Bootable USB: Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows 7

[manekari]

Creating a Bootable USB Windows 7 or Vista Drive : To install Windows on to DVD-Less Laptops

Format the USB stick as NTFS

Make USB Volume Active

Run diskpart.exe and then set your drive and partition to point to the stick. Make sure you set the partition as Active.

Do this by:-

1. Run CMD

2. type diskpart

3. list volume

DISKPART> list volume

4> select USB drive

if the removable media volume no. is 4 , type :

DISKPART> Select volume 4

Create Boot Sector

There's a tool in Windows 7 or Vista DVD called bootsect.exe. Its on the Windows DVD itself in the Boot directory.

Run bootsect /nt60 "USB drive letter"

E:\boot>bootsect /nt60 g:

Copy DVD files and Boot files

* Boot directory
* Sources directory and
* the files in the root directory

Finish.

Source : manekari.blogspot.com

[Hari Maurya]

Nice trick....thnx

[HappyAndyK]

Useful tip.