Many are afraid to try to boot a Windows 7 computer from a bootable USB , and the truth is that it is not difficult, just have to be patient, because it is not a short process but yes easy.
We assume that if you are here it is to learn, so we are going to give you an explanation , that it will not matter if you are a 5-year-old child because in the same way you will understand.
Our post is divided into two sections, one to show you how to start the Windows 7 computer from a USB, and the other to learn how to boot a pendrive or external disk >. Come on, get to work.
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Steps to start the Windows 7 PC from a bootable external USB
In this section we will learn how to start a PC from a bootable external USB, for this we leave some steps below that will guide us during the process. We must bear in mind that to install Windows 7 you need to comply with the following features:
- 1 GHz processor (32-bit or 64-bit)
- 1 GB of RAM (for 32-bit versions ), or 2 GB of memory RAM (for 64-bit versions)
- 16 GB of hard disk space (for versions of 32 bits), or 20 GB of disk space (for versions of 64 bits)
- Graphics card with support DirectX 9 and with driver WDDM 1.0 or higher
But, if we want to use Windows XP compatibility mode in Windows 7, the minimum requirements are raised to the following :
- 2 GB of memory RAM
- 15 GB additional hard disk space
Enter BIOS
To start a computer from a Booted USB we just have to turn off the computer and turn it on by pressing the key that the same system guides us to enter the BIOS, if this is not your case you can use the following keys F11, F12, F9, F8, Delete, Tab. For each attempt, the PC will have to be turned off and on until it can enter the BIOS.
Once in the BIOS we will select the name of our device with the help of the up and down keys, and pressing Enter. The entire installation process and the protocol required by the system will begin .
Finish with the installation
To finish, we just have to fill out a small form that will be necessary to install our windows 7 . The options to choose the Language, time and date format, and keyboard will appear in the window.
Then he will ask us to select an option, of two shown, but since we only want to install Windows, we click on the first option . Now we accept the terms and conditions and click next.
Partition the disk
We will open a window, with two options but select only the one below that says «Custom (advanced)».
We will see that then we are asked to select the partition where we are going to install the operating system. Many computers have more than one partition, but for us it is better to have only one, so if you think like us, delete the others by selecting the partition and clicking “ Delete “.
There will be only one partition left, so that we must format it and for that we select the partition and click on the option of «Format» and to install the operating system in the partition we only select the partition again and click next.
End the process
Let’s see that a window appears with all the process that is being done , there we just have to wait. When this is finished, it will ask us to restart the PC and click on “Restart”, although if we neglect it, it will restart automatically.
When the computer starts with the configuration, we have to enter our user for the computer. The password option is not mandatory so we can leave it blank.
This is the moment where many despair and the truth is we don’t understand why. Well, will ask us to enter the product key, if we don’t have it we can skip this step . To activate Windows without a key of product you can use patches or also known as activators.
Then we click on “Recommended configuration” , select our time and date, our network connection and wait for the configuration process to finish. Once the process is finished we can use our computer as we want, we hope you enjoy it.
How to create a pendrive boot installer for Windows 7?
Here we will show you the steps to follow so you can transform your ordinary USB into a pendrive boot installer for Windows 7. Pay close attention and do not skip any lines of what is .
First you will need to have a USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 4GB since it will be used to decompress the operating system file. With this in mind, we will tell you that here you will find two fairly simple methods to boot your pendrive, do not say more and let’s start:
With the Command Prompt
In this method the USB is booted with the help of the command prompt using the commands that we leave below to achieve a bootable pendrive without the need for external programs.
Enter the Command Prompt. To start with the help of our keyboard, press the Windows + R keys (both at the same time) to open a box like the following: When it appears, write in the available field “ CMD ” and press Enter, and in this way will open the command prompt.
Format USB. In the window that opened we type the «DISKPART» command and then press the enter key. At that time we will find a dialog box which will ask us for administrator permissions to continue with the process and we grant it by clicking on accepted Accept accordingly.
We wait a few seconds and write in the box that opens “LIST DISK” and type in enter. Load a small list of available discs, mostly disk 0 is the computer disk, that is, for nothing in the world this should be played.
In our case, we only have two disks available, as we mentioned already, disk 0 is the one of the computer and disk 1 is the external disk (USB) where we will decompress the ISO file . If you have a list of three or more albums, you will recognize yours by the capacity it possesses.
Then we write «SELECT DISK #» in our case it is 1 and we write «SELECT DISK 1» and we click enter.
We await approval by the system and type “CLEAN”. With this command everything that exists on the selected disk will be cleaned.
After this the system will tell us that the disk has been cleaned successfully and write the «CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY» command and type enter. With this command a partition will be created on the disk but this will be the only one that the system will recognize is to say the main one.
It will show us another warning telling us that the specified partition has been created. Then we write «ACTIVE» and enter to continue. The «ACTIVE» command is to bring the partition online since it was previously created but not activated.
Then we write «FORMAT FS = NTFS» to tell the system what format we want for our USB and type enter. This process can take a few minutes. As we can see in the image, it must complete up to 100% to terminate the operation.
When this culminates we proceed to write “ASSING”, press enter and finally “EXIT” and enter to exit the “DISKPART” system.
Bounce pendrive. Already in this last step in the window which we write «DISKPART» we will write xcopy f : *. * / s / e / f h : / Here we will have to replace the letter F with the drive where the CD player is located and the letter H with the letter of the unit in which the USB is located and press enter. This will take a few minutes so you better get wild @ when you do.
When this process is finished, we only write EXIT to exit the entire system and we already have a USB memory bounced with Windows 7. If this first method is not very convincing, then surely the second yes, since the method below is shorter and much easier .
With Windows USB / DVD Download Tool
In this method, the program help you will need to download to your computer will be necessary as this will summarize all the work of the previous method in a few clicks. The program we will use is Windows USB / DVD Download Tool, and to download it we will have to go to the following link by clicking on the
Download Windows USB / DVD Download Tool
Once the program has been downloaded, we proceed to run in administrator mode to avoid any inconvenience when we are using it.
Boot the USB flash drive. Once the program has started, it will ask us to locate the ISO file of the Windows 7 operating system, which we will do by clicking on «Browse» and after having located it, click on «Next » or « Next ». You will also be asked to select the disk where we will decompress the ISO file and click on subsequentlyNext.
With these simple steps, the process that will make our external memory device a bootable USB to install Windows 7 will begin. The process can take several minutes, so you can go to the bathroom or watch TV while you wait .