Install windows7 from usb drive

In this tutorial I will show you how to install Windows 7 from USB drive. Before follow this tutorial, make sure you have following things:
- At least 4GB USB flash drive
- Windows 7 installation DVD
- WinToFlash software.
- Some Skills!

You got all, so continue... 


Why do I use this software, because it's very easy to use and simple (no installation require). WinToFlashsoftware will help you to install windows from flash. something else need you check in your computer is your PC support boot-up from USB drive or not. you can see this option in computer BIOS. (Martik BIOS Info)


Installing windows 7 from USB drive have some advantages are you don't need to worry if the DVD drive cannot read the disc if there is any scratches on the Windows 7 installation DVD, it is more convenient to carry around your USB flash drive rather than a DVD disc, you still able to install Windows 7 although the PC doesn't even have a CD/DVD drive.

Creating Windows 7 installation USB drive 

                                - There is a software called WinToFlash that does everything above automatically. All you need to do is run the program, set the location of the Windows 7 installation disc and the destination of your USB flash drive.
- Download WinToFlash software. (I recommend to use the latst version.)
- Extract download file and then go to extracted folder. run "WinToFlash.exe" then Click the “big check button” to start Windows setup transfer wizard.
- Click Next then Specify the locations of Windows 7 installation DVD and USB drive then click Next (The Windows 7 instalation DVD is the drive letter of your Windows 7 DVD drive and the USB drive is the drive letter of your USB flash drive)
- Select “I Accepted the terms of the license agreement” and click Continue.
- Click OK to start formatting your USB flash drive and the files will be automatically transferred from Windows 7 installations DVD to USB flash drive.
- Click Next when finished copying. 

Testing your system for USB boot compatibility 

                        The following tutorial will enable a user to check if a computer system can boot from a USB device and ultimately help determine if the computer can boot a Linux version from USB. In most cases if the test is successful, you should have no problem running Linux portably. In addition to testing your PC for USB Linux boot capability, the "Memtest86+" system memory diagnostics program that is included, allows the user to scan their system memory for errors by simply booting memtest from a USB device or flash drive.

Basic USB Boot Test Essentials:

- Windows PC to perform the install 

- USB flash device

- USB-Boot-Tester.exe (includes Memtest86+ and Syslinux)

Installing Memtest on USB to test for USB Boot compatibility: 

The following explains how to install Memtest on a USB device and further run Memtest from USB. Enabling us to test whether a system can boot from USB.
- Download (159 KB) and run USB Boot Tester and follow the onscreen instructions
- Reboot your computer and set your system BIOS to boot from USB-ZIP or USB-HDD. Or, set the hard disk boot priority to boot from the USB stick if your BIOS lists the device as a hard drive
- Save your BIOS settings and reboot.


Upon reboot, you should have a successful launch of Memtest from the USB flash drive:




Install Windows 7 From USB Drive


This test concludes that your system is capable of booting from a USB device using Syslinux and it should be possible to run Linux from USB. 

Notes: After booting Memtest from USB, it is not necessary to complete the system memory test. However, if you have the time, it can't hurt to ensure that your computers memory is in good shape.


This test does not guarantee that your computers hardware is supported with a particular Linux distribution. It is possible to pass this test and still have problems booting Linux. For example: A Video Card driver may not be available by default with a particular Linux distribution which could leave you at the shell after boot. 

How to Install Windows 7 from USB drive 

Boot up the computer from USB flash drive. You will need to go into BIOS setup and set to boot from flash devices (USB device). If you got it right, the Windows 7 installation should load from your USB flash drive and install the Windows 7 like installing windows 7 from DVD drive.

How To Install Ubuntu as any Other Windows Application

Most of the Windows users are reluctant to install Linux on their system. They are afraid to risk their life! But, do we have to take such a risk to install Linux? Not anymore! Now you can install Ubuntu Linux on your Windows system just like installing a normal program, and uninstall the same way without damaging your system!

Ingredients :

• An Ubuntu installation CD or WUBI installer

Method :

• If you are installing from the CD, Put the CD into the CD ROM and the auto-run will start. If it didn’t start automatically, go to My Computer and double click on the CD (We are going to use this method).
• If you are installing from the WUBI Installer, double click on the downloaded installer file.

1) On the first screen, select : “Install inside Windows”

Wubi : Ubuntu Menu

2) Next, select the settings for Ubuntu as follows :

• Installation Drive : The drive you want to install Ubuntu (It won’t take the whole drive, it will create a small virtual drive inside it with the size you define below)
• Installation Size : The size of the virtual drive. I recommend you to select 10 GB or more (but even 5 GB is enough!)
• Desktop environment : If you don’t know anything about this select Ubuntu. If you use the CD it will only show the desktop environment in the CD.
• Language : You know your language…. so go ahead and select it!
• User Name : Any user name, as you like.
• Password : Your strong password.

After you finish everything, select “”Install”

Configurations

Now, sit back and wait! If you use the CD, it will take a lesser time, because all the files are in the CD. But if you use the installer, it will take some time for it to download the installation files from the net!

3) After they finish the installation, take the CD out , select “Reboot now” and click on “Finish”

Reboot

4) Now, when rebooting you will see a screen as shown below. In that menu, select “Ubuntu” and press enter.

Windows Boot Loader

5) After that the system will go thought the final stages of the installation and reboot, When rebooting, again select Ubuntu. Then, you’ll see a screen as follows. In that screen select “Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic”  (the number 2.6.31-14 might vary, so don’t get scared about it!) and press enter.

GRUB Boot Loader

Now, you’ll get the login screen! Select your user name and enter the password! After that…. Enjoy!

To Uninstall Ubuntu, just go to, Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs and uninstall Ubuntu from your system!

Step by Step How to Install Ubuntu 9.10 in Your System

Ubuntu is one of the most popular operating systems we have today. Actually most of the people when they got fed up with windows, try to go for Ubuntu hoping that it will change their lives. But most of the people mess up when trying to install it on their systems. Actually its easier than we think… lets see how its done….

First of all what do we need?

• You must have at least 256 MB of RAM to run the alternate install CD (384MB of RAM is required to use the live CD based installer).
• Install requires at least 4 GB of disk space.
• You will also need to have an Ubuntu CD image which you can get from the Ubuntu Download page.
• After you download it burn it to a CD.

OK then Lets start the installation…

1)As the first step we need to set-up your BIOS settings. This is a bit hard to explain but easy to do. Its hard to explain because different people have different versions of BIOS in their systems. So I’ll explain it briefly :

• Login to your BIOS. To do this you have to press DEL or F1 or F2, this may differ according to your own version. When booting up it will show you what key to press, so keep your eyes open!
• Once you login, go to the section which will allow you to change the boot settings, and set CD-ROM or Removable Media as the first boot device.
• After that press F10 to save and exit.

2) Next put your Ubuntu CD into the system and boot it. Then you’ll see a screen as follows :

Select your language

Install Ubuntu

• First select your language.
• And in the next screen, select “Install Ubuntu”

3) Now you’ll see the welcome screen. Select the language you want to use for the installation process and click “Forward”

Welcome Screen

4) Next you have to select your time zone. Select your region from the left drop down list and select your zone from the right drop down list. Or you can simply select your country from the map.

Select your time zone

5) After that you have to select your keyboard layout. For most of us its suggested by Ubuntu, but if thats not your layout…. you can select it from the list.

Select your key board layout

6) Next thing is the most important task so follow the instructions carefully! In the next page it will ask you what to do with the partitions :

Prepare disk space

• In here I have no partitions previously defined, so if thats the case you can continue with the layout that is suggested by ubuntu. But you also can do it manually. For people who already have other operating systems or other partitions, Im recommending to do it manually!
• So in here I have selected “Specify Partitions Manually”. After that click “Forward”

7) Now, if you don’t have any partitions, if the hard disk is brand new, then click on “New Partition Table”. Then they’ll warn you about the risks…. now click “Continue”.

New Partition Table

8) Next we need to create the partitions. Select the free space and click on “Add” :

Add partition

New Partition

• Now first you have to select what type of partition you want.
• Then give the amount of space you need to give for it.
• Next, the location for the new partition. leave it in its default settings.
• After that you have to specify the format of the partition.
• Finally you have to give the mount point.

If you don’t have any partitions, If your hard disk is new :

• Create one primary partition with about : 30% of the free space, Partition format Ext4, Mount point “/”. (if you want you can make a primary partition with the mount point “/boot” (with about 1 GB) first,  if you do that do not make the root partition (partition with the mount point “/”) primary, make it logical.)
• Create one logical partition with about 5 GB space (this partition should be double the amount of your memory. If you have 1 GB of memory, make this partition 2 GB. But its not compulsory to do like that) , Partition format Swap.
• Create one logical partition with the rest of the free space, Partition format Ext4, Mount point “/home”.

If you have an operating system installed :

• First make some free space (if you don’t have any). Select an existing partition and click on “Change” and then reduce the size of that partition.
• After that create one logical partition with about : 30% of the free space, Partition format Ext4, Mount point “/”.
• Create one logical partition with about 5 GB space (this partition should be double the amount of your memory. If you have 1 GB of memory, make this partition 2 GB. But its not compulsory to do like that) , Partition format Swap.
• Create one logical partition with the rest of the free space, Partition format Ext4, Mount point “/home”.

Note : Its not compulsory to crate two partitions with mount points “/” and “/home”. You can make only the root (“/”) partition.

9) After you finish setting up the partitions click “Forward”

Finish partitioning

10) Next you have to give your details :

Set up your details

• Give your Name, User name, A strong password, and the login method.
• If you don’t want Ubuntu to prompt you for user-name and password each time you login, click on “Log in automatically”
• But if you want it to ask, select “Require my password to login”
• If you want to encrypt the home folder select “Require my password to login and decrypt my home folder”.
• After you set everything up, click on forward.

11) Now Ubnutu will show you the settings which you have specified throughout the process. Go through it (If you want). And click on “Install”. After that Ubuntu will start installing…

Ready to install

Installing

12) During the installation it will start to download the language packs. Now this may take some time, so if you think you are wasting your time, you can skip it.

Installing language packs

13) When the installation is over, you’ll be asked to restart the machine. Click on “Restart Now”. Finally the system will eject the CD. Take the CD out and press enter.

Restart Now

Remove the disk and press enter