{"id":106,"date":"2020-11-09T16:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/45.56.76.190:8080\/windowslay.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:08:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T14:08:47","slug":"create-windows-7-bootable-usb-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/create-windows-7-bootable-usb-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Windows 7 Bootable USB Drive Using ISO File"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ad-id=\"3224\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:px; margin-bottom:10px; margin-left:px; margin-right:px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_custom  afw_ad afwadid-3224  \">\r\n                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tatOptions = {\r\n\t\t'key' : 'c403e99c13482c5d818e92434c3be687',\r\n\t\t'format' : 'iframe',\r\n\t\t'height' : 90,\r\n\t\t'width' : 728,\r\n\t\t'params' : {}\r\n\t};\r\n\tdocument.write('<scr' + 'ipt type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http' + (location.protocol === 'https:' ? 's' : '') + ':\/\/www.profitabledisplaynetwork.com\/c403e99c13482c5d818e92434c3be687\/invoke.js\"><\/scr' + 'ipt>');\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>There are many ways to Create Windows 7 Bootable USB but only few of them are easy and reliable enough even a newbie can understand them. Here we will explain the 2 most easy methods to create a bootable usb drive so that you can install Windows OS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to install Windows 7, 8 or needs straight <a href=\"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/upgrade-windows-xp-to-windows-7\/\">upgrade to Windows 10<\/a>, these methods are universally applicable in a situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The time has passed when you can buy Windows CD\/DVD disk and install on your PC. Now when you download <a href=\"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/windows-7-all-in-one-iso-download\/\">Windows 7<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/windows-8-1-pro-iso-download\/\">Windows 8<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/windows-10-all-in-one-iso-download\/\">Windows 10<\/a>, it downloads in a .ISO file format. The Windows ISO is the most compressed file which includes all Windows installation files in a single unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You cannot simply begin Windows installation process with just a couple of clicks. Instead you will need to make bootable USB to install Windows 7,8 or 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, this article has 100% working methods. It will also cover these auxiliary topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>How do I make a bootable USB drive?<\/li><li>How do I create a bootable USB drive for Windows 7?<\/li><li>How do I create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive?<\/li><li>How to install Windows 7 from ISO file?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manually Create a Bootable USB Using Windows utility program DiskPar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You might find this method a bit complicated because it involves certain manual work. But it still doable and you don&#8217;t need to be an expert. This method is equally good for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Connect the USB drive into your PC USB port.<\/li><li>Now press Windows logo key and type &#8220;cmd&#8221; short for Command Prompt. Right Click on this application to \u201c<strong>Run as administrator<\/strong>\u201d. It will open a small black window with white text.<\/li><li>Type this command \u201c<strong>diskpart<\/strong>\u201d and then press enter key (you need to press enter key each time you enter command). This starts the storage device manager.<\/li><li>Type this command \u201c<strong>list disk<\/strong>\u201d and it will display all available storage devices.<\/li><li>You can easily recognize your USB by its storage capacity, usually diskpart lists all disks as &#8220;disk 0&#8221; and \u201cdisk 1\u201d. In this case &#8220;disk 0&#8221; is your PC hard drive and &#8220;disk 1&#8221; is your USB.<\/li><li>Now enter this command \u201c<strong>sel disk 1<\/strong>\u201d to select it.<\/li><li>Enter the command \u201c<strong>clean<\/strong>\u201d to delete all files from the USB.<\/li><li>Enter the command \u201c<strong>create partition primary<\/strong>\u201d to create a main partition.<\/li><li>Enter the command \u201c<strong>list par<\/strong>\u201d and select the newly created main partition with \u201c<strong>sel par 1<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li><li>Activate the partition with the command \u201c<strong>active<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li><li>Format the USB with the command \u201c<strong>format fs=FAT32 label=\u201cWINDOWSUSB\u201d quick override<\/strong>\u201d (you can also label USb drive with another name instead of \u201cWINDOWS USB\u201d. The formatting process take a while. You can track its progress in the percentage bar.<\/li><li>When the process finishes, enter the command \u201c<strong>assign<\/strong>\u201d to automatically assign a drive letter (for example \u201cG:\u201d) to your USB.<\/li><li>Enter \u201c<strong>exit<\/strong>\u201d to close DiskPart, and then \u201c<strong>exit<\/strong>\u201d again to close the command prompt.<\/li><li>Now you need to copy Windows ISO file to a bootable USB stick. Simply drag and drop the .iso file in a USB.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating a Bootable USB Drive Using Rufus Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rufus is the most simple, easy, fast and reliable tool to create bootable USB. Its latest version support UEFI which is advance form previous BIOS. The UEFI \u201cUnified Extensible Firmware Interface\u201d is new mothboard firmware. Both Windows 8.8.1 and Windows 10 have this new firmware embedded in them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rufus have single window that&#8217;s why its very easy to know what to do. You just need to <a href=\"https:\/\/rufus.ie\/\">download Rufus<\/a> software from their official site. Its completely free. Follow these steps to create bootable USB drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Open the program with a double-click<\/li><li>Select your USB drive in \u201c<strong>Device<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><li>Select \u201c<strong>Create a bootable disk using<\/strong>\u201d and the option \u201c<strong>ISO Image<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><li>Right-click on the&nbsp;<strong>CD-ROM symbol<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>select the ISO file<\/strong><\/li><li>Under \u201c<strong>New volume label<\/strong>\u201d, you can enter whatever name you like for your USB drive<\/li><li>You\u2019ll receive the warning \u201c<strong>ALL DATA ON THIS DEVICE WILL BE DESTROYED<\/strong>\u201d, which you can confidently confirm with \u201c<strong>OK<\/strong>\u201d\u2013 at this point, you\u2019ve ideally already saved any important files from the USB drive<\/li><li>Click on \u201c<strong>Start<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><li>As soon as the green bar is full, click on \u201c<strong>Finish<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><li>Eject your bootable USB drive with \u201c<strong>Safely eject hardware<\/strong>\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create Windows Bootable USB from an ISO file by following the easiest steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[71,370,371,373,3,4,5,6,7],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/windowslay.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}