Ok Mike. Following the instructions givin here. http://tinyurl.com/Win7USB I've come apon a minor problem. It's my lack of understand of command prompts. I've got the first 10 steps done. From the diskpart to the reformat (fat32) and the letter and exit. I don't understand the next part. "once the first 10 steps are complete, mount the ISO and run the following command." ** *xcopy x:\*.*/s/e/f y:\* " Where x is the drive letter of the mounted ISO " I have the ISO on C drive and want to move it to I drive where it will be all by it's lonesome. This is what I get for not learning all the command stuff. help. Steve On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Mike the mod <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Folks, > here is an article I have in the win7 links: > > How to install Windws7 from a USB stick > Installing from a USB Memory Stick: My wife has a Samsung NC10 netbook > (very nice machine, by the way), and we wanted to install Windows 7 Beta on > this machine to replace the pre-installed Windows XP environment. Like most > netbook-class devices, this machine has no built-in media drive, and nor > did I have an external USB DVD drive available to boot off. The solution: I > took a spare 4GB USB 2.0 thumbdrive, reformatted it as FAT32, and simply > copied the contents of the Windows 7 Beta ISO image to the memory stick > using xcopy e:\ f:\ /e /f (where e: was the DVD drive and f: was the > removable drive location). Not only was it easy to boot and install from > the thumbdrive, it was also blindingly fast: quicker than the corresponding > DVD install on my desktop machine. > > http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2009/01/12/the-bumper-list-of-windows-7-s > ecrets.aspx > > Here is the way Microsoft told us about at the Win7 Beta launch > Install Win7 from USB drive > Installing Windows 7 via USB or SD Media > http://tinyurl.com/Win7USB > > I hope this helps > > Mike the mod @ PCTechTalk & vista_ & Win7 > http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/vista_/ > http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Win7/ > ******* REPLY SEPARATOR ********* > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------