How to Install Windows 7 From a USB Flash Drive When No OS Is Present?
September 26th, 2009 Windows 7 - Operating System 1 Comments

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I’m gonna be building a new computer soon and I want to put Windows 7 on it. However, my current computer lacks a DVD burner, so my only option is to put the Windows 7 ISO file on a flash drive. How would I go about installing Windows 7 from a flash drive when the computer has no OS installed?

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One Response to “How to Install Windows 7 From a USB Flash Drive When No OS Is Present?”

  • Yeti 27September2009

    You’re going to need a computer that has some form of OS on it to download the Windows 7 Release Candidate and access the USB drive in the first place.

    I assume you mean “when the computer has no DVD burner installed.”

    There’s one guide for installing via USB key at the following:

    Alternatively, you can use the HP tool described at the following to make the USB key bootable and simply extract the content of the .iso with something like WinRAR onto it:

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