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How To: Install Windows 7/Vista From USB Drive [Detailed 100% Working Guide]
Posted January 11, 2009 3:58 pm in: Live DVD/USB, Vista Tweaks, Windows 7, Windo
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This guide works 100% for Vista & Windows 7 unlike most of the guides out there.
I have seen many sites/blogs that have Install Vista from USB guide but either wi
th incomplete steps or not working guide. I have also seen some guides that don t u
se proper commands in this guide. After spending many hours I have come up with
this 100% working guide.
Bootable USB drive
I just did this method on one of my friends machine and installed the new Window
s 7 BETA. The main advantage is that by using USB drive you will be able to inst
all Windows 7/Vista in just 15 minutes. You can also use this bootable USB drive
on friend s computer who doesn t have a DVD optical drive.
The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say t
hat your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable
USB drive.
Requirements:
*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)
*Windows 7 or Vista installation files.
Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Vista USB drive using which
you can install Windows 7/Vista easily.
1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB d
rive to a safe location on your system.
2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open C
ommand Prompt with admin rights.
*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.
Or
*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt an
d select Run as administrator.
3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following comm
ands in the command prompt:
First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.
Bootable USB Drive
Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your U
SB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.
4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk dri
ve no is Disk 1 .If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer t
he above step to confirm it.
So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:
SELECT DISK 1
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
(Format process may take few seconds)
ASSIGN
EXIT
Don t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next
step. Just minimize it.
Bootable USB Drive
5. Next insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive and check the driv
e letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive lette
r is D and USB drive letter is H (open my computer to know about it).
6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the following com
mand now:
D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive letter.
CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compati
ble code.
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
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Where H is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see th
e below message.
8. Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.
9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7/Vista. Only thing you n
eed to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive.
I won t explain it as it s just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabli
ng the USB boot option in the BIOS.
Note: If you are not able to boot after following this guide means you haven t set
the BIOS priority to USB. If you got any problem in following this guide feel f
ree to ask questions by leaving comment.
Update: If you find this guide difficult to follow, please use the easy-to-use g
uide to create a bootable USB to install Windows 7 using official tool.
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464 Comments
1.
Daryl
Posted January 12, 2009 at 1:20 am | Permalink
Hey thanks! I d love to try this soon :) I hope it s working
2.
Brandon
I don t think XP shows usb drives in list disk, or maybe it s just me. Is ther
e any other alternative to step 4?
3.
tweakwindows
^ That s why I have mentioned only Vista & Windows 7.
4.
tweakwindows
Works 100% on Vista & Windows 7..Thanks.
5.
Casmir
This is cool Hope it will work the same way with an external HDD .
Keep up the good work bro
6.
ben
Posted January 12, 2009 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
i am also trying to do this from xp, and it doesnt work, im not sure if st
ep 4 needs to be done in comand prompt (i formatted the stick in disk manager) b
ut i got stuck on step 7 because there is no such thing as bootsect.exe
7.
neodorian
When I run bootsect.exe it says that this version isn t compatible with my v
ersion of windows even though it is running the vista version.
8.
tweakwindows
Please use Vista or Windows 7 as bootsect.exe is not present in XP CD.This
guide only works on Windows Vista & 7
9.
tweakwindows
This guide doesn t work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7..I have mention
ed in the title of the post.
10.
tweakwindows
@ben
Please follow the guide step-by-step and don t skip any step.
11.
Paul
THANK YOU! I was having problems getting the boot sector to work
and you fixed it. Definitely better than any other guide SCREEN SHOTS = TEH
WIN!, they help sooo much when you can t see what you ve done wrong, even picked up
a few new cmd tricks.
I m a fan, thanks man.
12.
?lhan
Hey man your methods does not working in XP. Please reinform us.
13.
Omar
I was doing fine up until step 5. I figured the whole point of booting fro
m a USB drive was to avoid having to burn a disc with the Windows 7 files on it,
or install on a PC without a DVD drive. Anyway, I don t have any blank DVD s, so I
was trying to install it from my USB drive, but I can t get past step 5, since I d
on t have my Windows 7 files on a disc. They are on my hard drive, and my USB driv
e. Help!
14.
John
Got it working in the second attempt.good guide.
15.
Lincoln
OK nevermind I just had to optimise the drive for performance Sorry about t
hat!
16.
EiNS
Thanks very excellent guide
any working method for xp usb drive installation? Tried many but non of them
working :(
17.
vikrant
Does it also mean that we can install windows 7 on a usb drive?
18.
BlogPiG
This worked an absolute treat. Nice write-up.
I did it on an XP box using Windows 7 mounted onto a virtual DVD drive.
I had to do the format using the windows tools as wasn t available as part o
f diskpart in XP.
All the rest worked as described.
19.
eden
i just formated my usb pen, and done show all files on the DVD and copied
the contents over.
i didnt use the diskpart tools.
installed w2in 7 fine
20.
Laker_Fan32
Leechie!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS FOR XP!!!! Wow, I have
been searching for past two days and you explained it in 4 steps, you are AWESOM
E! Thank you VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!! :-)
21.
Rkee
U can also achieve booting from a usb drive by using daemon tools. Don t mea
n to dis on the author graet walkthrough by the way. Its just an alternative, an
d no need for any command prompt scripting.
22.
madmax
i tried both the XP method and VISTA method. both i managed to do without
any problems. but when i try to boot from the pen drive i get this error
file : \Boot\BCD
status : 0xc000000e
info : An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration
some help please?
23.
Darin
Hey, I followed all the steps, and everything worked perfectly until I boo
ted from the Usb device and tried to install windows 7. It said that Setup does n
ot support installation to disks connected through a USB port. Is there a way ar
ound this?
24.
tweakwindows
@Darin
Firstly, let me apologise for the experience you re having.
The error means, your motherboard doesn t support USB booting. I have also m
entioned this in my guide. And there is no way to boot USB unless your motherboa
rd support.
@Vikrant
No this guide doesn t for the users who like to install Windows 7 on USB.
@Omar
If you don t have a DVD drive/USB(4GB) then use my guide Installing Windows 7
without using USB/DVD drive . There are two methods, direct and via VPC method. P
lease follow my guides.
@All
I am glad that this guide helped you to install Windows 7.
Thanks.
25.
Joey
i downloaded windows 7 from microsoft and dont have a cd/dvd for it so wha
t do i do do i extract it to the usb then restart using the flash drive or what?
26.
tweakwindows
@Joey
If you don t have a DVD/USB then use my below guide which shows Installing Wi
ndows 7 without using USB/DVD drive
http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive
-method-2/
http://www.intowindows.com/installing-windows-7-without-using-dvdusb-drive
-method-1/
27.
gabontz
Hello i can t see my usb stick with diskpart.
all i can see, is my 4 HDD s on my computer.
What can i do in this case?
28.
pete
When I try step 7, I get: The system cannot execute the specified program
29.
suavi
Bootsect.exe problem!
I think that there is a problem occurs when you want to install 64 Bit Wind
ows 7? from your 32 Bit Vista.
Here is the message after typing BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
This version of F:boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of W
indows you re running. Check your computer s system information to see whether you n
eed a X86 (32-Bit) or X64(64-Bit) version of the program, and then contact the s
oftware publisher.
30.
Morty
What if I want to create a x64 boot in a x86 environment? I get this error
message. This version of g:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version
of Windows you re running. Check your system information yada yada contact softwa
re publisher. I am running Vista 32-bit, trying to create this USB boot thingaby
for Windows 7 64-bit.
Thanks mate.
31.
Nick
When I tried to boot from usb it will not even get finished copying the fi
les when it gives me an error code. It sometimes will start installing updates.
But what is with this damn error code. I,m waiting on it to do it again ..Expanding
files (0%) .
Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for in
stallation are available, and restart the installation. Error code: 0x8007045D
I would be very grateful for anyone s help.
32.
Siddanth
Hey tweakwindows i think we need to make use of xcopy command havent tried
it for xp did u try it out /?
33.
Jonathan
I have followed all instructions.
I tried the flash drive one of my main machines and it works. However, on
my test rig, I only get a Missing Operating System message. Boot priorities are
set to USB Boot.
What could be wrong?
34.
Laker_Fan32
My USB becomes Bootable, however when it is installing it gets stuck at 8%
and then nothing happens??? I ve tried many times and it doesn t seem to work, it a
lways gets stuck at 5% or 8%. Sometimes it errors out with the error code: 0x800
703ee
35.
PeterNLD
Can the USB-stick after having Windows7 installed, be used to get in the c
omplete recovery enviroment as well?
36.
SEO Blog
Works like a charm, thanks :D
37.
Into Windows(Admin)
First of all, sorry for the delay in reply.
@ PeterNLD
Of course, you can use as a replace to DVD.
@ Laker_Fan32
Sorry for the delay. I think you need to copy all the files once again. Ju
st try it.
@ Siddarth
I didn t try that method. But I have another method which works on XP as wel
l. Will post the guide soon.
@ Nick
Make sure you copy all the Windows 7 files to USB correctly.
@Suavi
Basically, I haven t tested this method on 64-bit machine. So, I can t find a
solution for you.
Thank you.
Into Windows
38.
tyson
Hi, I read d comments & got confirmed that this method works although i di
dn t try it. I want to install windows xp by USB method. Can you also give a metho
d like this for windows xp also?? I am currently running windows vista & don t hav
e an optical drive.
39.
Nik Simpson
Only one minor issue if you are trying to create a W7 64-bit bootable driv
e on a 32 bit install of Vista. In that case you ll have to run the bootsect comma
nd from a 32-bit W7 DVD, because the version on the 64-bit DVD will not run on a
32-bit OS.
40.
cdnwood
Thank you! Absolutely brilliant your guides have been very helpful!! It al
l worked just as you have so thoroughly described.
41.
Fzang
Um, couldn t you have skipped step 5 and onwards? You just need to do the di
skpart and then copy contents of the CD to your USB, at least, that s what worked
for me
Also, why are you formating to NTFS instead of FAT32?
Just wondering..
42.
bob Sauve
If I had Vista pre-installed when I purchased my computer
what different steps would I take to make a bootable USB drive??
Thanks,
Bob
43.
Andy
Thanks mate for this, very detailed and very user friendly, i tried to ins
tall Win xp on my EEEpc 1000H but for some reason it wouldnt boot unless i put t
he USB stick in .lol, its mad when Win 7 is much easier to setup and install than
XP.
Anychance of letting me know how to dual boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Ea
sy Peasy ?
Thanks mate your a star :)
44.
Nick1
Correct me if I m wrong, but step 5 states that we need a DVD. I use this gu
ide because I don t have one. Am I right?
45.
cmerg
Great article. Worked like a charm.
46.
Man
Posted February 2, 2009 at 9:56 pm | Permalink
Hi.
In the list disk step,I can t see my USB drive. What s wrong with it? (My Oper
ating System is XP.)
Does it only work in Vista?
Thank you for your teaching.
47.
SENTY
HEY I HAVE PROBLEM IN THE LAST STEP .. MY DVD ROM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY
.I HAVE IMAGE(NRG) OF WINDOWS VISTA.I LOAD IT USING A IMAGE READER SOFTWARE (POW
ER ISO),WHEN I TRYING TO EXCUTE THE LAST STEP USING VIRTUAL DVD ROM THAN THE ORI
GINAL DVD ROM,I GOT A EXCEPTION
COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
HOW CAN I SLOW IT ..?,PLS HELP ME .. SND ME MAIL ON MY MAIL ACCOUNT
48.
tweakwindows
Sorry for the delay in replay.
@Man
This method works fine on Vista and Windows 7 only. I will be writing a gu
ide for XP users in a week. Stay tuned!
@Nick1
I wrote this guide to make the installation faster. In my personal experie
nce Windows 7 took just 15 minutes to get installed from USB compared to 35 minu
tes DVD method. Of course, you can skip the step 5 if you can mount the image an
d copy the files.
@Andy
Sorry, I am not planning on that. But, it should be easier if you install
Linux over Windows 7.
@Bob Sauve
Follow the same procedure. This method works on both Vista and Windows 7.
@Tyson
Wait for few days to get a detailed guide.
@Fzang
NTFS is faster than FAT.
Admin
http://www.intowindows.com
49.
ELPY
Awesome,Think!!!
50.
asd
Posted February 11, 2009 at 3:44 am | Permalink
well im gonna try this from my phone. hope everything works out ok
51.
TY
About th LIST DISK command, I can not see my USB drive number (As you so t
he instruction below). so how? i see only my Hard Drive. what can i do?? pls hel
p me!!
52.
omg
Hi thats an awesomely explained method! great work! :D
but i m on Vista x86 and i was trying to make a usb with Vista x64 on it, bu
t the cmd prompt gave me this error!
This version of X:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of
Windows you re running. Check your computer s system information to see whether you
need a x86 or x64 version of the program, and then contact the software publishe
r
Is it that i need Vista x64 to create a USB x64!??
Pls help
53.
Cobrass2
Thanks Worked like a charm.
54.
JD
No luck from XP on my Asus 1000HE :(
I used leechers method and continued from step 5.. wehen attemping to boot
from USB I get disk read error
55.
Sjengie
Hi, i tried it using my 4Gb microSD but like Darin my HP mini-note 2133 (w
hich offers boot option through USB generic STORAGE DEVICE ) boot manager comes wit
h an error the boot selection failed because a required device is inaccesible .
I worked through all the steps as described above without any errors.
But i notice that diskpart command DETAIL DISK shows that Bootable = No
Si is it bootable yes or no and what might have gone wrong?
thx, btw great job this site !!
56.
Sjengie
Correction, it works again !
noticed that i did not copy my w7 dvd properly
great, you made linux disappear for us, thx again tweakwindows !
57.
pete
Posted March 2, 2009 at 8:21 pm | Permalink
Hi ive tried and tried but DISKPART wont see my usb key, can u help.
58.
ajin
hey it is showing cannot find bootmngr press crl alt del to restart
59.
Anthony
Posted March 5, 2009 at 2:10 am | Permalink
Great guide. You need to update your requirements section to point out tha
t these instructions only work when done on a Vista or Windows 7 platform, or sp
ecifically state they will not work on XP
60.
tweakwindows
Thanks for the reply. Will edit the post soon.
61.
tweakwindows
@ajin
I hope you have followed my steps correctly. Try to repair your bootmgr fi
le.
62.
tweakwindows
Sorry, if you can t find see your USB drive in the DISKPART command, I can t h
elp you. However, if you have only one hard drive, then you can use the 1? as you
r USB key. But try this on your own risk.
63.
Pinko
Formatting may take few seconds ^^
It has bee taking maby 30minutes for 10percent with my 250gb drive
64.
Pinko
56% now. thos are way loong seconds.
65.
Swanny
Posted April 10, 2009 at 10:25 pm | Permalink
I have try all the step by step but on the stage command E:\boot>BOOTSECT.
EXE /NT60 F:
I got this message Could not map drive partition to the associated volume d
evice objects:
Access is denied. Any idea what went wrong. Please help. Thanks.
66.
jickie
awesome guide does exactly what it says on the tin, thanks so much i m now i
nstalling windows 7 on all my mates comps via usb.
67.
Jeff
Posted May 5, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
excellent guide. thanks very much. you saved me aged of messing with BartP
e again trying to make a bookable installation drive.
thanks.
68.
victor frazee
list disk DID NOT detect a 4GB or a 16GB memory stick
69.
Quan
Let s say I have a hdd box with 2 partitions (Y, Z), can I use your method t
o create boot install for Vista on partition Y and for Windows 7 on partition Z?
70.
JB
Posted May 10, 2009 at 9:30 am | Permalink
Great write up. Works perfectly!!
71.
Brad
Thanks a lot! Worked no problem. It also fixed the partition tables on my
USB key!
72.
Cooper
Windows XP/2000 users !!!
Diskpart will not recognize removable storage, so don t bover :)
This only works under WIndows Vista or 7.
73.
ID
When are the mongs gonna read and understand this guide does not work on x
p.
74.
Joeypesci
For everyone having issues with diskpart in XP not seeing the USB stick, i
t s because that s an XP issue. The way XP and Vista handles USB drives, Vista sees
them in Diskpart but XP tends not to. There is a reg hack to fix it but I haven t
bothered to search for it.
75.
Joeypesci
Just spotted someone beat me to it :)
76.
J
Works 100% in my Notebook. I wanted to install Vista Ultimate with a 8GB U
SB Pen and i made it!
Thanks!
77.
Christopher
Best write-up ever! Clear and concise. Oh, and it works!!! :)
Great job, and thank you!
78.
Iam
Funny thing I noticed on Win7, when you EXIT the DiskPart and try to conti
nue in Command Prompt, while copying the bootsector to device, you may face an e
rror Access Denied for no priviledge in copying the bootsector to device.
Solution just Exit the Command Prompt and Run it again (still need to Run
as Administrator).
79.
DanielRemains
I m sure this is another arrengement with MS and USB driver manufactuer to m
ake money LOL joke
Nice guide I will have to steal my girlfriend s USB drive (Which I bought he
r for christmas LOL) to try this. Looks like it s worth it thanks :)
80.
pirater2113
so if you do this tut correctly on a vista computer then you can use the p
en drive on a Xp computer?
81.
Jay
Hey Bro can one dual boot using this . ie. Vista and Windows 7
82.
mads
perfect. great guide. thanks
83.
Omer
Dear,
I want to install windows 7 RC through USB/Pen drive.
But when i open the command prompt and write LIST DISK there (after DISKPA
RT), it only shows my hard drive there, that is DRIVE 0 only, though i try it af
ter inserting USB.
Y is it so?
84.
mike
FORMAT FS=NTFS
Yeah lol, it s taking a loooong few seconds on my 8GB drive :P
85.
mike
I have a question for you, admin.
What if I want to rollback changes made to my USB drive? Or can I leave it
like that (partitions, ntfs) for regular use after installing windows 7?
86.
admin
@Jay
Yes, you can dual boot.
87.
admin
@ pirater2113
You can use this to create bootable USB on Vista and 7 only. If you have c
reated on a Vista computer then you can use it on a XP computer to boot.
88.
Yue
i tried it and it won t work, i am using an old portable hard drive which is
5 gb, is it alright with it?
89.
znakistu
10x for this useful tutorial :)
it s working on vista tomorrow i will try on win 7.
10x a lot
90.
trav
Can I do this with an SD card and USB adapter?
91.
anil
made a usb with above tutorial, will install windows 7
i wanted to install windows 7 64 bit but have 32 bit vista
now in order to install windows 7 64 bit, it seems, i will have to burn a
dvd
92.
Tweakwindows
@Trave
I haven t personally tried using SD card. But you should be able to do that.
93.
Tweakwindows
@All
We are going to close the comments for this post.
94.
JP Jones
I used this method successfully on two computers. I was very surprised tha
t when I was unable to change the boot sequence to USB in the BIOS on an older l
aptop, windows 7 installed anyway. I was pretty sure that it wouldn t work but I t
ried it and presto! It went through the three reboots and installed perfectly. H
as anyone else had this happen?
95.
William
this method from microsoft takes out the last part using bootsect. and it
still works.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd535816.aspx
96.
Christian Saborio
Worked like a charm, great instructions, thanks!
97.
aaraza
Hi,
Great guide. However, I am stuck after:
bootsect.exe /nt60 h: (h is my usb drive letter)
The message I get is: Could not map drive partitions to the associated volu
me device objects: Access is denied.
I followed the steps twice niowand get the same result. Am I missing somet
hing? Would greatly appreciate any help I have a netbook down and would like to pu
t Windows 7 on it using a USB stick.
Thanks!
98.
aaraza
Please ignore my last message I was not running command prompt as Administ
rator!
99.
Saurabh Zagade
I m very very thankful to U for such HELP ..
100.
Ben Charlton
Posted June 2, 2009 at 11:52 am | Permalink
You can follow my guide to creating a bootable usb disk under windows xp t
hen follow this guide from 5 onwards.
101.
Giorell
Posted June 4, 2009 at 12:15 pm | Permalink
I want to ask something. Can I return my flash drive back to normal after
this? Leave a tagg on my guest book :D or email me rather.
102.
murtaza
Hey..hv vista already installed on my pc..need 2 install win 7 as dual boo
t..i tried once dual bootin with xp bt resulted into bootin f only xp..cud u pls
help me out hw 2 dual boot win 7 wid vista
103.
ferris
Best guide I have ever used Thank you, hats off sir.
104.
Bogdan
I find it funny that you say this is a 100% working guide but you don t ment
ion that fact that the Win 7/Vista USB boot drive needs to be created on compute
r running Windows 7 or Vista. That should really be added to the Requirements se
ction so you can call your guide 100% working. I seen a few comments from people
saying it doesn t work because they re trying to make the boot drive from within XP
.
105.
Bogdan
Other than that small piece of missing information, the guid e is great!
106.
Jacob
(I m hoping HTML will work :P )
trying the F:CD BOOT command (where F is my DVD drive location), it return
s the following functions
Firstly, from DISKPART (which you didn t say to leave, not sure if you meant
to or not)
Secondly, from C:\Windows\System32 (where your screenshot is taken from)
107.
Jacob
Sorry, images weren t displayed from html :P
I ll just explain it :)
from C:\Windows\System32, after running the F:CD BOOT
it returns a simple Parameter is incorrect.
from DISKPART it gives me a list of about 25 sub commands
not sure about the right word for that :P
thankyou but, your guide seems very will explained (just having some techn
ical issues :)
108.
Mark
Awesome work! Clear and very simple! For everyone having problems, keep in
mind the guide is only for:
- Windows 7 installing / not running from an USB drive
- MB with USB boot support
Just follow the steps.
Thanks for this guide!
PS:
109.
TSurF
Great guide cheers bro!
110.
Shaz
Thank a lot. Very useful tutorial I followed it all through until I boot th
rough usb and setup program comes up. When I get to, select which drive you want
the installation I cant select my usb drive it comes up with the message below:
WINDOWS CANNOT BE INSTALLED TO THIS DISK. SETUP DOES NOT SUPPORT CONFIGERAT
ION OF OR INSTALLATION TO DISKS CONNECTED THROUGH A USB OR IEEE 1394 PORT.
I tried 3 different computers and a few new laptops and come up with same
message. I read these forums and people successfully installing them, What am i
doing wrong. Can you please Help.
I ve been at this for almost 2 weeks.
I can boot from usb but can t install onto it. I am trying to install vista.
CAN YOU PLEASE HELP.
THANK YOU
111.
admin
@Shaz
You can t install Windows on USB using this guide. You can only use this gui
de to create a bootable USB and then use it as installation media.
112.
Shaz
Thanks a lot for fast reply. Is there a way that I can install vista onto
my external hard drive? if so how is it possible.
Thank you
113.
CMal
Thanks, this worked really well.
Couldn t get my old DVD drive to read quickly/effectively enough and this di
d the trick!
Well chuffed ;D
114.
Julio Bravo
It works fine, except one problem: when I run the windows7 64bits RC1 \boo
t\bootsect.exe in my Vista 32, it doesn`t work. I did it running from the \boot
folder of the windows7 Beta1 32bits and it is OK.
115.
Laymain
If you have a version problem with bootsec.exe, just use bootsec.exe from
a Vista DVD. Put back your Windows 7 after and continue following the guide
116.
Gregor
Thanks ! :) Have a nice day.
117.
xopher
very nice toot.
as an Ubuntu user I enjoyed being able to do this kind of stuff from Win7
7127 on my desktop to make this 7210 for my netbook without using linux.
imagine that.
118.
JakeDK
Great guide, thx
Had a problem with step six but thats because the written command is wrong
, but I figured it out when I saw the command in the scrren :-D thx again just w
hat I was looking for.
119.
Bernard
I used this method and created a USB drive for my Windows 7 installation.
Works flawlessly! Oh, and the installation of Windows now takes only 8 minutes.
:D
120.
Brantyr
Step 2: don t you guys know if you hit winkey + R you get the oldschool run
box which automatically starts whatever you run from it with admin privledges?
121.
Chris
Posted July 11, 2009 at 9:44 am | Permalink
Great guide, thanks.
To those, like me, that are (were) running Vista 32-bit and wanting 7 64-b
it:
In step 7, use bootsect.exe from your Vista CD. Barring any other issues,
it will work perfectly. It did for me.
122.
DaveG
Posted July 11, 2009 at 12:27 pm | Permalink
Hello, TweakWindows, and thanks, but I know what you mentioned about Vista,
which I AM using, I used a Sandisk 8GB and waited half an hour for the formatti
ng process (hardly a few seconds, but I wasn t surprised, and I d like to know how y
ou get that on a 4GB flash drive), I followed each of your steps in order twice
while running an Administrator command session, with positive feedback after eac
h command was completed, and then I reordered my BIOS boot priority (which had t
he same effect as hitting F12, other than F12 not requiring another BIOS session
to boot normally from your hard disk again). Looks like I did everything right,
and STILL I can t boot from a flash drive. I see most others have not had that pr
oblem, but I made sure that I did what you said, with the right stuff, and still
I crashed with this error: BOOTMGR NOT PRESENT (or MISSING, something similar),
and that was after the BOOTMGR.EXE /NT60 command completed with success! I know not
hing of boot managers, much less repairing them, but I sure would appreciate a c
lue (wherever it is)! I am close to hopelessly frustrated on this, even if this
is the best tutorial I ve seen so far, and if I can t resolve it here I will probabl
y give up please help!
123.
DaveG
Oh did I misunderstand that this is for making use of an image file? Is that
not how Vista is normally distributed, on a normal DVD? I am trying to install
a modified version of Vista, distributed by .iso, for two very good reasons: 1)
I m on a bloatware diet, and 2) I m trying to replace what I already paid for, after
it got wiped (yeah, the whole freak n disk), and if you Microsoft pirate hunters
have a problem with that, then you can go impale yourselves on your own swords!
To any who would clue me in on what else may be needed besides the image file (a
fter following the above steps), or explain any non-troll reasons why this metho
d would not work with what I am trying to do, I d be most grateful.
124.
Veselin Belchev
If you have Windows XP all ready installed just fallow 6. 7. 8. 9. Before
this steps format your USB FLASH drive in NTFS format. It s all ready works to Win
dows 7 and Windows Vista
125.
PCLove
On #4 where the file system is being set, you can use QUICK to speed up th
e formatting like this:
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
It s so much faster!
126.
????????
Thanks!
This would really help me a lot installing on Vaio Type P.
127.
kuld33p
I am getting a window at the installation process to select a driver. I ca
n not go pass that.. any idea.. I tried to select windows/inf folder as well.. b
ut no luck.. installation does not proceed.
128.
JonJon
Hello, I ve already tried this guide a week ago and it works. I have windows
7 in my hp mini 2140. But now I want to downgrade again back to Windows XP.
Can I use this guide again? but rather than to put the windows 7 installat
ion in the usb it would be the windows xp? Or should I search another guide for
this? I haven t tried it yet. I just want to ask here first before I try.
Regards,
129.
konrad
it works flawleslly tnx man
130.
admin
Sorry, JonJon.. This guide is only for Windows 7 or Vista.
131.
Me
Hi,
Is it possible to create a multi boot?
So one can select what version to install from the same stick:
Windows 7 x64 or x86
Windows Vista x64 or x86
132.
ive
some bios don t recognise NTFS formatted usb keys as boot device, so you mig
ht still want to format as FAT32, even if it makes your key slower
133.
Jean-Sébastien
Very great work! Thank you very much!
134.
Peter
Hi Admin,
Quick question- Would this method work with my Vaio boot disk? instead of
a standard windows cd. Thanks in advance.
135.
Mahesh
When I tried executing LIST DISK in command prompt,I couldnt find my USB dri
ve listed in.
So I couldnt proceed.
Please guide me
136.
Shom
Excellent tutorial, thanks!
If the flash drive has been previously used for as a bootable installer fo
r a Linux distro then the MBR needs to be reset, which can be done by modifying
the Step 7 command to:
bootsect /nt60 H: /force /mbr
This will remove the Master Boot Record so Windows boot loader will kick i
n, instead of Linux (GRUB).
137.
admin
@Peter
Bootable Windows DVD or Image is required to make this happen.
138.
Franck
For the ones that do not want to burn a blank DVD, you can mount the .iso
file you downloaded (e.g. using VirtualCloneDrive) and do the copy from there.
Will give this tutorial a try shortly to get the SevenRC on my X200 (small
& great but no optical drive).
139.
Bernard
Hi. I followed this guide to make a bootable Windows 7 usb drive a few wee
ks ago, and it worked perfectly!
Now I have downloaded a new version of Win 7 (The RTM released just recent
ly), and I wonder if I have to follow this guide from step 1 to remake the boota
ble drive, or is it enough for me to erase the content on the flashdrive and the
n copy from the image, the last step?
140.
Waqar
Nice tutorial will do installing!!
141.
9shares admin
usb drive will be not available when use diskpart command in windows xp. y
ou should use vista or later versions of windows.
142.
Patrick
all that is necessary is to format your USB and then copy all files from t
he the cd/dvd(iso or whatever) to the device. Then just to be sure to boot from
the device via the bios or boot selection.
143.
Michael
Has anyone found out a solution to the problem of it sating BOOTMGR not fo
und. Press ctrl alt dlt to restart when trying to boot it. I can t get passed that
.
144.
Torpido
I have a U3 Software on my USB, its basically there for Exploring and lock
ing the USB, if i copy entire system File(U3) and then paste it back after a for
mat for the purpose of above guide will i be able to still use it the U3, and if
yes must i format it back to FAT32?
145.
Mark
After trying over and over i finally got it. It was bringing up my vaio re
covery tools, so I had to take my hdd out of the boot order and it worked like a
charm.
146.
Franck
Posted August 1, 2009 at 2:35 am | Permalink
I got the install to run on the X200 using the USB, but I had to deal with
a cannot create or locate system partition error. That is an error linked to the
usage of USB media and not DVD.
If the USB is first in the BIOS, then the Custom upgrade option simply fai
ls to find the HDD where to create the system partition (100MB) I initially wante
d a dual-boot of my Lenovo-Vista, but I had to completely format the drive final
ly. Once blank, I could put it first in the BIOS (since not bootable yet) and the
system booted on the USB.
From that tricky point, it went smoothly. This guide is great.
147.
9shares admin
nice article..thanks
148.
Yan Li
Hey, thanks for this great article. I ve used this several times already, si
nce I felt my original windows 7 64-bit was not to my liking on my new laptop. I
found out why the bootmgr is missing message was showing after correctly carrying
out all the instructions. I put the Windows 7 ISO on my usb instead of the fold
ers/files inside the Windows 7 ISO/CD!
149.
VladamirTOM
Posted August 7, 2009 at 9:04 pm | Permalink
Great guide. Worked perfectly thanks a lot. Now I don t have to worry about
finding a disc drive just for a folding rig.
150.
Kusta
If you click right, you get properties of the drive any drive and then cli
ck format . I think that will short this procedure of formating drive, for those wh
o do not like to typing.
151.
Hisham
I have a problem here !! someone could help me please ?? When I m formatting
the USB Drive and after it finish I got this msg: DiskPart has encountered an er
ror: The parameter is incorrect.
See the System Event Log for more information. What s that supose to mean ??
Could anyone give me the solution please.
152.
Minh Tran
Thanks for the guide. Perhaps you should update it with Shom s comment(#137)
. I was using a usb stick that formerly had the linux grub loader on it. I was g
etting the missing bootmgr error message until I used the /force /mbr option lik
e Shom suggested.
Also, formatting is very slow I would add the QUICK option on the format c
ommand. Although in Windows 7, I can just right click on my usb drive letter in
my computer & quick format it using NTFS bypassing DISKPART altogether.
153.
Barry
Worked fine, though format was a little slow.
Thanks for an easy to follow guide!
154.
Nikunj
its really works.
155.
Pali
Thanks for this guide! Exelent job. Thank you again! Pali from Hungary.
156.
Marleybrit
does this work with XP?
157.
Gaurav Akrani
This article is really only awesome guide which works.
Worked 100% without any flaws and mind irritating drills.
Please don t try this on your Windows XP Pro Operating system and waste your
time.
It is only for Windows Vista and/or Windows 7 Beta users.
I tried it as instructed on windows 7 beta and worked like charm.
Can somebody please tell me similar 100% working guide for triple booting
Windows 7 + Windows XP + Ubuntu Linux.
Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.
Rds, Gaurav Akrani
158.
Tried 4 times?
Troubles I can boot from the USB stick into the Windows setup 7 fine. Howev
er, every time the computer restarts, it restarts the setup.
So During the next restart I pulled the USB stick out and Windows started . Th
e setup picked up where it left off. The green bar wasn t moving at all though.
So I ran it all again I rebooted (with the USB stick plugged in), reformat
ted the destination drive, re-ran the full setup, pulled the stick out for the f
irst restart You know that black screen where you can choose safe mode or regular
mode? There are 2 Windows 7 options there and every time I repeat the above, it
adds another Windows 7 option.
What am I missing??
Thanks for any help .
159.
Tried 4 times?
Oh hey! Never trust a green bar It worked after a loooong time.
160.
Chris Leiter
Step 6 works more efficiently if you enter it as one line:
CD /D D:\Boot
161.
NoR3N
thx a lot You save me many Hours from searching external dvd drivers Perfec
t JOB!!!
162.
RnR
Very good, I m going to boot it in a few seconds from now THANX
163.
CK117
If you have problems with the BOOTSECT.exe part, just add /force to the en
d.
164.
Robert
Thanks a bunch for this tute, it has saved me hours of frustration and bad
words.
I created a USB install and will use it tonight on my guinea pig system.
165.
JB
Thanks the format took ages on my 16gb cruzer
Also, my source was an ISO of the x64 RTM build. First try, I mounted this
with MagicISO and copied files with explorer had a problem with a missing file b
oot\bcd , so I started again, but used 7-zip to extract the iso, and am now throug
h with the install, which flew by in just 20 or so minutes.
I think that copying files from the magiciso mounted iso was not the ideal
way to go 7-zip seems to have done the trick for me.
166.
JONNYK
GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!!!!!
Go to device manager and go to properties and select policies, and select
the better Performance the bottom one for you to use the BOOTSEC.EXE part.
You might have to reboot.
I also suggest you use KILL U3 utility for san disk.
167.
Mindslight
Thanks !
Johannes from France
168.
Josh
Excellent stuff. I tried following other sites instructions only to find they
didn t even create the boot sector. This worked like a charm. Thanks!
169.
Anonyme
Damnit, can t do it on a x64 Win7 DVD from XP 32 :/
170.
rockystuud
Hi ! Thanks. It works fine . Thanks a lot for your effort and clear instru
ctions.
171.
jiji
FORMAT FS=NTFS
This is bad . Very bad.
It doesnt take few seconds.
It does take very many seconds.
Formatting quick is much faster and enough (I already did to this stick tw
o times before) .
Please correct.
172.
David Amison
Just tryed it worked perfectley thanx!!!!!!!
173.
YASEEN
Posted September 4, 2009 at 8:13 pm | Permalink
AWESOME!!!
174.
vagothcpp
Posted September 5, 2009 at 9:22 am | Permalink
Replace format fs=ntfs
with format fs=ntfs quick
to make it format faster.
175.
Harris
thanks bro..
176.
JHANU
thanks man thats ur great work keep on doing ..
177.
Dan Berger
For those of having the 32/64 bit problem, just follow the beginning of th
e guide and after you finish formating, copy & paste (drag and drop) the content
s of the dvd (which you can virtually mount on your hdd) onto the usb stick. it
will be bootable and will work!
178.
Zak
hai dude it really works great.
can u also tell me how to create an live pendrive (like live cd).
179.
e
work like magic :)
Thanks alot
Keep posting !
180.
klokluider
XP users follow this method:
Just for completion
1. First create your bartpe files using UBCD4WIN
2. after you have done that create your usb flashdrive using UBUSB
point to the files of your bartpe
be sure you check create cd image and let de default Z in place
check if you have selected the right drive
press go
after finished you have a bootable usb drive which is able to get in a xp
environment.
3. Now copy the content of your win XP CD to a folder XPCD on the flash dr
ive (x:\xpcd)
4. after copying boot the drive in the PC and select Compatibility Mode (M
emory Mapped)
5. after finished you select the commandline and type
X:\XPCD\i386\Winnt32.exe /syspart:C: /tempdrive:C: /makelocalsource
6. first enter the xpkey and name of the computer and region then click ne
xt
7. Now you re asked if you want to upgrade to the XP NTFS filesysten, select
NO
for this then hit Next.
8. It ll now see Copying installation files and the familiar green progress ba
r. Shortly after Copying Installation Files is complete, setup will close without
notice or any type of prompt, this is normal.
9. remove the flash drive and Reboot your computer and setup will continue
from the hard drive where you can choose to install XP or do a repair install i
f XP is already installed.
http://ubcd4win.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=11375&st=570
181.
Malone
Working. Perfect. Thanks for it, amazing work.
Kingston 8GB
Windows 7 RC
on Dell Optiplex GX270, BIOS A07
Only little mistake at point 6:
Quote: D:CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive letter.
The right command is: D: CD Boot
Need space between D: and CD BOOT
See screenshot.
182.
Simran
I have installed windows seven using the method provided by you but I am n
ot able to play my pen drive in my car CD player. I mean when I try to play song
s in my car, it do not work now. Please give a solution.
183.
Malone
@Simran
Format, and write songs again on it.
FAT32 will be OK.
184.
acme
do you have to copy the entire contents of the win7 disk? my thumbdrive is
n t that big.
185.
jj
D:\boot>bootsect.exe /NT60 H:
Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:
D:\boot>
Any suggestions?
186.
cj
i will tell you one thing,this is the first advice i have gotten from that
internet that works perfectly,i wanted to upgrade my pc to 7 so i formated my v
ista not knowing that my cd rom was messed,so i was running out of options to in
stall 7 until i saw this and i saw all the instryctions carefully,here i am with
my pc typing this and my pc is perfectly in shape,thank you very much,you are a
saviour
187.
admin
@Acme
Yup. You need to copy all the contents you your thumbdrive.
188.
Faisal
Posted October 3, 2009 at 8:08 pm | Permalink
good job . my laptop dont have DVD drive. Thanks for the post
189.
widL
Posted October 13, 2009 at 2:31 am | Permalink
I love this guide, it works flawlessly. Thanks for sharing!
190.
vietha
It works like a charm :D
thx alot :D
191.
Scott L
I would just like to let anyone and everyone in here know that I specifica
lly followed this guide yesterday for XP and it worked.
http://www.liliputing.com/2008/04/install-windows-xp-on-mini-note-usb.html
Since the comments here are confusing : NOTE this guide is not to create a
Win 7 USB stick under XP but to actually make a Windows XP stick under Windows
XP to install XP, it worked for me and seemed to have the least amount of fiddli
ng.
- Enjoy.
192.
licitatii
very nice tutorial but please help me. Everithing works well but when it s g
o to drive option(where you format you disk) it ask about a device driver to loa
d and install :( ?????? What to do? setup cannot continue
193.
marvin carter
you most do these commands in windows safe mode to avoid the Access denied mes
sage.
194.
jose mari
YEAH TNX DUDE ^_^ ANOTHER NEW IDEA ON INSTALLING WINDOWS 7 ^_^ NICE POST
195.
jose mari
jj
D:\boot>bootsect.exe /NT60 H:
Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:
D:\boot>
Any suggestions?
HEY jj JUST COPY ALL THE CONTENTS IN YOUR WINDOWS 7 TO YOUR USB IT WORKED
JUST FINE ^^
196.
Martin
Hello,
I have the folders for Windows 7, and I want to burn a DVD to install from
(I need to format my PC, so I can t just install from within XP). However, I can t
just burn the files to the DVD, cus then it won t let me boot from it.
Any ideas on how to do just that? How do I make it bootable?
197.
Jackson
So.. can I still used the usb drive after this? Can I reformat it to fat32
?
198.
Zaino
hey really great guys, but i couldnt show my usb drive in step LIST DISK onl
y the local drivers
please help.
199.
mugurelu
Can i use an external hard drive? A partition of it from which to install
w7?
200.
admin
@ mugurelu
Since you are going to create a bootable drive, you need to format the dri
ve completely. So, you can t use just one partition. And about external drive, it
should work fine (I have tested on flash drives only).
201.
admin
@ Jackson
You should be able to format it with FAT 32 or NTFS.
202.
ceeque
simply does not work. One of the main reasons being is you have typed out
the commands in the text differently to what you have input into the command scr
een, you have ommitted the spaces in your text yet placed spaces in the command
prompt, and even after correcting those errors all you get is: bootsect.exe is not
recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
Yet another waste of yours and my time
203.
Vandit
Thank you very much for sharing this trick.
My DVD of Win 7 was corrupt & I was not able to install.
Then after searching on net I got your trick & applied on my USB. It succe
ssfully worked & Win7 was installed in less than 30mins with all drivers.
I would be really happy to help you if you need any help in future.
Once again Thanks.
204.
Andy Mac
Great share, thanks.
Worked on my DVD-less home server, saved me alot of time. Only problem I h
ad was my systems BIOS settings, missing USB option in the boot order, but did l
et me enable boot from USB, just needed to remove memory stick at the right time
s during restarts.
Thanks again.
205.
JM
If you have XP do this instead of diskpart:
1) Right click on the USB drive and click format.
2) Run a quick format
3) Open up DOS box and type convert i: /fs:ntfs (Where I is your USB drive l
atter)
4) After that goto step 5 on this list
Works great in XP
206.
Anasazi
I just tried to install win7 using this guide but when I tried to boot fro
m the usb drive it said bootmgr is missing. But I did every step here and the bo
otsect command was successful.
207.
Raul
Thanks, a great walktrough!
208.
Zack
Hello, If you are running Windows 7 already you can just go into Computer
and then format it like you regularly would format a usb drive as NFTS. It saves
quite a bit of time and basically cuts this process in half.
209.
Xerxz
What if i dont have the cd and i just have the files on my pc what do i do
then??? any help would be much appreciated.
210.
admin
If you have Windows 7 ISO, you need to extract it first to a folder and th
en to the USB.
211.
CHINMAY
what if i hav 2 install windows xp??
212.
John
Thanks dude, worked great!
213.
Ralph R
I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially
screwed up and selected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My quest
ion here would thyen be; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data
on the slave that I inadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you ne
ed not say it: I am an idiot!
214.
Ralph R
I was successful in following your instructions, that is after I initially
screwed up and selected my slave HD as though it were the flash drive. My quest
ion here would thyen be; Is there a way for me to restore the partition and data
on the slave that I inadvertently cleaned and partially formatted? I know, you ne
ed not say it: I am an idiot!
215.
Doron
Posted November 2, 2009 at 5:44 pm | Permalink
This worked awesomely on vista. Thank you very much.
But how does one reverse the procedure?
Do I simply reformat the USB shtick?
216.
WiZoOo
Posted November 6, 2009 at 2:19 am | Permalink
awesome guide, works for me with win 7 oem bie final x86. thanks alot dude
!
217.
tristian o'brien
nice one, thanks.. the BOOTSECT command made my usb drive become a viable
source to install Windows 7 on an Asus EEE Pc.
218.
Diptiman
It s not that cool dear. I am trying to do the same(i mean using bootsect.ex
e) from Vista. Still there is a problem saying Your version of bootsect.exe is no
t compatible with the current version of windows . Please suggest.
Thanks
219.
admin
@ Diptiman
If you trying to create a Windows 7 or Vista on Vista/7 you should not fac
e any such problems. And if you trying to create a bootable USB of Vista/XP/7 on
XP, you will see error.
220.
Eugene Ishchenko
Thank you for this wonderfull solution. It s easy and worked for me.
221.
Alex
HELOO ,I HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN I PUT F:/BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I: IT SAYS T
HAT COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIETED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:ACCES D
ENIED
WHAT TO DO PLS HELP
222.
Michael
Hi there,
for all the people having problems at step 6 try this
6. Type in the cmd window CD/DVD DRIVE LETTER: and press enter i.e.
D:
Then Type CD BOOT and press enter
Then proceed with step 7
Hope this helps
223.
Tomasz
I did EXACTLY as it says and my netbook doesn t wanna boot from USB I checked
BIOS settings couple of times and it is set to boot from removable device which is
correct I guess no idea what to do :(
224.
Tomasz
OK I found it .when EEE PC starts you need to press ESC key in case to displ
ay BOOT DEVICE SELECTION menu :)
225.
Chase
For those having problems with access is denied during the bootsect command,
be sure to open cmd exactly as mentioned in the instructions. I assumed that be
ing logged on as an administrator or using /runas was sufficient, but I guess th
ings are different in Vista/Windows 7.
226.
hicom5
problem:
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume
device objects: Access is denied.
-
answer:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
On the pop-up right click context menu, select
Run as Administrator
227.
Jason
100% working confirmed! Thanks for the tutorial it was easy, and accurate.
228.
Willaim
This process worked fine. THANKS!!!
229.
Navster
Brilliant Guide Worked a Treat .
230.
NICERED
Any method to know your win7 and vista compatibility (x64, x86 ) before inst
alling win7?
231.
Euphie
Have you made the XP guide yet?
232.
admin
@Nicered
You can use official Windows 7 upgrade advisor (it s free) tool to check com
patibility issues. Here is the link:
http://www.intowindows.com/test-your-pc-software-compatibility-with-window
s-7-using-windows-7-upgrade-advisor-final/
233.
Lurvinzy Andrew
Hi~ Thanks for the tutorial currently copying the files hope it works!
234.
ahmed
I LOVE YOU!!!
my cd drive doent work so USB was the only option.
GREAT TUTORIAL!!!
235.
Andrew J. COwell
Worked as advertised on my Dell Mini 9.
236.
dsfjdifja
why do all this when you can just make virtual cd drive and boot from it?
2 minutes work lol.
237.
Please Help me !
Hi,
Please help !!! Here what I have done:
1.Download Windows 7 iso file,which I put it in isoBuster and extracted.
2.Coz I have listen it is better to make clean instalation,I bought new WD
external HDD-Passport Studio 500 Gb and put it all information from my PC to HD
D (around 90Gb very important data + windows 7 of course)!
3.I run cmd and get in DOS
- diskpart
- list disk
(coz there were nothing,not disk 1,2,3-i just select disk 1-don`t ask me w
hy,coz i don`t know for myself,coz i am stupid!!!)
- select disk 1
- clean
After i wrote clean ,I discconect usb cable,coz I afraid-what does clean means!
!??
For god sake-i have all informations from last 6 years on my external hard
disk
Now,my WD doesn`t work,everything is ok in drive manager ,when i conecct usb
cable there is the external usb hard drive showed up on the Safely Remove Hardwa
re list right down,but I can not enter into the disk-inside and I am so affraid
and desperate and don`t know what to do
How you can see,I am bigginer,but please tell me what is the best solution
for me to do now and to don`t lose my data on WD (if i already didn`t lost :(
Please,please help-with days I don`t know what to do .
My e-mail is via_makedonia yahoo dot com please write me there.
What I have tried:
coneccting my WD with 3 dieferent cables-usb and firewire in dieferent por
ts.
installing drivers from wd site
When I check Device Manager it shows that the device is installed and work
ing properly but it will not show in my computer and I can t access it.
before the problem,my HDD appeard as drive H:
I wouldn t be half as frustrated if it hadn t been working properly before thi
s.Plus-ALL data is on my HDD,and I don`t even know if it is still there :(
I do it this:
2 Step Solution for XP users:
Part 1:
Go to
Control panel -> Performance and Maintenance (cannot be in classic view to
see this link) -> Administrator Tools -> Services -> Universal Plug and Play
If Universal Plug and Play is set to manual switch to automatic.
Part 2
Double Click Safely Remove icon on the bottom right-> Select device->click
Properties -> click Volumes -> click Populate -> hit OK -> if nothing shows it
may need to be formatted
Also i was in DISK MANAGEMENT,but except formating disk,I don`t see soluti
on :(
And formating will erase all data on the disk,isn`t it?! (if i have it,of
course).
again nothing :( :(
Thanks in advance !!!!!!
238.
pawan
Posted December 1, 2009 at 9:44 pm | Permalink
great work .
thanks a lot
239.
pawan
great job .
thanx a lot.
240.
carl
have tried your process a few times with vista and 7 and works great but w
hilst installing windows i get an error code 0×80070241? any ideas why i get this
code. pls help
241.
Aaron
Posted December 2, 2009 at 12:43 am | Permalink
Finally found a method that works. This actually works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tha
nk you, awesome.
242.
Throwlands
I just finished assembling a new computer that only has SATA connections a
nd all I have are PATA CDROM drives. Your guide saved me from spending money on
a drive I d only need once.
Many thanks.
243.
Blake
I did every step right and got the right results. Even the Bootsect.exe pa
rt. it told me it successfully created it. i went to boot desktop from USB and S
TILL got the BOOTMGR is missing. Now i did it with vista from XP and it worked g
reat. i had the vista install cd. now from vista to 7 its different. its an .iso
file. is that why i cant make it work?
244.
Kevin
When I get to step 6 and type CD BOOT, I receive an error message:
They system can not find the specified path
I have a crappy Sony upgrade CD and it is not bootable. Could that be why
I get that message? If the CD is not bootable, does that mean I can not create a
bootable CD?
245.
Todd
I can t thank you enough.. my dvd-rom has been down, tryed fixing with the f
ilter delete but computer still doesn t recognize it, but it spins up at start up,
I can put dvd in and it acts like it wants to but nothin..(yes all the bios stu
ff been checke, enabled and so on) so needless to say this little fix has been a
God sent.. Works like a champ.. the only think that didn t work was
Format fs=ntfs I formated it the old fashed way..
and in step 6. D:CD Boot I had to do CD/Boot amazing how that little / makes a
ll the difference
I was a computer with xp and a good dvd drive to set up a third drive to b
oot from and re-install vista on my laptop..
Thx again..
246.
Chris
This is an excellent guide for anyone and I am very greatful you took the
time to do this.
Quick note that may confuse people, in step 6 where it states D:CD BOOT shou
ld be D: CD BOOT as shown in the screen shot.
Thank you for the brilliant guide!!!
247.
vaitheeswaran
Hey Thanks Man , for your help.
and i don t understand onething.
how do u find about disk 1 or disk 2 of usb . explain that dude.
thanks in advance
248.
vaitheeswaran
hi again one more doubt.
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: ?
so my usb drive name is 1201(E)
i have to type 1201 E: or must type NT60 E: ?
249.
Gabe
Works great, thanks.
250.
Tom
some ppl may be having problem with this part
D:CD BOOT
needs space between D: and CD Boot, like this:
D: CD BOOT
251.
Johnathan M Camien
I am not sure if this is posted but for everyone that has the CD as an ISO
file you can use MagicISO to mount the ISO file to a virtual drive so that the
system sees it as a CD/DVD. then just use that drive letter in place of the CD/D
VD drive letter in the guide. Worked like a charm for me.
252.
Saleem
everything went fine. booted on the flash drive, but can t partition using w
in 7. installation stopped there. what to do? tried it on asus Eee mini.
253.
YES IT WORKS 4 ME
THIS POST WORKS out of the box, but those with problems pleeez pay SPECIAL
attention to the G A P S in the commands. I followed the posters text AND viewe
d/compared the same commands in the pictures when I got stuck as others have her
e, and it all worked! D:CD BOOT should be D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your
DVD drive letter -> a gap between D: and CD BOOT, which another commenter here M
alone kindly pointed out and got me hunting for other gaps to finish the job, . A
lso a gap at BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: not BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: Follow the posters i
nstructions and compare against the pictures and you are good to go! Welcome to
DOS commands and sneaky ball breaker gaps which are easy to miss, lol! This is a
great post, just needs a bit of a mop up, many thanks to the poster! :)
254.
Pown
i get a disk read error occurred when i try to boot from the usb i followe
d the guid and it should work, whats wrong?
255.
matthew
worked great. thanks.
256.
waseem
I had a problem in start.
As in window Xp in command prompt Diskpart command LIST DISK doesnot show
usb as disk.
It shows it as volume.
kindly guide me whats the problem.
Regards
257.
killak
Hey, great guide!
Before I start I wanted to confirm something; when I m done, if I want to us
e the pen drive again, I just format it from My Computer right?
258.
RS232
Thanks for this wonderful how to..GRRRRRRREATTTTT!!!
259.
PARAS
INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS WE CAN JUST USE WIN2FLASH APPLICAT
ION FROM WIN2FLASH.COM OR JUST CAN GOOGLE WIN2FLASH AND EASILY GET IT.
I AM USING WIN2FLASH FOR SOME TIME AND BEST PART IT CAN INSTALL WINDOWS XP
AS WELL AS WIN 7 BOTH FROM USB PEN DRIVE.
TESTED BY ME ON ACER LAPTOP(7), HCL LEAPTOP(2), AROUND 19 DESKTOPS
260.
Gregory
Thank you very much!!! It took a lot of configuring and restarts but I fin
ally managed to recover my OS with zero data loss. After I back up my stuff, I ll
be installing Win7 using microsoft s boot tool.
261.
RPJ
Worked perfectly. Used it on a 4Gb SD card with a USB SD reader to install
Win7 64-bit on an Acer laptop. Many thanks.
262.
CrabQuiche
If you are doing this guide from XP, use the HP USB Flash Disk Format tool
instead of steps 3 and 4. This is because XP s DiskPart Tool does not support The
NTFS Formatting for USB flash disks. Thank you for a great guide. I am working
on a tool which does it all for you, called 7toUSB.
263.
Piyush
If u get this message Could not map drive partition to the associated volum
e device objects:
Access is denied.
goto C:/Windows/System32/ (before doing anything (or before running DISKPA
RT)
right click on cmd.exe
Run as administrator (just second option)
and repeat whatevr is given in this website ..DONE
264.
teejay
A disc read error plz help me.i changed the BIOS priority to USB HDD.there wer
e other options USB FDD,USB CDROM,USB ZIP.
265.
Jake
Thank you very much, this worked perfectly for me.
266.
kamlesh
it is very very helpful for me.
thank s.
267.
david dizzle
I have a question for you, I have done this guide
over and over again different ways on different operating
systems and I cant get it to work, I am wanting to install
windows 7 iso on my desktop pc which is an xp machine. I changed the bios
boot sequence so it detects the usb first actually I made them all usb and it st
ill gos straight through the boot sequence and right into the xp bootup screen.
I dont know what to do please help.
thank you, david
268.
admin
@ David Dizzle
It seems your PC doesn t support USB booting, or your Windows 7 ISO is not b
ootable.
269.
david dizzle
If it doesnt support usb booting then why is it an option in the boot sequ
ence?
270.
andrew panda
this works like a charm, did a vista install from usb. thanks!!!
271.
chacha
Could not map drive partitions to the associate volume device object: Acces
s is denied.
This happened right after bootsect.exe/nt60 E:
(The usb key is considered by the comp as drive E)
I tried the so-called easier guide link, it couldn t even find an iso file i
n the windows 7 files. (It s on a cd)
And i know there is nothing wrong with the windows 7 cd, i just used it la
st night to install it on my uncles comp, which is where i ve been trying to go th
rough this guide)
I need it on a usb key so i can install it on MY notebook. Help anyone?
272.
chacha
Okay so, access isn t denied anymore. but it still says the same thing besid
es that
273.
Senior47
Thanks for this easy tutorial! Now, just a easy question!-)
On my USB-pen drive there is space enough for both the 32 and 64 bits vers
ion of windows 7. Would it be possible to have a menu from which one could choos
e which OS to install?
A new easy tutorial maybe!-)
274.
JaFar
Thanks Chase (post 226) finally found that out and was going to post with
solution but seen yours. Took me 20 minutes to realize that you have to right cl
ick and run as admin in Vista and 7
275.
hnnn
thanks man for this guide!
276.
rik
hey i got an iso file i downloaden from school
(we get free software there)
and i cannot do step 5 is that a problem?
and i got an iso file when i want to select is with the dvd usb tool progr
am it said that it is not valid
can anyone helpe me?
277.
toderu
Hello,
great work,
for saving time you can use format fs=ntfs quick
that can save some time if you have a big usb stick.
278.
CroatianBoy
Hello and BIG THANKS FROM CROATIA
100% WORKING,
EASY AND FAST WAY TO INSTALL WINDOWS WITHOUT DVD :)
279.
Z1pp3r
This is AMAZING! THNX MAN! Nice Tutorial!
Keep doing making tuts like this!
280.
Sam
Just thought others should know, command in step 7 must have a space after
EXE
As published BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:
This works BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:
(shown in the screen cap correctly)
Sam
281.
triple six
thankx its work.
282.
Brody
Well, accidentally formatted my external HDD with my movie library, .ISO l
ibrary, and all of my pictures on it, but, my fault.
283.
KIRITH SIVA
HEY,
MUCH APPRECIATED! GREAT TUTORIAL! AND IT WORKS!! YOU SAVED ME SOME DOLLARS
. THANKS VERY MUCH!
KIRITH SIVA.
284.
Paul
Man After days of searching and trial and error, FINALLY this is a guide th
at WORKS!
I have just installed Windows 7 on my netbook and I am sooooo freakin happy
. :)
I blog about computers, software and web development in German and I would
like to ask your permission to translate this guide into German and publish it
on my blog. With full credits to you and a link to the original guide of course.
285.
Nathan
Great guide, but MS has now made it much easier for us:
http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
286.
Vaidy Mohan
Awesome. I could restore my system from what you could call as disaster.
Thanks so much.
Vaidy
287.
Ahir @nurag
thank for this update .all of u ..
any new update so mail me this mail id ..
i will wait your reply .
288.
Brandon
This worked flawlessly for upgrading my wife s PC. She had a DVD ROM drive t
hat refused to be recognized and this was an awesome work-around and super fast.
Thanks!
289.
somebody
go here for these things in a nutshell from micro$oft
290.
lucy
you cant copyright anything in the command prompt screenshots that you did
using MSFT instructions for this process.
dolt.
291.
Michiel
About step 6:
D: CD BOOT
The CD BOOT is not doing anything. Just D: is enough, anything after that is
ignored.
For the rest: thanks for the guide, it s really helpful for a lot of people
I think.
292.
renren
nice i will try this
293.
XAce
Thank you,Streamlined instructions,it worked perfectly.
294.
Robbie
hey it wont let me do the last command, BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 F: , my flash d
rive is f and it says could not map drive partitions to the associated volume de
vice objects: access is denied???????.. what do i need to do
295.
slownie
Excellent work, thank you. This is good help the beginner users.
Many thanks
bye slownie
296.
zdarova
i had some problems at the begining, as i have raid 0 with amd southbridge
.
so guys, for Windows 7 x64 you need the folder /boot from a 32 bit dvd ins
talation if you want to prepare the usb drive on a 32bit PC (i used from the DVD
of RC win 7 a had from may 2009 )
it worked fine, i tried first with an Ultimate version x64
now i want to install the Profession Win 7, because i have the license fro
m the university for it
thanks!
297.
kk kangan
great.. thank you. it worked like a charm.
298.
khang
you should clarify step 5 for those who dont have the windows dvd. Mountin
g an image isn t something everyone knows about. Like myself, I am assuming most p
eople who are gonna use this guide only have the .iso file and not the dvd.
299.
Patryk
;( well, mine went bad, really bad, my disk 1 was my second hdd (i realize
d that after) u should add how to discover what disk is the usb, i ve deleted all
my most important files;( i reached active, i didn t made format, is there a way t
o take back my stuff?
300.
John
Worked Perfectly. I can now have the great W7 on my laptop with a burned u
p DVD drive, lol
301.
Paul Smith
Worked perfectly. Thank you.
302.
Sinner
This is stupid, I didn t have to do all this crap, all I did was format my 4
GB flash drive in fat 32 format, copy the contents if the Windows 7 DVD contents
to the USB flash drive. And then set the bios to boot from flash. all done with
my mouse, no diskpart or cmd prompt.
303.
maseo
@khang, if you only have the .iso file of windows 7 and not the dvd, (inst
all power iso trial-free online), nxt double click .iso image and it appears in
power iso, in toolbar of power iso click on mount select 1 drive(in drop out menu)
follow a couple of prompts and its mounted .nxt go to my computer and you will see a v
irtual drive(DVD Drive) their with the windows 7 in it, right click on it and ex
plore(or open in new window) all the files are their and you can now copy them t
o your pen drive.
a much easier and quicker way is (assuming you have power iso installed) i
s simply right click on .iso image and mount from their, my computer, explore or
open copy files//simple really,
304.
maseo
@ patryk
if you didnt get as far as format then you should be able to recover files
, im assuming your disc drive has dissapeared from my computer ?? if so, go to star
t menu>>type partition in search bar (dont hit enter) clcik on the create and for
mat partitions file>>a box will appear and take a minute or 2 to load in all your
partitions ..once loaded you should see your missing partition/drive if so right cl
ick on it..select change drive letter and paths,>>select add from the nxt pop up bo
x>>type a letter in, make sure the letter is not assigned to any other resources
(egzample type letter R ) once you put the letter in, just click ok, your partiti
on should be back as normal now in my computer.
305.
steve
This works like a charm. If your having problems try the other easy instal
lation that he has posted on the link at the top of the page. That one has only
4 steps that u follow. In any case both of these installation guides have my 5 s
tar rating*****
306.
SANRocks
very very tankssssssssssssssssssss my rateing is 5*****
307.
lenny
it worked you are a star i bought my note book for £50 coz it wouldnt load u
p,, best £50 ive spent in a long time thanks to your help,,, cheers
308.
Omega
1st off, nice tutorial! I used my iPod touch as a flash disk, and used ult
raiso to make the image< so far so good, everything loads but I get a message stat
ing that 'device drivers are missing' [paraphrased] I read around and it looks l
ike it may be cd/DVD not being supported, but I'm installing from USB, no need f
or DVD drive help pleez
309.
le
that sir,
simply put, is the bollox ,
TUVM
310.
antonio
Hi, does this step s will reformat my flash drive?
311.
admin
@Antonio
Yes, it will format your drive.
312.
Geoff
Worked perfectly!!! :)
The funny thing was my Windows 7 Ultimate DVD was scratched, so I tried to
use my Windows 7 Home and that didn t fit on my 4gig USB stick.
Than I tried an 8 Gig microSD card and that did fit and booted perfectly on
my Asus R1600.
Thanks for really well written and detailed instructions.
313.
Victor Aroma
This tutorial is awesome!
Thanks for the helpful tips.
Cheers,
Victor Aroma
314.
Rohit
Perfect .. 10/10 !
Thanks for sharing this valuable info ..
315.
duncan
my netbook is 32 bit and my win7 is 64bit.. im wondering if this can be in
stalled..
and if it cant can yyou please tell me how i could upgrade my netbook to 6
4bit?
316.
xkovi
The easiest way how to install Win7/Vista from usb is just to format your
USB stick (from windows, no cmd line needed!) and extract files from *.iso into
root of your USB stick .nothing else tested million times ;-)
317.
zorzer
thx! 100% working like you said :D
318.
SG
Thanks a lot! The MS tool kept erroring out when trying to create a bottab
le USB installer from the DVD. However your instructions worked like a charm Thank
s!
319.
aj
Although there are a couple of tools out there to help simplify this proce
ss, I just ran across a new one that works under XP as well. Bootsage is another
nice utility to add to your toolbelt. http://firesage.com/bootsage
320.
The-Stoic
You are a legend. Got a SFF here and no DVD or CD-Dom. Used your instructi
ons to get Windows Home server up and running. Thanks for the info. :D
321.
noneya bizness
yea, this is stupid ..just format and copy windows 7 files to usb DONE
322.
Harry
Thx dude !
323.
Moosewad
once i hit format fs=ntfs it just says 0 percent and stays there.
Help!!
324.
lakshay
I am not getting my pendrive disk number.
when i type list disk
only disk 0 is visible
i have tried on all USB ports
325.
Vicky
Excellent guide.
I need to save this site on my pc.
Extremely useful and helpful
Thanxs.
326.
DG3
Thanks for the guide ^^ verry usefull! You saved me from CD/DVD s with windo
ws and others!
327.
khizer
nice work!!!
can anyone tell me how to put xp in the usb and make it bootable..please
thanks
328.
deo
In case you get error message Access Denied in the last step you may need to
start Virtual Disk service from Start->Run->services.msc
329.
Richard Borg
Excellent tutorial worked like a charm!
Thanks!
330.
ralph
Really helpful.
thnx
331.
padam
You should really give the _original author_ credit, instead of pretending
like you wrote this guide yourself.
Just a couple of weeks after it s posted here:
link removed
You turn around and post it here.
You can try to deny it, but it s the _exact_ same steps in the _exact_ same
order, on top of using the _exact_ same commands, again, in the _exact_ same ord
er.
Plagiarism is baaaaaad.
332.
admin
@Padam
How can you say that just because order of commands are same? You know, on
e can t create a bootable disk by entering those commands in random order. So step
s will be same if you refer other sites too. I can t blame other sites for that ri
ght? You need to execute the step 1 first and then 2.. You can t reverse it!
333.
Kevin Woley
Looks like you guys did a great job copying the instructions from here:
link removed
Way to pass it off as your own.
Kevin
334.
padam
just because [...] ? It s kinda cute how you ignored the other points. The orde
r of the commands is important, but they do _not_ have to be executed in that ex
act order.
Furthermore, I m even more convinced you have no idea what any of the comman
ds posted do as you re misleading users into thinking that bootsect doesn t work on
XP installs or vista installs with XP as the target. It s a matter of changing the
/n60 argument to /nt52 for it to use the master boot code that s compatible with
NTLDR (rather than BOOTMGR, which is what Vista/7 uses).
To quote you in case you decide to go deleting it:
This guide doesn t work for XP..Only for Vista and Windows 7.. [snip]
335.
admin
@Kevin
I don t know what to say! For your kind information, Microsoft has given the
how to make bootable usb in its WinPE help guide. Do download and read it befor
e making such comments.
336.
AbhishekDatta
AWESOME man! solved my prob.
I AM YOUR FAN NOW
337.
padam
The fact that you removed the link to his blog from both of our posts spea
ks volumes in itself. There are other links all throughout the comments on this
page, _none_ of which have been removed.
kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345
Leave it up this time, let the users make their own decision as who stole
it from who.
338.
admin
@Padam
I have deleted the links just because I don t allow readers to post links in
comments. You might get two or three links in the whole comment section (in thi
s post). And mind that I could have deleted your comments if i had done so. Hope
you got it. Also note that I will be deleting your future comments as I don t lik
e to argue on a useless topic.
339.
Andy
@admin
y wasting time on useless things/people ..
plzz help me out through the problem soon ..
340.
Rob
Works perfect.
Thank you very much for youre efforts!
341.
Andrew
If you have the following error:
COULD NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
Then when you opened your command prompt you did not right-click and run a
s admin.
342.
Peje
Working fine & smooth.thanks for the tutorial! :)
343.
Sanjay
Thank you very much..it is working fine ..
344.
mwawe
im trying to make a usb with Win7 64bit my OS is Win7 32bit and i have pro
blem in step 7.
system sayid:
version of F:\boot\bootsect.exe is proper with version running on this PC .
anyone know what to do ??
345.
mwawe
correct:!!!!!
version F:\boot\bootsect.exe is NOT proper with .
346.
MTL
Great guide. For those of us who are not builders or very familiar with co
mputers, including a detailed step on how to change the boot priority in BIOS fr
om HDD or CD to USB would make this guide complete
Thanks for your time and effort on what is here though Much appreciated!
347.
Diego Freniche
Thanks! After trying a lot of tutorials , this one WORKED. I ve finished instal
ling my Asus 904 HD
Thanks again!
348.
Sathya
Thanks a lot!!!!
It worked good for me Only thing you could further mention is that diskpart
doesnot recogonise removable storsge in xp it works only in vista (or) win 7.
349.
visions
CD BOOT Problems you need to *press ctrl c then type the commands below 10
0% working for me now
CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
350.
shakir
superb expalanation . anyone will easily understand keep it up..
351.
Huy Nguyen
Excellent
Works great for me :-)
Thanks
352.
underworld666
Really great!!!
This tips works fine for me.
Thanks!
353.
david
i cannot burn cds or photos onto a disc when i try it says put disc into c
d drive d .Thanks if you can help me
354.
rudnueva
Does it work in cmd 5.1 bro ? particularly in Windows xp service pack 3 ..I tr
ied but it doesn t work thank you
355.
Oleg
Hi
Thanks a lot for info.
Can I have both, vista and win7 on usb stick at the same time? Just out of
interest. :)
Thanks
356.
RM
Posted April 2, 2010 at 7:05 am | Permalink
I did this from a Windows 7 computer and was able to install Windows 7 fro
m USB with no issues at all.
Well done!
357.
Patatattat
I did this process on a SATA SSD 16gb harddrive I had, and it worked! :-D
Beautiful.
358.
Rishad
Thanks Alot man, This is very usefull for me .
Thanks buddy
359.
Rajesh
Man, just worked like a charm in the second try. First try I had error COUL
D NOT FIND MAP DRIVE PARTITION TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECT:
ACCESS IS DENIED
Solution:
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
On the pop-up right click context menu, select
Run as Administrator
Repeated all the steps once again.. and Voila
thanks a lot my Friend..
:-)
360.
Tim
Thank you very much! Great detail!
361.
Skyler
I did all the steps up until 5 now I was wondering I don t have Win 7 on a d
isk just on my hardrive can I just copy over to my USB at this point? and would
I still have to change the Bios settings?
362.
Amos
Hi, excellent instructions I m almost there but when i run format fs=ntfs I ge
t the following error message right at the end of the format..
100 percent completed
diskpart has encountered an error the parameter is incorrect
have you seen this before and if so any suggestions?
i m on Vista
363.
Amos
actually you can t continue with the instructions, if you try assign you get
There is no volume specified. Please select a volume and try again
364.
Krim
When I put the usb in, it gets to the boot screen and says BOOTMGR IS MISSI
NG and I ve repeated the BOOTSECT steps already.
365.
Hannibal
Thanks for the tutorial, it work perfectly.
i also have a WINDOWS 7 AIO DVD 33 in 1 i had put together and put that on
a USB too, also works perfectly.
thanks again
366.
Hannibal
TO AMOS
make sure you fill all details in CAPITAL LETTERS and just take your time
to go through it again.
367.
Zaid rohid
i hv problem with this technic.. the command sound like this..
Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects :
Access is denied.
someone please help me . ;)
368.
VolN
To Zaid
try to run cmd.exe as administrator and it will be fixed
369.
Harjinder Singh
u r the best men i think bcz u simply tell us the setp for install window
frm usb.anybody easily do it. thanx for ue help.
370.
miro
You need to add > Type EXIT < To exit the diskpart after formatting. Like
this:
5. Type EXIT to exit DISKPART
6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type the followin
g command now:
Otherwise very helpful indeed :)
Thanks
371.
izdelava spletnih st
Great article!
Helped my friend s laptop :)
372.
leahcim
i gotta try vpc mode tnx
LeAhCiM
373.
Zaid rohid
THANK YOU !!! ;) YOU ARE THE GREAT!
374.
hamedshaik
try dis guyz its vry easy
http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-create-bootable-windows-7-vista-or-xp-us
b-flashpen-drive-with-a-single-click-must-try/
375.
Derick
insert the usb flash drive hit any key depending your pc you have to go to
the system bios
376.
Omni
Works with doing a quick format aswell, as it takes long time to do a regu
lar.
Super guide!
377.
Mohamed
This excellent work / / / I will by experience
378.
ferpuj
Try wintoflash and forget all your usb problem, all you need installation
cd win7/vista/xp wintoflah and usb stick 4gb for 7/vista 2gb for xp drivers and s
tripcan do it later.
379.
mani
now microsoft provide their own tool to create a bootable usb drive to ins
tall windows vista/7/2008/2008-R2
380.
Waqas Muhammad Akash
32 bit and 64 bit. This method works on both vista and win7. either 32 bit
or 64 bit.
now because 64 bit capacity is more than 32 installation CD or DVD.
I have 16 GB card. On this card i have
win 98
win me
win professional 2000
win server 2003
win NT networks
win xp ( all in 1 ) home, professional, media center edit
win vista (all in 1)
win 7 ( all in 1 ) 32 bit and 64 bit is only win 7. above rest os are only
32 bit
I have installed too many times on different system different os what cust
omer ask for it. via using this memory card ..
simply booting and them select from the list what i need to install then a
fter that setup for that windows will run up ..and so go on .
waqas _ akash AT yahoo DOT com if some one need please send me personal em
ail .
381.
litesh
tnx i like it
382.
litesh
sir after installing windows i got error on pendrive that window was unabl
e to format nw ho to format it into fat again.
383.
Madhur Makwana
Thanx man.. great work.. :)
384.
Bill Gates
Thanks man. Worked a treat!
385.
setu
May be I am in biggest trouble of my life with computer, I was following y
our steps without knowing that my main backup data hdd (500gb) was attached and
I follow all the steps till the formatting .where I realized I have formatted the
wrong one..and if I don t get my data back I will be at zero .al my work and everyt
hing was in it n I don t have a dvd back up as well ..i know it s stupid fuc ed up situa
tion any help will be life saver .please pls ..get me out of this ..
386.
admin
@Setu
You can try EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard free edition to get back your data
. I hope you will get back your data.
387.
anon
After copying is complete, delete the file ei.cfg to make all Windows varien
ts available.
388.
oxygen
or HP USB Format Tool
389.
Matt
OMG, this works so well, thanks, i have tried so many other guides and they
did work.
THANKS
390.
Benjamin
To anyone else still having the error in DiskPart, you MUST right click th
e CMD shortcut within your Accessories folder and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Otherwise, permission denied errors.
391.
Suneev
I put forward my warm thanks for the help this post provided me.
This process is working fine with windows 7
Thanks Again
Suneev
suneev.lpu@gmail.com
392.
Michael
I ve used this guide before with success, but it s not working this time. Ever
y time I type in cd boot , I get an error message stating The system cannot find the
path specified. I ve already tried two computers and I get the same message. I als
o tried replicating the exact steps I did the first time by using a virtual driv
e, but that isn t working either. What s wrong?
393.
azhk
Thanks a lot for the excellent guide!
394.
Robin
After step 7 it shows an error stating Could not map drive partitions to th
e associated volume device objects: Access is denied
Any idea how to solve this problem?
395.
Peter
Thanks for the article, worked perfectly.
396.
Dennis
Thanks! Works great!
397.
somu
In the step 5 you had mentioned insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the opt
ical drive but what if i don t have optical drive, i am unable to go further this s
tep.
398.
MAN WITH NO NAME
GREAT WORK THANK YOU !
399.
Thankful29l
Very well written guide, woks like charm
Thank you
400.
ander
This is a good article, but it has an error. It says:
> 6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th
> step. Type the following command now:
>
> D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where D is your DVD drive
> letter.
>
> CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.
What you meant to say was:
6. At the prompt, switch to your DVD drive. For example, if your DVD drive
is drive D, type:
D:
then press Enter.
7. Type CD BOOT and press Enter, to see the message below.
(I would make typing CD BOOT a separate step.) Cheers, Ander
401.
Taleeno
I did this the first time and it worked fine- But i copied the wrong versi
on of Win7 which had expired. Do i need to run command prompt again for the newe
r version or can i just copy the files over from the new DVD and go straight awa
y?
402.
mezvix
for windows xp users format usb with petousb tool you can get by googling
around and runbootsect as instructed , other wise boodsectis also available stan
dalone on many websites to make usbs bootable .it even supports making xp bootab
le usb
403.
SATADRU
HEY GUYS JUST MOUNT THE WIN 7 ISO FILE IN DEMONS TOOL IN XP AND INSTALL IT
TO THE PARTITION U LIKE .THERE IS NO NEED TO USE ANY DVD OR USB PENDRIVE .ANY PROBLE
M!! MAIL ME satadruhalder@yahoo.co.in ..
404.
joseph
Todo funcionó a la perfección.
Gracias !! :D
405.
Santhosh
thank you dis is very interesting..
406.
Ahmad Bukhori
work wonderfull on my external hard drive
thank you.
407.
Brad
Just awesome. Very nicely done, easy to understand and exactly what I was
after. :)
408.
Raeef
Thanks, I used it on my Sony Vaio upgrade media on my NW180J
It worked perfectly.
409.
Harsha Madushan
Thanx a lot !!! work perfectly Use full for me .
410.
Anurag
EXCELLENT GUIDE THANK U VERY MUCH it worked in first time
411.
Victor Fernandes
Sir,
At present I am using Windows XP which I would like to replace by Windows
7. Please help me to install Windows 7 on my computer.
Thanking you.
412.
raksmey
thank you post is very useful for me. but does it work?
413.
Hudson
I m currently at the copying files to USB end stage. But for anyone who read
s down here, make sure to check that you ve selected the right disk in stage 4, on
e way to do this is by typing DETAIL DISK and hitting enter after the SELECT DIS
K 1 line, brings up a load of details and a volume list at the bottom, with name
, size etc, mine was Disk 4.
(Using a different guide I manage to format my D:, good thing I ve got a ser
ver backup. DON T MAKE MY MISTAKE)
414.
Venthan
Hey,
Thanks a lot, this helped me to resolve my issue after a 5 days struggle :
)
415.
nex
hi,anyone can help in bios settings,how it is done to select pendrive ..i
cannot do it although i have new m/b and all above trick ..but i can t detect my b
ootable drive may i lack this idea help me out ..thanks
416.
solem
I was a bit sceptical about this actually working. It just seemed too good
to be true, this being Windows and all. But it actually works.
Like mentioned earlier it s not possible to run bootsect from 32-bit windows
on a 64-bit version.
Also, I had to run cmd as admin or else bootsect would complain about some
thing I can t remember atm.
417.
real1tyFTW
OMG THANX !!!!!!!!! I HAD A MAJOR FKING ISSUE, ! AND BY JUST SAYING the fi
rst 2 commands the SETUP started and i was good to go :D THX ALLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOT
418.
solarni sistemi
i found this article helpful because recently i had problems with usb and
booting. THANKS
419.
Jibba
Don t know why everyone post hard guides with cmd promt. There is a program
directly from Microsoft to do that same thing in 3 clicks. It also works on pira
te/cracked copy of windows 7 .
Download and guide: http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool
420.
twe
Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was easy and helped things run muc
h more smoothly. What a relief!
421.
Jan
This guide didnt work for me. When I try to boot the USB drive it just say
s invalid partition table and halts.
422.
Jan
I fixed it, it didnt have anything to do with this guide. If you get the e
rror invalid partition table try configuring your usb drive to load as hddd and no
t removable/fdd.
423.
Fane
it works on 16 Gb USB Disk ???
there is a maximum size of USB Disk ? 10x for answer :)
424.
Kumar
There is always an easy way, download the tool from windows website and vo
llla sit back and relax it will do everything for you !!!
425.
Igre
Great written guide!
426.
LT
I just had to tell you this was so easy, even for a non-techie like me, an
d by far the easiest setup instructions on the web. I am installng Win 7 on my (
6-yr old) son s netbook as we speak 7 he is so impressed! :)
427.
bat787
Perfect explaination.. Many many.. many many..man thanks
428.
Johnny
To get this working in XP just use a Windows 7 virtual machine. Virtual Bo
x is easy enough.
It s working for me.
PS. Not sure if it has been said, but not looking through all the comments
lol
429.
Kamesh
I have a doubt in 5th step whr u say to insert Win 7 DVD but if my cd-rom is
not working how can i insert DVD in tht place..my rom is not even opening if i
press the button..then what should i do??
430.
Kayes
This is really cool man, buy 1 thing in the step 7 when i type BOOTSECT.EX
E /NT60 H: it was not working but next time when i tried it was working.
Any way thanks for the real tutorial. I hope i will see more useful tutori
al soon.
431.
Summitsingh Thakur
Thanks! 100% Working for me. Well, before I was able to install Ubuntu onl
y.
432.
Ghost
ThanX allot to whoever brain is behind all this . Works 110% clean & safe in
stall. No problems faced. Follow the steps as written
433.
Cristian C.
Thank you!!!
Your tutorial is excelent!
Simple, safe and easy to follow.
Thank you, thank you! :)
434.
Adlantis
Really great guide, easy to understand and follow, thanx a bunch!
435.
Maneksh.V.Thomas
THANK YOU Soooooo Much Man you saved me :)
436.
SHAILENDRA
Your The Best Boss!!!!
437.
Michelle
OMG.. This saved my whole day..
OMGH!!!!!!!!
Im back on my own pc it worked :D
TYSM !!!!!!!!!!
:) FANTASTIC.
438.
junex
how can i sure that..this is working and it is good to used it.?
439.
avaton
excellent work m8
440.
Steve
what a legend!! I was completely lost and you have saved me worked a treat
.
Many thanks -
441.
Mack
Everything worked fine down to copy the files from the DVD to the USB. I g
et a Can t read from the source file or disk. bootsect.exe.mui
Any ideas are appreciated.
442.
adel
DiskPart> select disk 3
DiskPart> clean
DiskPart succeded in cleaning the disk.
DiskPart> creat partition primary
DiskPart> succeded in creating the specified partition
DiskPart> select partition 3
The specified partition is not valid.
Please select a valid partition
there is no partiotion selected.
thats the eror i get please help me.
443.
AJ
What a guide, 101% working. People still leaving comments every day after
one year. One of the best guides ever if you ask me! THANK YOU, you deserve it!
444.
Smithy
Jesus, how many times has the guy got to say it. ITS FOR WINDOWS VISTA AND
7 NOT XP . Bunch of retards!
445.
NLkiwi
Followed instructions and worked great, no issues. Created a Win7x64 usb i
nstall from a Win7x64 machine. Install was for a HTPC with no optical drive.
446.
odotan
The easiest method yet
OFFICIAL FROM MICROSOFT
http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool
447.
Tammi
I had an error, when I tried to format, that said Virtual Disk service err
or: the file system is incompatible. I fixed it by using quick format instead. U
se this command
format fs=NTFS quick
I hope this helps somebody. =)
448.
rakesh
by the way I m using MSI P55-GD65 motherboard and transcend 4GB USB drive.
is it my board or the usb drive .A Read Error
please help
449.
Rahul
This method will not work if you are running on Windows Xp.The best altern
ative will be to use either use either the microsoft method or try to use softwa
res like WintoFlash to automate it for you.
450.
Abdullah
This method worked for me 100%, i am installing right now from a 8GB USB.
Thanks a lot !!!!!
451.
Corey j
worked well with windows server 2008 ENT, on my xeon server
Also if you are making the usb disk from a 32 bit machine and your having
problems, saying incompatable stuff, than go to a machine which is 64 bit, and d
o it over
anyway good luck with everyone else, and these steps
452.
LAP87
Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool , takes your ISO and makes a bootable USB Drive or
DVD.
Works under Xp/Vista.
http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool
453.
Johnsin
Wow this was so Educational I tried to do it with both x64 and x32 and ther
e it was on my EHDD! Cool Guide! Thanks man
454.
Hesus
Pardon me but this is pretty useless. If i had a windows dvd why da hell w
ould i need to boot from usb? The only reason i wanted to boot from usb was to n
ot waste time on going out of the house and buying a new dvd. Instead i wasted m
y time on this.
455.
Frankie
When you said insert the Windows Vista/Windows 7 disk, did you mean insert
a blank disc or the disc that already has the software on it?(The $100 disc fro
m store that comes in the software box)
Thanks
456.
DRBDANISH
It was a success.. Thanks mate
457.
admin
Frankie, put the disc that has Windows 7 on it. Good luck!
458.
Roxy
I followed this guide but when booting up i have an error message A disk re
ad error
What is the problem?
459.
Litlis
I do all the steps but on step 7 then i write bootsect.exe /nt60? he write
this:
This version of G:\boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible with the version of
Windo
ws you re running. Check your computer s system information to see whether you
n
eed a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) version of the program, and then contac
t the
software publisher.
then what should i do??
460.
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Appreciate such a good info. Deserve moar views&comments.
Such success made me cum four times in a row, thanks mate. You need a one
gosu sexy treat like good asss penatration.
Wish u good sex GG.
461.
Valdez
This worked well for me to create Win7 32 bit usb version,
but when I tried to make 64bit version on another flash drive using a 64bi
t DVD I got boot\bootsect.exe is not compatible ..I am using 32bit Vista to make t
hese drives. Can I modify the code to make this work? Or do I need to find 64bit
machine with DVD drive?
Thanks,
Valdez
462.
admin
Try to do it on x64 version of Windows.
463.
tavu
I can t copy the autorun file from the Windows DVD to the USB stick. It says
I need to provide an administrator to copy to that folder. Everything else is c
opied, just the autorun has this problem. What can I do?
Thank You.
464.
puneet
Thanks dude great job, very easy & good explanation
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