How to Install Windows From a USB Flash Drive.

[vacuumdude99]

is that a dual boot or no

[madars111]

does windows 7 have drivers included like ethernet,video,audio and etc?

[MrGizmo757]

@madars111 windows 7 has some drivers included. But it really depends on your computer. If your computer is old it might not. Just go to the manufacturers website of your computer and see if there are windows 7 drivers available. If you have an extra flash drive just download the drivers before you start. The only way to know if there are drivers included for you computer for sure is to try it and see.

[dmxdee]

i can do this to install windows 7 ultimate??

[MrGizmo757]

@dmxdee yes. Works fine with windows 7.

[dmxdee]

@MrGizmo757 hmmm.. my flash disk is error and cannot be formatted.. can i use a external hard disk?

[aznjoejustin]

what if i already had a Diver Recovery DVD , i just need to copy from CD and paste to USB ,right ?

[luciffer3x]

Thanks man, a lot. This was so helpful, everything explained in details. Terrific job, well done!

[neomatrix2014]

Too easy man, Thanx a lot I just look for the part of "hal.dll" I was confused about it .. thnx

[konaDRAW]

did you use a ios or copy the xp program from the cd to do this? is there any particular ios program that you can use?

[KingJulian6111]

@konaDRAW you can mount the iso image with daemon tools and then select the drive it's mounted to and it will copy all the files to the usb

[DRAKO9764]

10x for the video, it really helped. ps...I hate notebooks :-L

[AsteroidInc]

wintoflash doesnt even support iso files....

[701JM]

I have done this with vista and it worked fine thanks. It was very simple as for some readson i didnt have to do the three stages, it just said copying files as usual then the GUI for a normal installation happened. I know it doesnt really matter but why did mine work simple than the tutorial lol

[MrGizmo757]

@701JM yeah vista and windows 7 have a diffrent installer. its only a one step deal with those. XP is the one with all the extra steps.

[MuhamedBegBushati91]

Thanks for the video, i have a Local disc:C and Local Disc:D i wanna to format only local disc:C does it remove the local disc:D files to ? Because i have my files on it and my windows is installed on :C ,i only need this to format ?!

[RedLink93]

My windows installation went perfectly. Excellent tutorial. You are the best, Gizmo! :P

[puneetiqbal]

heyy that was gud tutorial ....but i m nt seeing any unpartioned space while trying to follow the first step.....hard disk in nt showing at all...it just showing the pendrive to install the windows..:'(

what shud i do nw??

@MrGizmo

[littildaddy09]

@puneetiqbal iam having the  same proublim did you figer it out

[kiff214]

does your USB Flash drive is in the NTFS file ???

[MrGizmo757]

@kiff214 on mine the usb was always FAT 32.

[NASIRUB1]

OK, I tried this method I followed you to a tee and once I boot into the usb drive on my Eee PC 1005ha I don't get the options prompt like you, instead it goes into the widows 7/vista (I tried various OS's) install. I go through the install process an then I get an error code on both OS's setup processes. What is going on, is it that some net books can't install through usb, I had Ubuntu 11.4 before I re-imaged it now I have nothing, cause this piece of crap windows won't install..hlp please!

[MrGizmo757]

@NASIRUB1 did you install ubuntu first or windows first? because if you are dual booting windows needs to be installed first because windows upon installation rewrites the MBR witch erases Grub. without Grub Linux wont boot. install windows first. then ubuntu. have you tried that? after doing so windows will run a check disk. just let it run it will work fine afterwards. windows is crap. it needs tender love and care to work correctly.

[NASIRUB1]

@MrGizmo757 I bought this Net book off eBay and it came with Ubuntu 11.4 pre installed, but the original OS is windows 7 starter. So I downloaded a program that would let me put my windows 7 disk onto a usb flash (I have a 8gb flash drive) and I made a bootable usb drive, put it into the Net book and everything was going well until it was up to updating files and then I get an error code. I have tried using windows XP, vista and 7, no luck same thing happens, XP won't even load.

[NASIRUB1]

@NASIRUB1 I do get a message when I turn the net book after the splash screen, that says "error: unknown file system." then right below that it says "grub rescue>" what does this mean? When I tried to install windows I deleted and formated the drive before trying to install and still got errors.

[NASIRUB1]

@NASIRUB1 update: after 72 hours or more I came up with a simple solution to my issue with this Netbook, I just took the hard drive out and put it into a laptop installed Windows 7 on it and then put it back into the Netbook. Everything ran fine, I installed all the drivers and now I'm happy as hell.

[NASIRUB1]

Can I use this program to install Windows 7 home premium on my Asus Eee PC 1005ha net book? I have 1.60 GHz processor, 232GB HDD and 1GB of ram..

[MrGizmo757]

@NASIRUB1 yes. assuming you can download the proper drivers for the NetBook. i installed windows 7 on my eee pc 900 but i couldnt find graphics drivers for it that worked.

[Prattvw91]

Thank you for such straight forward instructions on how to do a USB xp install! This was very helpful! I would have been stumped!

[angelkane]

i am trying to reformat my samsung sens laptop but everytime i choose to reboot on usb or on dvd drive, windows just starts to load again. can you help me sir?

[gdfschimpi007]

Why would you put a vista start button... it's the worst operating system known to man.

[MrGizmo757]

@gdfschimpi007 cuz it looks better then the old start button. and wkndows in general is the worst operating system. not just vista. vista was the first OS Micro$oft shipped in almost 10 years. considering they been out of the game for a decade when they built it its not so bad. but they are going to really out stupid themselves with windows 8. windows 8 will be the end of microsoft as far as operating systems go.

[younggeek1]

@MrGizmo757 You are wrong. windows 7 and windows xp was great and windows 8 will not be the end of windows....because macs are too expensive.

[gdfschimpi007]

@MrGizmo757 I agree with windows 8.. It looks like complete garbage. However... they did very well with windows 7. I wouldn't say windows is the worst operating system unless you don't know what you're doing. As for linux, it has it's pros/cons just as windows. All depends on what you plan on doing.

[jaitlymayank]

Hello Sir, I am ubuntu on my laptop and I am having ISO file for window. Does WintoFlash will work on Ubuntu?

Please help me.

[MrGizmo757]

@jaitlymayank no it dose not work on Ubuntu. however you might be able to get it to work in WINE. if you don't know what WINE is just youtube it. that might work. but if not you will need to use a windows computer to get it done. you can use the USB on an ubuntu computer but you will need a windows computer to create the USB. but you might be able to get it to work in WINE. its worth a try.

[BHCCRH93]

Can U Pass Me ThE Drivers Please :D, u can upload the files and pass me the link...The Same files you show in the video , in ASUS... XD

[MrGizmo757]

@iiD0MINATE The program win to flash takes windows that is on the CD. and places it onto the USB so it can be used as a boot device. you pretty much just putting a copy of the cd onto the USB. The program just makes it bootable.

[kukymonster8o8]

i got an error wen i did the second part. it says. "SXS.DLL: Syntax error in manifest or policy file "D:\$WIN_NT$~LS\I386\asms\1\DE­FAULT\DEFAULT.MAN" on line 0." know how to fix that?

[MrGizmo757]

@kukymonster8o8 no clue. i have never seen that error before. maybe try loading a different Disk. Maybe your disk is corrupt or maybe your flash drive is write protected or something like that. the cheap flash drives work best because the better ones come with addition encryption and stuff on them that just gets in the way of this kind of stuff. it can by any one of those things. try a different copy of windows and a different flash drive. see if that makes any difference.

[djoh0000]

Excellent tutorial.

What about the activation part?

[MrGizmo757]

@djoh0000 i bypass activation. use a program called anti wpa3 for xp. and Remove WAT fir vista and windows 7. what these programs do is it it disables the activation software in windows wile patching the system so all your updates and stuff still work. look up those two programs here on youtube. you will see what i mean. they work well.

[MrPradhhan]

thnx matt its really work 100% i install xp with no problem and no error... helpful software 

[RossVlogs]

Gizmo i get an error saying that its corrupt any ideas?

[9887962543]

Check with the Filesystem of the USB thumbdrive.... On my PC ( c2d 2.93ghz, 4gig ddr3 ram) the process completed in 10 min.... Filesystem i sued was NTFS

[hydrolisk1792]

Wow man this is the most detailed Tut I have ever seen on something like this, Thanks from Las Vegas NV

[purryk2006]

i have an asus eeepc 1005 ha..i tried your method, but at finish of the text instalation,at 98%, i got 2 errors, cannot copy ntldr and ntdetect,and these are used to boot the windows right? of course...i skipped them...finished the instal,and tried to copy them with recovery console.it copied them still doenst boot. i treid another windows xp...guess what...at the text insal ,same error.

[MsAsdfg456]

dont work , türk arkadaşlar calışmıyor bu şekilde bilginize usb disk !!! ntfs format atin !!! only usb multiboot10 program okay

"wintoflash only format fat32 usbdisk dont work" yani calışmıyor.

[111lightbulb]

That was a great tutorial... Thanks a ton man....!

[taviluci]

the usb flas needs to be ntfs or fat32?

[sushant9890310034]

oh thanks a lot !!!!!!!!!!!!! it was a to long video but with the detail information good going

thanks again bye

[cenvint77]

OOOOOMMMMMGGGG !!!!! I try to repair my broken computer since 2 days. I pass 7-8 hour trying things with the bios and nothing was working even things I was sure it will work, but your method work !!! Thanks a lot !

[rokstaGmatt]

@MrGizmo757 ....i have a bootable iso can i just copy it into a Flash Drive??

[superjetze]

Will this work with win98>?

[EdrickAisen]

lol he said download the internet lol 26:45

[VikiQuinx]

You're like the guru of all that is awesome. I just want to say thanks for all the help. This was by far one of the best and most detailed guides i've seen in my life. You really delved into all them intricacies (granted I still had a minor issue at step 1 due to the pc wanting to install xp on my usb stick- but all i had to do was press the [esc] key and change the partition to install it on). Overall I think I grew a few braincells. Thank You for the much appreciated lesson :)

[TheVerse444]

This video is so intricate and the same time so easy to understand, thanks bro for all the details u put in to it, no questions at all, I appreciate ur efforts to make a tutorial like dis.

[DemiFauline]

this tutorial of you really help me a lot, thanks

[mikaoj60]

blue screen error plz help

[L0RDNIK0N60]

@mikaoj60 i got the same thing =[ and i need this bad

[Darkfire889]

A related video to this is called sondaje vesical don't click it. It is on "that" side of youtube...

[dudemcpek]

@MrGizmo757 It works great right until where I'm supposed to pick a partition to set up XP on. I only got USB partitions available and no HDD. I'm stuck and dunno what to do :(

[1989betolopez]

@dudemcpek same problem

[Rifleman2k]

@dudemcpek You should search the bios for an option to disable AHCI and set it to compatibility mode..that way it works..i had the same problem with a Toshiba NB-200

[Rifleman2k]

@Rifleman2k the only partition that was found was the usb .. so set AHCI to compatibility mode and it will find your HDD..Good luck

[rExzjjAmez]

..nice !!Thatz cOOL brO..tHankz !!

[FailisWin]

Is the procedure exactly the same for vista and windows 7?

[MrGizmo757]

@FailisWin pretty much yes. the difference is no text install.  when you boot the usb it jumps right into the main install so its one less step.

[FailisWin]

@MrGizmo757

Thanks, very reassuring :P

One more question, how do I know if the bios support usb boots? Do all of the newer bios support it?

[biirdy94]

@MrGizmo757 In this case, could you just copy the .iso file straight to a flash drive?

[MrGizmo757]

@biirdy94 no because it wouldnt be bootable. it would just be another file.  you need a program like wintoflash to make it bootable.

[WindowsFan1]

help!! it boots but then it gets the blue error screen!! HELP ME PLZZ!!!!!

[dmr844]

when i run the first it says "cannot find hal.dll" and debug just runs my windows xp..

[hellzone100]

You need a copy of windows XP sp3 netbook edition.

[chezbergarz]

do you still have an iso of your windows 7 ultimate edition? it looks cool

[theneedle914show]

DUDE..THANK YOU SO MUCH.. U SAVED ME FROM GOING CRAZY... NOW I MUST GET BACK TO WORK B/C OF YOU...

[DimiProducer]

si the same way to format with cd and usb please !!

[carlospaulino09]

Thank you sir from Philippines

[MrGizmo757]

@carlospaulino09 Philippines? Nice. You guys have some beautiful women over there. :-)

[carlospaulino09]

@MrGizmo757

Thanks ^_^

[albeanmagz19]

@MrGizmo757 yeah we do!

[123456784038]

When I am attempting to boot from the text mode it starts and then goes to the blue error screen. What should I do ?

[WindowsFan1]

@123456784038 Tell him to help us. it does it to me to >=\

[DustinChristensen01]

I have 4 computers with multi touch trackpads, so yes you were wrong about that. Heres what I've got with them at this point. Bytespeed MB40 Notebook. 2 Dell Latitude E5410 Notebooks. And an eMachines Notebook (forgot the model number and was too lazy to look.) All of them were made in 2010, except for the Bytespeed MB40, and all of them run Windows 7, so they're not MACs.

[gibsonhax]

if youre using an iso disc image you need to mount it to a virtual drive using daemon tools lite, poweriso or any ther similar program, and select the virtual drive. you cannot simply select the iso file or folder.

[MrGizmo757]

@gibsonhax or you can use unetbootin and copy right over in one single step. :-)

[osamamoto]

VERY HELPFUL AT LEAST FOR ME.,THANX. :)

[funnyvideosforlive]

A question: if i install xp from the cd to the usb, does it overwrite the windows on my pc? (hdd)

[funnyvideosforlive]

Thanks!

[Hungryforthenetwork]

does this work for desktop too because when i boot from my usb it just sits there and does nothing.

[2010MrSchimmel]

hey guys I hzabe times ne ask how hejßt the program what you're up there this taskbar windows 7 but not of the above? can you send me the link

[ijustlovemetal]

this is so awesome mate..its really helpful specially on my laptop coz my cd drive is not working.thanks mate 

[benz14ify]

im doing it right now...hope it work!(8:45 am,manila)

[Izomk]

forget creates a partition ;)

[acecasela123]

your great man!! i would like to ask if you already have the solution to the drive D: System put in drive C:? is this can work also in desktop computers?

[MrGizmo757]

@acecasela123 i do have a solution but it requires removing windows and starting over. boot Gparted Partition editor form a USB stick. then delete all partitions then create two new ones. first one will be NTFS. Second one will be FAT 32. now restart the windows install and now your usb drive will be seen as drive D. now you can use windows setup to delete those newly created partition and then continue the install like normal.

[MrGizmo757]

@acecasela123 This install will only work on Computers that allows booting from USB. My desktop wont allow that. but My friends dose. there really no way to tell with a locked bios like on an OEM machine. so just try and see. that's all you can really do.

[acecasela123]

@MrGizmo757 oh.... my bios dont support it......its useless now..one more question pls how would i uninstall the wintoflash in my usb.??

[MrGizmo757]

@acecasela123 Just delete the WintoFLash folder. that's all you have to do to remove it

[acecasela123]

@MrGizmo757 thx dude your a great help to me...

[LiipiizinhoO]

dude , AWESOME WORK !

i was going crazy because my cd reading drive isnt working and i cant format the computer with a disk and my computer is getting all slow and all that , but know i can do it by USB , THANKS SO MUCH MAN , keep up the awesome work !

[Polygon6789]

How much gigs do you need on flash drive

[MrGizmo757]

@Polygon6789 for xp all you need in one gig. for windows 7 or vista you need 6 gigs.

[akhilrawat619]

nice work man :)

its really helpfull

keep it up man

thanks again!!!

[robinfire23]

Will this also work with with Windows 7??

[MrGizmo757]

@robinfire23 yes it will work with win7. but you will need a usb stick no smaller then 6 gigs to do it. and of course make sure you have the windows 7 drivers for the device your installing it on.

[robinfire23]

@MrGizmo757 Thank u.. I've successfully installed windows 7 in my netbook~~ Very useful vid!!

[jamesc001100]

linux is better than windows xp

[MrGizmo757]

@jamesc001100 only when it works.

[SeeMeRot]

very nice tutorial man ty, but im having a little problem installing with the first step..... i think it's because i am trying to install xp over the unix already on the system.... do you know of a way to boot and format from the usb thumb drive? ...i think that will solve the problem

[TheDeadW]

only video that fully teaches how to do that. Congratullations and...

...THANKS A LOT!!! :)

(Sorry for bad english, im Portuguese)

[DutchPredator93]

16gb ram thats nice :)

[hacking911black]

you did a great job

[zeeshan3508]

Sir when i try right what u did and insert Usb in my pc selected kingstondatatraveler as the first boot media device in BIOS and when i reboot a letter "j" appears on the top left on the screen...what i do now...

[trinimfkclan]

Thank you very much and great job ...

[Vack20]

Hi there can you please help me? I have an ISO file and installed on my flash drive. When the windows setup starts I press ENTER to set up XP now and it tells me to insert a CD...and that the part where I am stuck on and I basically have a windows XP ISO but it is not recognizing it. Can you please help me on this issue?

[MrGizmo757]

@Vack20 Check your bios settings. to see if it has a setting for it. some bios' disable this feature. also try using a diffrent usb port. My netbook i can only boot from one of the usb ports try that. you could try to format and create the bootable usb again. something could have gone screwy when you created it. The most common reason for this is the flash drive itself. some flash drive dont work as a boot device becuase of write protection. the really cheap usb drive seem to work best for this

[yousif1020]

thanks man for uploading this video ..

it will be a very kid of you if you put the program link

thank

[freakykitten666]

Great video. Thanks for uploading.