On the computer you want to install Windows 7, go to your BIOS and make sure that boot from USB is enabled and in the correct position in the boot sequence.Copy all of the files you extracted for Windows 7 to the USB stick.Type BOOTSECT /NT60 : where the drive letter is the USB drive.In the CMD prompt window, go to the location where you extracted the Windows 7 files on your computer.Enter EXIT to quit the DISKPART command line (but do not close the CMD prompt window).Mark the volume as active by entering ACTIVE.Then enter SELECT VOL x where x is the volume number from the list.Open a CMD prompt (run it as administrator).Format the USB stick with NTFS using the “quick format”.You can use a lot of programs, many of them free, to extract from an ISO.Grab a a Windows 7 ISO image and extract it to a folder (not on the USB stick).The steps are pretty easy to create a USB stick that boot up the Windows 7 setup from an ISO image, so I figured I would share the love. I was determined not to strike out 3 times, so I decided to make a new USB bootable device. So I pulled out my trusty USB stick with a bootable copy of Windows 7 on it … alas that drive had gone through the wash a while back and finally kicked the bucket. Tonight I had a DVD with Windows 7 that used to work, but it wasn’t anymore.
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