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How to load the installation disk onto a USB flash drive. Five programs to create a bootable USB flash drive

Hello.

No matter what anyone says, but popularity optical disks is rapidly falling: not even all computers and laptops have a drive for them anymore. And, perhaps, this is not surprising: after all, an ordinary flash drive that fits in any pocket can easily replace them.

To install Windows, it is also more convenient to use a USB flash drive (there is a USB port on any computer!). But for this it needs to be written down/prepared correctly.

In this article, I will consider all the typical issues related to creating installation flash drives: programs for this operation, step-by-step settings before recording, the process of creating flash drives with multiple OSes (multi-boot), UEFI flash drives. But first things first...

Note!

You might find this article useful on how to download an ISO image from Windows 10 [officially and legally] -

There are quite a lot of programs of this kind. To cover them all in one article is a thankless and unnecessary task. I will give below those programs that I used (and use) myself repeatedly when recording my bootable media.

Note : How to use this or that program will be discussed in the second part of this article.

Table No. 1 (main)

Program name / website address Description Screenshots
Ultra ISO

One of best programs for working with ISO disk images. Allows you to edit them, extract files from them (or add), write images to a flash drive/disk, etc.

In general, it is an indispensable program for working with the ISO format, and I have repeatedly recommended it in my articles (and, by the way, almost all Windows operating systems are distributed in this format).

 (main program window)
Rufus

A small free utility that can create almost any bootable flash drive, memory card, etc. It also allows you to prepare flash drives for UEFI.

Another advantage of the utility: it works somewhat faster than other analogues.

Note: there is both a portable version (which does not require installation) and a classic one. Works on all Windows OS: XP, 7, 8, 10.

 (Rufus settings for writing a bootable USB flash drive)
One of the most famous programs for burning bootable media. Allows you to create bootable media with OS: Windows 2000, XP, 7, 8, 10, etc.

The program also allows you to create multiboot flash drives (i.e. on which there are 2-3 or more Windows operating systems and when loading you can choose which one to install).

In general, indispensable software if you need to create installation media from time to time.

 (setting before writing a flash drive)
WintoFlash A simple and convenient program for creating bootable media. During the process of creation and configuration you will be accompanied by a wizard: all the process is underway step by step, which is very convenient if you have never used such programs before.

Possibilities:

  • Burning a flash drive with Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008/7/8/10;
  • Selecting a USB drive bootloader: GRUB or Standard;
  • Image support: ISO, RAR, ARJ, ZIP, 7z, CAB, DMG (many similar utilities only support ISO!);
  • Ability to write recovery disks or mini-OS (for example, BartPE, etc.) to a flash drive.
 (WintoFlash main window)
Windows 7 usb dvd download tool A simple and convenient utility for burning bootable flash drives from Microsoft itself (therefore it could not be included in this review ).

You can burn a bootable USB flash drive with the following Windows operating systems: 7, 8, 10.

The entire recording process is divided into several steps: selecting a flash drive, selecting an image, confirming, recording... By the way, there is nothing superfluous in the program: the design is in a minimalist style. In general, I recommend it!

Among the disadvantages: it is not always possible to write an ISO image with Windows to a 4 GB flash drive (the program asks for 8, although other similar utilities write this image to the same flash drive...).

 (the first step is choosing ISO image A)

Support programs

A small free* program for working with images (supports a huge number of different formats: ISO, MDS/MDF, CCD, etc.). After installing this program, you will have a virtual drive in “my computer” (their number can be increased) in which you can open any of the images. For the computer, it will all look as if you had opened a real CD/DVD disc in the drive.

In addition to opening images, you can also create them from various disks. In general, an indispensable program on a PC (especially with the development and popularization of disk images).

*Note: in addition to free version, on the developer’s website you can find a paid version (with advanced functionality).

An analogue of Daemon Tools, it has the same functions: creating and opening images, supporting protected disks, etc. Alcohol 120% is a paid version of the program, there is a free version - Alcohol 52%.

In principle, you can work with both Daemon Tools and Alcohol. The choice is a matter of taste!

Step-by-step creation of a bootable USB flash drive

Windows XP

Once one of the most popular OS from Microsoft. Now, of course, its popularity is falling, but still quite big number The PC runs on this OS. Therefore, I decided to include it in this article...

WinToFlash

In my opinion, the easiest way to burn a bootable USB flash drive with Windows XP is to use the WinToFlash utility. The fact is that it has a built-in wizard that will guide you through all the thorns... (by the way, the Lite version is enough for the job).

After launching the utility, click on the green checkmark (screen below) - " Windows Setup to USB Wizard".

WintoFlash - getting started with the wizard

Next step: you need to specify the path to the image file with Windows XP and select the flash drive on which this image will be written.

Actually, in the next step the program will warn you that all information will be deleted from the disk and will offer to continue. You agree and wait until all the files are copied to the flash drive.

To help! I have more detailed instructions on working with WinSetupFromUSB -

This program is somewhat different from the previous one. Firstly, there is no wizard who will guide you step by step (you need to enter all the settings yourself), secondly, there is no support for the Russian language...

First, insert the USB flash drive into the USB port and run WinSetupFromUSB and as administrator.

  1. select the inserted flash drive;
  2. Click the "Auto format it with FBinst" checkbox, file system - NTFS;
  3. specify the path to the folder with the Windows XP distribution (the ISO image can be unzipped using the WinRar program, or open it in Daemon Tools (links to the programs are provided above));
  4. The final touch is to press the “GO” button.

In the next step, the program will warn you that all data on the flash drive will be deleted during the process of writing data to it. You're just confirming it.

If the flash drive was successfully written, you will see the “Job Done” window.

Windows 7, 8, 10

In principle, you can use the same utilities to record these OSes - the whole process is identical. Using the example of several utilities, I will show the whole process step by step.

Windows 7 usb/dvd tool

Despite the fact that this utility is intended for Windows 7, you can use it to burn a USB flash drive with Windows 8/10. Because This program is the simplest (it couldn’t be simpler) of all and the entire process of recording an image in it consists of only 4 steps, I recommend it first of all.

Step 1: specify an ISO image with Windows OS ("Browse" button, when the image is specified, click "Next").

Specify ISO file

Step 2: select the device on which the recording will be made. IN in this case You need to select either a USB device or DVD. Let's choose the first one.

Step 3: select the drive letter to which the recording will be made (i.e., indicate the desired flash drive, because there may be several of them connected to the PC...).

Step 4: Recording process. When a message about the successful completion of the operation (Bootable USB device created successfully) is displayed, you can restart the PC and check the flash drive...

As you can see above, the whole process is extremely simple and does not contain anything superfluous.

Ultra ISO


Rufus

Article update from 01/24/2019: added screenshots of version 3.4. I also have instructions for working with Rufus 3.4 on my blog -

UEFI flash drive

UEFI is a new standard, a new interface (so to speak). It is designed to replace the "old" BIOS. One of the main tasks of UEFI is to protect the computer from boot viruses that are loaded along with (or before) loading the Windows OS (sorry for the tautology).

Therefore, in new computers/laptops, if you connect a flash drive created in the classical way to their USB port, the PC will not see it! In order for this flash drive to become visible: you need to switch UEFI to Legacy (the spelling may differ slightly depending on the BIOS/UEFI version) and turn off Secure Boot.

In this same part of the article, I will look at a couple of ways on how you can create a bootable UEFI flash drive (so that you don’t have to disable Secure Boot protection in the BIOS). So...

Method No. 1 - using the WinSetupFromUSB utility

First, run the utility as an administrator (how to do it: right-click on the executable file, then select the desired function in the context menu).

  1. Select a flash drive (be careful, when writing, all data on the flash drive will be deleted!);
  2. Click the "Auto format it with FBinst" checkbox and select the FAT 32 file system (do not touch the other checkboxes);
  3. Next, select an ISO image file with Windows OS (in the example below I chose Windows 8);
  4. Press the GO button and wait for the process to complete.

Setting up WinSetupFromUSB for writing a UEFI flash drive.

Method number 2 - using the Rufus utility

Rufus is an excellent utility for burning different types of bootable media. All settings are made in one window, everything is simple and fast.

You also need to run the utility as an administrator (screenshot below).

Rufus 3.4 - creating a flash drive for UEFI (GPT)

Multiboot flash drive (several OS on 1 flash drive!)

You can write not only one version of Windows OS to a flash drive, but several at once! For example, imagine you have the following OS on one flash drive: Windows XP 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 8 64 bit and Windows 10 64 bit. If something happens, you don’t need to carry around a bunch of flash drives with different OSes - you can immediately install the one you need with just one. Below I will consider in detail how and what is done...

To create such a flash drive, you need the following:

  • several ISO images with the required systems (for example, Windows XP and Windows 7). By the way, it is better to take a Windows XP image with integrated SATA drivers, otherwise on new ones motherboards You will get a blue screen during installation;
  • Daemon Tools or Alcohol (if you want to add Windows 2000, XP to the flash drive): programs that can open an ISO image (i.e. you will see a virtual drive in “my computer”, since this is not an ISO image, but a regular disk inserted into a CD-Rom. Presented in the first part of the article,) ;
  • 8-16 GB flash drive (the more OS you are going to write, the more capacious the flash drive should be);
  • program (presented at the top of the article,).

Step-by-step instruction creating a multiboot flash drive

  1. Launch the program WinSetupFromUSB as administrator. To do this, simply go to the folder with the program, select the executable file and right-click on it, then select “Run as administrator” from the context menu.
  2. Next, in Daemon Tools, open the image with Windows 2000/2003/XP (those who will not write these OS to a flash drive can skip this step).

    Windows XP ISO image opened in Daemon Tools.

  3. Insert the flash drive into the USB port;
  4. Next you need to set the following parameters: 1) indicate the inserted flash drive (in my case, drive “E:\”); 2) Check the box "Auto Format it with Fbinst", select the NTFS file system (if you plan to create a flash drive for UEFI, choose FAT 32); the rest of the checkboxes are by default; 3) indicate the virtual drive in which the ISO image with Windows XP/2000 is open; 4) indicate the ISO image with Windows 10 (in my case, this particular OS was chosen for the multiboot flash drive); 5) Press the "GO" button - start recording the flash drive. All numbers are illustrated in the screenshot below.

  5. Next, the program will ask you whether to start recording. By the way, it’s important that all data on the flash drive will be deleted!
  6. Then the program will ask again - the answer is affirmative.

    Warning 2 - click "Yes".

  7. Next, if everything went well, you will see a “green bar” at the bottom of the window - the program has started working. The recording time depends on the flash drive, the selected images, the speed of your USB port, the PC load, etc. On average, 5-20 minutes. to record multiple OS. At this time, it is better not to touch the computer and not run resource-intensive tasks on it: games, video/graphics editors, etc.

  8. When the flash drive is written, you will see the inscription “Job Done”. In principle, the flash drive can already be used, it now has 2 Windows XP and 10 operating systems! Screenshot below.
  9. To add another OS, for example, Windows 7, simply insert the USB flash drive into the USB port again, run WinSetupFromUSB (as administrator). Then: 1) select the desired flash drive (note: on which we previously recorded 2 OS) ; 2) specify the ISO image with the Windows OS to be added; 3) press the "GO" button. Note: Please note that you do not need to check the box next to “Auto format it with FBinst”, as we did before!

  10. When another OS is added, you will see the usual window - the job is done. Now there are 3 OS on the flash drive: Windows XP (32 bit), 7 and 10 (64 bit).
  11. If you want to add another OS, for example Windows 8, you need to do step 9 again (see above). In principle, this way you can add quite a lot of OS to your flash drive (let’s say, provide for all the options)...

Checking a multiboot flash drive

To check the created flash drive in operation, you need to do the following:

  1. Go to the BIOS and put a USB flash drive in the boot queue (you can use the BOOT Menu). More details about the buttons for going to Bios and calling the Boot Menu are described here:
  2. Insert the flash drive into the USB port and restart the computer;
  3. A window should appear as in the screenshot below: for example, I selected the Windows NT 6 line (this is to select the installation of Windows 7, 8, 10).

After this, if you have 2 or more "new" OSes, you will see a list with all of them. Select the desired option and continue with the installation. The screenshot is below, the flash drive works!

On this positive note I conclude the article; as always, I will be grateful for additions.

A bootable flash drive is a memory card with a version of the operating system recorded on it.

It is necessary to boot and/or restore the operating system if problems occur in its operation.

A bootable USB flash drive for Windows 7 or any other operating system is created independently using special programs.

Bootable USB flash drive

What is a bootable flash drive and why would you even need it? This is a memory card that contains full version your operating system.

You can download the operating system from the Internet or purchase it at legal points of sale in the form of a CD.

However, storing it on a computer is pointless, since if the operating system breaks or crashes, you will not be able to access the files or they will be completely lost.

As for CDs, the problem here is that most modern computers are not equipped with a disk drive, and users most often do not see the point in buying an external drive.

Thus, the only storage location for the operating system that you can use if you need to restore is the memory card.

Windows position

Operating system developers support the creation of bootable flash drives, and even distribute special software for this purpose. software.

With its help, you can create a fully official and licensed recovery system, insuring yourself against a number of failures and errors in this way.

In addition, this official method of solving the problem is the fastest and easiest.

To create a bootable flash drive using this method, you will need the flash drive itself, a special program for recording, and a disk image with the version of the operating system.

Official method for creating a bootable USB flash drive

To make it simplest and in a fast way make a bootable USB flash drive act according to the algorithm:

  • Follow the link https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=wudt, click on the purple button and download the archive;
  • Unpack it and install the software it contains - this is the official Windows distribution for the purpose you need;
  • Prepare the operating system version in a file on your PC or in the form of a physical disk;
  • Create a disk image with the operating system in ISO format using a special program, for example, Alcohol;
  • Launch the official distribution– a window will open in which you will need to specify the location of the operating system (the ISO disk image you created);
  • In the second step, you will have to indicate where exactly to record - to do this, indicate the path to the memory card itself on which you want to record;
  • Click Next - this will start the process of writing the operating system to the USB flash drive.

Depending on the hardware and performance of your computer. And also depending on the parameters of the memory card itself, the recording speed will vary.

And accordingly, the recording time will also differ - on average, the process takes from 15-20 minutes to one and a half to two hours.

Other programs

Despite the fact that the official method described above is the most convenient, there are alternatives to it.

These are programs that can also write a disk image with the operating system to a memory card.

What are their benefits and why use them at all?

The following advantages stand out:

  • Increased operating speed;
  • Reduced file weight;
  • Wider functionality - you can work with different types files, as well as perform other manipulations (for example, create an ISO image directly in the program, etc.).

The choice of the most suitable option depends on the individual needs of the user.

But using the developer's official distribution can protect you from many problems.

WinToFlash

The program is distributed free of charge and allows you to quickly write an image to a memory card. Working completely similar to the official application.

However, when switching to the Advanced Mode tab, the user gains access to additional functionality of the program.

Here, in addition to standard notation image, you can create a recovery system with a console and a bootloader.

You can also choose the version of the operating system that you will record - this will allow you to optimize the program to work with it.

In that fundamental difference from the official version, which is designed only to work with Windows 7.

WinToBootic

This unofficial program also has a number of advantages over the official version.

They are:

  • The program’s ability to work not only with disk images, but also with a simple folder with files (but not with an archive);
  • This is a utility, that is, it does not require installation on a computer, does not take up much space, and can be used on any computer, which is especially important and convenient for computer technicians;
  • A simpler and more pleasant to use visual interface of the program - there is only one button;
  • High speed of the application.

The disadvantage of the software is its very narrow functionality - it is intended only for creating a bootable flash drive.

In this case, the process cannot be configured or optimized in any way. The program also does not have any other functions.

Ultra ISO

This is a multifunctional and convenient program for creating and burning disk images.

Many users have it, but not everyone knows that it can also be used to create bootable flash drives.

The software is popular because it is capable of performing various other tasks, which eliminates the need to download many programs and utilities.

To create a bootable USB flash drive, do the following:

  • Run the utility;
  • In the main window, at the top of it, find the Bootstrap button;
  • Click on it and in the drop-down menu click on the Burn hard disk image button;
  • Next, indicate the memory card on which you want to record (that is, it must already be connected to the PC);
  • Check the Image file field - it should already indicate the image of your operating system, which the program created automatically as soon as you selected the Burn hard disk image option;
  • Click the Format and Write buttons in turn.

The recording process will begin. As soon as it ends, the program can be turned off and the memory card removed.

WinSetupFromUSB

The program is quite high quality, but it is not the best option to create a bootable memory card for several reasons:

  • Complete lack of Russification of the interface;
  • A rather complicated formatting process using a third-party program, although included in the kit;
  • Recording a specific image with an additional program, i.e. it will not work with a standard ISO.

There is only one advantage of this approach - it can be used to create multiboot memory cards.

Conclusion

The most optimal and reliable way is to use the official application from the developers.

But if the UltraISO program is already installed on your PC, then you can use it without using additional software.

Other programs are also quite effective, but are not always easy to use and reliable.

Make a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7

Where to download the Windows 7 image - watch the video below

Very often when reinstalling windows A bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 is required. How to do it? The process itself is not complicated, but let's try to figure it out.

2 very different ways method in order to create a bootable USB flash drive from an iso image.

We will analyze everything from beginning to end, we will try to clarify all the details of creating a bootable installation flash drive with Windows 7

We also recommend reading the article on how to properly install Windows from a flash drive; sooner or later it may come in handy. All programs used here work perfectly under Windows 7, 8, 10.

The 2nd method is also very noteworthy; with it we will make a bootable Windows 7 flash drive without any programs, using command line windows, although it is noticeably more complicated.

It is important to keep in mind that the USB ports must be in order (or at least one of them is what we need). The fact is that if we use a faulty USB, then there may simply be a loss of contact and nothing may work out. Plus, of course, the flash drive should also be in order, in general, keep this in mind.

Original Windows 7 images for flash drive here: http://nnm-club.me/forum/viewforum.php?f=504

Let us clarify the following points when creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7:

  1. First we need to find a windows iso image(to do this, in any search engine we write - download Windows 7 torrent, download one of the proposed options using the free torrent program. However, do not forget that you have a good antivirus, plus you can download only from trusted sites, ask your friends and acquaintances about such ). We will assume that we have found
  2. Let's move on to the flash drive, we will completely clear it, so copy all important data from it in advance
  3. Also, don’t forget about the size of the flash drive.. You need at least four GB, although more correctly it is no less than the size of the iso image

How to make a bootable USB flash drive for Windows 7-10? Step-by-step instruction

Now let's prepare the flash drive, for this we need to format it. We do it like this:

  1. We go to “My Computer”, find the flash drive we need there
  2. Right-click on it
  3. Select "Format"
  4. In the window that appears, you can also check the box for “Quick, clearing only the table of contents” - this will be quite enough in most cases
  5. That’s it, click “Start”, an additional warning may appear, we agree
  6. We wait for the process to complete (usually no more than a minute)
  7. At the end, the flash drive is ready for further actions, it is completely empty

If you have any questions with formatting or would like to learn more about this important and useful process for information storage devices, we recommend that you view the corresponding section. In which, by the way, you can select a program for formatting a flash drive, if it does not want to succumb to this process in the standard way (as described above), plus with the help of additional programs for formatting a flash drive, you can improve its technical condition.

Now we are almost close to the process of creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7, for this we will consider a very interesting and simple program .

Download the original ISO image of Windows 7

The simplest, most convenient and free program to solve our problem is Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Very convenient, bootable fleshka is done in just 4 clicks, and it can also be made into a boot disk.

Or you can do it from the official website using this direct link http://wudt.codeplex.com/ (copy, paste into the address bar of the browser and press enter).

The Microsoft .NET Framework_Online_Setup is also required in the system (completely free, online loader, which means the Internet must be turned on), usually this utility is already installed in different windows assemblies. In general, this is an official application from Microsoft, it is also important for the operation of other programs and games.

And so, you downloaded Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. Now install it.

Open the program. We see this window.

Click on “Browse” and look for the Windows iso image we need on the computer.

Now if you specified an iso image, click “Next”. Now click on “USB device”.

Here we click on “Begin copying”.

And so the recording process began Windows iso image 7 per flash drive. We are waiting for the end.
The Windows 7 bootable USB flash drive is ready.

We recommend that you read the article on how to properly install Windows 7 on a netbook. So you will know what to do if the question arises of reinstalling Winows 7 on a netbook, laptop or computer without disk drive.

The second method is not simple. It is interesting for those who do not want to install any additional programs on their computer

This method uses the Windows command line, through which, by the way, you can do many more interesting things.

And so, let's go. We connect the flash drive to the USB port. Please note that a 4 GB flash drive will be used here. Open the command line like this, “Start” - “Run”:

Enter the command “cmd” and press “Enter”:

This is what should appear:

The first command we enter is “diskpart”, a special editor that gives us the ability to manage disks, press “Enter”:

Now we write “list disk” and press “Enter”, thereby getting a list of devices:

Now you need to determine without errors where your flash drive is located, in our case it is “Disk 3”. It most likely will not match yours, just make sure that you have found your flash drive correctly. If you have, for example, a flash drive “Disk 1”, then write it in the line and press “Enter”.

Attention! If you do not correctly identify the flash drive, you can format one of your hard drives and lose all the information on it.

  1. So, enter “select disk 3″, press “enter”
  2. The program detects our flash drive
  3. Now enter “clean”, which will delete files on the flash drive, press “enter”
  4. Next, enter “create partition primary”, press “enter”
  5. With this command we created a section
  6. Now enter “select partition 1”, press “enter”
  7. Now enter “active”, again “enter”
  8. Now we need to make the file system format for the flash drive NTFS by formatting it using “format fs=NTFS” or for quick formatting we write “format fs=NTFS QUICK”, press “enter”
  9. We are waiting for the completion of the formatting process
  10. All is ready
  • We write “assign” and the flash drive will automatically receive a letter, for us it is J
  • Upon completion, a window with the flash drive will automatically open
  • Now we need to exit using the “Exit” command
  • That's it, the bootable USB flash drive has been created, now you need to copy all the files from the installation operating system to it

It’s just important to understand that it’s not the iso image that should be copied in one file, but all the folders that are included in this iso image. To do this, you just need to mount it with some program, for example DAEMON Tools.

That's all, we have looked at the question of how to create a bootable USB flash drive with the Windows 7 operating system.

Before installing the system, you need to understand how to burn a Windows 7 image to a USB flash drive, then configure your computer to install Windows 7, and begin the installation process. If you visited this page, it means you are having difficulty creating a bootable flash drive or disk. Here you will find answers to all questions.

To burn a Windows 7 image to a flash drive, you will need specialized tools. There are quite a lot of them, but we will describe them all. As an example, we'll talk about UltraISO, USB/DVD Download Tool and many others.

Step 1: What you need to burn a Windows 7 image

Any operating system image or programs is a common format that is recognized by most utilities. The most popular image format is ISO. It can be written to flash drives, hard disks, CD-DVD media. The format is somewhat similar to archive ZIP or RAR. In general, this is an optical disk image and is a single file or archive containing any other type of file. Modern operating systems already have built-in tools for working with the format. You can also use third-party software: UltraISO, DAEMON Tools, Alcohol 120%, PowerISO, ImgBurn, ISO Master and many others.

Before choosing an OS image, you need to understand in advance the bit depth and the volume that it will occupy on the media. There are 32 bit systems(86x) and 64-bit (64x). Here you can learn about the differences between these bit depths. The volume of the systems also differs. Below is a table of all editions of Windows 7 with system requirements:

Editorial RAM Processors CoresCPU
32x 64x 32x 64x
Windows 7 Ultimate

4 GB

192 GB
Windows 7 Professional
Windows 7 Enterprise
Windows 7 Home Premium

16 GB

 1
Windows 7 Home Basic

8 GB
Windows 7 Starter

2 GB

Using these characteristics, you can choose the system for yourself. In this material we will look at two programs, using which it is possible to write a Windows 7 image to a flash drive: UltraISO, USB/DVD Download Tool.

You can download tools from virus-free resources from here:

  • USB/DVD Download Tool.
  • UltraISO.
  • Command line.

Step 2: How to burn a Windows 7 image to a USB flash drive using UltraISO

Download the program from the link above or from your source and install. Using the trial version of UltraISO you can complete the intended task, so there is no need to look for a version with a key. After downloading and installing, perform the following steps (I also recommend reading the article if you work with optical media:)

  1. Let's launch the program. If it is not complete, then we use a trial period.
  2. Insert a flash drive with a capacity of 4 or 8 GB into the USB port, preferably larger.
  3. In the program, click on the tab with the mouse "File" — "Open" and select the Windows 7 Ultimate (Maximum) image file or any other version.
  4. The files will be automatically loaded into the program window, which are displayed in the right section. Now you need to click on the “Boot” tab and select the option “Burn Hard Disk Image”.
  5. At the next step, select a flash drive (Disk Drive), an image file that has already been registered, a recording method USB-HDD+. It is worth noting that files that are already on the flash drive will be destroyed.
  6. Click on the button "Record".

  7. A message will appear indicating that the information on the disk will be erased. We agree using the “Yes” button.
  8. Preparation for recording begins, and then the process itself, which does not take much time.

  9. The completion of the operation is accompanied by a message “Recording complete!”.

The finished flash drive can now be used for its intended purpose.

Step 3: How to Burn Windows 7 Image Using USB/DVD Download Tool

  1. We launch the program from the desktop. A window will open asking you to complete four steps. The first step is to select an ISO image of the operating system. Click the Next button.

  2. Next, select the media type, in our case USB Device.

  3. Select the media and click “Begin Copy”.

  4. Next, formatting the flash drive and copying files will begin.

After copying, the flash drive is ready for Windows installation 7. It is worth noting that using the USB/DVD Download Tool you can burn the image to a DVD or Blu-Ray disc.

Step 4: How to burn a Windows 7 image to a USB flash drive using the command line

If you happen to have it at hand operating system Windows, using its capabilities, you can create a bootable USB flash drive. We will use the command line. Run this tool as administrator and follow these steps:

  1. In the command line (CMD) enter the command to work with disks: diskpart. Using it, we will format the media and write to it ISO files image.
  2. After entering the command indicated above, the user will find himself in the disk utility, which is characterized by the line “DISKPART>”.
  3. The next step involves displaying all drives connected to the computer. There is a command for this list disk.
  4. You need to select the media that will be used as boot. Here we focus on volume. For example, now a 30 Gb flash drive is connected here, in the “Size” column this volume is indicated. To choose this disk, you need to register select disk N(your carrier number). When choosing, be very careful, because it is very easy to make a mistake here.
  5. Let's move on to copying files to a flash drive. We mount the system image (so that it appears in the “My Computer” directory) and in the command line go to the created image disk.
  6. Using the commands, go to the boot directory and execute the command bootsect /nt60 N. Where N is the letter of the flash drive intended for installing Windows
  7. Copy the image files to the USB flash drive.
  8. Installing Windows 7.

Some users may find using the command line a little difficult because there are a lot of commands to enter. The likelihood of making a mistake here increases many times over. Therefore, it is recommended to use UltraISO or USB/DVD Download Tool. The following articles will discuss other utilities:

Using all these tools, the user will quickly figure out how to burn a Windows 7 image to a flash drive. In this material, third-party and standard tools for creating such a medium were analyzed. The next material will be about how to create a bootable DVD with Windows 7. This use case is losing popularity every year, as DVD drives are built into computer systems increasingly rare, and optical disks are being replaced by flash media.

Boot into the Windows PE environment and roll back to a previously created restore point if Windows does not boot, or restore the computer from a pre-created image if it was not possible to resuscitate the system by returning to the restore point. + creating a bootable USB flash drive is much easier than creating a disk. In general, I encourage everyone to use flash drives instead of disks.

Friends! In the previous article about creating an installation disk, I discussed this in detail. Here I will go over the main points.

  1. I go to http://idimm72.ucoz.net/ and see which version of the assembly is current at the moment
  2. I'm looking for this assembly on torrent trackers - for example. and I shake her.

After I have an ISO image on my hard drive whose checksums match, I move on to creating a Windows 7 installation flash drive.

You can read and see how and where to download the original image of Windows 7. How to edit a Windows ISO image can be viewed and read in this article.

Windows 7 installation flash drive using UltraISO

Using UltraISO, I am able to make fewer body movements and, accordingly, create bootable flash drives more efficiently. I hope you enjoy this method as much.

Download and install UltraISO

Select additional functions. I don't need a desktop shortcut and an emulator. I uncheck these boxes and press Next >

Click Install

Click Complete

When starting UltraISO, select Trial period...

UltraISO launches. Click File > Open...

Click Format

We check that we want to format the flash drive. My default file system is set to NTFS. This suits me, since I can then add a movie or image larger than 4 GB. I leave the Quick checkbox and press Begin

Before clicking OK in the next window, it’s time to check and copy all important data from the flash drive. Once this is done, click OK

My flash drive is used for ReadyBoost technology, so another warning is issued. I press Yes

Wait for formatting to complete and click OK

We check that in the Disk Drive field the flash drive that we formatted is selected. Click Write down

A warning appears that all information that you can still try to recover will be deleted or overwritten. Click Yes

The process of creating a Windows 7 installation flash drive will begin.

Close the image recording window with the button Back or with a cross at the top right

Close UltraISO.

The Windows 7 installation flash drive has been successfully created.

Using UltraISO you can also create an installation disk.

If you inserted a DVD-RW, you can erase it first, then select the writing speed. Typically, high-quality discs are obtained when recording at a speed two times slower than what is written on the disc itself. I have 8x on my disk, so I set it to 4x. Click Write down

Must receive an installation disk.

Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive Using Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Let's find and download this utility.

From the drop-down list, select the desired flash drive (if you have several inserted) and click Begin copying

Now is the time to check the flash drive for important data and copy it to a safe place (Dropbox for example). To erase the flash drive, click Erase USB Device

Another warning about data loss on the flash drive is displayed. Click Yes