How to Make a Bootable Flashdisk Windows 7 Work 100%
Creating a Windows 7 bootable flash disk is the most widely used method today, for the Windows installation stage. Using a flash disk is considered easier than using a DVD. Because the DVD has a very limited memory space. What’s more, the DVD chip is very easy to scratch which causes damage to the DVD as well as the files on it cannot be used, so users must store the DVD properly.
How to Make a Bootable Flashdisk Windows 7 Work 100%
Before making a Windows 7 bootable flash drive, you must prepare the ISO file first.
- For windows 7 iso 32 bit download at the following link https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/E/6/1E6B4803-DD2A-49DF-8468-69C0E6E36218/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_ULTIMATE_x86FRE_en-us.iso
- For windows 7 iso 62 bit download at the following link https://download.microsoft.com/download/5/1/9/5195A765-3A41-4A72-87D8-200D897CBE21/7601.24214.180801-1700.win7sp1_ldr_escrow_CLIENT_ULTIMATE_x64FRE_en-us.iso
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In a simple way, the process of making a bootable flash drive for Windows 7 is to first format the contents of the flash drive, then move the ISO file or the Windows 7 operating system to the flash drive.
Then the flash that has been filled with the Windows 7 ISO file, can later be used to install Windows into a laptop or PC device.
In this tutorial, you should pay attention from the beginning of this article to the end, so that the process of making a Windows 7 bootable flash drive runs well and can be used to install Windows on your device.
Preparation to create a bootable flashdisk
Before proceeding with how to create a bootable flash drive for Windows 7, you must know the type of flash partition that you will be using. This information serves to select the type of flash disk during the bootable flash disk creation process. The reason is that if you choose the wrong type of flash, then bootable Windows 7 will not run.
There are two types of partitions, namely MBR and GPT. This partition type is different for each flash drive, so it must be checked first, in the following way:
- Open a command prompt via the windows search box at the bottom left of the laptop/PC.
- Then run the command diskpart then press enter
- Run command disk list then press enter
- Then the flash disk type information will appear with the characteristics of a * (star) then the flash type is GPT, while if it doesn’t exist then the flash disk type is MBR.
- Done, you can move on to the next stage.
How to make a Windows 7 bootable flash drive in Rufus
Rufus is a software program used to process bootable usb flash drives. Rufus application is very easy to use because it has a simple interface. Just a few easy steps you can make a bootable flash Windows 7.
Rufus is not only used for the Windows 7 bootable process but also for other operating systems such as Linux.
The advantage of Rufus is that it doesn’t need to be installed on a laptop or PC, so Rufus is portable. In addition, the size of the Rufus application is very small so it can be used on various types of laptops/pc.
OK, to make a bootable flash drive for Windows 7 in Rufus, the steps are as follows:
- First, please prepare the Rufus application or you can download it at the following link https://rufus.ie/id/.
- Then open the Rufus application and make sure the flash is connected to the laptop device
- Please wait until the flash is detected, if it is, the name of your flash will appear in the device section.
- Set the partition scheme section with the type of flash that you previously knew in the preparation stage.
- Then please click start and a notification will appear for the format of the flash disk or flash, click ok. Rufus will start transferring the ISO file, please wait for the process to complete.
- If it is finished, the status will appear
Make a bootable flash drive windows 7 with the command prompt
Command prompt is an application for translating wah commands in the form of code or script. The command prompt is used to perform certain executions desired by the user, for example to repair the device system or operating system on a laptop/pc, then to format the flash drive as we will discuss this time.
Here are the steps to make a bootable flash drive Windows 7 with the command prompt:
- The first step is to insert a flash that has an ISO file installed.
- Second open the command prompt, please type command prompt in the windows search box at the bottom left of the screen. Right click select run as administrator.
- Run command DISKPART > Enter then your device diskpart information will appear.
- Run command DISC LIST then information will appear such as number of disk status, size and remaining memory.
- Choose the type of disk that matches your flash drive, for example, there is the name Disk 1 which is 14 Gb in size according to the flash, then run the command SELECT DISK 1 , then it will display the confirmation Disk 1 is no selected disk, it means the disk was selected successfully.
- Then run the commands below:
- CLEAN > Enter
- PRIMARU CREATE PARTITION > Enter
- ACTIVE > Enter
- FS-FAT32 FORMAT > Enter
- After the DiskPart information appears successfully formatted the volume then type EXIT > Enter.
- Then move the contents of the ISO file in the form of the Windows 7 operating system, into the flash disk that was formatted earlier.
Using UNetbootin
Boten unit is a software to create a live usb system. Programs can be run on Linux or Windows operating systems or also known as programs cross platform. So the function of UNetbotin is to make the usb flash drive bootable.
So we can also use the Boten unit program to create a flash disk partition as a bootable Windows 7. Here are the steps for making it:
- The first step is to make sure the flash is connected to the laptop/pc
- Download and open the unetbootin file at the following link https://unetbootin.github.io/.
- Once open select disk images then enter ISO files that you have downloaded before
- On options Type please choose usb drive
- Then click ok then the unetbootin application will start the process of making bootable windows 7.
- Wait until the process is complete until the text appears installation complete.
Using WinToBootic
WinToBootc is also a very simple software to create a usb flash drive to store operating systems starting from Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
- Make sure the flash is connected to the laptop/pc.
- Download and run the application at the following link https://www.filecroco.com/download-wintobootic/.
- After the application successfully opens then select the flash / hard drive then look for the ISO file.
- Then click Do it then the Wintobootic application will start the process of making bootable windows 7
- Please wait for the process to finish.
Yumi
Yumi is also the software of choice because it is considered not to have frequent errors like other usb flash drive applications. So if you experience problems with the previous methods, yumi can be an effective solution.
- Make sure the hard disk flash is connected to the laptop/PC device.
- Download and run the yumi application at the following link https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
- After the yummy application opens, the first step is to select the flash disk partition
- The second step is to choose the type of windows to be installed
- The third step is to select the ISO file
- Next click create
- The process will take a few minutes, please wait until the notification is complete.
That’s how to make a Windows 7 bootable flash drive easily and work 100%. If you have problems or have other questions, please ask via the comments column below.
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