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Make a Bootable USB Installer for Windows 7 with WinToFlash

These days, it is always a good idea to have a bootable USB handy. Especially if you a laptop user. You can use a bootble USB or media to install an operating system and more. WinToFlash is a free tool thats lets you create a bootable USB and transfer your Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2008, Windows 2003 setup from your CD or DVD installation media to a USB drive, in just a few clicks. This way, you will be able to install your Windows from a flash drive, USB pen, HDD, etc to your computer or netbook.

Bootable USB

WinToFlash will also allow you to transfer your live CD or DVD to a USB card; eg BartPE. You can erase your USB media and format it with Windows for every day use.

WinToFlash has a easy-to-use wizard that will run you through the entire process and help you pull over the contents of a Windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive.

Features:

  • Create a USB bootable drive with emergency bootloader for Windows
  • Transfer Windows 7 installation to a USB drive
  • Create a USB bootable drive with Windows Recovery Console
  • USB media erasing – Full or quick options
  • WinPE (BartPE based on Windows XP/2003, WinPE based on Windows Vista/2008/7) to a USB drive transfer
  • Transfer: MS-DOS to a USB drive.

Download: wintoflash.com. NOTE: Please see comment by DrewMathers. There is a report that the installer is now infecting users with adware.

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AnandK@TWC

AnandK@TWC

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP Awardee in Windows (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP since then. Please read the entire post & the comments first, create a System Restore Point before making any changes to your system & be careful about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.