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Message: <blockquote data-quote="anuradhamapa" data-source="post: 11422079" data-attributes="member: 2898">If you want to installing windows vista , 7 or 2008 from a usbkey its very straight forward.first you need to check you have a few things 1) your usb flash drive (at least 4Gb in size to be safe) and 2) A windows instalation disk or ISO image of the OS instalation disk you want to use.(if you want to use an ISO you will need an image mounter or unzip util i recommend 7zip its free and awesome)Step 1) from vista or 7 (this wont work from XP or earlier as the XP version of diskpart does not recognise USB flash drives as Disks)open a command prompt (make sure you right click and run as administrator)Step 2)  Type in DISKPART then press enterStep 3) follow the commands bellow in orderlist disk (Disks always start with 0 so it will probably be disk 1 but check the size info for example 4000 MB = 4GB disk)select disk 1 ( if 1 is the right number if not substitute for 2 or whatever)clean (very important )create partition primary (creates a partition for the files)active (makes it bootable)format fs=ntfs quick (you have to put a filesystem down before you can copy files onto it)assign letter=T: (give the usb key a drive letter T = temp but can be any letter not used by system)exit  (this exits you from diskpart)exit  (this closes the command prompt)now when you open my computer or windows explorer you should see the T: driveStep 4) open up the DVD rom drive and copy all files from the dvd to the usb or extract the ISO to the USB Thats it  now restart your PC and remember to " boot to USB" from your Bios settings this can typically be done by hitting F2 or DEL when your system restarts then find your "boot order " and make sure the USB is first. Hope this helps meka copy pase ekak bawa salakanna... weda karanawa meka hodata</blockquote>

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