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Please note: during this procedure you'll lose any data on your USB stickflash drive. Please be extra careful during formatting, while choosing the wrong drive will erase him it completely. This guide provided as-is, at your own risk.

Things you You will need to have:# PC running Windows XP/Vista/7/8# Windows 7, 32/64-bit (depending on the system) installation disk# USB drive with at least 8GB of free storage

Preparing the USB stick<br>drive:1. # Open a command prompt as administrator (- Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run ''Run as administrator”<br>2administrator'' or type '''cmd''' in the Start search bar. # Run '''diskpart ''' utility by typing “ diskpart” ''diskpart'' into command prompt window and pressing “Enter”<br>.3. # Locate your USB stick drive disk number by executing “list disk”''list disk''. We will 'll assume your the USB disk drive is 1<br>.4. # Run the following commands<br>:4a: ## ''select disk 1<br>''4b: ## ''clean<br>''4c: ## ''create partition primary<br>''4d: ## ''select partition 1<br>''4e: ## ''active<br>''4f: ## ''format fs=NTFS<br>''4g: ## ''assign<br>''4h: ## ''exit<br>''

1Now we have prepared USB stick. Lets make it bootable:# Insert your DVD windows Windows 7 , 32 /64-bit Installation installation disk into DVD drive. Let's assume it's D<br>2. # Go to ''D:\boot '' (cd d:\boot)<br>3. # If your USB drive letter is “e” please run “ ''bootsect /nt60 e: ”<br>''4. # Copy DVD Windows 7 media content to USB root folder (etc. don't put it into any folder)<br>

 You are now ready to install Windows 7 from USB stickflash drive!