Saturday, August 1, 2009

Installing Windows XP / Vista / 7 via USB Pen Drive

Are you sick of burning CDs & DVDs and protecting them from scratches?

Are you tired of typing all those commands to install Windows from USB Pen Drive?

Here is the easiest method of burning ISO images to pen drive and making it bootable.

Things you need:-
1) UltraISO - 30 day trial version can be downloaded from http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso/
2) Pen Drive - 1 GB (for XP) and 4 GB (for Vista/7)
3) Windows XP / Vista / 7 ISO Image

Here is the 6 step process:-


1) Install UltraISO and click File -> Open and load the ISO file of Windows that you need to install from the corresponding location.

2) After you have loaded the ISO file into UltraISO click Bootable -> Write Disk Image

3) Select the appropriate USB Device (Eg: SanDisk Cruzer) and ensure Write Method as USB-HDD+ and press the Write button

4) There will be a Prompt saying All Data on USB Drive would be lost and Are you sure you really want to continue? Click Yes. Make sure you use a fresh pen drive (formatted) before you copy the ISO to the pen drive.

5) Then the process will start and after the process is over, eject the USB Drive from Safely Remove Hardware

6) Go to BIOS and change 1st Boot Device as USB Drive. Save your BIOS settings and restart. Congrats! Now you can install Windows XP / Vista / 7 from USB Pen Drive.

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