Microsoft tool for installing Windows 7 from USB drive

mickey megabyte · 22 Oct 2009

i expect windows 8 may be download or usb only...

*edit*can any pre-usb pcs run 7? (but i suppose the thing is having spare usb slots?)

logicearth · 22 Oct 2009

mickey megabyte said:

*edit*can any pre-usb pcs run 7? (but i suppose the thing is having spare usb slots?)

Probably not...most pre-usb PCs the BIOS is unaware of them and cannot boot from them. You would probably need some floppy-and-usb combination.

Ken Blake · 22 Oct 2009

Teerex said:

Microsoft willl soon provide a tool that will make it possible to move a downloaded upgrade disc to a USB key or drive, which will enable installation on netbooks without CD/DVD drives.

Do you know anything about which netbooks this will work on? How about my EEE 1008HA?

dmillergv · 22 Oct 2009

Ken,
Used to read your "stuff" on the MS news groups when I lived in Green Valley.

Win 7 works quite well on the netbooks regardless of the flavor.
There are programs available that create USB bootable "stick" drives from your ISO files or a distribution DVD. The one I have used is called "A Bootable USB" and there are plenty of tutorials if you want to do it from scratch".
I once saw somewhere "Google is your friend."
This particular forum is one of the best.
D i c k MIller

apuntsel · 22 Oct 2009

I have used this method to create a bootable Windows 7 USB key

USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create

poin2 · 22 Oct 2009

I don't see any "tool" that they're providing.

They're simply pointing out that they're selling a downloadable version (that you can technically download directly to a USB drive for easy install to a netbook).

Fliplip · 23 Oct 2009

Ken Blake said:

Do you know anything about which netbooks this will work on? How about my EEE 1008HA?

Cant see why not. Ive had it running on my EEE PC901 for a few months. I do all my installs off a bootable SD card these days.
With my 901 i just pop the card in and around 10 mins later my netbook is up and running. All the drivers are built in other than the ACPI driver but even that might be in W7 by now.

Dave.

Ken Blake · 23 Oct 2009

Fliplip said:

Ken Blake said:

Do you know anything about which netbooks this will work on? How about my EEE 1008HA?

Cant see why not. Ive had it running on my EEE PC901 for a few months. I do all my installs off a bootable SD card these days.
With my 901 i just pop the card in and around 10 mins later my netbook is up and running. All the drivers are built in other than the ACPI driver but even that might be in W7 by now.

Dave.

Thanks very much. I'll give this a try when I can.

Ken Blake · 23 Oct 2009

dmillergv said:

Ken,
Used to read your "stuff" on the MS news groups when I lived in Green Valley.

Win 7 works quite well on the netbooks regardless of the flavor.
There are programs available that create USB bootable "stick" drives from your ISO files or a distribution DVD. The one I have used is called "A Bootable USB" and there are plenty of tutorials if you want to do it from scratch".
I once saw somewhere "Google is your friend."
This particular forum is one of the best.
D i c k MIller

Thanks, Dick. I remember your name too. I'm still active on the newsgroups, but I'm new to these forums.