How to Install Windows 7 Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 From USB Bootable Flash Drive or Pen Drive

Bootable Flash Drive is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say that your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USB drive. And if your PC doesn’t support booting from USB, you can still install Windows from USB by following our how to install Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 from USB drive even if your PC doesn’t support USB boot feature.

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Requirements:

    USB Flash Drive or Pen Drive (Minimum 4GB)
    Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 installation files.

Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Windows 8 USB drive using which you can install Windows 7 or Windows 8 easily.



Procedure:

Step 1: Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to a safe location on your system.

Step 2: Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open Command Prompt with admin rights.

Type cmd in Start menu search box and Press command Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Step 3: You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in the command prompt:

First type on cmd page   DISKPART         Press Enter

Next type on cmd page     LIST DISK      Press Enter
and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.

Step 4: Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it.

So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

type on cmd page   SELECT DISK 2       Press Enter

type on cmd page   CLEAN                      Press Enter

type on cmd page   CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY    Press Enter

type on cmd page   SELECT PARTITION 1       Press Enter

type on cmd page    ACTIVE                               Press Enter

type on cmd page    FORMAT FS=NTFS Quick      Press Enter

(In the above command, replace NTFS with FAT32 if your system supports UEFI)

(Format process may take few seconds)

type on cmd page   ASSIGN         Press Enter

type on cmd page    EXIT             Press Enter

 Ok
Copy Windows 7 or Windows 8 All File

 Past on Your Flash Or Pen Drive