This guide will outline how to make a Windows 7 bootable pen drive with Windows XP or Windows 7. A common use of a bootable USB flash drive is to use it to boot into Windows. Booting from removable media such as a USB drive allows you to perform diagnostics on a computer that is having trouble booting from the hard drive. You can also use the USB pen Drive to install Windows, instead of using the Windows installation CD.
Note :- it is important to note that the computer you want to use your bootable USB drive must be able to use a USB drive as a boot device. Most computers built since Windows Vista was released are capable of booting to a USB device. Prior to the Windows Vista time frame, it’s hit or miss with motherboards.
You can make a bootable USB pen drive using multiple ways but here you will read this article only for Windows Single Version, you can not make AIO version Windows using this article, read this article “How to create bootable USB drive using multiple ways”
Required Item to make Windows 7 bootable pen drive
- Minimum 4 GB USB Pen Drive
- Windows 7 single version ISO File
- Windows USB/DVD Tool (Download From Here)
Minimum System requirements
- Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300MHz is recommended)
- 50MB of free space on your hard drive
- DVD-R drive or 4GB removable USB drive
For Windows XP users
The following applications must be installed prior to installing the tool:
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 must be installed. It can be downloaded here.
- Microsoft Image Mastering API v2 must be installed. It can be downloaded here.
How to make bootable pen drive step
Download windows USB/DVD Tool and install this application on your computer, after installation of application start this application from installed location.
In the SOURCE FILE box, type the name and path of your Windows ISO file, or click BROWSE and select the file from the OPEN dialog box.
Click NEXT.
Insert your USB Drive, Select USB DEVICE to create a copy on a USB flash drive or select DVD disk to create a copy on a DVD disk.
Click on Begin Copying, when you will click on Begin Copying this process will erase all of your pen drive so I suggest you that please backup your pen drive contain to a safe location. When your Windows ISO file is copied to your drive, install Windows by moving to the root folder of your DVD or USB drive. Read this article “How to install windows 7 Step by Step guide”