Create Windows 7 bootable pendrive

Pen drive installation process for windows 7 is much faster than DVD/CD. There are some simple steps to make bootable pen drive which can be used for installing windows 7 in future as well. For this you need a pen drive having minimum space of 4 Gb and a Installation DVD of Windows 7.Now just follow this steps:-

1. First off all you need to format the USB drive / Pendrive:-

• Run the command prompt as an Administrator
• Now to find the drive number of your USB Drive, you need to type this and press enter every time.
  • diskpart
  • list disk
• Here you can see the disk listed.Note down the disk number of your pendrive for the next step. Assume that the number is 'A'.
• Now type all these words to format the drive:
  • select disk A
  • clean
  • create partition primary
  • select partition A
  • active
  • format fs=NTFS
  • assign
  • exit
• Now the disk partition program will exit and you’ll have a formatted USB flash drive ready to be made bootable.

2. Now to make the bootable pendrive, follow this steps:-

• Now insert the Windows 7 Installation DVD and to your DVD drive.
• Now assume that DVD drive is G and Pendrive as F
• Now type G:CD BOOT
• Now type this command bootsect /nt60 F: to update your USB drive with bootmgr code.
• Finally copy all the contents from the Windows 7 DVD to your Pendrive.

Here you have created the bootable pendrive. Now what you need is to make your BIOS to boot from USB.So foolow this steps:-

• Insert your pendrive to the PC and reboot the system.
• Now Enter the Bios system accordingly by pressing the key delete.This is where you’re on your own since every computer is different. Most BIOS’s allow you to hit a key at boot and select a boot option.
• Now select the USB/ Pendrive as the first boot driver.
• Now save the settings in Bios and restart and you will be able to Install Windows 7 using that pendrive.