update from USB?

Hi clockwork,

Yes it is entirely possible. You need to first extract the contents of the downloaded ISO image (PowerISO or Winzip work well) to the external/USB HD in a directory of your choice.

Then just run the setup file & choose to upgrade rather than advanced install. I would choose build 7077 as it's the most stable.

Hope this helps :)

you cant just extract the files to the thumbdrive. you also need to make the thumbdrive bootable (copying files does not do this).

Run CMD.EXE and type the following. Note: This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as "disk 1". you should double check that by doing a list of the disks (type "list disk") before cleaning it. If you have multiple hard drives, like an SDFlash drive or a Multibay drive, you could end up wiping your second drive using this command.

1. diskpart
2. select disk 1 (read warning above, be sure you pick the usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

after doing the above, you just have to copy the files from the iso to the usb drive