Hello everyone, are you looking for the easiest way to create a USB bootable Windows 7/Vista/XP? If your answer is yes then you are in the right place. Yup, there is no need to do it with hard ways, actually you can make the bootable windows alive in your USB flash / pen / thumb drive in easy way. Today I would like to share a portable tool called NoviCorp WintoFlash which is very helpful to solve the problem as above. Best of all it is able to create USB bootable Windows setup from various versions of Microsoft’s OS including Win XP, Vista, 7, 2003 and 2008. Moreover, NoviCorp WintoFlash is free!
WintoFlash Features
1. transfer windows XP/2003 setup to USB drive
2. transfer WinPE XP/2003 to USB drive (transfer Pre-installed windows XP/2003 environment)
3. erase disk
4. transfer windows Vista/2008/7 setup to USB drive
5. transfer WinPE Vista/2008/7 to USB drive (transfer Pre-installed windows Vista/2008/7 environment)
6. create Windows XP/2003 emergency bootloader USB drive
7. create bootable MS-DOS USB drive
Prerequisites
1. Windows Setup files/CD / DVD
2. one blank USB flash / pen /thumb drive, you’ll need at least 4GB USB drive if you want to make a bootable windows 7
How to create a USB bootable Windows 7, Vista and XP?
1. Plug USB drive to USB port
2. Download WintoFlash
3. Extract all contents on the zip file (you can use 7-zip or other extractor software)
4. Run WinToFlash application
5. Simply click the big button “Windows Setup transfer wizard” and click next
6. Specify Windows file path and USB drive location and then click next
7. Windows license agreement will pop up, click agree and continue.
8. Click ok on format warning (please note that all contents in USB drive will be lost)
9. Please wait for a moment while WintoFlash creates a bootable windows setup in USB drive
You can also use advanced mode. Select any task you want – click run – select windows source path and USB location – and then click run.
If you want to make a bootable linux on USB drive you can use Unetbootin. That’s all folks. Now you have successfully create a USB bootable windows 7/Vista/XP, and it is ready to use. Don’t forget to change the boot sequence / priority on BIOS.
