How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

How to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive :  For those who don’t have a windows 7 installation disk or either it is damaged, then you can create and use a Bootable USB flash drive to install Windows 7 on your PC. The process of creating a Bootable windows 7 USB flash drive is fairly easy, however you will have to download a copy of windows 7 ISO file.

Fortunately Microsoft provides Windows 7 ISO images as free downloads to the public.  You can download Windows 7 iso images from here and Once you have downloaded a Windows 7 ISo file, you can then follow the instructions provided below to create a Bootable windows 7 USB flash drive.

Instructions to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive 

Download Rufus and run it with Administrator rights.

• Step 1: Select the USB drive.
• Step 2: Select “ Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI “ ( Note: If your PC has UEFI bios, select the other two options. )
• Step 3: Select NTFS for File system. ( Note: Select FAT32 if your PC UEFI bios. )
• Step 4: Select the default Cluster size.
• Step 5: Type in a name for the Bootable USB Flash Drive.
• Step 6: Make sure you select these three options under Format options.

1. Quick Format
2. Create a Bootable disk using.
3. Create extended labels and icon files.

• Step 7: Select the dropdown menu next to Create a Bootable disk using and select ISO Image.
• Step 8: Select the Drive icon next to ISO Image and then select the Windows 10 ISO file.
• Step 9: Verify all the settings and then click on the Start button.

That’s it, now you’ll just have to wait for a couple minutes more and the Windows 10 Bootable USB Flash Drive should be ready for installing Windows 10 on your PC.

After a few minutes your Windows 7 Bootable  USB flash drive will be  ready for installation. Reboot your PC and set the bootable flash drive as a first boot priority in the bios settings. Save the bios settings and reboot once again to continue with the windows 7 installation process .

 Note: You have to allow booting from USB devices in your BIOS settings in order to proceed further with the windows 7 installation .