| USB storage devices have several advantages over | | | | 3. At the DISKPART> prompt, type >list disk to identify |
| CD\DVD ROMs. With a USB, you can modify the | | | | which disk connected to the computer is the USB |
| operating system image directly or add extra drivers | | | | storage device |
| to the image if required, something that is not possible | | | | 4. At the DISKPART> prompt, type >select disk x |
| to do to the installation image stored on CD\DVD | | | | where x is the number of the disk identified as the |
| ROM. | | | | USB device |
| The USB device needs to be 4GB or larger. This is | | | | 5. At the DISKPART> prompt, type >clean When the |
| because the x64 installation files are about 3.2GB in | | | | disk is clean, type> create partition primary |
| size and the x86 installation files are about 2.5GB in | | | | 6. At the DISKPART> prompt, type >format fs=fat32 |
| size. This device should also be formatted to use the | | | | quick, when the format is completed type >active and |
| FAT32 file system. | | | | then >exit |
| To prepare the USB Flash drive as an installation | | | | 7. After completing these steps, copy all files located |
| source for Windows 7, perform the following steps: | | | | on the Windows 7 installation DVD to the USB device |
| 1. Connect the USB device to a computer running | | | | 8. Configure the BIOS on your computer to to boot |
| Windows 7 ( This procedure will remove all existing | | | | from USB. Attach the USB device then reboot the |
| data from the device) | | | | computer to start installation. |
| 2. Open Command Prompt and type >diskpart | | | | 9. Done. |