Boot Windows 7 iso from USB Stick..??

[opsmonkey]

at what point in the process does it ask you this m8?

start > programs > accesories > command prompt > right mouse click > run as > highlight administrator..

[Saltire]

in windows control panel remove any user accounts there is, then you shouldnt need to enter any passwords etc other than your own one for your own account, if your own account is the only account that is, otherwise if theres another account then you need that password too, but to install windows iam almost positive if your doing the job correctly you dont need to enter any passowrds.

[opsmonkey]

yeah mate its not having it, i didnt set a password when i installed XP.. my account is the only one.. its ****ing me off now.. just going to wait until i can borrow a DVD tomorrow.. thanks everyone

[caveman_nige]

start > programs > accesories > command prompt > right mouse click > run as > highlight administrator..

right click 'my computer' select 'manage', the computer management window will appear, in there choose 'local users and groups' in users right click on 'adminsrator' and 'set password'. You will get warning etc, ingore these and continue. then try running your cmd prompt against as you tried before..

[opsmonkey]

right click 'my computer' select 'manage', the computer management window will appear, in there choose 'local users and groups' in users right click on 'adminsrator' and 'set password'. You will get warning etc, ingore these and continue. then try running your cmd prompt against as you tried before..

thats worked mate thanks but now when i do DISKPART and then LIST DISK in the cmd it only shows my internal HDD and not an option for the USB...

wasted too much of my life on this now..

thanks anway for all your help

[caveman_nige]

type list volume instead

example
diskpart.jpg

the 'corsair' is a usb stick....

[Saltire]

why are you guys talking about all this anyway ?, you can boot from usb stick without any this hassle .

[Saltire]

forget my last post, i was just confused about why ops was on about passwords etc, i did tell him earlier about making the usb stick bootable etc same as in the posts already in this thread, but anyways, no big deal, as long as he gets sorted thats all that matters.

[opsmonkey]

type list volume instead

example
[ATTACH]4128[/ATTACH]

the 'corsair' is a usb stick....

yep thats done it..

only prob now is in the tutorial..

Next insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive and check the drive letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is ?D? and USB drive letter is ?H? (open my computer to know about it).

if i had a Win 7 DVD why would i be doing this ..

[caveman_nige]

at this stage you mount your iso file so it looks like it is a dvd in an optical drive.. i have apps like this mounted using the daemon lite which is a free download, some people use it to get better game play without having the noise of their optical drive spinning away etc.. once you have created what you need you just unmount it .... simples

http://www.filehippo.com/download_daemon_tools/

[opsmonkey]

ahh ok..

even if i did this i cant get the diskpart to recognise my USB stick..

[Saltire]

ahh ok..

even if i did this i cant get the diskpart to recognise my USB stick..

your usb stick is listed there, its drive K or volume 8

[opsmonkey]

no its only listed as a volume..

look what happens when i try to clean it by selecting volume 8..

it says no disk selected please try again..

so i type LIST DISK

and its not there

[Saltire]

no its only listed as a volume..

look what happens when i try to clean it by selecting volume 8..

it says no disk selected please try again..

so i type LIST DISK

and its not there

hmmm, iam not sure mate, maybe for this purpose the usb stick needs formatted using ntfs rather tham fat32, as i says in shoutbox earlier, iam not 100% on installing windows from a usb stick, but i know it can be done easy enough, what i do use my usb stick for is to flash/update my motherboard bios's and that does require the usb stick to be formatted using fat32 file system, but ive never installed windows from the stick, so maybe the stick needs to be formatted in ntfs, iam not sure.

you'll get it to work in the end mate if you just keep trying.

You should do like i do, i always have some spare re-writable dvds laying around and in a case like this i just use one of those, much less hassle mate, hehehe, what are they, like maybe 5quid from asda for multipack or summit like that iam sure, might be easier to do that mate if you have a spare coupls of quids.

p.s
you making sure like i told you before to enable legacy usb support in the bios and all that ? and set first boot device to your usb stick.

[opsmonkey]

well i got my DVD's today from good old Tesco..

Now running Windows 7 RC 64B..
must say i'm well impressed, some compatability issues with older software (Nero 6) but just downloaded the latest versions and no probs what so ever..

Now all i need is to find somewhere that does pimped gadgets.. the clock is nice but i wouldnt mind a different one..

Thanks for all your efforts last night guys