[RESOLVED] Installing from USB

[Reverend]

If I want to install the OS from a USB flash drive, will it work if I simply copy the installation source files to the drive? The machine has no CD/DVD drive.

Thanks - rev

[Midknyte]

No, you can't just copy the files over.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ve-create.html

[SpywareDr]

It's really pretty easy:

1. Download the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool and install it.
2. Run it, browse to your Windows 7 ISO, click USB or DVD, . . .

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Click here for more info about the 'Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool' at the Microsoft Store

[Reverend]

I used Midknyte's tut and it worked perfectly. The other thing I had to fix was the boot option. First option was listed as 'USB CD/DVD ROM' - which doesn't mean USB OR DVD, it means a DVD drive that has a USB attachment. The correct option was 'USB HDD.'

[SpywareDr]

Yep. Another way to do it is to set the hard drive as last local option.