Time to buy a cheap USB drive .How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive
If you're looking for a quicker way to install Windows 7 than via DVD, try installing it from a USB drive. This guide describes two ways to make a bootable Windows 7 USB drive.
By Emil Protalinski | Last updated December 10, 2009 10:05 AM
The USB flash drive has replaced the floppy disk drive as the best storage medium for transferring files, but it also has its uses as a replacement for CDs and DVDs. USB drives tend to be higher in capacity than disc media, but since they are more expensive, they cannot (yet) really be used as a replacement. There are reasons why you would, however, choose a USB device over a DVD disc, and bootable software is definitely one of them. Not only is it faster to copy data such as setup files from a USB drive, but during usage the access times are also significantly faster. Therefore, installing something like Windows 7 will work that much faster from a USB drive than from a DVD (and of course, is particularly useful for the PCs without an optical drive; this isn't something we should just leave for the pirates to enjoy).
This guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 7 DVD. In order to follow this guide, you'll need a USB flash drive with at least 4GB of free space and a copy of the Windows 7 installation disc.
Win7 Bootable Flash Drive: A Guide.
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Re: Win7 Bootable Flash Drive: A Guide.
Wasn't there something like this in a recent PCF?
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No idea, my PCF has been lost in post and since I changed addy I dont think i will be getting anymore PCF's .
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Faaark.
You seem quite cool about it?
You seem quite cool about it?
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A surprising amount of modern pseudoscience is coming out of the environmental sector. Perhaps it should not be so surprising given that environmentalism is political rather than scientific.
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A surprising amount of modern pseudoscience is coming out of the environmental sector. Perhaps it should not be so surprising given that environmentalism is political rather than scientific.
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Re: Win7 Bootable Flash Drive: A Guide.
I have tried this before - works very well. However installation time isn't that much quicker compared to installing it via the DVD.
However, it's very handing if you're like me and have one of the new Dell net books without a DVD drive!
However, it's very handing if you're like me and have one of the new Dell net books without a DVD drive!