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Creating a bootable thumb drive from Windows installation DVD
Tags: Microsoft was quite proud in their achievement that Windows 7 would be able to run on netbook-class hardware – something Vista truly struggled with. I have to agree with Microsoft’s boasting, as this was quite an accomplishment and the initial reports point to this as fact.
If your netbook came pre-installed with Windows XP, or worse Vista, it might be beneficial to upgraded to Microsoft’s latest offering. As has been the case in every Windows release this decade, upgrading your install is a simple as plopping the upgrade CD/DVD in your drive and away you go. Simple, if you ignore the fact that your netbook came sans a DVD drive! Instead, your only option is to boot and install from a thumb drive. Unfortunately, getting the installation files from the Upgrade DVD to the USB thumb drive is not as simple as a copy paste.
WinToFlash is a free utility that facilitates the process of migrating the installation files from the DVD onto the USB thumb drive all while making the device bootable. Wizard driven and supporting all the recent versions of Windows – including Windows 7, WinToFlash is a snap to use – supply the path to the installation DVD, the path to your USB thumb drive, and click Run. That’s about as easy as any piece of software can possibly be.
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