How to install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive when no OS is present?
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?
Ich bin gonna sein Gebäude bald einen neuen Computer, und ich möchte zu Windows 7 drauf. Allerdings fehlt meinem aktuellen Computer einen DVD-Brenner, so ist meine einzige Option, die Windows 7 ISO-Datei auf ein flash-Laufwerk zu setzen. Wie gehe ich zum Installieren von Windows 7 ab ein blinken Antrieb, wenn der Computer kein Betriebssystem installiert hat?. drive, flash, from, install, present, Windows, windows 7,
March 27th, 2010 21:01
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:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html
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:
http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/1460-how-do-you-make-usb-drive-bootable-so-i-can-load-w7-netbook.html