Installing Windows 7 via USB flash drive!

Izliecies · Oct 31, 2009

kyle2020 said:
what are the usb drives formatted as?

I dont know, casual USB drives.

kyle2020 · Oct 31, 2009

fat32 then - try giving them a quick format through my computer then try again

Izliecies · Oct 31, 2009

It offers to format to either FAT32 or FAT. Which one I choose? This format erases the data on the USB? Ah, btw, I found where to look for the file system - one USB drive is FAT, the other is FAT32.

kyle2020 · Oct 31, 2009

Fat32

and yes it completely formats the drive.

Izliecies · Oct 31, 2009

Copying my files to the PC. Will try to format the FAT one.

Izliecies · Oct 31, 2009

Formatted it and still - nothing..

Maybe it is the version of Windows that is responsible for not showing it? You have 6.xx but I do have 5.1.xx

Izliecies · Nov 1, 2009

Bumpo?

shevanel · Nov 20, 2009

glad this was handy. my dvdrw has a tough time installing from disc, so now this will be used.

this should be stickied or something.

Mussels · Nov 20, 2009

shevanel said:
glad this was handy. my dvdrw has a tough time installing from disc, so now this will be used.

this should be stickied or something.

theres a few different threads with different methods involved, and no easy way to consolidate them without people getting confused about what method they're talking about.

Shou Miko · Nov 20, 2009

i have been installing Windows 7 Ultimate x86 OEM from my Kingston G2 8gb usb for over 6month now, and it's formattet as NTFS but you need to active the partition on the usb flash drive to get it to boot propperly and give it the barcode that the Windows 7 disc have.

i have use this guide several times but once the usb flash drive's partition is activated you never need to do that again.

Guide: How to Install Windows 7 From USB Drive without Windows 7 iso dvd - Blogsdna.com

shevanel · Nov 20, 2009

ehh.. i dont think i'll do the usb method again. even though im on a fresh install now it took 4ever..

and was kinda flaky, had to reattempt a few times because on reboot it would start over.

all is well now though

driver66 · Nov 20, 2009

The best and easiest way I've found. Works on USB or a Hardrive. I have had 100% succes rate with it

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos/how_to_install_windows_7_beta_a_usb_key

Mussels · Nov 21, 2009

shevanel said:
ehh.. i dont think i'll do the usb method again. even though im on a fresh install now it took 4ever..

and was kinda flaky, had to reattempt a few times because on reboot it would start over.

all is well now though

after it installs/loads the first time, you need to disable boot from USB in the BIOS/remove the flash drive, so that the install continues from the files on the HDD

Shou Miko · Nov 21, 2009

shevanel said:
ehh.. i dont think i'll do the usb method again. even though im on a fresh install now it took 4ever..

and was kinda flaky, had to reattempt a few times because on reboot it would start over.

all is well now though

on some computers it does that and i don't know why, but on my P45 based motherboard it's as fast and faster than the dvd-rom but on my friends X38 and X48 based and my dad's P35 all Gigabyte based motherboards they are pretty slow don't know why but it's more handy to have it on a usb flash drive than a dvd-rom

Mussels · Nov 21, 2009

it depends on the flash drives too, if you use a slow ass drive, its going to copy slow.

Shou Miko · Nov 21, 2009

Mussels said:
it depends on the flash drives too, if you use a slow ass drive, its going to copy slow.

i use a Kingston G2 8gb with NTFS partition ^^

Mussels · Nov 21, 2009

puma99dk| said:
i use a Kingston G2 8gb with NTFS partition ^^

i've got one flash drive that writes small files at ~4MB/s and four others that write these same files at ~150KB/s

no idea how good yours is, but most i've tested are total junk when it comes to speed. they show up good in HDD based tests since you're really only testing the cache/buffer on the drive, but in real world situations they're slow as crap.

shevanel · Nov 21, 2009

Mussels said:
after it installs/loads the first time, you need to disable boot from USB in the BIOS/remove the flash drive, so that the install continues from the files on the HDD

That makes so much sense!

Wow, I can't believe I didn't catch that.

Shou Miko · Nov 23, 2009

shevanel said:
That makes so much sense!

Wow, I can't believe I didn't catch that.

i just push F12 to select a boot device so i don't change anything boot order

HTC · Nov 26, 2009

A question: is it possible to have more then one OS in the USB stick?

What i wanted was to have 3 partitions: one for XP, one for Vista and one for 7. Is this possible?

Mussels · Nov 26, 2009

HTC said:
A question: is it possible to have more then one OS in the USB stick?

What i wanted was to have 3 partitions: one for XP, one for Vista and one for 7. Is this possible?

not without making some kind of custom bootloader, with a menu to choose what one to boot.

i have no idea how to go about that.

<<Onafets>> · Nov 26, 2009

Thx for the guide mussels...thats odd...I just ripped my windows 7 RC disk and put it on my passport drive and booted to it from the bios...it wasn't even formatted! Everything works fine too! As for HTC's question...you can do it with a HDD but as for a USB stick I'm not sure. You could buy 3 UsB's and swap them before boot-up to chose which OS to boot to...

HTC · Nov 26, 2009

Mussels said:
not without making some kind of custom bootloader, with a menu to choose what one to boot.

i have no idea how to go about that.

I feared as much

<<Onafets>> said:
Thx for the guide mussels...thats odd...I just ripped my windows 7 RC disk and put it on my passport drive and booted to it from the bios...it wasn't even formatted! Everything works fine too! As for HTC's question...you can do it with a HDD but as for a USB stick I'm not sure. You could buy 3 UsB's and swap them before boot-up to chose which OS to boot to...

It ain't to install them on the stick: it's to installed them from the stick.

wolf · Nov 26, 2009

I did this exact install on all of my 3 current rigs, and my ex's (my old) eee pc 1000H

diskpart is just too awesome, even makes you feel 1337 and all using the console, works faster, just beautiful all in all.

credit where credit is due, nice easy to follow write up on it dude, damn good work.

I highly recommend this method over a disc, especially since only 1 of my 3 rigs even has a disc drive heh!

kyle2020 · Nov 26, 2009

using the console just makes me feel all god like and nerdy

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