A large number of modern laptop models are manufactured without optical drive... In such conditions, a bootable flash drive windows 7 becomes the main method and the most used tool for installing the operating system.
To create a bootable windows flash drive, you must have:
- ISO image of the operating system;
- Removable media from 4 GB;
- Motherboard with support for booting from a USB flash drive.
Important note: the drive should be connected via uSB interface 2.0. Windows 7 does not support USB 3.0 (it is usually colored blue inside) during installation, and therefore, when trying to boot through this interface, the user will see an error message.
Programs for preparing boot flash drives windows 7 can be distributed both free of charge and for a significant amount. Using free software in this case, it is absolutely justified - the utility will cope with its functions perfectly, and you will solve all your problems without spending anything but time.
Let's take a closer look at how to make a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive using specially designed utilities.
Important note: Some programs require the user to have administrator rights to perform tasks. To get them, just right-click on the utility shortcut and select "Run as administrator"
UltraISO program
The program has a Russian interface, which is very important - you will not just consistently press the buttons, relying on your knowledge of English, but you can thoroughly figure out which process is launched after the next action with the utility.
Any user can cope with creating a bootable windows 7 flash drive with ultraiso. You just need to follow the simple step-by-step instructions:
Run the program as administrator. Load the operating system image into the window that appears. It can be recorded in ISO, MDF or NRG format. Use the Open button or a similar item in the File menu to add it to the application workspace.
The next step in creating a bootable windows 7 flash drive is writing the image to disk. It is made by clicking on the appropriate item in the "Bootstrapping" menu.
The recording window will appear. Check that the Disk Drive line contains the name of your flash drive and its letter. The recording method should look like USB-HDD +. If all parameters are correct, click the "Save" button.
A warning will appear on the screen stating that all data on the removable media will be destroyed. Continue the process of writing a bootable USB flash drive windows 7, confirming your intention by clicking Yes.
UNetBootin program
The main window of the program looks rather austere. Here you need to select Disk Image, the letter that is assigned to removable media. The ISO image address is specified manually. After adding the image, extracting and copying files to the USB flash drive begins.
Other programs for preparing a bootable flash drive for windows 7 work similarly, such as USB / DVD Download Tool, Rufus, the operation of which will be described below, etc.
Creating a bootable USB flash drive for windows 7 is not enough - the image recorded on it needs to be opened somehow. If the system continues to work, then this should not cause difficulties. However, if nothing already starts, you will have to go into the BIOS settings.
Important note: Depending on the year of manufacture bIOS version are different. They also differ externally, but the names of the menu items remain practically unchanged.
Having opened the BIOS by pressing Del, F2 or another key specified in the boot start window, you must go to the Advanced BIOS Features tab. The devices are listed here in the order they were launched. Simply put, the system first, for example, loads the CDROM, then hDD, then USB-HDD.
Since we made a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive, and now we want to start it, we must put the USB-HDD boot in the first place. To do this, press the Enter key on the first line to open a menu in which all connected devices are presented. Then select USB-HDD from the offered list. In second place, put the download from hard disk (HDD), CDROM should remain in the third position.
Possible problems with loading media via BIOS:
- The motherboard just doesn't support booting from external storage (if it was developed before 2003, this is a very real reason);
- Incorrect bootable windows 7 usb flash drive. It is possible that mistakes were made during its creation. To rule out this option, check the media on another computer where the motherboard accurately supports reading removable drives;
- The USB controller in the BIOS is disabled (Disabled).
If the system is being installed on a computer, it is recommended to immediately connect the drive through the port located directly on motherboard, bypassing the connectors located on the front panel of the system unit.
If UEFI is installed
The traditional BIOS is replaced by UEFI - a new interface that better cope with modern hardware. Essentially, UEFI performs the same functions as the BIOS, providing a pre-boot environment for the OS.
However, creating a bootable windows 7 uefi USB stick is somewhat different from the usual procedure for preparing removable media.
There are two ways:
- Use of software;
- Manual drive configuration.
Let's consider each option in detail.
Rufus program
Why this particular utility? She has several advantages, among which are free, portability, high speed, user-friendly interface and support for the Russian language.
Note: The above steps are also valid for creating Windows 8 installation media.
The main program window looks like this:
As you can see, there is nothing complicated here. All fields are self-explanatory and usually filled in automatically. But in order for the question of how to make a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive using this program be thoroughly studied, we will briefly go through the points presented in the main window:
- Device - your flash drive to which you plan to write an image of the operating system;
- Partition scheme - by default leave GPT with UEFI;
- The file system and cluster size are also set automatically. They should not be changed;
- Create field boot disk allows you to choose the path to the ISO image.
After specifying and checking all the parameters, it remains only to press Start, starting the process of copying files. The writing speed is approximately comparable to the speed of normal copying information to removable media.
Considering that the program creates a bootable USB stick, a higher score is simply not possible.
Manual setting
If there is no desire to download Rufus or for some reason the creation of a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive does not occur or fails, the internal Windows tools will come to the rescue.
Important note: the described steps are for 64-bit windows versions 7, 8 and 8.1. Users with 32-bit version are advised to use the software recording method above.
Run command line as administrator. This can be done using context menuinvoked by right clicking on the command line shortcut in standard programs Windows.
Enter the following lines in the window that appears:
- diskpart;
- list disk.
A list of mapped drives will appear. Find your USB flash drive (you can do this by its size). Look at what number it was determined under - it will be needed for further work with the carrier. For example, let's take number 6 (you may have it different).
So, the order is as follows:
- Select disk 6 - selection of a specific disk, with which all further manipulations will be performed;
- Clean - the media is cleared of data written to it;
- Create partition primary - a partition is created;
- Format fs \u003d fat32 quick - the created partition is formatted to the FAT32 file system;
- Active - the section is marked as active;
- Assign - a name or connection point is assigned;
- List volume - check the correctness of your actions. Pay attention to the letter that is assigned to your media. Remember it;
- Exit - exit from Diskpart.
For clarity, look at the picture - there is nothing complicated here.
After preliminary preparation, it remains only to copy the contents of the image to the media.
Since we are making a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive, we will have to use additional software to open the image (in the eighth version of Windows, you can mount the image directly on the system). It's good if the computer has daemon program Tools. With its help, you can mount the image in virtual drive, go into it and copy all the contents to the USB flash drive.
If Daemon Tools is not there, you can use the functionality winRAR archivers or 7Zip. To do this, open the ISO image through these programs, and then unpack it directly to removable drive.
Conclusion
The process of writing an operating system image to a removable disk is not as difficult as it sometimes seems to novice users. The easiest option is to use Russified software, which automatically performs all the preparatory activities. As a result, the ISO-image of the bootable USB flash drive windows 7 can only be written directly to an external drive.
Most users have problems already at the installation stage, when they have to configure the BIOS or solve some other issues with starting the installation removable media. However, if all the above actions are performed sequentially and correctly, then windows installation 7 from the flash drive should be successful.
Have you decided to reinstall Windows? Then you will definitely need a bootable USB stick. Especially if you have a PC, netbook or laptop without a floppy drive. Therefore, we will tell you in detail how to create a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive via ultraiso. it popular program, which makes it possible to mount images, write various data to disk, copy images from disks, and also create bootable media. True, not everyone knows how to use the utility. But don't worry - after reading this article, you will know how to make a bootable USB flash drive through this program.
It is considered to be one of the simplest and most convenient utilities. It is mainly used for creating, reading and editing disk images. With it, you can easily run a file with the extension iso or mdf (although ultraiso works with over 30 formats). But the most important thing is that you can make a bootable USB flash drive without much difficulty in order to then install a new operating system (Windows, Linux, MS-DOS) on a laptop or PC without the participation of CD or DVD-ROM.
Ultraiso is free to download from the internet. It is enough to drive its name into a search engine. After that, all that remains is to select any resource to download the installation file of this utility.
By the way, the program itself is paid. But ultra iso also has a trial mode, in which there are small functional limitations. However, they do not interfere with writing the OS "bootloader" to the USB flash drive.
Has an ultraiso and Russian-language interface. Of course, this makes it easier to work with this program. Another plus is its small size. The installation file weighs just over 4 MB.
How to make a bootable USB flash drive via ultraiso?
As an example, consider how to use this program to create a bootable USB flash drive with a "seven". Moreover, we immediately note that with ultraiso you can make bootable media from another OS.
What do we need besides the program?
- First, you need a disk image with windows. In this case, preferably in iso format.
- Secondly, you cannot do without the flash drive itself. Its size is at least 4 GB. By the way, the distribution kit "seven" weighs about that much. In addition, we recommend formatting the drive in advance (best). Thus, you will remove all unnecessary and prepare the USB flash drive for new entry files.
Everything is ready? Is ultraiso installed on your computer? Then let's start.
That's all. The creation of the bootable USB stick is now complete and can be used to install the operating system. To do this, you will need to go into the BIOS or UEFI and set the boot from this media.
For reference! Usually the default menu in ultraiso is set to english language... To change it to the Russian-language interface, you need to click on the "Options" tab, then go to the "Language" section and select the appropriate item.
Can I create a bootable USB flash drive via ultraiso from a folder with files or from a DVD?
Above, we considered the option in which an iso disk image was used. But if you have a DVD-medium where the Windows distribution is recorded, then you can make a bootable USB flash drive directly from it. For this:
- We install the disk into a laptop or PC drive.
- Run ultraiso.
- Click "File".
- Choose "Open CD / DVD".
- We indicate the path to the drive where the Windows disk is located.
- Everything else is done according to the instructions described above. Therefore, we click on "Self-loading". Then we click on "Burn hard disk image". We check all the parameters and click on the "Write" button.
Another option for creating a bootable USB drive is possible, in which not a boot disk or its image with a distribution kit is used, but only a folder on the computer where all files for installing Windows are copied:
- In the ultraiso program at the top of the menu, click "File".
- We select the item "New".
- Next, click on "Bootable DVD Image".
- In the window that appears, you need to specify the path to the distribution. And it is to the file called "bootfix.bin". Typically, it is located in the "boot" folder.
- Click "Ok". Now at the bottom of the ultraiso program menu, select the folder where the Windows installer is stored.
- With the help of the mouse, we transfer its contents (but not the folder itself!) To the upper right part, which is just empty.
- If a message pops up that "New image is full", and the special indicator on the right turns red, then click on it with the mouse. Then set the size to 4.7 GB.
- All other steps are the same as in the previous options.
Make a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7
Where to download the Windows 7 image - see the video below
Very often with reinstall windows requires a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7. How can you do it? The process itself is not complicated, but let's try to figure it out.
2 very different ways ways in order to create a bootable USB flash drive from an iso image.
We will analyze everything from start to finish, we will try to clarify all the little things about creating a bootable installation USB flash drive with Windows 7
We also recommend reading the article on how to properly install Windows from a USB flash drive, sooner or later it may come in handy. All programs used here work fine under windows 7, 8, 10.
The second method is also very remarkable, with the help of it we will make a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive without any programs, using the windows command line, although it is much more complicated.
It is important to keep in mind that the usb ports must be ok (or at least one of them that we need). The fact is that if we use a faulty usb, then there may simply be a loss of contact and nothing may work out. Plus, of course, the flash drive should also be okay, in general, keep this in mind.
Original windows images 7 for the flash drive here: http://nnm-club.me/forum/viewforum.php?f\u003d504
We clarify such moments when creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7:
- First we need to find the windows iso image (for this, in any search engine we write - download Windows 7 torrent, download one of the proposed options using the free torrent program. However, do not forget that you have a good antivirus, plus you can download only from trusted sites, ask your friends and acquaintances about them ). We will assume that we have found
- We turn to the flash drive, we will completely clear it, so copy all important data from it in advance
- Also, do not forget about the size of the flash drive.... You need at least four GB., Although more correctly it is not less than the size of the iso-image
How to make a bootable USB flash drive Windows 7-10? Step-by-step instruction
Now let's prepare a USB flash drive, for this you need to format it. We do it like this:
- We go to "My Computer", we find there the USB flash drive we need
- Click on it with the right mouse button
- Selecting "Format"
- In the window that appears, you can also put a "tick" on "Fast, clear only the table of contents" - in most cases, this will be quite enough
- That's it, click "Start", an additional warning may appear, we agree
- We are waiting for the end of the process (usually no more than a minute)
- At the end, the flash drive is ready for further action, it is completely empty
If you have any formatting questions or want to know more about this important and useful process for storage devices, we recommend that you look at the appropriate section. In which, by the way, you can pick up a program for formatting a flash drive, if she does not want to succumb to this process in a standard way (as described above), plus using additional programs formatting a flash drive, you can improve its technical condition.
Now we have almost come directly to the process of creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7, for this we will consider a very interesting and simple program .
Download the original ISO image Windows 7
The simplest, most convenient and free program for solving our problem is - Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool
Very convenient, bootable fleshka is done in it in just 4 clicks, while it can also make a bootable disk.
Or you can do it from the official website here at this direct link http://wudt.codeplex.com/ (copy, paste into the address bar of the browser and press enter).
It also requires the presence of Microsoft .NET Framework_Online_Setup in the system (completely free, online downloader, which means the Internet must be turned on), usually this utility is already installed in different windows assemblies... In general, this is the official application from Microsoft, it is also important for the work of other programs and games.
And so, you have downloaded Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool. Now install it.
We open the program. We see such a window.
Click on "Browse" and look for the windows iso image we need on the computer.
Now if you have specified an iso image, click "Next". Now click on "USB device".
Here we click on "Begin copying".
And so the recording process began windows iso image 7 to a USB flash drive. We are waiting for the end.
All Windows 7 bootable USB flash drive is ready.
We advise you to read the article on how to properly install Windows 7 on a netbook. So you will know what to do if you have a question about reinstalling Winows 7 on a netbook, laptop or computer without a floppy drive.
The second way is not easy. It is interesting for those who do not want to install any additional programs on their computer.
This method uses the command windows string, through which, by the way, you can do many more interesting things.
And so, let's go. We connect the flash drive to the usb port. Please note that a 4 GB flash drive will be used here. We open the command line like this, "Start" - "Run":
We register the command "cmd", press "Enter":
Here's what should appear:
The first command we enter is the "diskpart" special editor, give us the ability to manage disks, press "Enter":
Now we register "list disk" press "Enter", thereby we get a list of devices:
Now you need to determine without errors where your flash drive is located, in our case it is "Disk 3". It will most likely not be the same as yours, just make sure you find the correct USB stick. If you have, for example, a USB flash drive "Disk 1", then we write it in the line and press "Enter".
Attention! If you do not correctly identify the USB flash drive, you can format one of your hard drives and lose all information on it.
- So, we enter "select disk 3", press "enter"
- The program detects our USB flash drive
- Now we enter "clean", which will delete files on the USB flash drive, press "enter"
- Next, enter "create partition primary", press "enter"
- With this command we have created a section
- Now we enter "select partition 1", press "enter"
- Now we enter "active", again "enter"
- Now we need to make the format file system on an NTFS flash drive by formatting it using "format fs \u003d NTFS" or for quick formatting, write "format fs \u003d NTFS QUICK", press "enter"
- We are waiting for the end of the formatting process
- Everything is ready
- We register "assign" and the flash drive will automatically receive a letter, we have it J
- Upon completion, a window with a USB flash drive will automatically open
- Now we need to exit using the "Exit" command
- That's it, the bootable flash drive has been created, now you need to copy all the files from the installation operating system to it
It is only important to understand that not the iso-image should be copied in one file, but all the folders that are included in this iso-image. To do this, you just need to mount it with some program, for example DAEMON Tools.
That's all we have sorted out such a question as how to create a bootable USB flash drive with an operating room windows system 7.
Hello dear readers of the blog site. Today I want to tell you about how to create a bootable windows 7 flash drive from an ISO image. I ran into here the other day with an error when loading the operating system. The client apparently decided to compress the disk on which the operating system is installed to save space. Such actions led to the occurrence of the error. Since she has an Apple candy bar and no CD drive, the only thing correct exit was it
This prompted me to think that every user should be able to create a bootable USB flash drive for windows 7. So I decided to write a short article with simple description action.
Before starting, I would like to note the main points:
- You must have an ISO image of the operating system. You can get it on any torrent tracker using ;
- The volume of the USB drive must be at least 4 gigabytes
- Make sure the drive is free of important data and files before starting work. In the future, we will have to format it.
- If your computer contains USB ports 2.0 and 3.0, then when creating a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 7, you must use USB 2.0. The fact is that this operating system does not support USB 3.0.
Let's look at a few options that, in my opinion, are the simplest and most effective. And which option you prefer, decide for yourself.
How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive using UltraISO
There are many software on the Internet that can be used for our purposes. Personally, my eyes fell on the UltraISO program. You can download it here http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso. This program completely translated into Russian and there is an opportunity to use it for free during the trial period, which will be enough for us.
Then we select the language that you need and start the download process. After downloading, we find the program in the folder where we downloaded it. Launch and select a trial period.
If all actions were performed correctly, then the UltraISO program window will open in front of you. In it we will create a bootable windows 7 flash drive from an ISO image.
First, you need to remember where you saved the image from windows 7, or copy it from the electronic media to a folder selected in advance. Then in the UltraISO program window at the top of the window in the "File" menu, select open or press the key combination Ctrl + O. We find the image of the operating system in a previously saved location and press the open button, confirming the choice.
Before making a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive, it is recommended to remove all USB drives from the computer (besides the one with which we will work in the future). The fact is that the UltraISO program may incorrectly determine the correct one.
In the window that opens, information on our flash drive will be visible. If at the moment there are several of them on the computer, then you can easily select the one you need. You can also see information on the operating system image being created. Before starting the recording process, you need to format electronic carrier... To do this, press the Format button and select the type of file system. Failure to complete this step may cause problems during download.
After we formatted the future boot USB stick, proceed directly to recording. To do this, press the "Write" button and wait some time until the end of the process. If you did everything correctly, then at the end you will see an inscription about the end.
How to make a bootable USB flash drive using Microsoft USB / DVD Download Tool
In addition to third-party software for creating a bootable USB flash drive, there is also an official utility from Microsoft. Working with it is extremely simple and does not require special skills and knowledge.
The first thing we need is to download the USB / DVD Download Tool . Next, we proceed directly to installing the utility. Launch setup file and following simple steps finishing the installation process.
USB / DVD Download Tool is completely in English. However, it is so easy to use that you won't run into problems.
After completing the installation process, run the program, double tap on the shortcut created on the desktop.
In the new window, select the ISO image that you previously saved to your computer.
The next step is to select the media type. Since we are creating a bootable USB stick, we select "USB device". It is also possible to select a DVD, but this is no longer relevant to the topic of this article.
In the new window, you need to select which USB drive we are going to write the image to and click "Begin copyring". Before this action, the flash drive must already be inserted into your computer
After you have pressed the "Begin copyring" button, the utility will ask you about the possibility of formatting this drive. Be sure to make sure that necessary information it does not, and if so, copy it to a separately created folder. The fact is that in most cases, after formatting any medium, it is simply impossible to recover information on it.
When you confirm that you are ready to format the drive, the utility will display another warning. In this window we also confirm our choice.
If you agreed with everything and the last action was to confirm your choice, then the program will start the uninstallation process followed by recording. If everything was done correctly, then we can assume that you yourself made a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive.
I hope that my article will help you in your difficult task and everything will go smoothly. However, in our life, not everything is as perfect as we want it to be, and difficulties may arise. Please leave your questions in the comments, and I will try to help you.
Since almost no one uses CDs and DVDs these days, it makes sense that the Windows image for further installation is best written to a USB drive. This approach is, indeed, much more convenient, because the flash drive itself is much smaller and it is very convenient to store it in your pocket. Therefore, we will analyze all the most workable methods for creating bootable media for the further installation of Windows.
For reference: creating bootable media implies that an operating system image is written to it. From this very drive, the OS is subsequently installed on the computer. Previously, during the reinstallation of the system, we inserted a disk into the computer and installed it from it. Now you can use a regular USB drive for this.
To do this, you can use the branded software Microsoft, the most already installed operating system or other programs. In any case, the creation process is not difficult at all. Even a novice user can handle it.
All the methods described below assume that you already have a downloaded ISO image of the operating system on your computer, which you will write to a USB flash drive. So if you haven't downloaded the OS yet, do so. You must also have a suitable removable medium. Its volume must be sufficient to fit the image you downloaded. In this case, some files may still be stored on the drive, it is not necessary to delete them. All the same, during the recording process, all information will be irrevocably erased.
Method 1: Using UltraISO
There is a detailed description of this program on our website, so we will not describe how to use it. There is also a link where you can download it. To create a bootable USB drive using Ultra ISO, do the following:
If some problems arise during the recording, errors appear, most likely the problem is in a damaged image. But if you downloaded the program from the official site, no difficulties should arise.
Method 2: Rufus
Another very convenient program that allows you to very quickly create bootable media... To use it, follow these steps:
It should be said that there are other settings and recording options in Rufus, but they can be left as they were originally. Optionally, you can check the box "Check for bad blocks" and indicate the number of passes. Thanks to this, after recording installation flash drive will be checked for damaged parts. If such are found, the system will automatically fix them.
If you understand what MBR and GPT are, you can also indicate this feature of the future image under the inscription "Partition scheme and system interface type"... But doing all this is completely optional.
Method 3: Windows USB / DVD Download Tool
After the release of Windows 7, developers from Microsoft decided to create a special tool that allows you to make a bootable USB flash drive with an image of this operating system. This is how the program with the name was created. Over time, the management decided that this utility could well provide recording for other operating systems. Today this utility allows you to record Windows 7, Vista and XP. Therefore, for those who want to make media with Linux or another system other than Windows, this tool will not work.
To use it, follow these steps:
Method 4: Windows Installation Media Creation Tool
Also, Microsoft experts have created a special tool that allows you to install on a computer or create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7, 8 and 10. Windows Installation Media Creation Tool is most convenient for those who decided to capture an image of one of these systems. To use the program, do the following:
In the same tool, but for Windows 10, the process will look slightly different. First, check the box next to the inscription Create installation media for another computer "... Click on "Further".
But then everything is exactly the same as in the Windows Installation Media Creation Tool for version 8.1. As for the seventh version, the process there does not differ from the one shown above for 8.1.
Method 5: UNetbootin
This tool is intended for those who need to create a bootable linux flash drive from under Windows. To use it, do this:
Method 6: Universal USB Installer
Universal USB Installer allows you to write images of Windows, Linux and other operating systems to drives. But it is best to use this tool for Ubuntu and other similar operating systems... To use this program, do the following:
