Install Windows 7 and Windows 8 from USB Drive

Do not have a DVD drive in your laptop or netbook, facing problems with DVDs getting scratched.Here is a permanent solution to have a reliable Installation source as USB or Pen drive.Also the installation would be 3X faster. The USB drive should be atleast 4 GB in Size.

- We will use the DiskPart utility inbuilt in Windows operating system to prepare the usb drive as a installation source.

- Open the Windows command prompt by typing **cmd** in Run box.

- Type **diskpart** in the command prompt .

- Type **list disk** command to check the status of your drive

- Type **select disk 1** where the "1" is actually the corresponding number of your USB drive.(It may different on your system, check the size of the disk to confirm it is the USB drive.)

- Type **clean**.

- After the USB drive is clean, type **create partition primary**.

- Now make the partition active by typing command **active**

- Then you need to set up the file system as Fat32 by running **format fs=fat32 quick**

- Type **assign** to give the USB drive a drive letter .

- Then copy all the files from the Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation DVD onto the USB drive. If you have Windows 7 or Windows 8 ISO You can actually copy all the contents after extracting the ISO.For extracting you can use Power ISO or other similiar utilities.

- Now you can install the Windows 7 using the USB drive(might need to change boot options to boot from USB in your system BIOS settings) .

The installation will be atleast 3X faster than DVD.