Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

How to Get and Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool​

Introduction

   Information

If you would like to burn your downloaded or converted .iso image to a DVD or create a bootable USB flash drive, this free Microsoft utility is for you.

In very little time this can be accomplished by even a novice, and in this tutorial I'm gonna show you how. I have seperated this tutorial into 2 sections: Part 1 covers how to burn a bootable DVD and Part 2 is on creating a bootable flash drive.

This is primarily going to be useful to XP and Vista users who do not have .iso burning software installed on their current HDD and wish to perform a clean install.

   Note

The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does not support using Windows XP .iso files.

If you do not have a Windows 7 with SP1 ISO, then you can download the latest official Windows 7 with SP1 ISO file here:

:ar: Microsoft Software Recovery

:ar: Microsoft: Windows 7 Direct Download Links

   Warning

The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool does not work with UEFI.

To create a 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8 UEFI USB flash drive, see:

How to Create a Bootable UEFI USB Flash Drive for Installing Windows 7 and Windows 8

Here's How:

First visit the MS Store Website to download and install the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

   Note

If the download links are broken at the sites below, then you can click on the blue Download button below to directly download an official copy of the Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe file below from here instead.


Download

After you have successfully downloaded and installed the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool, you should see its icon on your desktop. Double click to start the program.
PART 1 - How to Burn a bootable Windows 7 DVD

1) After you run the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool, you will see the Step 1 of 4 dialog box. Here you will navigate to the location of your .iso file by clicking the Browse button. Once you have successfully located your iso file click Next to continue to step 2.
2) In step 2 of 4 you are given the choice of making a bootable DVD or a bootable USB flash. In this first section of my tutorial I show you how to burn a bootable DVD. So click DVD if that is what you want.
3) Make sure you have a blank DVD in your optical drive, or you may see this message.
4) Once you have inserted a blank DVD you will see the folowing screen, click Begin burning to continue.
5) Once the burn starts, you should see the progress bar here at Step 4 of 4. Remember the amount of time it takes to complete the burn depends on many factors... be patient.
6) If all you wanted was a bootable DVD, you are finished when you see the image below, close the program or start over if you wish to make a 2nd copy.
PART 2 - How to create a bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

   Warning

You need a USB flash drive with at least 4GB of free space, and the flash drive will be formattted to NTFS! So backup your data before creating this bootable USB, or you will lose all your data!

Follow the instructions in the Introduction at the beginning of tutorial and download and install the tool. The installation will add the program shortcut to your desktop, just double click to start.

1) After you launch the app, you will see the Step 1 of 4 dialog box. Here you will navigate to the location of your .iso file by clicking the Browse button. Once you have successfully located your iso file click Next to continue to step 2.
2) In step 2 of 4 you are given the choice of making a bootable DVD or a bootable USB flash. Here in Part 2 of my tutorial I show you how to create a bootable USB Flash Drive. So click USB device if that is what you want.
3) Here in step 3 of 4 you will select the USB flash drive of your choice by using the drop down list arrow. Once you have chosen the correct Drive, click the Begin copying button.


4) Here in step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB device, you should see the progress bar move across the screen. As always your speed depends on many factors, have patience!
5) Once completed you should see the following dialog box.
I found it interesting that the USB device icon in "Computer" now looks identical to that of the DVD!
Here are the contents of the USB device after completion...
I hope this helps out some of you who are "stuck" when it comes to burning an iso to DVD or creating a bootable USB device.

Thanks!

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[Brink]

Hello folks i recently was able to download and install Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool : i am happy as now i am able to make a bootable Win7 into a pendrive ready for booting and installing.

Although my primary OS is Win7 Home Edition , i am trying to install Winxp in my second partition , i have some partition to spare .
My question is does this tool make a bootable Winxp from an ISO file of Winxp, i want to install an OEM version .

Any suggestion to this would be greatful, although i know and have some tool that can make a bootable Winxp in a pendrive, i was wondering if this particular tool can do it too.

Hello Hulkbuster, and welcome to Seven Forums.

Yes, it will.

 

[ESL]

Actually, making a USB installation key is very easy. In fact, all you need to do is drag the installation files to it!

Be sure to read this tutorial; I use method 2. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2432-usb-windows-7-installation-key-drive-create.html

Jonathan: Is there something wrong with this (my) tutorial???

rosokan: At what point in this process do you get the "not valid" message?

I also think Jonathan and I were on the same page... I realize that you want a bootable USB, but have you been able to test your iso by burning a good DVD from it?

It doesn't work. If I make an ISO file of my Windows 7 DVD using Imgburn's "create image file from disc" feature, and then run the program to make a Windows 7 bootable USB flash drive, I click next after loading the ISO and it says "The selected file is not a valid ISO file."

 

[Britton30]

That happens sometimes with the first iso. Try creating an iso again.
Or you can download one:
Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

 

[Brink]

Hello ESL,

It sounds like you may have a corrupted ISO file, and may need to download new copy to use instead. You might try an ISO at the link below for official copies.

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

 

[hulkbuster]

Hello Hulkbuster, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Yes, it will.

Thank you Brink for confirming that. Its a relief, now i can make another Winxp Bootable pendrive .

CHEERS

 

[ESL]

That happens sometimes with the first iso. Try creating an iso again.
Or you can download one:
Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

I tried creating another ISO and I got the same error message.

 

[Brink]

Hello Hulkbuster, and welcome to Seven Forums.
Yes, it will.

Thank you Brink for confirming that. Its a relief, now i can make another Winxp Bootable pendrive .

CHEERS

You're most welcome.

 

[Brink]

That happens sometimes with the first iso. Try creating an iso again.
Or you can download one:
Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

I tried creating another ISO and I got the same error message.

Hello ESL,

Did you already try using a downloaded ISO from the link above that is the same Home Premium edition as what you currently have installed to see how that works?

 

[ESL]

That happens sometimes with the first iso. Try creating an iso again.
Or you can download one:
Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

I tried creating another ISO and I got the same error message.

Hello ESL,

Did you already try using a downloaded ISO from the link above that is the same Home Premium edition as what you currently have installed to see how that works?

Yes, I did. Downloading an ISO from that link works. I'm just puzzled as to why an ISO created from my own physical Windows 7 disc results in an error.

 

[Brink]

What are you using to create the ISO with?

 

[ESL]

Hello ESL,

It sounds like you may have a corrupted ISO file, and may need to download new copy to use instead. You might try an ISO at the link below for official copies.

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

I created the ISO file from my Windows 7 Home Premium OEM X64 DVD.

 

[ESL]

What are you using to create the ISO with?

Imgburn. I use the create image file from disc option.

 

[Brink]

May be an issue with it being an OEM disc, especially if it's a factory OEM disc. The ISO from the link above should work great for you though.

While using Imgburn, you'll need to make sure it's only burning at 4X or less speed.

 

[ESL]

I went ahead and burned the ISO from the link at 4X speed with Imgburn. No problems. On a related note, do you know where I can get a legal ISO file for Windows 7 Starter in Spanish. My wife bought her computer in Mexico (a Compaq CQ1500LA) and the key on the side of her tower is for Windows 7 Starter. She made Compaq recovery disks, but of course they load all the HP garbage.

 

[derekimo]

I went ahead and burned the ISO from the link at 4X speed with Imgburn. No problems. On a related note, do you know where I can get a legal ISO file for Windows 7 Starter in Spanish. My wife bought her computer in Mexico (a Compaq CQ1500LA) and the key on the side of her tower is for Windows 7 Starter. She made Compaq recovery disks, but of course they load all the HP garbage.

You need to use this tutorial,

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/85813-windows-7-universal-installation-disc-create.html

to unlock all versions on a spanish x86 ISO from here,

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

Starter only comes on the x86 ISO's

 

[Mikkoz]

Thanks for this tutorial.
Also, in the USB tutorial part 4) the photo is taken at 69%. Coinsidence?

 

[Brink]

Hello Mikkoz,

You can click on the image in the tutorial to view it at full size.

 

[Mikkoz]

Yes I know

 

[Brink]

LOL

 

[Ollie8000]

What is an .iso file? I can't find it in start search programs and files anywhere