How to Install Windows 7 from a Flash Drive
Want to install Windows 7 on a netbook or another PC that lacks an optical drive? Sure, you could go the network-deployment route, but that's often more complicated and intensive than you want--especially when you're dealing with just one system or a small handful. Thankfully, it's fairly easy to load the OS on a USB flash drive and the install it from there. Here's a great how-to video from TR Dojo Bill Detwiler: If you'd rather read than watch, the tutorial is based on an article by Mark Kaelin: Configure a USB flash drive to be a Windows 7 installation platform. Either way, you'll need two items: a Windows 7 DVD and a flash drive with at least 4GB of available store. (We're big fans of the LaCie itsaKey, just in case you're in the market.) Have you tried setting up a flash drive this way, or installing Windows 7 from one? If so, let us know how it went. You know where: the comments! |
Comments (2)
I HAVE A DELL INSPIRON 1501 LAP TOP WITH WINDOWS XP CAN I UPGRADE T0 WINDOWS 7 ?????????????
Posted by bruce | December 1, 2009 8:21 PM
There's no way to perform a direct, in-place upgrade from XP to Windows 7. But you can offload your files and settings to, say, an external or network hard drive, then install Windows 7 and reload your data. Or, use a third-party program like Laplink PC Mover to perform an in-place upgrade.
Posted by Migration Expert Zone Team
| December 2, 2009 3:31 PM