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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

Required:

  • USB Flash Drive (4GB+)
  • Microsoft OS Disk (Vista / Windows 7)
  • A computer running Vista / Windows 7

Step 1: Format the Drive
Step 2: Make the Drive Bootable
Step 3: Copy the installation DVD to the USB drive
Step 4: Set your BIOS to boot from USB

Creating Bootable Vista / Windows 7 USB Flash Drive by Kevin’s Blog

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  1. January 17

    i dont tell many people that, but this info on making the usb drive bootable with running bootsect from the dvd to the usb, then copying all files to usb drive and booting from it was not anywhere else i looked, becuase i was trying to just straight copy all files to usb and boot from it but was getting an error saying remove disks or other media. THANKS AGAIN

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