This document provides instructions for creating a bootable Windows 7 USB drive using the basic option and tools like the USB flash drive, Windows 7 setup DVD, PowerShell, and DiskPart utility. It involves 6 steps: 1) plugging in the USB drive, 2) opening PowerShell and using DiskPart commands to clean, create a partition, and format the USB drive, 3) inserting the Windows 7 DVD and using bootsect.exe to install boot files to the USB drive, 4) copying all files from the DVD to the USB drive, 5) rebooting using the USB drive to install Windows 7.

1. 2. Basic Option:
Tools Required:
1. USB flash drive with a minimum capacity of 4 GB.
2. Windows 7 Setup DVD.
Step 1 : Plug-in your USB flash drive.
Step 2 : Open the PowerShell (OR Command Prompt if PowerShell Not Exist). If you are using Windows 7/Vista then open it with
administrator rights*.
* Goto Start -> All Programs -> Accessories ->Windows PowerShell -> Right-click on “Windows PowerShell” and select “Run as
Administrator”.
Step 3: In the PowerShell, type
DISKPART
This will start the Microsoft DiskPart utility as shown below:
Now issue the following command:
LIST DISK
This will show you a list of available disks on your system. Disk 0 is usually the hard disk. In my case, Disk 1 is the USB drive (this
can be a different one in your case). Now issue the command as shown below:
SELECT DISK 1

2. above command, 1 is the USB drive number on my system. If you have a different number on your system, then you need to
replace 1 with that number.
Step-4: Now issue the following list of commands one by one as shown below:
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
ASSIGN
EXIT

3. Close Power Shell and proceed to the next step.
Step 5: Insert the Windows 7/Vista installation disc and note down the “drive letter” of your DVD drive. In my case, it is “H:”.
Open the command prompt. If you are using Windows 7/Vista then open it with administrator rights*.
* Goto Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Right-click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator”.
Now type the following list of commands as shown below:
H:
CD BOOT
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 G:(NOTE:
G: is your USB drive letter)
EXIT

4. Step-6: Copy the contents of your Windows 7/Vista installation disk into the USB flash drive.
Directly Copy-Paste All DVD file into Usb Stick Then…