Create a Windows 7 Bootable USB

Published on 13 July 2009 by Nirmal in Freewares

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If you are planning to install Windows 7, you can always do that using the DVD, but it is also useful to carry a bootable USB drive in case you need to install it on a PC where you don’t have a DVD drive or not having access to it. Bootable USB is a free application which allows you to create a bootable drive to install Window 7, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. This simple tool can easily create a bootable drive for installing Windows 7.

bootable USB

The utility is very simple to use and you will need a 4GB USB drive, the ISO image of the OS (Windows 7 or Vista or Server 2008) and the application should be run on Vista or Windows 7 or Server 2008. The utility has 4 steps to create the bootable USB;

  • Check USB drive to see if its connected
  • Format USB drive
  • Choose DVD or ISO image (To copy the required files to USB drive)
  • Start the process to create bootable USB drive

Bootable USB is a very useful utility which comes handy for the installation of Windows 7.

Download Bootable USB

Written By Nirmal

Nirmal is a Technology Blogger and a Microsoft MVP in Windows. Nirmal is also the editor-in-chief and owner of Life Rocks 2.0. He can be contacted at nirmal@nirmaltv.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @nirmaltv

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11 Responses to “Create a Windows 7 Bootable USB”

  1. nice one….thanksji…!!

  2. VG says:

    Thanks for posting. :)

  3. Prince says:

    Hi Nirmal cheta! Your story is actually amazing… I have a doubt… is it legal to create an unattended CD/DVD of Windows for personal use?

  4. Addy says:

    Seems you need Vista or higher, just to run this program :(

  5. Nirmal says:

    @Addy,
    Yes, you will need Vista, Win 7 or Server 2008 to run this application.

  6. Delro says:

    Thanks for posting!

    I’ve used a less integrated method by blogsdna for my Windows 7 install (coming from XP).

    I guess I’ll be using this now to do 7 upgrades!

  7. Anish K.S says:

    Thanks nirmal, will check it

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  9. Pallab says:

    Thanks for this awesome app. Till now I was using the manual way.

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