How to install Windows with usb flash drives
How to install Windows with usb flash drives
Modern electronic devices are not alwaysequipped with a drive for reading disks, so many users to reinstall the operating system use flash drives, connecting them to the device through the USB connector. Still the most popular OS is Windows. If the flash volume allows, you can create a boot disk to install the latest versions of the operating system, for example, Win7 or Win8, and the order of the actions will be the same.
Instructions
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First prepare an ISO image cinstallation files of the required version of Windows. It can be downloaded from the official Microsoft site or from the installation disk using a special program for creating images. For example, you can use the free application ImgBurn.
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Next, prepare a flash drive, the amount of which shouldbe no less than the size of the image. Format the flash drive. To do this, right-click on the removable disk icon in the "My Computer" dialog box, select "Format", and in the window that opens, clear the "Clear the table of contents" box and click "Start".
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Download from the official Microsoft website andInstall the Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool on your computer. Run the application with administrator rights after installation. In the main window, click the "Browse" button and specify the path to the image file of the distribution. Click "Next".
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Install the flash in the USB connector. In the dialog box of the program, specify the name of the flash drive, which will act as a bootable disk. Start the recording by clicking on the "Start" button. The program will first format the drive and then burn the image to disk. The entire process of creating a bootable flash drive takes about 15 minutes.
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To start installing Windows, insertPrepared boot flush into the computer connector on which you plan to install the system. Reboot it and enter the BIOS at boot time, by pressing a special key. Which is the key depends on the configuration of the PC. This information is specified in the user manual of the motherboard or on the monitor screen when the download starts.
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From the BIOS menu, click the Boot tab. For different computer configurations, the appearance of the menu may be different, so you need to find a section where the OS boot sources are indicated. By default, the download is done automatically from the hard disk. Set the flash drive as the boot device. Save the changes and continue the download, during which you need to press any key. If everything was done correctly, the installation of Windows will begin. The installer window looks like the standard one, the same as when you boot from a DVD.
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Follow the instructions of the installer. The installation process takes some time, after which the newly installed operating system boots up.
