{"id":162,"date":"2009-08-19T10:24:08","date_gmt":"2009-08-19T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhargavs.com\/index.php\/windows-7\/2009\/08\/install-windows-7-bootable-usb-drive\/"},"modified":"2009-08-19T10:24:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T15:24:08","slug":"install-windows-7-bootable-usb-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhargavs.com\/index.php\/2009\/08\/19\/install-windows-7-bootable-usb-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Windows 7 from Bootable USB Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever wondered how can you make your Windows 7 installation process faster or more convenient (in my case convenient as I don\u2019t have a DVD drive in my laptop, I replaced it with extra HDD), you will be happy to know that it is possible to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB key.<\/p>\n<p>Cesar has documented the process <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/cesardelatorre\/archive\/2009\/08\/14\/how-to-install-windows-7-from-a-usb-drive.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to add to the process documented above. In my experience, I did not have to do Step 1 mentioned above. I decided to skip it and see how it worked. I had a working USB key so I just removed all contents and performed Steps 2, 3 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>I have been using this process since release of Windows 7 Beta so I had to do step 2 only once. Every time I got new build, I just removed all files and replaced from new DVD ISO.<\/p>\n<p>Also, since I don\u2019t have DVD drive, you may be wondering how did I copy files from DVD to USB. Well, I just mounted the ISO using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slysoft.com\/en\/virtual-clonedrive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Slysoft Virtual CloneDrive<\/a>. There are many tools available to mount ISO files. Feel free to use one that best suits your needs. I settled on Virtual CloneDrive as it was the only one that worked on Windows 7 x64.<\/p>\n<p>If you have installed Windows 7 Beta or RC, it\u2019s time to upgrade to RTM. 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