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How to Install Windows from USB Disk?

Today I'm gonna share a very useful tip with you. In this post, you will learn - how to create a bootable USB disk (pen drive) for Windows/ Linux. And this is the easiest way to install Windows from USB disk. Earlier, I wrote about creating bootable Windows disk .  If your PC doesn't have a DVD drive, or if your DVD drive is not functioning properly, you can use your pen drive to install Windows. And notebooks don't have DVD drive usually. To install Windows there, you must require a bootable pen drive.  This post applies to: Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 I haven't tested this technique for Windows XP. Maybe this will also work there. But I'm not 100% sure about XP.  In order to install Windows from USB Flash Drive, you need the following tools: A USB Flash Drive/ Pen Drive (8 GB Recommended) Windows ISO Image Rufus - to create bootable USB disk Step 1 - Get Windows ISO Image Hopefully, all of you got a...

Install Windows 7 from a USB Drive!

If you have no DVD Rom on your computer, or it gets damaged in that case you can't setup windows in your PC. This is too boring. Or if you have a notebook then you face the same problem. But nothing to be worried about. There is another way to install windows on your PC. You can set it up by USB Flash Drive (Pen Drive).  If you have a 4 GB (or higher) USB drive then follow the steps below: 1.    Format Your USB/ Pen Drive Insert your USB in the PC and don't forget to back up your important data stored on that USB drive. Now format the Drive as the Picture shows:  Now open command prompt. Remember command prompt must be run as Administrator . You can go to the program menu then make a right click on command prompt and select run as administrator (Be sure that your windows partition is installed on C Drive) Now you will see the Command Prompt window on your screen.  Type Diskpart press enter.  Now you will see another scree...