How to install Vista or Windows 7 on USB stick
(EN) You need the installation kit Vista or Windows 7 DVD and a minimum of 4 GB USB stick.
If you ask what sense is to install the on stick, the answer is: speed installation. which is higher than on DVD
If you have information on the stick make them a backup because stick will be erased completely.
1. Open an elevated Command Prompt. (Type cmd in the Start box, and then when the icon appears, right click and select Run as Administrator).
2. Type diskpart in the new window, and then press Enter.
3. Diskpart the program is launched. At the diskpart prompt Type disk list. It will display a list of which will beto identify which is the USB stick. You can guide by its capacity. For example, a stick of 4GB appears to drive with 3920 MB. Look carefully at what position is passed stick (Disk #), because is vital not to select another drive instead stick.
4. Next, all the Type diskpart select disk # prompt, where replaces your USB disk with the # number, followed by the Enter
5. If you are sure you have selected the USB stick and not a computer hard disk, type clean and press Enter.
*Warning, this command will erase all data on the stick, I hope you do not forget to do a backup!
6. Once you receive the confirmation that the operation has succeeded, type create partition primary and then Enter.
7. Type select partition 1 and then Enter.
8. After you finish, type active and then Enter.
9. Now you must format the new partition active that I have just created an on USB. This can be done with the commandformat fs = ntfs followed by Enter. The operation it will take more or less, depending on the capacity stick.
10. Next you allocate a letter for the drive (stick) in My Computer. Then press Enter Type assign.You will receive confirmation for this assignment. Remember the letter assigned, you need it later. Say thisstick that was allocated to the letter H.
11. Is time to close the Windows diskpart utility. Type exit, followed, of course, enteritis, but no close the Command Prompt. Insert the DVD kit with Windows Vista or Windows 7. note letter DVD unit. As in the case were allocated to stick, we need it on. Say,example, the DVD drive letter in this case F.
12. In the Command Prompt window, type C: \ boot \ Bootsect.exe / NT60 H: and type Enter.
CAUTION Replace the letter F in the example above the DVD drive containing coresounzatoare DVD installation and also replaces the letter H in this example the letter corresponding to stick it you can see in My Computer.
13. Close Command Prompt by typing exit followed by Enter.
14. In My Computer press right click the DVD drive where you have the kit. Select Open. In the new window select all objects (files and folders) with the keyboard command Ctrl A. Then press Ctrl C to copy the contents Clipboard disc.
15. In My Computer so now right click on the USB drive and select Paste. Files will be copied now
stick. Surgery is the length, but in the end you have a bootable stick with which you can install Windows Vista or Windows 7. Do not forget to activate the computer's BIOS boot from USB disk drive. TIP: If the USB disk has a higher capacity, eg 8 GB, then Windows can copy files kit copy and the latest drivers in a separate folder. Will be very useful in an eventual resettlement.
