Now, a bootable USB is easily created without needing DiskPart.exe or a non-Microsoft tool to mount the ISO file.
In the past, to create a bootable USB drive to install an operating system, you could download the Windows 7 USB tool, or you had to mount the ISO file with a non-Microsoft tool, copy the install bits, and then run a series of DiskPart commands.
The storage cmdlets are an example of this. With the release of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, there are thousands of additional new cmdlets at an IT Pro’s disposal-making our lives so much easier. Jason also actively participates in the Charlotte PowerShell Users Group. It doesn’t matter if it’s Exchange-related or not. His primary job is supporting Exchange, but he jumps at the opportunity to flex his Windows PowerShell muscles to resolve any issue that may come up. Jason Walker is a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) at Microsoft who supports customers in the public sector arena. Be sure to come to the Microsoft Alpharetta Office tomorrow to see Jason and several other Windows PowerShell speakers share their knowledge with you during Windows PowerShell Saturday. Sadly, I woke up with no voice and a stuffy head amd am staying home.Jason Walker, a speaker at the event, is our guest blogger and shares with us a script and his blog about that script. Today, The Scripting Wife and others will be heading to Atlanta for the PowerShell Saturday #003 event that takes place tomorrow. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Click "OK" when the creation is complete.įollow these simple steps, you can create a UEFI bootable Windows 7 installation USB flash drive from a Windows 7 installation ISO with WinToUSB easily, then you can use this bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 on both Traditional BIOS and UEFI computers.Summary: Microsoft PFE Jason Walker talks about creating a Windows PowerShell script to create a bootable USB drive. After successfully formated the USB drive, click "OK", WinToUSB begins creating the Winddows installation USB drive. Please wait until that format operation is complete. After clicking "Yes", WinToUSB begins formatting.
After you select the USB drive, a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue. If your USB drive is not correctly recognized by WinToUSB, you need to click the button for the program to recognize the USB drive. Select the USB drive in the drop-down list. Click the button and select the Windows 7 installation ISO from the open dialog box. Click "Tools" > "Windows Installation USB Creator". Connect the destination USB flash drive to the computer with an installed copy of WinToUSB. Tutorial to use with WinToUSB to create an UEFI bootable Windows 7 installation USB drive to install Windows 7. Please note that only 64-bit Windows 7 supports UEFI boot, so you cannot use a 32-bit Windows 7 to create a UEFI bootable USB installation drive. Now WinToUSB releases a new feature called "Windows Installation USB Creator" which allows you to create a Windows 7 installation USB drive with a few simple steps, with this feature you can create a Windows installation USB drive to install Windows 7 on both Traditional BIOS and UEFI computers by using the same USB drive. To create a bootable Windows 7 installation USB drive, the program must make changes to the content extracted from the ISO. So my question is, if anyone knows how I can put the Windows 7 ISO on my USB stick so that I can use it to install Windows 7 on a UEFI computer?ĭid you run into the similiar situation? By default, the Windows 7 installation ISO does not support UEFI boot, so the bootable USB installation drive created with the Windows 7 installation ISO does not support UEFI boot. Thus, I tried to create a bootable USB stick that can also boot in UEFI mode, but so far I have not been successful. Unfortunately, this is not the solution for my laptop, as it does not have a DVD drive. Usually we use a DVD drive to install Windows 7 on our computer.
Recently, I got a new laptop with Windows 8 and I want to install Windows 7 on it.