To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and so run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you tin install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash bulldoze or DVD.

The ISO file contains all the Windows seven installation files combined into a single uncompressed file. When you download the ISO file, y'all need to copy it to some medium in order to install Windows 7. This tool allows you to create a copy of the ISO file to a USB flash drive or a DVD. To install Windows 7 from your USB wink drive or DVD, all you need to do is insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive and run Setup.exe from the root binder on the drive.

Note: You cannot install Windows vii from the ISO file until you copy it to a USB flash bulldoze or DVD with the Windows vii USB/DVD Download tool and install from there.

The copy of the ISO file that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool creates is bootable. Bootable media allows you to install Windows 7 without having to first run an existing operating organization on your machine. If you change the kicking club of drives in your calculator's BIOS, you can run the Windows 7 installation directly from your USB wink drive or DVD when you turn on your computer. Please see the documentation for your figurer for information on how to change the BIOS boot order of drives.

For Windows XP Users. The post-obit applications must be installed prior to installing the tool:

  • Microsoft .Cyberspace Framework v2 must exist installed.
  • Microsoft Prototype Mastering API v2 must be installed.