an excellent guide. Well done.
1013. Devang Vyas
Yep. Worked fine for windows 7. Good technique without using any kinda software.
Thanx for d info.
1014. fc3232
Confirm that this works on Windows XP computer being used to download the torrent
First I got an error so I used an 8GB FlASHDRIVE drive and then it worked
Cool!
1015. vivek.J
im having an error that bootmgr file is missing what can i do for tat
1016. Cheap Vibrators
A really usefull post Thank you very much I wish you will not mind me writting about
this post on my website I will also link back to this post Thank you
1017. nong
thanks a lot.u rock man.
1018. Korea Song
Thank you, it works.
1019. hringriin
Hi
Well, it actually worked perfectly according to my Windows installation but in damaged
my usb device in some kind.
I usually use that one for having live Linux-Images handy, created by UNIVERSAL-USB-
INSTALLER from pendrivelinux.com
The thing now is, that it is not possible for me to get that working again. I think this is
caused by the action of BOOTSECT.EXE Is there any possibility to undo the changes
bootsect.exe has made? Id be very glad, if you can help me. I will also write a more
detailed description if needed.
Regards
hringriin
1020. layne
Thank you so much! stroke of awesomeness! I have used this guide now 15 times! and
have it permantly saved on my hard drive! You are amazing and your that kind of people
that make the internet not complete trast
1021. brian
this is the best tutorial ever!!!!!!!!!!!! A total retard can do this!!!!!!!!
1022. OPACITY
thank you, really! it works.Gracias. Gran idea. funcional..!
1023. Sunny
could you help me PLEASE!! i followed everything up until bootsec.exe /nt60 g:
it tells me that acces is denied
any suggestions?
1024. leroy cozier
ty i love how u explaned it u should be on every problem site. ty again
1025. steady
i followed all the steps mentioned in the guide and all went well, until when i boot into
the usb drive successfully, it says no operating system detected? why doesnt it start
the setup files?
1026. Algis
Hi,
I had disk read error with Transdcend 8Gb card. I switched to aData 8Gb card and
everything worked fine.
Regards,
Algis
1027. jayvcc
thanks tweak it works smoothly on windows 7 this really help a lot. very detailed on
explanations and job well done. =)
1028. jeff
hi there!
this is really great, i just have 1 question though
when you Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive, do you need
to create a folder first or just copy all the files to the USB.
also does it matter if the windows 7 is in .iso format? or you need to extract all files first
and then copy to USB? thank you so much!
1029. LEKA
BRO I LOVE YOU YOU ARE A GENIOUS I WORKS IS PERFECT
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
1030. Tom
Hey
Firstly to the author of this article, this was terrific. A fantastic guide with very clear
instructions. Thanks very much for this.
Secondly to Jeff; you dont need to create a folder. After following the instructions set
out here, make sure that there is nothing on the USB drive and then copy the contents
of the windows disk (in their entirety) onto the drive. Make sure that the BIOS loads from
the drive first, or press F12 during boot, and youre set.
Tom
1031. Wolfos
Cant get it to work, I can boot Linux distributions fine with this BIOS settings and I
followed all steps.
1032. eDadou
Thank you so much, im copying the files right now, you are saving me a lot of frustration
if this works !
1033. mayank
Hey some one pease help me
I am getting this error while creatimg primary partition:
There is insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size
and offset.
Specify different size and offset values or dont specify either to create the
maximum sized partition.
My USB is 8 gb and completely empty and formatted
PLZ help I need this to work
1034. failmatic
This guide is terrific. Ive been using this for years. The directions are clear and concise. If
you cant follow it, perhaps, you shouldnt be installing windows via usb and go grab
yourself an external dvd drive.
1035. KEIM
BLESS!!!!!! TO THE FULLEST fatBJamaica
1036. Alex
does this work if the laptop im trying to use the usb with is windows 7 starter?
1037. KIRK
I am stuck at part 6. when in CMD entering D:CD BOOT IT TELLS ME D:CD is not a
recognized command so I entered D: to bring me into D: and entered CD BOOT that
brought me to D:\Boot> after entering BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G it says that is not
recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Can
anyone help me navigate around this problem?
1038. admin
@ Alex
Should work fine.
1039. BIGTWEZZY
worked perfect for me,,really got me out a bind,,,thanks
1040. AA
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU!!! I have trying to boot and install Windows 7 my
stubborn HP mini all day you just save me over $200!!!! Thanks so much. Keep up the
good work!!!!
1041. SysAdmin
Great how-to. Thanks
1042. Metin
Thanks so much, I repaired my computer with a USB Win 7 64 bit, by using your help
guide. Praying for you
1043. Steve
Thanks alot! Worked like a charm!
1044. Muhammad arsalan
awesom information very good thanks for sharing.
1045. Striky
Hi there thank you for the great guide, it worked well!!
ButI do face some weirdo problem here. I am installing Win7 64bits and the install will
require a reboot. At the beginning usually we press any key to enter the windows setup
but after the reboot it is not required.
However by using pendrive as bootable driver the press any key to continue screen
doesnt appear anymore and it keep self entering the setup and stopped me from
completing the setupanyone have clue on this problem?
1046. Sohaib Ikram
please describe this in a video
1047. Nik
Can I install windows 7 64bit version on a windows 7 32 bit version? if yes then how
can I do this?
thnx =)
1048. vino
man how to find whether my mother board supports usb bootable,,
1049. SAHU
Amazing! i never thought I could do it by myself. Thanx for ur help.
1050. lui
hey dude, nice guide.. now i can use my usb as a primary boot device cause my netbook
doesnt have a cd/dvdrom.
1051. beingthere
Cool,thanx dude. This help me a lot
1052. green house
Hi there i have done this and put my USB in and it sarted to take me throgh the set up
process, but the computer is then asking me for the drivers. The drivers are on a
seperate disk and i have no idea what drivers it would need etc. can you please help
me??
1053. eggsas
Striky just change your bios on restart to start hard drive before usb.
It worked perfectly for me
1054. Tatsat
My system copy installation files and extract files and restarts and after that again and
again system restarts
1055. Kaustav Dey
great article, thanks
1056. Vipin dass
Thanks dear
1057. DarthZelda
So I got through the guide splendidly, the PC booted, but the data were somehow
corrupt, so the installation couldnt get to an end. But when I inserted the stick and
corrupt, so the installation couldnt get to an end. But when I inserted the stick and
wanted to rewrite the data, so I could do all that again, Win just couldnt find it. No trace
of inserting anywhere. Anyone any hints? I never heard about making a brick out of USB,
but I might have just done that xD
Cheers,
- DZ
1058. mohammad
its very slow format i think that will take a days for formating my flash only
Thanks anyway for shared information
1059. phuser
very concludent guide, ty
1060. Mikey
As other have said above me (#286 for one), you dont need to type D: CD BOOT and
then CD BOOT the first command D: and then the second command CD BOOT is
fine. Anything after the space in the D: command was ignored. All you are doing is
navigating the command prompt to D:\BOOT. Thats just how the command line works.
1061. Mikey
p.s. Aside from the above mentioned bug, great article. I didnt know you could do all this
with just command line tools
1062. andrian
Thanks, it works perfectly!
1063. Brandon
okay i did every ting step by step and i still get when i put it into my laptop boot
manager missing :/ any suggestions?
1064. unknown
hello sir
i did exactly what you said.process was a complete. But when i tried it in my system it
showed A disk error occurred. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart.
Please reply ASAP
1065. redbeard
i have followed this tutorial to the letter and the usb boot works perfectly but on
installation i get No device drivers were found make sure instalation media contains the
corect drivers the media i used installs on any machine i have and works perfect any
idea why it dont install from usb
thanks in advance
redbeard
1066. syahrein
hi man. it used to be as easy as copying the windows 7 ultimate cd to my ext hdd and id
be able to use it to boot up. but suddenly it didnt work anymore. after finding this site,
im able to install frm my ext hdd.
thanks loads man!
1067. Sethunath
my problem is i dont have optical drive.
1068. Lee
If youre having trouble finding your disk in list disk you can just type select volume D:
for example (where D: is the drive letter of your usb). Also for the format selection you
can also type FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK so the format is a quick format rather than a 5-10
minute one.
Good Luck!
1069. say
hello.
i just have one question:
after formatting the usb, and i dont have windows 7 installed in cd but i have a copy of
windows 7 activator.
will i just send a copy of windows 7 on my reformatted usb?
thanks a lot and god bless . ..
1070. Rudi
Please note that Windows 7 setup doesnt support USB 3.0 device to boot from. This
causes a error during installation that the installer needs drivers. Very simple solution is
to put the USB stick into a USB 2.0 port!
Thanks for this guide, works perfect for me!
1071. Ram
I tried using this and it worked. But when the setup is restarting the system, it again
loads windows 7 and installs a copy again. The setup isnt getting completed.
1072. mark
Is it ok if my ext hdd has other content?will it be erased or be affected if I will follow your
process?
1073. Stephanie
I cannot get past step 1. After I type in diskpart all bthe shows up except diskpart> so I
cant enter the rest of the commands.
1074. CRAFT
works like a charm ,thanks a ton
1075. wonwon
Thanks,i was tried and it works perfectly!
1076. maggie
works like a charm. Id buy you a beer or 3 for all the time you saved me. cheers!
1077. Ivan
hey i got a multi boot usb key with win 7 in it but when trying to instal windows it says it
cant find drivers for HDD but useing a dvd it finds the drivers. Please help
1078. Dete
Great. Dont have any idea what i just did but it worked. Followed every step carefully
and my netbook is right now next to me finishing the install.
Thank you!
1079. Kakashi
Tried it and it works 100%
Great tutorial
1080. Joshjuniorr
When i go to boot from my usb device it tells me im missing the boot manager and to hit
ctrl alt del to reboot.
i followed all the steps and the boot manager step installed correctly. Any idea what the
problem could be?
1081. RZPogi
It works on windows 7 32bit. gonna try on 64bit
1082. irul
thanks brofor share
1083. keeks
Worked a treat! Thanks!
1084. Shashank
GuysMy USB is working with this things
1085. Ali
Thank you very much for this guide. This is a great effort.
1086. NOMAN
THANKS MAN ITS WORKS I AM HAPPY COZ OF YOU THANKS A LOT
1087. omar
thank u verry much for this tuto
1088. Dean
Hi. I tried this twice now and have seemingly ruined 2 seperate usb thumb drives (Lexar
Echo and Verbatim Tuff n Tiny). An error appeared after attempling to clean the thumb
drives. After that point the drives are no longer functional and I cant complete the rest
of the process. Any ideas?
Im running Windows 7 Professional 32-bit on an HP Mini
Thanks
1089. Viji
Great Teacher, very well explained free-of-cost unlike to most web sites which takes the
readers a ride and finally request for credit cards. You are a Bonafide Samaritan. Good
Job and keep it go. We are there with you Viji, Sri Lanka.
1090. phantom_IT
hi , any one knows below pls help me.
I just tried this and works fine. I just installed win 7 from the USB pen drive. but after
that my pendrive is not working. Its just blinking and i see its size as zero (0).
Who can help me fix this. pls pls pls pls pls
1091. admin
@ phantom-IT
Please try to format the pen drive.
1092. admin
@ Dean
Sorry to hear that your USB thumb drives are not working after trying out this guide. Is
Windows detecting the drive? Can you see the drive in My Computer or Computer?
1093. Akshay
wooo it works 100%. thanks dude
1094. Dean
The thumb drives are no longer recognised. Its no big deal as I just returned one of
them to Best Buy. I would really like to know how to re-install windows on my netbook
though so Im wondering is theres any work-around to the clean process. Or if theres
some other way of formatting the thumb drive for the installation process.
Thanks for the help.
1095. John Theo
1095. John Theo
u rule man .. works like a glove
1096. SPARK
to enable listdisk in windows xp download this tool
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=23711
1097. Tomislav
darnn you shouldve wrote the quict ntfs forman command, not the standard, its taking
forever on this aspire one xD
1098. coolio
hey man i havnt got the windows 7 cd but got a torrent. do you know exactly what files i
need to download/mount. thanks.
1099. Windows 8
Technology make me live and without advance and new tech life is not good.. New OS
With New features Windows 8
1100. Hem lal gautam
Hi i want to block this side please help me.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh
My God
1101. Ethien
THANK YOU!
1102. Moeed Awais
u r awesome, m a big fan of urs,u rock..:)
1103. MeMe
Just one small problem, it doesnt seem to detect my flash drive Ive tried everything I
know and no matter what, it doesnt appear when I type List Disk. Any advice?
1104. CRIZZ
guys igot my usb no media can you help me out.? i almost done it.. but i might have
skip a step..:(
1105. Akeles
u r rock man..
1106. CRIZZ
I ALREADY MADE IT WORK.(USB) JUST THAT IT SAYS THE DEVICE IS NOT READY WHEN I
TYPE D: CD BOOT
1107. Pramod
Step 6,7 are very important. Otherwise the install will say Device Driver missing.
1108. aditi
hey i created bootable pen drive n i want to install windows 7 in boot options they r
showing usb-hdd,usb-fdd,usb-zip i do not know from where to boot pl tell
1109. CRIZZ
but isnt that dvd drive would already be the usb.coz the dvd files(win7 instalation files
are in usb already)? it only says device not ready TT
1110. sukuwan
Thank u very much , this thing really worked for me. I appreciate ur work!!!!!
1111. Nate
how would u install from usb if you dont have the windows 7 disk but have the windows
7 iso file on the usb onto a pc with no operating system?
1112. Ryan
Thanks, I have been wondering how to do this!
1113. pradip chaudhari
Can you please explain me step no 8. How to copy windows 7 content in usb drive.
I mean wheter we should exit commaond prompt after step no 7?
1114. Ograje
thank u very much for this tutorial!
1115. Jeanard Guinto
thanks dude.,,,
1116. kunal
thanks man
1117. Kazrob
Works fine. But the total beginner needs to be told that they need to have bootsect on
their machine and perhaps a link to download it.
1118. atta
hey man i have win7 ultimate files in my sony walkman who could i copy those using cd
boot command ive tried this command
g: cd boot
as my sony walkman is on g drive
but it didnt work and showed this msg
diskpart>
can you help me
1119. Gars
keep the good work man!
1120. Juan
Youre my hero
1121. lobz
is there any way tat i can disable this on my usb?
1122. Install os using pen
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn and post comments in your site.
1123. SAscha
Hello and help, I tried this on my eeePC 1005PE but it is not recognizing the USB stick, I
tried 6 of them but nothing. Always: Reeboot and select a propper boot device
What can I do? My current win 7 installation is not working anymore. I tried even to
reset the Cmos and removed the battery but nothing. help please, i am going mad
any idea??
cheeers
1124. Stefan
I had some troubles with step 7 as well, but found out I needed to run the command as
an Administrator and had nothing to do with x64 and/or x86.
1125. NIRDESH
1125. NIRDESH
it works.
could i convert my usb again to previous version???
1126. Kevin
AWESOME!!! Thanks.
1127. PRiYam
Great post works like a charm 10 out of 10 dear!!!
1128. Jagdish Singh Charan
I had some troubles with step 7 as well, but found out I needed to run the command as
an Administrator and had nothing to do with x64 and/or x86.
1129. Tomasz
Great!
It worked perfect and fast.
Very good guide.
Thank You!
1130. David E
TO MADMAX, franz99, Doug, chrisNova777, and anyone else experiencing the BOOT
0xc000000e when trying to boot to the flash drive, I have firgured it out. I tried this with
3 different flash drives and every one of them gave me the EXACT same 0xc000000e
message when trying to boot. c:\bootsect.exe /nt60 x: /force That did it for all 3 drives. 1
Patriot drive, 1 PNY, and 1 Super Talent, 1 SanDisk, and 1 Kingston and they all worked
just fine after using the /force command after /nt60 I hope this helps all who
encounter this problem.
1131. Finn Andersen
Great guide
A good idea is to share the USB stick with full acces for everyone I got an error when
trying to write to my 8G usb pen but after sharing , nada problem
// Finni
1132. Physica
Hey, This is a great guide.
however I was wondering how can I format the usb back to the original OS?
1133. Welsey
Great
Good Guide!!!
Thanks
1134. ali
I have boot usb but when I plug it to boot the screen put a flashing dash and nothing
happen ?
Help !!
1135. okazii
nice info, but easy to use win2flash, anyway that software make errors some times, so
manual metod it;s better
1136. Robin @ Windows 8
Must wait till the beta release come out. hope they will make it quick..
Robin.
1137. Ankit
I followed all the steps but when i booted message appears boot manager missing..Plzz
help!!
1138. Dusan
1138. Dusan
E:\BOOT\BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:
COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ACCOCIETED VOLIUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
ACCESS IS DENIED
Always returns the same message. WHY?
1139. Tom
not working on Vista
on typing J: cd boot getting message
the device is not ready.
In windows explorer I can see and browse dvd drive J, not problem.
Any idea?
1140. Sam
I followed all the steps but when i try to us eit it says
BOOTMGR is missing
press ctrl+alt+del to restart
Can someone pleasee helpp?
1141. Leo
It works perfect!!! This guy is the bomb!
1142. McKracken
Works perfect, used this guide to install 7 like 10 times! Thanks!
1143. insane
perfect.. awsome procedure.. thnxx..
1144. Devendra
Really awesome work.. 1st time I am writing any comment on ny pst to thnk.. tyvm..
1145. Shayan
Hello,
I have Toshiba NetBook With Win 7 Starter
And im trying to install win7 on it again But I have a Problem My Windoes Not
Responding And it wont Install Any Hardwere of a USB flash device or External CD/DVD
rom
When I Turn It On It Just Shows:
Reboot And Select Proper Boot Device
Or Install Boot Media In Selected Boot Dvice And Press A Key
If You Know What To Do Plz Helpme!
Thanks, Shayan
1146. Musse
Im getting a The Device Is Not Ready when i do step 6 with the CD Boot
1147. Srikanth Reddy
Hai
I have diskparted my usb stick by following the above mentioned steps successfully. But
while copying the contents of Windows 7 Dvd to my Usb drive i see this error message
(cant read the file INSTALL.WIM from the source)..i even tried copying it
individually.but i cant..please help me out.
thanks.
1148. ALEX
My thumb drive is undetectable now.
Till step 4 every thing was good and when I inserted the dvd and followed the step 5.I
encountered the below error.
Included from the end of step 4
Included from the end of step 4
===============================================
Leaving DiskPart
C:\Windows\system32>D: CD BOOT
D:\>CD BOOT
D:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G:
Could not map drive G: to an associated volume device object.
==============================================
when I tested my thumb drive in Linux, it said it is an Unmounted removable medium
any body know what to do to make my thumb drive working
1149. Roshan Chauhan
after BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 I:
WHEN I HIT ENTER..could not map drive partition to the associated volune device
objecs:Access is denied
plz help mewhat to do
1150. RonaldEron
what about windows 8 beta? I had this software and i want to install it on my netbook
and i want to use my usb to install it. Is this tutorial can also work to windows 8?
1151. David
works great on my laptop Windows 7 ultimate x64
thanks.. its very helpful to boot from usb
1152. Gustavo
Roshan, you must open Command Prompt with Administrator rights to execute it.
1153. Marius
I EFFIN LOVE YOU!!!!!
1154. ayush
hey!! i hv acer emachines 350.
in d boot priority list d options r :
1 IDE0 :TOSHIBA MK1665GSX
2 IDE1
3 USB HDD
4 USB FDD
5 Network boot
6 USB CDROM
M instaling windows 7 thru pendrive .
SO WICH OPTION SHOULD BE PUT TO 1st
1155. Hoang
Thanks Gustavo!
1156. John
This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there. I
have seen many sites/blogs that have Install Vista from USB guide but either with
incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that dont use
proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with this
100% working guide.
Hummmmm. Doesnt work for me. I have no USB drive listed when I use list disk
command in diskpart.
1157. scottG
Great!!
I had tried multiple instructions with all failures. This worked perfect and I took my all
versions image and it worked so that I could choose from all versions of either 32 bit and
64bit versions. Now all I would like to do is include a SP1 slipstreamed onto the flash
64bit versions. Now all I would like to do is include a SP1 slipstreamed onto the flash
drive and I would be really happy:)) Any suggestions to being able to modify
configuration for a slipstream update?
Thanks,
Scott
1158. khubbaib
great job well done
1159. Daniel Sayles
this works for the windows 8 beta too thanks man
1160. Mrugesh
Not able to CLEAN. You mentioned in the 4th step.
Can please provide the solution.
Thanks in advance.
1161. peric
Thank you for sharing your valuable knowlege, It has saved alot of Hardwork and times
trying to install from a Slow DVd and CD, Thanks man, See you in future with more
informations and knowlege,God bless You
1162. Sasa
Great! Thanks a lot.
1163. THOMAS
STEP 8: Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.
Do you mean that one should copy Dvd contents using cmd ?
Can I simply copy and paste the files as usual ?
1164. admin
@ Thomas
Simply copy using the the copy and paste option available in Windows Explorer.
1165. Vasco
Thanks for the info, it was most valuable. Ive been trying to reinstall my SO from the
recovery DVD but my cd drive went nuts this was the only option, and it worked fine.
Thanks again and keep up the good posts.
1166. juminten
thanks, it work
1167. Pete
Great Article Works a treat -Much appreciated
1168. motorcycle fairing
Nice post. Been looking for this step by step method. Keep up the good work!
1169. opb
thanks man its really working.Good job keep it up.
1170. Dumplump
This Blows. I Google Searched for How To Install Windows
TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO a USB External drive not FROM. so disappointed.
Took all that time just to come up short.
1171. admin
@Dumplump
This guide is only to prepare a bootable USB so that you can install Windows 7 from USB.
If you want to install Windows 7 to an external USB drive, check out our this guide:
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-install-windows-7-to-usb-external-hard-drive-
must-read/
must-read/
1172. Open Source Search
Yea why only windows 7 from usb and not the other way around?
1173. Ran Paskal
Thanks a lot!
1174. Salman
Thanks a lot..!!!! Really help me this
1175. vlado
Please create a video!
1176. saurabh
It works fine, please guide me to install xp, i want to install xp from pen drivr..
1177. hari
hi this is hari it is a good one to install the windows7 i have already use it but now i
want to install the windows xp using the same following procedure can i do it please tell
me if not whats the reason..
1178. Eric
Its not working for me. I dont know if thats because I dont HAVE an optical drive, which
was the whole point of this tutorial.
1179. Aravind
plss do help me bro.. as am not eble to complete the process sucessfully, i think its just
because am not having a proper dvd drive in my pc.. i tried using a usb flash drive bt the
cmd is showing that they cannot recognise the file. so plss do help me in this
situation
1180. admin
@Aravind
If you are having issues in following the above guide, do check out this guide:
1181. dan meanock
URE A GOD! thanks very much!
1182. rene martesano
please could you help me i did to format the fs=ntfs so i saw the 100 percent completed
but when i go to 5,6 and 7 i could not able to go in the cd boot and i was tried to type
the bootsect.exe /nt60 h: so when i enter that its not working. hope you gonna help
me for this problem thank you
1183. nishant
While running and cmd.exe from windows; go to system32 folder in windows installed on
your pc. then find cmd.exe and right click on it and select Run as administrator to run
the cmd.exe
You will not get any error in the above given process
1184. villa
hi
everything i have done properly but my usb device doesnt work..and do not run
auto..only i shows the win7 logo on my usb device give me a solution about how to
autorun and boot .
1185. abhay singh
i have only C drive in 500 GB HDD in my Acer Laptaop. in that C drive i have company
loaded original window 7 home basic. i want the partition of my C drive without format
my window7.
plz give me a solution about how i can partition of my C drive 500 GB HDD.
plz give me a solution about how i can partition of my C drive 500 GB HDD.
1186. Dmn
ALL DONE. all steps, commands, etc.
But I had a problem:
Status:0xc0000017
Ramdisk device creation failed due to insufficient memory.
QUESTION: What could I do?
1187. BATZZZ19
WHEN I PUT THE CD IN MY DRIVE
AND START A NEW PAGE OF CMD WITH ADMINISTRATOR
THEN I PUT D: CD BOOT AND CD BOOT THEN
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E: FOR MY FLASH I GET A MESSAGE
SAYING
This version of D:\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows youre
running. Check your computers system information to see wheter you need x86 (32-bit)
or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contact the sofware publisher.
so i was guessing i need to do the setup of cmd from a x64 bit computer to make my
flash drive get the info from cd x64 to the flash drive
but im clueless now, since i dont think that matters since it didnt read the disk yet, any
suggestions?
1188. QT
Hi sir,
thanks for your share.but the FORMAT FS=NTFScommand line just to install legacy Win7
O.S. only. It cant install the UEFI Win7 O.S with Win7 64bit DVD Disc.
You can changed the command line like as FORMAT QUICK FS=FAT32 to format the USB
flash disk.
Thanks!
Tim.
1189. QT
Hi BATZZZ19,
To create 64BIT O.S. to USB flash disk, you need to install 64 bit O.S. to your platform
and then typing the BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E: command line with cmd prompt under 64
bit O.S.
Best regards,
Tim
1190. Filip
This f*cker CMD took me 30min to format 16gb USB.
1191. mohammad
Hey guys,
It also work fine with me,just a few tips that already said above.
1.open cmd in admin mode only,if dont ur access will be denied.
2.if you are running win 32 bit(x86) and wants to install a 64bit(x64)windows you will
have a problem.you should find a win 32bit and try to update the USB drive with
BOOTMGR compatible code with that dvd.after that you can put your win64bit files on
USB and change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive.
notice that you need to change this priority after copying win files into HDD to continue
installing from HDD.
1192. Please Help!!!!!!!!!
Hi. I used a 8 gb flash drive to do the steps but after i finished the steps my WD 1tb its
not recognized by windows i try 3 other laptop but same. its working perfect b4 i do the
steps. Please help its has all my data and i dont have the backup for it
1193. Abinash
It shows a error that boot manager missing
1194. akshay
does it works for intel g31 board.
with hp pen drive 4gb.
if i set my boot device priority as
1. usb
2.cd rom
3. hard disk..
plz ans. and thanxs in advnce..
1195. Patrick
I have done this all, and when restarted with bios boot from usb, install screen came up,
it copied windows files, then expanded windows files, it then self restarts and instead of
finishign nstall process it bring me back to install screen to reclcik install and select which
partition? why is that?
1196. xereon
Works like a charm! Ta!
1197. waseem
after typing bootsect.exe /NT60 G: I GET MESSAGE bootsect.exe is not a valid win32
application.My current OS is Windows 7 (32-bit).however my G: drive is a virtual drive
1198. marc
thank you so so so much for this guide.it works like a charm and you ended a
nightmare for me.thank you
1199. eight86six
tnx so much man,
this guide just saved my life.
successfully instaled W7 on sony vaio.
tnx alot once again
cheers
1200. Niko
Works fine! Thanks! I did in XP using VMWARE to create a Windows7 virtual machine,
then installed it on my other laptop.
1201. Jagdish Singh Charan
i proper support for this guide
and i make pendire bootable for window 07
and installed window 07 successful
from jaipur Rajasthan
1202. anil
gr8 work. im looking for dis frm a long time.thnks a lot
1203. ravikotafx
thnx a lot dude..
1204. JEMAI
how can i copy the OS file after the procedure 7. can i use GUI or CMD?
1205. JEMAI
thanks mate i did using GUI to copy the files and it works. I dont need to buy a external
dvd. its really help-pull
1206. Jami
The shortcut version:
1. Format your USB to NTFS using the Windows GUI and keep it plugged in
2. Open your iso using MagicISO or some other app and extract boot/bootsect.exe
3. Run bootsect.exe /nt60 :
3. Run bootsect.exe /nt60 :
4. Copy all contents of iso to your USB
1207. saqib jan
i hope that this method will be useful.
sir when i insert the usb in my pc it get conneted but when i type list disk" in cmd it
shows me only my harddrive not the connected usb flash drive to continue this process
plz help me as soon as possible i will be thanksfull to you.
1208. CinCityNewKid
Found everything was pretty self explantory Great Guide. The only that that tripped me
up was copying the files. I had them in a subdirectory As soon as I put them in the root
of the drive it worked like a charm. Thanks for posting this guide.
CinCityNewKid
1209. azrul zz
Help!! please help ..
Master, I have problems after doing these four parts. FORMAT FS = NTFS (Formats the
process may take several seconds) at first it went well up to 20 per cent, after that it
turned to 0 per cent to wait too long. So I did re-from the first part, and it does not run
again. So how to return the flash drive to the original as not doing the things above?
Please, I hope the Master can help my problem.
DISKPART>LIST DISK
Disk###(Disk 2) Status(Online) Size(3819 MB) Free(0 B)
DISKPART>SELECT DISK 2
Disk 2 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART>CLEAN
DiskPark has encountered an error: The system cannot find the file specified. See the
System Event Log for more information.
Please Help
1210. Bruno
Hi all, i just see this great tut and i diced to try!
I buy a TDK 4GB usb pen. when i try to copy all the DVD files, i says you need 87MB more
space! and i see the USB pen i have 3.77. =/ WTF
What can i do now?? plz some one hellp me here! can i zip some files?
1211. jet
Hi, can I ask for help in making this work? Ive done the all the steps several times
already on an 8GB usb drive but I cant seem to make it bootable.
Also, if it helps, the autoplay to Setup.exe does not work. I am trying to install Windows
7 on a laptop with a brand new HDD.
1212. Patrick
I downloaded a IMG file from Microsoft, how to continue from there?
1213. jason
i have been successful in setting bootsect.exe /nt60
ill start to setuphope it will work
1214. anon
This will take a few seconds (Yeah right! even my 8gb sticks takes 10min to format
doing my 700gb hdd atm 15min gone, and still at 1%.
but love this guide, used it a few times, just as a quick look up for the commands.
1215. anvt
super sexy manthanx a lotgt sum minor glitches
if u get any error stating install drivers from the select folder
then jus plug ur USB in USB 2.0 port. USB 3.0 drivers are nt installed by default
thanx a lot
man
1216. ieee488
Thanks!
Worked for me with a Dell Precision M6300.
My 8GB USB stick took more than a few seconds to format in step #4. More like minutes.
Also, in step #8, typing robocopy D:\ H:\ /MIR in the command prompt box worked for
me.
1217. Dave
Excellent guide, thanks.
You can use daemon tools to mount a disc image of OS and then use the drive letter it
assigns as your DVD drive.
1218. Eonix90
Thanks..its work..
1219. Nilammani
Thank you for this post.
I tried to step 6, it is going to fine. When I reach step 7 and type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:
in H:\boot> prompt It will be something wrong! what happen? Please someone help me.
Detail for Error message
H:\>CD BOOT
H:\boot>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I:
Access is denied.
H:\boot>
Note: H: is Windows 7 DVD drive and I: is USB drive
Thank you!
1220. sandeep soni
this trick is not working so plz any one can help me plzzzzzzzzzzzzz its very urgent
because my cd drive is not working
1221. Spy
Hey, i tried following this but when my laptop boots i cant continue with the format
because it says that I am missing the drivers for the hard disk!!
The iso i am using for the setup is the legit downloadable copy of win 7 home prem.
any ideas?
1222. Spy
by the way, step 8 failed for me as I couldnt copy the files, but i had to mount the win
image on another drive and then copy to the usb
1223. Tony
Easy to follow, commands were correct, good job on the tutorial brotha.
-Tony
1224. Marvin
Hey to all, i Just have a question,after i make a bootable usb drive to install windows
and if im already finish in installing,can i still use usb for saving files,or after the
installation is complete can i still erase the installer of windows 7 from usb?Thank you
guyz,and i will be waiting for your opinion
1225. Abdul Waheed
can you explain the installation of Win07 OS without an optical CD drive in the machine
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1226. Abdul Waheed
Can I know the procedure to install the OS on a system that has no optical CD-Drive??
1227. Sahil Sharma
Thnks dude,
Worked like a charm just 25 mins to install windows 8..
Keep it up..
1228. que
Ive tried this 3 times now, and only get as far as formating to 100% complete, but then
it never returns to say Diskpart successfully formated the volume, nor does it return to
a prompt that I can type further commands.
Ive tried searching through all these responces to find an answer, but Im just not
seeing one.
Thanks for your help
1229. ExCuSe
n0thing 2 say. JUST PERFECT!
1230. mung
im at step 9..but after i click instal now , the screen display was setup starting for the
rest of mu lifewhats the problem?
1231. Myrdhin
Very, very nice tutorial.
My PC didnt boot on the USB when priority was set to Removable. Worked fine
however, when set to HDD. Weird eh..
1232. Chandan
From where did DVD came to picture. At starting you assumed DVD drive is not working?
1233. Hans
Greate guide. Worked perfect. Quick and excellent.
1234. ahmad
this is not working for me,the process stop until format and before that automatically
hang on the command prompt..
1235. stim
nice,worked a treat. cheers.
1236. Anwar Ali khan
the above commands are not working for winxp,so plz any help for winXp.
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