Sunday, April 8, 2012

Install Windows 7 From USB Drive


I have found a much easier way to install Windows 7 from a USB Flash drive. Unlike other methods where you have to write complicated commands, this method can be completed even by those who have very little computer background.
The whole process takes only two steps, run UNetbootin, load the Windows 7 ISO file.and finally restart your computer. See how we installed Ubuntu from USB using UNetbootin here.
Before you begin, you will require the following:
  • USB Flash Drive (4GB minimum)
  • Windows 7 ISO Image file
  • UNetbootin
Note: If UNetbootin doesn’t work, try out the Microsoft’s official tool called Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool.
Now insert the USB drive, run UNetbootin, and select Disk Image as ISO. Browse your local drive for Windows 7 ISO that you downloaded and click Open. Now Select Type as USB and choose the drive. Once done, it will look like a bit similar to the screenshot shown below.
UNetbootin main windows  7
Click OK and it will begin extracting all installation files to the USB drive. The whole process will take some time(10-15 minutes), so have patience.
unetbootin installing windows 7 iso
Once the installation is complete, reboot your computer. Now while your system is starting up press the appropriate button(usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, Backspace, or Escape) to bring up Bios Boot Menu. Change the startup order to boot USB by default, usually you will have to press F6 to move the selected USB device on top. Once done, save changes and restart the system.
windows 7 install screen - boot

NOTE:If you got any problem in following this guide feel free to ask questions by leaving comment.



UNetbootin Ubuntu 9.04 from disk
In the next step, select the Type of installation, in our case it is USB Drive. Once done, click OK and it will begin extracting and copying the files to the USB Drive.
Note: You should have a USB Drive with a minimum 1GB of free memory.
ubuntu extracting and copying files
Once the installation is complete, it will ask you to restart the computer. Click Reboot Now to restart your system.
UNetbootin Ubuntu restarting system
Now while your system is starting up press the appropriate button(usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, Backspace, or Escape) to bring up Bios Boot Menu. Now change the startup order to boot USB by default, usually you will have to press F6 to move the selected USB device on top. Once done, save changes and restart thesystem. Now you will have Ubuntu running from USB drive.
Note: If you get ‘BOOTMGR is missing’ error, then this fix will help.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

In my case, I already downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition Image file(.iso file) from the website, so the later option would be best for me.

In the next step, select the Type of installation, in our case it is USB Drive. Once done, click OK and it will begin extracting and copying the files to the USB Drive.

Note: You should have a USB Drive with a minimum 1GB of free memory.


Once the installation is complete, it will ask you to restart the computer. Click Reboot Now to restart your system.



Now while your system is starting up press the appropriate button(usually F1, F2, F12, ESC, Backspace, or Escape) to bring up Bios Boot Menu. Now change the startup order to boot USB by default, usually you will have to press F6 to move the selected USB device on top. Once done, save changes and restart the system. Now you will have Ubuntu running from USB drive.

Note: If you get ‘BOOTMGR is missing’ error, then this fix will help.

Anonymous said...

its new experence jerrin u done a great job
thanks this

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