Install WINDOWS7 using U disk or removable hard disk

Tell those netbook users a great news Oh! There is a fairly simple way to install the WINDOWS7RC version, even if you don't have an external DVD drive!

Friends who have downloaded the Windows7beta version or the RC version, should know that Microsoft Official provided is an ISO file, we need to burn it as a DVD to install the system. But netbook users basically do not have DVD drivers, we used to find an external DVD to install Windows.

I recommend the use of USB flash drive or mobile hard disk method, the installation of Windows7 on the netbook. Whether it is a USB drive or a removable hard disk, we all need about 5GB of free space. The entire installation process, including the preparation of the preparatory period will not be more than an hour Oh! The following is a detailed approach:

1. Download the Windows 7 RC version, recommended from Microsoft Official Download Oh, I heard a lot of BT download to the virus contains Trojan version!

Download Address: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-7/download.aspx

2. Your USB drive or mobile hard disk to your desktop, note that this is not to say that your netbook Oh! Ideally, our external devices will be completely empty and contain no files and data because the installation Windows7 may fail. However, if your conditions are not allowed, there is no harm to have a USB drive or hard disk data, as long as there are at least 5GB of space available!

3. Under Vista system: Click the Start button, then enter the Computer Management (Computer Management) in the search box, and then press ENTER.

Under XP system: Please go to Control Panel, open Administrator tool, then select the Computer Management (Computer Management).

4. In the left sidebar of the new window, select the Disk Management entry. Locate the external device you just inserted in the list on the right (usually at the top of it). Then right click on this drive Select "Mark as active partition" and click OK regardless of windows any hint.

5. Now we need to extract the files in the ISO of Windows 7 into our external devices. There are a number of tools to do this, such as our usual WinZip, or Undisker, Nero, or MagicISO. Be sure to extract all the files to the root directory.

6. Safely remove our external device and insert it into your netbook, at which point we can open netbook for the next step. We may well need to change the order in which the system starts in the BIOS settings. Set the USB drivers to the preferred location. However, a lot of netbook are on the boot, you can use the function keys to enter the boot device selection interface, such as Acer's Aspire One, we can click on the Start screen after the F12 into the menu.

7. If the USB device starts properly, the Windows7 installer should start running. The rest is exactly the same as the CD-ROM installation.

For a location that installs Windows7, prepare at least 12G of space. If you want to install in your original system, then the original system will be replaced by Windows7 Oh! So be careful to save your personal data! I hope the above method can give some help to those netbook users or PC users who do not have an external DVD drive.