Windows 7 installation

Matt Sakko · May 6, 2009

Hey guys.
Okay so I have downloaded Windows 7 RC and I now want to install it. Now, I want to put w7 on my extra HDD which has no partition. Does anyone know how to make a DVD or Flash drive bootable?

Mussels · May 6, 2009

copy pasted from my notes.

command for copying vista DVD to flash drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f E:\

d: being source (DVD / ISO image on Virtual drive)
E: being destination drive (flash drive)

I'm not sure, but i think the flash drive needs to be FAT32

MRCL · May 6, 2009

Go into command prompt, then do the follwoing:

enter "diskpart" then "list disk" then the number of the flash drive, eg. "select disk 1" then:

"clean"
"create partition primary"
"select partition 1"
"active"
"format fs=fat32"
"assign"
"exit"

Then you do the "xcopy a:*.* /s/e/f b:"

Wheres a: is the source (virtual drive) and b: being the flash drive.

After that its done. You may have to set the boot device priority in BIOS first.

Matt Sakko · May 6, 2009

Thanks for the help but WHAT?!

crtecha · May 6, 2009

http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

there is a step by step guide that shows you how to do what Mussels and MRCL posted.

MRCL · May 6, 2009

Command prompt looks like this.

Then just enter the stuff I have written inbetween the quotes.

crtecha said:
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

there is a step by step guide that shows you how to do what Mussels and MRCL posted.

Yes, but this is for a bootable DVD, hence the NTFS format

By the way it worked for me, and I rarely ever work with command promt.

ASRockIQ · May 6, 2009

if your installing Windows 7 on another HDD why not just run the .ISO through a Virtual Drive say DAEMON Tools? the setup gives you the options where to install. that's the way i did it.

erocker · May 6, 2009

Burn the .iso to disk and boot from your DVD drive?

slyfox2151 · May 6, 2009

extracting the iso with winrar and running the setup.exe seems a lot easyer then mounting the iso^^

DanishDevil · May 6, 2009

But you can't run setup.exe and do a clean installation. If you want to start fresh (reformat) you need it on another disk.

dark2099 · May 6, 2009

Generally speaking most .iso files are bootable CD/DVDs when it comes to operating systems. If you use MagicISO, and simple load the ISO before burning, it can tell you if it is bootable.

kyle2020 · May 6, 2009

Skidoosh - my own guide, step by step including pictures

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=90696

LagunaX · May 6, 2009

Just use Nero and burn iso image to disc at 4x speed.

kyle2020 · May 6, 2009

If you dont want to use a flash drive download ImgBurn (free) and use that - its pretty much fool proof and does an excellent job.

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