Making a bootable Windows 7 USB key

Manual Method

  1. From an elevated command prompt:
  2. diskpart
    list disk
    select disk <x>
    clean
    create partition primary
    select partition 1
    active
    format fs=ntfs
    assign (note the drive letter that is assigned)
    exit

  3. From Windows 7 media:

  4. Copy all files into USB key

  5. From Windows 7 media, run:

  6. boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 X: (where X is the drive letter assigned to USB key)

Microsoft Utility

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