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Microsoft offers tool to burn Windows 7 ISO - or put it on a USB flash drive
by Lee Mathews Oct 22nd 2009 at 6:00PM
If you have already downloaded - or plan on downloading - a purchased copy of Windows 7, you may need a tool to help you turn the bits into something bootable so you can actually start installing your new OS.
By some amazing coincidence, Microsoft has a tool designed to handle just such an emergency! Grab the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and follow the on-screen instructions and you'll have a bootable DVD or USB flash drive in no time. You'll also need your downloaded Windows .ISO file, of course. If you plan on using a flash drive, it needs to be 4Gb or larger.
Microsoft's page includes exhaustive (and I mean exhaustive) instructions and a list of frequently asked questions on the download tool page.
More experienced users may want to stick with the app I've mentioned before - WinToFlash. It's fully portable, whereas the Microsoft app has to be installed.
By some amazing coincidence, Microsoft has a tool designed to handle just such an emergency! Grab the Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool and follow the on-screen instructions and you'll have a bootable DVD or USB flash drive in no time. You'll also need your downloaded Windows .ISO file, of course. If you plan on using a flash drive, it needs to be 4Gb or larger.
Microsoft's page includes exhaustive (and I mean exhaustive) instructions and a list of frequently asked questions on the download tool page.
More experienced users may want to stick with the app I've mentioned before - WinToFlash. It's fully portable, whereas the Microsoft app has to be installed.
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Peter said 9:40PM on 10-22-2009
Both tools are completely unnecessary. Just open or mount the ISO file and copy all the files to the USB drive. That's it. It's just a straight file copy, there's really nothing special that needs to be done.
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EGOvoruhk said 4:31AM on 10-23-2009
You need to make the USB drive bootable...
Peter said 7:18AM on 10-23-2009
OK, yes you do need to make the partition active. But you can do that from the built in diskpart tool.
diskpart > create partition primary > active
Ji said 4:00AM on 10-23-2009
I'm pretty sure you can't just boot by usb just by copying files over, it needs to be set up, It will come in handy.
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Upset said 10:05AM on 10-23-2009
I cant get an ISO file and Ive tried everything. Can somebody who was able to make one with the expandedSetup folder just upload it somewhere? Or even upload the expandedSetup folder somewhere and I will make my own (my wont finish expanding w/o error). This is ridiculous.
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Lee Mathews said 10:06AM on 10-23-2009
Have a look at this post: http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/10/22/how-to-make-a-dvd-of-that-student-only-windows-7/
Hope it helps!!
Upset said 10:14AM on 10-23-2009
I appreciate the help, but that is actually where I started. It did not work for me and I still have no ISO.
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Trad said 11:52AM on 10-23-2009
This looks like the official blog post for the Microsoft Store tool:
http://trevinchow.com/blog/2009/10/22/windows-7-iso-bootable-media-and-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool/
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Zac said 4:02PM on 10-23-2009
Where did you purchase your copy of Windows 7? If you purchased from Microsoft Store, you have the option to download Windows 7 as an ISO.
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