Takeaway: Greg Shultz shows you how to use the DiskPart utility to configure a bootable USB flash drive that you can then use to install the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
This blog post was originally published in August 2009, but it continues to be one of our most popular. We have been discussing the migration to Windows 7 lately, so it seems appropriate to revisit the post.
This technique is very cool for two reasons: First, a flash drive is much more responsive than an optical drive, since it doesn’t rely on physically moving components, so the installation procedure will be faster. Second, it provides an easy way to install
Microsoft Windows 7 on a system that doesn’t have a DVD drive, such as a netbook.
Since this technique would be a valuable addition to the 10 Things list as well as to users planning on installing Windows 7 on a netbook or who want to be able to quickly and easily install Windows 7, such as the Family Pack, on multiple systems without having to mess around with a DVD, I thought that I would examine the technique.
In this edition of the
Windows Vista and
Windows 7 Report, I’ll show you how to use the DiskPart utility to configure a bootable USB flash drive that you can then use to install the Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.
Getting started
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