Now that you have a bootable USB, you have to set your computer’s BIOS to boot from USB. Rufus is now going through the steps of making the USB drive bootable and copying the Windows 7 setup files from the ISO to the USB. Once Rufus is open, you need to select “Quick Format, Create a bootable disk using: ISO Image, and Create Extended label and icon files.” After those are checked, click the CD drive icon to the left of “ISO Image” and choose the Windows 7 ISO you just downloaded from the link above.īEFORE YOU CLICK START, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FILES YOU WANT TO KEEP OFF OF YOUR USB DRIVE BECAUSE RUFUS WILL FORMAT THE DRIVE. Rufus doesn’t need to be installed so it just opens when you click the downloaded file. I use Rufus Bootable USB,, to do this.įirst thing is to download Rufus and open it.
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I’m not going to go over how to burn a DVD, just how to make a bootable USB. Once you have the ISO file downloaded, you will have to burn it to a DVD or USB.
Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate). When you download the ISO, make sure you have the correct version of Windows (i.e. If you don’t have one, you can get the official Windows 7 Service Pack 1 ISO from Digital River. To start off, you need to have a Windows 7 Installation disc. It just depends on what you think is easier, both work. If you can still boot into Windows, but just want to do a clean install to free up some room, you can use HTG’s article,, to reinstall Windows without having to reactivate OR you can just enter your product key during the installation process of Windows. On laptops it is located on the bottom and on store bought desktops it is located somewhere on the computers case. The first thing you want to have before you start is your Windows 7 PRODUCT KEY. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP ANYTHING YOU WANT BEFORE YOU START OR ELSE IT WILL BE GONE!!!!
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