How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive
                    

If anyhow you don’t have a windows 7 installation disk or either it is damaged, then you can make use of a bootable  USB pen drive to install windows 7 on your PC. The process of creating a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive is fairly easy but  you would require a windows 7 ISO file to create a bootable windows 7 USB Flash drive.

Fortunately Microsoft provides Windows 7 ISO images as free downloads for all users.  You can the website of microsoft or simply you can copy your windows 7 DVD and Once you have downloaded a Windows 7 ISo file, you can then follow these instructions below to create a bootable windows 7 USB flash drive.Instructions to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive 

• Step 1: Download Rufus (a simple 500kb software) from https://github.com/downloads/pbatard/rufus/rufus_v1.2.0.exe  on your computer and run it .
• Step 2: Plug in your USB flash drive into your computer .
• Step 3: From Rufu’s settings, Choose NTFS as the file system.
• Step 4: Check ” Quick format ” and ” Create extended label and icon files “
• Step 5: Check ” Create a bootable disk using ” and click the drive icon beside it to select the windows 7 ISO file .
• Step 6: Now click on start to create a bootable window 7 USB flash drive .

After a few minutes your Windows 7 bootable  USB flash drive will be  ready for installation. Reboot your PC and set the bootable flash drive as a first boot priority in the bios settings. Save the bios settings and reboot once again to continue with the windows 7 installation process .

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