Probably, any computer user has more than once encountered the problem of reinstalling software and operating system. Despite the fact that the development of technology has given us devices such as laptops, netbooks and tablets - reinstalling Windows still remains relevant and acquires new features.

Features of modern computers

Devices of new models simply do not have any kind of disk drive, and the user is faced with a difficult task: he not only needs a program for burning Windows to a flash drive, but also the knowledge of how to do it. Today, the flash drive method is becoming increasingly popular. To do this, just find a sufficiently capacious flash drive (Windows XP will require about 2.5 GB of disk space, and Windows 7 - about 7 GB), burn the Windows image to the flash drive using special software, make it bootable and follow the installation instructions.

How to get the Windows operating system?

Before starting to understand the question of how to write Windows to a flash drive, each user must first select a drive of the required size and the appropriate release of the operating system.

There are several ways to become a Windows owner:

  1. Buy a disc with software from one of the points of sale or from a computer store that has permission to supply Windows operating systems. All of them must be marked, and their owner is given a special sticker with serial number, which must be placed on system unit computer or back panel any device: laptop, netbook or tablet.
  2. Download software from one of the many torrents on the Internet. However this method is illegal, and the owner of the computer on which the pirated software is installed copy of Windows, may be prosecuted the first time his computer is checked.

How to write Windows to a flash drive? Methods

Once you have your own copy of the Windows operating system, you will need a reliable way to save an image of it and write it to a flash drive. In addition, this flash drive will definitely need to be made bootable. Otherwise, all manipulations can be considered pointless, because you need to install an operating system, and not just transfer files from your computer to another storage medium.

Popular programs for creating a bootable USB flash drive

To create a full-fledged bootable USB flash drive, which will be visible when you restart your computer’s operating system, and install Windows from it, you must use one of the following programs:

  • DirectGRUB.
  • GRUB4DOS.
  • UltraISO.

With their help, you can write a Windows image onto a flash drive and properly prepare it for installation. Working with each of these programs differs in some nuances, which we will discuss below. However, each of them allows you to create a complete bootable device that fits easily in your pocket and can install a new operating system in a matter of minutes.

DirectGrub: Windows alternative entry

How to burn Windows to a USB flash drive using DirectGRUB? This process is quite simple and does not require specialized knowledge and skills in information technology. Absolutely anyone can cope with this task. To do this, he just needs to follow the following instructions:

  1. Download the DirectGrub program.
  2. Download or create a Windows image from an existing disk.
  3. Write Windows to a flash drive. To do this, you need to select an image in the program and click the “start” button to start the process. The program will automatically create bootable USB flash drive and will place on it all the data necessary to install the operating system.
  4. To start the installation, you need to go to the computer's boot menu and select the boot priority from the flash drive.
  5. After the download starts, a special Grub menu will appear on the screen, where you will need to select the very first line and start the installation.
  6. Important! After the text stage of installing the operating system is completed and the computer requires a reboot, you should boot from the flash drive again and select the same item. After this, you do not need to press any keys until the computer boots.

Recording with GRUB4DOS

For this method, we will need several software products, namely: HPUSBFW, with which it will be formatted, and the GRUB4DOS bootloader, which will help in installing the operating system. How to write Windows to a flash drive, if everything required applications already installed? Once you have found the necessary software, you need to follow the following instructions:

  1. in the required format: FAT32 for WinXP and NTSF for subsequent versions.
  2. We launch GRUB4DOS, select our flash drive as a device and press the “Eject” button. After this, the program will create a partition C:/Program Files/WINGRUB/, install itself into it and create its own shortcut on the desktop. In addition, it will add all the bootloader files to our flash drive. After this it will happen
  3. In the running GRUB4DOS, find the Disk line and select our drive as the target for installation. You should carefully select a drive based on its size, since for some reason the program does not write the drive letter.
  4. A console window will open in which you need to press the Enter button, after which all that remains is to correctly configure the bootloader.
  5. For correct settings we'll trick our computer a little into believing that our drive is a floppy disk. The image can usually be found in the same location as the Windows image.
  6. After that, we simply copy all the necessary images to our flash drive, restart the computer and install any version of Windows.

UltraISO software

How to write Windows to a USB flash drive using this program? UltraISO is an excellent application that can be used to burn an image to a USB drive and make it bootable. Although this program is paid, its free features quite enough for our needs. To create a bootable USB flash drive and install the operating system from it, you will need to complete the following steps:

  1. First, open the previously created image in the UltraISO program.
  2. Select the menu item “Boot” and in it the sub-item “Burn image”.
  3. In this subsection, you must carefully check all recording parameters, namely: the flash drive and the image.
  4. We select the method for recording the USB-HDD image, but do not check the Create Boot Partition checkbox.
  5. Click the “Record” button.

Now you just need to wait until the process of transferring data and placing it on the flash drive is completed. After this, you can restart the computer, select from the boot menu and install the latest version of the operating system.

Advantages and disadvantages of installing Windows from USB

Now we know how to write Windows to a USB flash drive and can consider all the advantages of installing the operating system in a similar way:

  1. Very fast installation process. All modern flash drives have high rates of reading and writing information, which allows you to reduce the time of the entire process by several times.
  2. High reliability. Unlike a traditional CD, which can be very easily mechanically damaged, a flash drive is not susceptible to scratches and abrasions. In addition, it simply cannot break inside the drive.
  3. Very comfortably. The flash drive is small and rectangular in shape, making it easy to hide in your pocket, unlike a bulky CD.
  4. Compatibility. Unfortunately, on very old computers, the method of installing an operating system with However, they are most often equipped. However, on netbooks, such a device may not be available, and a flash drive will not only help with installing the software, but will also save money on buying a drive.

The operating system is usually installed from a DVD or downloaded necessary files from the Internet. But what about those users who do not have a DVD drive in their computer or laptop? There is also not always a stable Internet connection, but new computer Without an OS, you basically can’t download files. In these cases, it is best to use a bootable USB flash drive on which the OS installation image is saved. We will tell you in detail how to burn Windows to a flash drive - which applications are easier to master and how to configure them correctly.

Many programs can record Windows OS to a flash drive. We have selected the best ones for you - with simple settings that produce consistently high-quality results. Prepare a USB flash drive with a capacity of at least 4 GB and delete all files from it.

MediaCreationTool

If you need to install Windows 10, use the application from Microsoft. It is available for download on the company website. On the link page, click “Download tool now”. After the download is complete, run the file and agree to the license terms.

How to make a bootable USB flash drive in MediaCreationTool: in the first step, select that you need to create installation media. In the settings, select the OS version and architecture (32- or 64-bit), language. Next, specify the recording direction – USB device and open a specific flash drive.

The process of copying files from the Microsoft Internet resource and forming the media will begin. You will then see a notification that your USB device is ready.

A simple and easy-to-learn utility, you can download it from the developer’s website - click on the Russian version in the list. Without registration, UltraISO is allowed to be used for up to 30 days without restrictions on functions.

How to use UltraISO:

  1. Install the application, when launching, click " Trial period».
  2. In the File – Open submenu, find the Windows image in the form of *.iso.
  3. In the “Boot” section, click the “Burn hard disk image” sub-item.
  4. In the new window, specify the flash drive (Disk Drive sub-item), recording method – USB-HDD+.
  5. Click "Record".

Sometimes you first need to format the media to completely clear it of previous data. To do this, after selecting the settings, first click “Format”.

The utility is free and available on the developer's website. Does not require installation, is also suitable for older versions of Windows OS - 2003, XP, 2000. How to write an image to WinSetupFromUSB:

  1. Specify the media in the “USB disk” line.
  2. Check the sub-item “Auto format it” and NTFS.
  3. Select which OS version you will write from your hard drive to the flash drive.
  4. Specify the path to the recorded image using the button with 3 dots.
  5. Accept the user agreement, click "GO" to start.

For versions XP and 2000, you must specify the folder with the files, and not the *.iso file. This can be a folder on a CD or an image unpacked by an archiver.

Rufus

Another popular one free utility to create a bootable flash drive, different small size and speed of work. Available on the Rufus website. To write a Windows OS image to a USB flash drive:

  1. Select a recording device.
  2. At the bottom, click on the button with the disk drawn, select the item for the ISO image.
  3. Click "Start".

To copy correctly setup files, Rufus will format the media first. Finally, click on “Close”.

Write to disk

You can burn Windows to a disc using the utilities discussed above, or use a CD and DVD creation application, such as the popular Nero Burning Rom. Launch Nero, in the main menu in the “File” section, click “Open” and find the path to the image. In the recording form, click “Burn”.

Installing the OS

After transferring the image to external media, Windows can be installed on a computer. The process will be slightly different than usual when moving OS files from disk. Before installing Windows from a flash drive, you need to force it to run from a USB device in the BIOS:

  1. Insert the OS image media into the USB port.
  2. Turn on the computer, go to the BIOS - to do this, press Del or F2 while turning on. If it doesn't work, read our guide on how to enter the BIOS on different models computers and laptops.
  3. On Boot tab Use the arrow keys to move the USB device to the first position.
  4. Save changes and exit.
  5. The standard installation will begin.

Creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows is easy. For version 10, it is convenient to use the proprietary MediaCreationTool, which itself will download the necessary files. Choose any of the listed applications and write the OS image to a USB drive yourself.

Greetings, dear readers! When installing a new operating system on a computer, it will be enough to open the DVD drive, then install the installation distribution and after performing some operations in the BIOS (you can read about what a BIOS is here), you can begin to complete the task.

However, what to do if the operating system needs to be installed on so-called portable netbooks or laptops, which, as you probably know, do not have a disk reader. In this case, the operating system is installed from a USB drive.

Installing Windows from a flash drive itself is no different from installing from a disk, however, the process of writing the installation distribution onto a flash drive has some peculiarities. In this article, we will look at how to burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive in several ways. It should be noted here that in addition to writing the windows distribution onto a flash drive, you can also write it to a memory card, but not all laptops have the ability to boot from a memory card. Therefore, before creating a bootable flash drive or memory card, you should make sure that your laptop or netbook is capable of booting from a memory card. And how exactly to check you can find out by reading my article:

What is a computer BIOS and how to configure it

In fact, installing Windows from a flash drive is no different from installing from a regular DVD drive.

I Method for creating bootable flash media

So, the first method that we will consider is installation using the command line. This means that with the help of the task special teams we will create a bootable one removable media. But first we need a flash drive with a capacity of at least 4 GB. This method is, I would say, the most difficult for beginners, since you will have to sequentially enter commands that are not entirely familiar to novice users. Therefore, you should not be afraid of these unfamiliar commands; the purpose of each command is described below.

1. Connect the flash drive to the computer, and then click on start and select the “Run” command. At the command line, you will need to enter cmd.exe and click OK. In this case, the command must be launched as an administrator.

2. In the window that opens, you will need to type “diskpart” to open the disk management utility. After the utility appears, you need to type the “list disk” command, which allows you to view the list of used disks in your PC. You will need to select your flash drive. Let’s say in my example this is disk 1. So, we write “select disc 1”. Thus, we indicate that all subsequent actions will be performed with this disk.

3. On next step we will need to clean the flash media that will be written to. Type the command “clean”.

4. After the message “Disk cleanup completed successfully” appears, the next step is to create a new partition by issuing the “create partition primary” command. Here we indicate to the system that in the future we will work with this particular section - “select partition 1”.

5. To highlight this section active we set the command “active”.

6. Then in the next step you will need to format the partition we created on the flash drive as a file NTFS system– “format fs=NTFS”.


7. After formatting the flash drive is completed (100%), you will need to activate the process of connecting the device by specifying the command “assign letter=Z” and pressing “Enter”.

8. Then after the “connection successful” message appears, enter “Exit” to exit diskpart into command line.

E – Disk partition containing the windows distribution;

Z – Designation of USB storage device.


The copying process itself takes about 50 minutes. After the copying is complete, all that remains is to restart the computer and go into the BIOS. And then, having set the appropriate settings in the BIOS, you can begin installing the operating system.

II Method for creating bootable flash media

Let's consider the second method of how to write Windows 7 to a USB flash drive. The essence of this method is that to create a bootable USB flash drive we need UltraISO program, with which we will create bootable removable media with the Windows 7 operating system.

If you do not have this program installed, then you can download it from the Internet, and it is distributed on a paid basis. However, you can use the demo version of this program and use this program during the trial period.

So, open the program and click “File – Open”.


In the window that opens, you will need to go to the operating system image and click “Open”. We will look at what an image is and how to create it in one of the future lessons. By the way, let me remind you that various competitions and tournaments are held on the blog, participate and win cash prizes. To have a better chance of becoming a WINNER, you should Subscribe to blog updates so as not to miss new articles. You can read about how to properly subscribe to blog updates by following this link.

Then in top menu You should click “Boot” and select “Burn hard disk image” from the drop-down menu.



Therefore, before formatting, copy the data that is important to you to HDD.

After formatting is successfully completed, click “Burn”.


The image will be written to a flash drive or memory card for a certain time. This method is the simplest compared to the first method.


In general, in addition to the above methods for creating bootable flash media, there are also others various ways. For example, to write a Windows distribution to a memory card or flash drive, use a utility called WinToFlash.

Plus, I suggest you also watch the live video:

The essence of this utility is similar to the previously discussed UltraIso program. That is, you open the program, specify the path to the location of the windows distribution image, copy and write. What methods of creating bootable flash media do you know? In addition, I recommend that you read the article on installing Windows 7 on your computer. From this article you will learn how to properly install an operating system windows system 7.

Having considered in this article the question of how to write Windows 7 to a flash drive, you can thereby independently reinstall the operating system on your netbook or laptop using a flash drive.

On this this article I will conclude. I hope the material was useful and interesting for you.

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How to write windows to a flash drive for installation (bootable)

In this article I will tell you how to burn an image to a flash drive (in this case windows image) for subsequent installation of the system on a computer. Nowadays, many people have laptops and netbooks, where there is simply no optical drive, or it is not possible to install windows from a disk, this is where creating a bootable Windows 7 flash drive comes to the rescue. This article is primarily aimed at these tasks.

We will write the image to a flash drive in two ways. The first method will be implemented using a very good ultra iso program, and the second using WinSetup From USB. We will start by looking at the steps to work with ultra iso, since this method is less labor-intensive and the process of creating a bootable Windows 7 flash drive will be quite fast. The second method will remain for those who, for some reason, “didn’t work out” with the first option.

Method No. 1

So, let's go. First, download the Ultra ISO program. After the program has been downloaded, installed and launched (click on the trial period if you don’t want to buy), you can begin the fairly simple process of writing Windows to a flash drive:

1. You must specify the path to the image that should be placed on your hard drive: Click “File” => Open (Fig. 1)

2. Then, select: Boot => Burn Hard Disk Image (Fig. 2)

Method No. 2

This method will also tell you how to write windows to a flash drive. What you will need for this option:

1. A little free time;

2. Computer (with hardware that supports booting from a flash drive);

3. Program for preparing a flash drive (download);

4. The flash drive itself (even an SD card will do);

5. An image of the operating system that we want to install.

As an example, I will show how we will write an operating system image to a 4GB SD card Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I would like to immediately draw your attention to the choice of operating system. If your computer has less than 4GB of random access memory (RAM), then you should install a 32-bit (x86) version of the operating system, since a 64-bit version will simply clutter RAM unnecessary processes.

Insert the flash drive into USB port and format it to FAT32 or NTFS using windows. To do this, you need to go to My Computer, find the flash drive there and right-click on its icon. In the context menu, select “Format...”. In the format window, select the file system FAT32 or NTFS (the latter will be better if the flash drive has a capacity of more than 4GB), and also select the cluster size " Standard size cluster" and click the "Start" button. Everything is shown in the picture:

Next, we download a small program in which we will do all the operations we need. There are several programs of this type, but I chose WinSetupFromUSB because it requires no installation, takes up almost no disk space, and is easy to use.

Let's launch the program. First, we need to select the device on which we will burn the image. This is done in the drop-down menu at the top (if the flash drive is not displayed in this menu, click on the Refresh button). Next, we need to prepare the flash drive for recording the image, because if we simply copy the image, it will be impossible to enter the system installer, because there is no boot sector. To create it, click on the Bootice button.

In the Bootice utility window that opens, click the Process MBR button, then see if the Grub4Dos checkbox is checked (if not, check it) and click the Install/Config button. In the Config Grub for DOS window, click on the “Save to disk” button, the program will display a window that boot record successfully written to the drive.

We return again to the Bootice utility window, where we click the “Process PBR” button and do everything the same, without changing anything in the last window, click OK.

That's it, now all we have to do is write the image to a flash drive, this is done in the main program window, which we saw immediately upon launch. You need to check the required box - if you are going to install Windows XP, then this is the first checkbox, but if Vista or Seven - the second. Next, click on the “…” button on the other side of the checkbox and set the path where our unpacked image is stored on the hard drive, or simply mounted in a virtual drive using DaemonTools or Alcohol. Click on the “GO” button and wait until the process finishes.

Upon completion, the program will display the message “Job Done!” That's it, dear friends, you can reboot and start installing the operating system.

Also, I advise you to read the article regarding

operating system optimization.

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How to burn windows 7 to a flash drive

Many users have at least once encountered the need to install or reinstall an operating system. The OS can be installed on a computer using a disk or a flash drive. The second method is being used more and more often due to its clear speed advantage (the installation process is 2-3 times faster than using an optical disk). That's why we want to talk about how to burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive.

There are a fairly large number of ways to write an operating system to a flash drive. We want to pay attention only to those ways in which you can write Windows 7 to a flash drive quickly, simply, and most importantly, safely for your computer. In some cases you will have to use additional programs, but they are completely free and available for free download (in some cases we will use a free trial period).

How to burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive using UltraISO

This method is very popular among users. To use it you will need:

  • UltraISO program
  • Perseverance and a little patience

We draw your attention to the fact that full version The UltraISO program is paid. However, you can safely take advantage of the trial period, which lasts 30 days. During this time you can use all functions of the program absolutely free. After downloading, install the program on your computer; this process will not raise any questions for you.

Insert the USB flash drive into the computer and launch the UltraISO program. After launch, a welcome window should appear in which we need to select the “Trial period...” mode.

Select the already prepared Windows 7 ISO image and click “Open”.

After that, go to the “Bootboot” section and select “Burn image of Hard disk...”

In the “Recording method” field, you must select “USB-HDD”. Select our flash drive and click the “Format” button (note that this will delete all data from the drive).

After launching the formatting utility, a window will appear in which you need to select options for formatting the flash drive. In the “File system” item, select “NTFS” and click “Start”.

In the warning that appears, click “OK”.

After successful formatting, a corresponding window will appear.

We close the formatting window using the “Close” button and move on to directly solving the problem of how to write Windows 7 to a flash drive. To start recording, click the “Record” button.

The process of writing the operating system to the USB drive will begin. You will be able to track the recording speed, time remaining until the end of recording, and the total percentage of files already recorded.

After graduation windows records 7 The message “Recording complete!” will appear on the flash drive. You can safely close the program and use a ready-made bootable flash drive to install the operating system on your computer.

How to burn windows 7 to a flash drive using windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

This program is narrowly functional and is intended only for writing an ISO image of the operating system to a USB drive or optical disk. This product does not have any other capabilities, but in this situation we don’t need them.

To burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive you will need:

  • Installed Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool
  • Windows 7 OS disk image in .iso format
  • Flash drive with a minimum memory capacity of 4 GB

The program we will use is absolutely free. You can download it from this link. Installing this software product is no different from installing other programs and should not cause you any difficulties.

Insert the flash drive into your computer and run the pre-installed windows program 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. In the window that appears, click “Browse” to select the operating system distribution.

Select the desired Windows 7 image and click “Open”.

After you have selected the prepared operating system image, click “Next”.

At this step of recording Windows 7 to a flash drive, the program provides the user with a choice of media (“USB device” - recording will be made to a flash drive, “DVD” - to an optical disk). Select the “USB device” option.

In a special window, select the flash drive on which you want to burn Windows 7 OS and click the “Begin copying” button to start the process.

In the window that appears, confirm the need to erase the flash drive and click “Erase USB Device”.

After this, the recording procedure will begin. The percentage indicator will show the recording status.

After Windows 7 is finished recording to the USB flash drive, the message “Status: Backup completed” will appear under the percentage scale. Close the program and use the resulting bootable USB flash drive for your own purposes.

How to burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive using WinSetupFromUSB

Here is a very effective software solution, which will help you create a bootable windows flash drive 7. In terms of complexity, this method is somewhat more complicated than the previous two, but, nevertheless, some users choose it.

You will need:

  • WinSetupFromUSB program
  • Disk mounting program DaemonTools or Alcohol
  • Image windows disk 7 in .iso format
  • Flash drive with a minimum memory capacity of 4 GB

The program we will use is absolutely free. You can download WinSetupFromUSB from this link. Installing this software product is no different from installing other programs and should not cause you any difficulties.

Run the program (preferably as an administrator), with the flash drive already connected to the computer. In the “USB disk selection and format” field, you must select your flash drive. After that, press the “RMPrepUSB” button.

In the window that appears, in the “Boot sector” section, set the selector opposite the “WinPEv2/WinPEv3/Vista/Win7 bootable (CC4)” item. In the “File system and Options” section, select the selector next to the “NTFS” item and check the box next to the “Boot as HDD (C: 2PTNS)” item. Then click the “Prepare disk” button.

In all warnings that appear, click “OK”. After this, a Dos window should appear, which does not need to be closed, it will close automatically.

After closing the Dos window, click the “Exit” button. Using the checkbox, you need to check the item “Vista / 7 / Server 2008 - Setup / PE / RecoveryISO” and then click on the rectangle to the right of it.

In a special window, specify the pre-downloaded ISO image of Windows 7 OS and click “OK”.

Click the “GO” button to begin the process of writing Windows 7 to the USB flash drive. When finished, the message “Job done” will appear.

conclusions

We looked at three in detail effective ways how to burn windows 7 to a flash drive. Using the proposed methods, you can write to removable flash media and other operating systems. The first two methods of creating a working bootable flash drive are simple and convenient, the third method is more labor-intensive, so for inexperienced users we recommend using the UltraISO and Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool programs.

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How to transfer the necessary information from a CD or DVD to a flash drive

Hello, dear visitors of the Start-Luck blog. Some readers remember those times when we shared our videotapes, disks, books and then lost them in obscurity, forgetting which particular bad friend took “our charm.”

For modern people this is already such a rarity. Digital options include recording and re-recording. Even if you want to give something to someone, you can always make a copy with peace of mind and not worry about whether the information will be returned to you or not. It will remain at hand. This is what we will talk about today.

In this article I will tell you how to copy from a disk to a flash drive. simple method and with the help ISO image. I will work on Windows 7, although essentially this is not so important. The steps won't be much different no matter which version you're using.

And, of course, we cannot do without video instructions, which will resolve any misunderstanding between me and those eager to know the information.

I think we can start now.

A simple way without programs

So, first of all, open the “My Computer” section. Then you need to insert your CD or DVD into the drive.

Some laptops do not have a dedicated disk drive. What to do in this case? I think you already know the answer to this question and have used it more than once boot disks in ISO format. You should have it now.

If this is your first time encountering this problem, I’ll explain. You need to mount the image, I already told you how to do this in one of my previous publications. Thanks to programs like Daemon Tools, we calmly solve this problem.

You won't have a physical disk, but the computer will start to "think" that the CD is inserted into the correct drive. Stop for a second, now you need to take a little break from the main task and solve a related one. My article will help you with this. After reading and “inserting” the image into the “disk drive”, return here.

As soon as you have solved the most important task and inserted a physical disk or its image, you will see an autorun window. Click on "View Files".

If the required window is not displayed, then you can right-click on the image or disk so that a dialog menu appears, in it select the “Open” function, or the same “Autorun”.

Now insert the flash drive into the USB port. This goodness is enough for any laptop or computer. Select the “Open folder to view files” section again. Again, if this does not happen, the right mouse button and the “Open” or “Autorun” function will help you.

As a result, you should have two windows with the “insides” of each disk. If this does not happen, simply open the CD/DVD, then in a new window go to the “My Computer” section and open the flash drive.

Copy files from the disk. Click on the ones you need, then right mouse button and the “Copy” function.

You can, of course, first open the disk and copy files from it, and then “open” the USB and insert everything you need there, but I wouldn’t want you to get confused.

Open a second window in which you have files from the flash drive, upload them there. Right button mouse and then the "Paste" option.

That's basically it. The problem is solved.

Video instruction

In this training video you can see how to load music onto a flash drive from a disk - where the buttons are located, in what order to press them, and so on. Everything is very detailed.

If you are confused in my text, then everything will become clear in just 3 minutes.

Some licensed discs with audio files have copy protection. What to do about it? The easiest way is to use special programs, which help to remove it.

This method should be treated with great caution, since there are no licensed utilities to help perform this task. This activity is not legal! Therefore, you may have to download files that may contain viruses. Personally, I'm afraid of such things. There is too much “valuables” hidden on my PC.

Considering how active hackers are now, this is a really serious issue. You can read in my blog such articles as “ New virus VKontakte" or "A terrible virus that everyone should know about."

Based on the previous words, I am not giving you any specific link to the program, but I am offering the training video, in the description of which you can find the download URL, for your information only. Know that such a method exists.

Creating an image and then overwriting it

We move on to disk images. What is this, I think you already understand. The same disk, only in digital format, intended for sharing with friends, deceiving the computer, saying that something has already been inserted into it, and so on.

In general, any image can simply be transferred from a computer to a flash drive without any problems using the same principle that I have already described. However, there is an alternative method.

This blog has a detailed article on how to quickly download a disk image to a flash drive using the UltraISO program. In it, I described in detail how to create an image and upload it, so you can read it by following the link.

To make this publication of mine more useful, I will leave you with only a video on this topic, which will allow those who are in a hurry to complete this task faster. I advise others, of course, to read the publication. It describes in detail everything that may be useful.

I also recommend that you download the licensed version of this Ultra ISO program from the Allsoft website. Too much storage on any PC important information, which hackers can use to use pirated utilities with peace of mind. I wouldn't want your personal data to be hacked. The risks are too great.

Don't forget about antivirus software too. They, of course, are unlikely to get help from well-known scammers who operate on a serious scale, but there are only a few of them, and the interest in other people’s PCs is now enormous. This is very easy money. The phrase “This will never affect me” no longer works. Everyone is interested in you.

You can download a good antivirus from the same Allsoft website. For example, I like NOD32.

That's all. Don't forget to subscribe to my VKontakte group. See you again and good luck.

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Transferring Windows 7 to a USB flash drive


Burning a disc with Windows OS for further use is no longer effective. The disk can be scratched, it is not as compact as a flash drive and its service life is much shorter than that of a removable drive. Therefore, let’s look at a way to transfer Windows 7 from a computer to a USB flash drive.

There are many ways to do this. Let's look at the example of using the Novicorp WinToFlash program. It doesn't need to be installed. It is downloaded as an archive. Launch the software and accept the terms license agreement.

Choose free way copying. It will differ in the speed of the program.

Next will be a series of “Next” repetitions. Afterwards, a program window will appear in which the user will be notified that the “Setup Wizard” will prepare a flash drive for copying the Windows OS to it. Click on the “Languages” button at the bottom, and then on the checkbox.

Check the box “Always run in wizard mode” and click “Next”.

Insert the flash drive and check the box “I inserted the disk into the computer...”. Click “Next”.

Select the drive where the operating system is installed and the media to which the files will be copied. Click “Next”.

After the files are transferred, click done and remove the flash drive.

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Hello, dear visitors of the Start-Luck blog. Some readers remember those times when we shared our videotapes, disks, books and then lost them in obscurity, forgetting which particular bad friend took “our charm.”

For modern people this is already such a rarity. Digital options include recording and re-recording. Even if you want to give something to someone, you can always make a copy with peace of mind and not worry about whether the information will be returned to you or not. It will remain at hand. This is what we will talk about today.

In this article I will tell you how to transfer from a disk to a flash drive using a simple method and using an ISO image. I will work on Windows 7, although essentially this is not so important. The steps won't be much different no matter which version you're using.

And, of course, we cannot do without video instructions, which will resolve any misunderstanding between me and those eager to know the information.

I think we can start now.

A simple way without programs

So, first of all, open the “My Computer” section. Then you need to insert your CD or DVD into the drive.

Some laptops do not have a dedicated disk drive. What to do in this case? I think you already know the answer to this question and have used boot disks in ISO format more than once. You should have it now.

If this is your first time encountering this problem, I’ll explain. I already told you how to do this in one of my previous publications. Thanks to programs like Daemon Tools, we can easily solve this problem.

You won't have a physical disk, but the computer will start to "think" that the CD is inserted into the correct drive. Stop for a second, now you need to take a little break from the main task and solve a related one. My article will help you with this. After reading and “inserting” the image into the “disk drive”, return here.

As soon as you have solved the most important task and inserted a physical disk or its image, you will see an autorun window. Click on "View Files".

If the required window is not displayed, then you can right-click on the image or disk so that a dialog menu appears, in it select the “Open” function, or the same “Autorun”.

Now insert the flash drive into the USB port. This goodness is enough for any laptop or computer. Select the “Open folder to view files” section again. Again, if this does not happen, the right mouse button and the “Open” or “Autorun” function will help you.

As a result, you should have two windows with the “insides” of each disk. If this does not happen, simply open the CD/DVD, then in a new window go to the “My Computer” section and open the flash drive.

Copy files from the disk. Click on the ones you need, then right mouse button and the “Copy” function.

You can, of course, first open the disk and copy files from it, and then “open” the USB and insert everything you need there, but I wouldn’t want you to get confused.

Open a second window in which you have files from the flash drive, upload them there. Right mouse button and then "Paste" option.

That's basically it. The problem is solved.

Video instruction

In this training video you can see how to load music onto a flash drive from a disk - where the buttons are located, in what order to press them, and so on. Everything is very detailed.

If you are confused in my text, then everything will become clear in just 3 minutes.

Some licensed discs with audio files have copy protection. What to do about it? The easiest way is to use special programs that help remove it.

This method should be treated with great caution, since there are no licensed utilities to help perform this task. This activity is not legal! Therefore, you may have to download files that may contain viruses. Personally, I'm afraid of such things. There is too much “valuables” hidden on my PC.

Considering how active hackers are now, this is a really serious issue. You can read articles such as “” or “” in my syllable.

Based on the previous words, I am not giving you any specific link to the program, but I am offering the training video, in the description of which you can find the download URL, for your information only. Know that such a method exists.

Creating an image and then overwriting it

We move on to disk images. What is this, I think you already understand. The same disk, only in digital format, intended for sharing with friends, deceiving the computer, saying that something has already been inserted into it, and so on.

In general, any image can simply be transferred from a computer to a flash drive without any problems using the same principle that I have already described. However, there is an alternative method.

This blog has a detailed article about . In it, I described in detail how to create an image and upload it, so you can read it by following the link.

To make this publication of mine more useful, I will leave you with only a video on this topic, which will allow those who are in a hurry to complete this task faster. I advise others, of course, to read the publication. It describes in detail everything that may be useful.

I recommend that you also download the licensed version of this program UltraISO from the siteAllsoft . There is too much important information stored on any PC that hackers can use to use pirated utilities with peace of mind. I wouldn't want your personal data to be hacked. The risks are too great.


Don't forget about antivirus software too. They, of course, are unlikely to get help from well-known scammers who operate on a serious scale, but there are only a few of them, and the interest in other people’s PCs is now enormous. This is very easy money. The phrase “This will never affect me” no longer works. Everyone is interested in you.

You can download a good antivirus from the same Allsoft website. For example, I like NOD32 .


That's all. Don't forget to subscribe to my VKontakte group . See you again and good luck.

Reinstalling Windows is a very important and necessary process. In one case, you can update your old system to a newer one, or switch to some other modification of it. On the other hand, you made some mistakes during work, perhaps damaged system files or deleted some program that facilitates the normal operation of the OS, you also need to reinstall Windows.

But what to do if you don’t have a drive to record a new image onto a disc? In this case, the drive will help you, because USB input Surely everyone has both PCs and laptops. Let's take a closer look at how to burn Windows to a flash drive.

I would like to say right away that you can use any of the methods to write to a flash drive for each of the systems. However, if you want your bootable flash drive to serve you for a long time, and the system could be installed more than once, then it is recommended to follow the instructions that are presented for each system separately.

The fact is that the specifics of the iso files of each OS are slightly different from each other, which is why we conducted several tests to determine which program is better suited.

How to write Windows 7 to a USB flash drive

There are several ways to burn Windows 7 to a flash drive and we have looked at all possible working methods. The choice of which one to use is yours!

To successfully write an operating system image to a USB flash drive, we need the following tools and files:

  1. The UltraISO program itself, which can easily be found on the Internet by simply entering the phrase “Download...” into the search. After downloading the program, install it on your computer and select “Trial mode” when starting it if you only need it to record the image.
  2. An image of Windows 7 found on the Internet. We recommend taking only those images that are posted on popular torrent trackers, which have been checked several times for viruses and other heresies. Otherwise, you will simply burn a dangerous image that will damage your data on local drives.
  3. A flash drive with a capacity of at least 8 GB. This is the optimal size for a Windows 7 image; even “stuffed” images will fit. Please note that the flash drive will need to be formatted before installation, otherwise we will not be able to create a bootable one from it. If in the future you want to use this flash drive the same way as before, then simply format it again. Having the files you need on it, transfer them either to another flash drive or to a local drive other than the system one.

Now that we have everything ready, we can safely launch the program from the desktop and figure out how to burn Windows 7 to a flash drive using UltraISO.

So, first, open the “File” menu and select “Open” there. With this step we will open the iso file:

Remember where you saved the downloaded image, go to this directory, select the file with the image and click “Open”:

After opening the image by the program, we begin the process of recording the image. To do this, click on “Bootboot” in the menu and then click “Burn image” hard drive».

After selecting this function, you will receive a window in which you will need to specify some parameters for successful recording. So, in the “Recording method” field, select USB-HDD+, and in the “Storage” or “Disk Drive” field our flash drive should be displayed. Before you begin, you must format the flash drive. Click "Format" and after that another window will appear. The file system type in it should be “NTFS”, after checking, click “Start”. Confirm the start of formatting and wait for it to finish:

After the flash drive has been successfully formatted, select the “Burn” button in the hard disk image recording window and wait until the end of recording. Usually it doesn't take much time.

When finished, remove the drive and then reinsert it into the PC. In the explorer there should no longer be a regular one, but an installation one, with an image icon. Congratulations, the Windows 7 installation flash drive has been successfully burned.

How to burn Windows 7 to a USB flash drive using Rufus

The process of writing windows to usb using the Rufus program is similar to that described below about the eight. There is no point in describing it twice - . In essence, only the image that we want to record changes.

How to write Windows 7 to a USB flash drive using WinSetupFromUSB

Step-by-step instructions for recording Windows 7 with using WinSetupFromUSB available at .

How to burn windows 8 to a flash drive

Now let's figure out how to write an image of Windows 8 to a flash drive. The process is no more complicated than the previous version, in some moments even more interesting. So, the Rufus program is quite easy to find, its main advantage is that it is absolutely free, and also does not require special installation, as was the case with UltraISO. After downloading the program, run the .exe file.

Next, you will need to connect the USB flash drive that you will use to record the image. It, as in the case of Windows 7, must be at least 8 GB. IN open window program, select the drive that we prepared for the image in the “Device” item. In the next paragraph - “Partition scheme and system interface type”, you must select the “MBR for computers with BIOS, or UEFI” option so as not to tempt fate and create a working bootable drive.

Regarding the type of file system that should be on the flash drive, here, of course, we select NTFS, and leave the cluster size at the default. There is no need to change anything further, you just need to select the Windows 8 image we need. To do this, click on the disk icon next to “ISO image”, then select the .iso file and click “Open”.

Double-check all settings, because... any mistake can lead to a non-functional flash drive. After this, the program will begin the process of formatting the drive, if you saved all the files from it in advance, then continue, if not, now is the time.

That's it, at this moment the process of writing a bootable flash drive begins, you can go have some tea or coffee. As soon as you see a successful recording notification, close Rufus. Check the flash drive: remove it and insert it again - if it is displayed with a picture of a Windows image, then now you know how to write Windows 8 to a flash drive using Rufus.

How to write Windows 8 to a USB flash drive using WinSetupFromUSB

See step-by-step instructions for recording Windows 8 using the WinSetupFromUSB program.

How to burn Windows 8 to a USB flash drive using UltraISO

How to burn windows 10 to a flash drive

So we get to the new product - Windows 10. In principle, at the time of writing, it has already appeared in the world official version of this operating system and all users who have backed up the image in advance using the GWX program can download it via a standard bootloader and install it without any hassle. But, if you are not one of those users, then it’s okay, you can still use preview versions, of which there are a lot of freely available, and they differ in build dates and content.

Before you start burning a USB flash drive with Windows 10, make sure you have the following:

  1. Flash drive 8 GB.
  2. WinSetupFromUSB program, which is as easy to find as Rufus or UltraISO.
  3. Image of the preview version of “ten”.

When you have all this, you can start recording. Here we need to remember to format the flash drive before using the program, because... The program itself does not do this and assumes that the user can do it independently. To do this, go to Explorer and find the flash drive. Select it and press RMB, and then from context menu select: "Format". File system It is better to choose NTFS because the storage capacity is more than 4 GB. Leave the cluster size as standard:

Now you can run the WinSetupFromUSB program and then you need to prepare the flash drive. Since there is no boot sector yet, it needs to be created. This is done as follows:

To write a Windows 10 image to a flash drive using WinSetupFromUSB, return to the main program window and select the “Windows Vista|7|Server 2008” item with a check mark on the left, and on the right click on “…” and find the “tens” image we need. After that, click “GO” and wait for the “Job Done!” message. This completes the process of writing a drive with Windows 10. Again, check the flash drive as we did in the previous methods.

Now you know how to burn any of the Windows that people are actively using to a flash drive. Undoubtedly, you can find other methods, however, those presented by us work 100%, but if you have any questions, feel free to contact the author.