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Microsoft offers tool to burn Windows 7 ISO - or put it on a USB flash drive
If you have already downloaded - or plan on downloading - a purchased copy of Windows 7, you may need a tool to help you turn the bits into something bootable so you can actually start installing your new OS.
By some amazing coincidence, Microsoft has a tool designed to handle just such an emergency! Grab the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and follow the on-screen instructions and you'll have a bootable DVD or USB flash drive in no time. You'll also need your downloaded Windows .ISO file, of course. If you plan on using a flash drive, it needs to be 4Gb or larger.
Microsoft's page includes exhaustive (and I mean exhaustive) instructions and a list of frequently asked questions on the download tool page.
More experienced users may want to stick with the app I've mentioned before - WinToFlash. It's fully portable, whereas the Microsoft app has to be installed.
By some amazing coincidence, Microsoft has a tool designed to handle just such an emergency! Grab the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and follow the on-screen instructions and you'll have a bootable DVD or USB flash drive in no time. You'll also need your downloaded Windows .ISO file, of course. If you plan on using a flash drive, it needs to be 4Gb or larger.
Microsoft's page includes exhaustive (and I mean exhaustive) instructions and a list of frequently asked questions on the download tool page.
More experienced users may want to stick with the app I've mentioned before - WinToFlash. It's fully portable, whereas the Microsoft app has to be installed.
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Subscribe to commentsPeterOct 22nd 2009 9:40PM
Both tools are completely unnecessary. Just open or mount the ISO file and copy all the files to the USB drive. That's it. It's just a straight file copy, there's really nothing special that needs to be done.
EGOvoruhkOct 23rd 2009 4:31AM
You need to make the USB drive bootable...
PeterOct 23rd 2009 7:18AM
OK, yes you do need to make the partition active. But you can do that from the built in diskpart tool.
diskpart > create partition primary > active
JiOct 23rd 2009 4:00AM
I'm pretty sure you can't just boot by usb just by copying files over, it needs to be set up, It will come in handy.
UpsetOct 23rd 2009 10:05AM
I cant get an ISO file and Ive tried everything. Can somebody who was able to make one with the expandedSetup folder just upload it somewhere? Or even upload the expandedSetup folder somewhere and I will make my own (my wont finish expanding w/o error). This is ridiculous.
Lee MathewsOct 23rd 2009 10:06AM
Have a look at this post: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/22/how-to-make-a-dvd-of-that-student-only-windows-7/
Hope it helps!!
UpsetOct 23rd 2009 10:14AM
I appreciate the help, but that is actually where I started. It did not work for me and I still have no ISO.
TradOct 23rd 2009 11:52AM
This looks like the official blog post for the Microsoft Store tool:
http://trevinchow.com/blog/2009/10/22/windows-7-iso-bootable-media-and-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool/
ZacOct 23rd 2009 4:02PM
Where did you purchase your copy of Windows 7? If you purchased from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download Windows 7 as an ISO.