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Chances are you'll need to install Windows 7 from a USB device if you have a tablet, a small laptop, or a netbook device, few of which include optical drives as standard hardware. As of JanuaryMicrosoft no longer supports Windows 7. We recommend you upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 to continue receiving security updates and technical support.
You must migrate the Windows 7 setup files onto a flash drive or any USB-based storage and then boot from that flash drive to get the Windows 7 installation process started. However, simply copying the files from your Windows 7 DVD to a flash drive won't work. You have to specially prepare the USB device and then properly copy the Windows 7 install files to it before it'll work as you expect. You're in a similar, but slightly easier to solve, situation if you've purchased a Windows 7 ISO file directly from Microsoft and need that on a flash drive.
No matter what situation you're in, just follow windows 7 home premium oa hp free download free download instructions below to install Windows 7 from a USB device. Correctly preparing a USB drive for use as an installation source for Windows 7 will take around 15 to 30 minutes depending on your computer speed and what edition of Windows 7 you have on DVD or in ISO format.
If you already know how to create ISO images, fantastic: do it, and then come back here for further instructions on what to do with it. If you've never created an ISO file from a disc before, check out the tutorial linked above. It'll walk you through installing some free software and then show how to use it to make the ISO.
Next, we're going to work on properly getting that Windows 7 ISO you just created onto the flash drive. Once downloaded, execute the file and follow the installation wizard. If you downloaded Windows 7 directly from Microsoft, check for the ISO image wherever you tend to store downloaded files. Click Next once you're back on the Step 1 of 4 screen. On the Step 3 of 4: Insert USB device screen, choose the flash drive or external hard drive you want to put the Windows 7 installation files on.
If you haven't yet plugged in the flash drive or other device you're using, you can do that now. Just click the refresh button to make it show up in the list. Click the Begin copying button. Then click Yes to the confirmation in the next window. If you don't see this it just means that the flash drive or external hard disk you've selected is already empty. You'll see a Status of Formatting for several seconds, followed by Copying files.
This part might take as long as 30 minutes, maybe even longer, depending on which edition of Windows 7 the ISO file you have is from, as well as on how fast your computer, USB drive, and USB connection is. The percentage complete indicator may sit on one or more percentages for a long time.
This apparent pause doesn't mean anything is wrong. The USB drive can now be used to install Windows 7. Boot from the USB device to start the Windows 7 setup process.
If you still can't get the flash drive to boot, and you also have a UEFI based computer, see the information at the bottom of this page. If you arrived here from How to Clean Install Windows 7you can now return to that tutorial and continue installing Windows 7. You should have now installed Windows 7 by USB. To get the USB drive to boot on these computers, you should copy the data from windows 7 home premium oa hp free download free download flash drive onto a folder on your computer, then reformat the flash drive using the older FAT32 file system, and then copy that same data back onto the drive.
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