Help installing Windows 7 through USB

[Windows7guy12]

Hi guys i have been trying to install windows 7 through a USB drive but have had no luck. Every time i boot into my USB it shows me a black screen with a cursor blinking at he top left hand corner i'm currently on Ubuntu 11.04 but really want windows badly . plz help if you can

Tanx Windows7guy12

 

[scrooge]

are you trying to install off a flash drive?
are you making the drive bootable first ?
do you have the drive to boot first in your bios ?


scrooge

 

[gregrocker]

Easiest and most reliable flash stick method is to write to stick using this handy tool with Win7 in dropdown menu: Universal USB Installer – Easy as 1 2 3

If you had GRUB on the HD it can present problems, so I would wipe the HD first before installing: SSD - HDD Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

Then follow the steps here: Reinstalling Windows 7

 

[Windows7guy12]

Thanx 4 the help guys i do have grub on my hdd so i think that is the problem im not sure? but any ways thanx

 

[Windows7guy12]

Ok now i have a new problem when i put my usb in the slot and boot in it it gives me a disk read error occurred Press ctrl+alt+ delete error. any ideas ?

UPDATE:


OK so i used pen drive linex and WHEN I USE THE USB AND BOOT IN it gives me a black screen with nothing it then reboots again any ideas?

 

[snod33]

Hi mate, it sounds like windows on the usb is not setup properly. Use this link MS USB Download tool

 

[Windows7guy12]

thanks 4 the suggestion snod33 . but i have are ready tried that but i will try again.
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Windows7guy12

 

[gregrocker]

Did you wipe the HD of GRUB as suggested? I would also wipe the flash stick to clean its boot sector. Then use the Universal USB tool to write a confirmed good ISO to stick.

 

[snod33]

Hi mate i think gregrocker may have apoint about the linux partition. You will have to wipe that partition because windows doesnt like linux partitions.

 

[gregrocker]

The GRUB bootloader can corrupt the boot sector requiring the DISKPART Clean command to wipe it.

But the problem is likely the stick not being formatted correctly. Use the tool I linked which has been suggested for over a year now here to hundreds without a single complaint. If the stick then won't boot, does it show up in BIOS Boot order menu or the one-time BIOS boot menu key? What happens exactly when it boots then?