INSTALL WINDOWS 7,XP,VISTA THE EASY WAY FROM USB FLASH DRIVE

soundworkspr · Apr 18, 2009

OK... first of my english is not that good so im going to explain this as simple as possible..

first of download the trial version of Ultra ISO found here (( http://www.ezbsystems.com/ultraiso ))

Then after u install this program open it... click on open look for your windows XP,Vista or 7 ISO file (depending on the size of the ISO file is the size on the USB flash drive u should get windows XP works on a 1GB, Vista should be on a 8 GB and windows 7 fits on a 4 GB...

After you have open the iso in the program just click on the top where it says bootable,
choose the one that says ((write image))

then a pop out window should appear choose your USB flash drive remember it should be empty if anything is on it, it will get erased.. check mark on the verify after writing..
this should take like 15 minutes an then your set to boot up from the USB

hope this is better then more complicated version... work for me

sgladman · Apr 18, 2009

Hi,
I installed by USB and worked fine, had to update some drivers but all ok.

soundworkspr · Apr 18, 2009

sgladman said:
Hi,
I installed by USB and worked fine, had to update some drivers but all ok.

good to know... it worked for you..

azz2811 · Apr 29, 2009

i might have to give this a try soon

looks very simple

zed · May 2, 2009

This worked great! Very straight-forward, thanks.

Just wondering, will this same method work with installing XP?

tankster · May 2, 2009

if you have winrar installed, use it to open iso, then copy files over to usb thumbdrive.

jsansom · May 4, 2009

Hi i followed the instructions but when trying to boot from the usb on my aspire a150 im getting the error message
INF file setup.sif is currupt or missing. status 18. setup cannot continue. press any key to exit.

Any one help me please?

Regards
J

bigsee · May 6, 2009

Hi! It looks like a very simply mode, but i was unsuccesful. The UltraISO couldn't format the drive, on the half it stopped by an error. Is this the failure of the pendrive, or any other had the same problem?

soundworkspr · May 6, 2009

jsansom said:
Hi i followed the instructions but when trying to boot from the usb on my aspire a150 im getting the error message
INF file setup.sif is currupt or missing. status 18. setup cannot continue. press any key to exit.

Any one help me please?

Regards
J

sorry for taking so long to reply.. but my father died on april,27

i have tried this with vista and windows 7 with great results.. let me know what copy of windows u r trying to put on the pen drive

And u would have to check if that copy of windows does not have any errors it could be the the ISO file is corrupted

soundworkspr · May 6, 2009

bigsee said:
Hi! It looks like a very simply mode, but i was unsuccesful. The UltraISO couldn't format the drive, on the half it stopped by an error. Is this the failure of the pendrive, or any other had the same problem?

if your trying to put windows 7 u need a 4 gig pen drive. I never encountered this problem..

soundworkspr · May 6, 2009

tankster said:
if you have winrar installed, use it to open iso, then copy files over to usb thumbdrive.

this actually doesn't work like that .. cuz the program puts the files necessary for the BOOT to go thru

bigsee · May 9, 2009

soundworkspr said:
bigsee said:

Hi! It looks like a very simply mode, but i was unsuccesful. The UltraISO couldn't format the drive, on the half it stopped by an error. Is this the failure of the pendrive, or any other had the same problem?

Click to expand...

if your trying to put windows 7 u need a 4 gig pen drive. I never encountered this problem..

The problem was the Vista on my main machine...

In the AA1 were succes the whole process, thx!!! My question is (I couldn't find it), that I tried to reinstall the XP from the 0. partition, also by the combination of Alt+F10. But nothing happened, the W7 booted in, and thats all... I've lost it, or just invisible (jet)?

tankster · May 11, 2009

soundworkspr said:
tankster said:

if you have winrar installed, use it to open iso, then copy files over to usb thumbdrive.

Click to expand...

this actually doesn't work like that .. cuz the program puts the files necessary for the BOOT to go thru

i understand what you mean, but trust me, i just used winrar on the win7 iso and it worked just fine.

w3dal · May 20, 2009

Hi,

currently adding the iso to my memory stick as i type this.

will see if your method works or not.

going for a fresh install to remove the old version of XP

will post back my findings shortly

Dal

tankster · May 20, 2009

w3dal said:
Hi,

currently adding the iso to my memory stick as i type this.

will see if your method works or not.

going for a fresh install to remove the old version of XP

will post back my findings shortly

Dal

just a quick note, copying the iso to a usb stick won't work, you will have to extract it first.

Destroyer · May 21, 2009

This method doesn't work even if you use a genuine XP cd. I know this, because I used my genuine XP disc for my old Gateway and used UltraISO to turn it into an ISO, then load onto the flash drive and make it bootable. It still gives the INF file setup.sif is corrupt or missing. status 18 error.

Any suggestions on how to fix this? FYI, I'm trying this on the 8gb version that originally came with Linux. I've already partitioned the drive so that 4gb of it is NTFS, so I don't know what's causing the problem.

w3dal · May 21, 2009

tankster said:
w3dal said:

Hi,

currently adding the iso to my memory stick as i type this.

will see if your method works or not.

going for a fresh install to remove the old version of XP

will post back my findings shortly

Dal

Click to expand...

just a quick note, copying the iso to a usb stick won't work, you will have to extract it first.

worked fine using the method mentioned in this thread.

been running for over a day now with no problems. only driver issue i have is no webcam but there never worked on XP anyways

Well worth trying

Dal

Eosblue · May 21, 2009

Why not just plug in an external DVD drive and install it that way? I picked up a used DVD burner on eBay for around $50 which I use to install programs on my Acer. However, I understand if you don't have access to an external DVD drive, the USB flash drive is another option (maybe the only one.).

meriter · Jun 19, 2009

I installed Windows 7 because Windows XP with its 3rd service pack is too slow. Speed are quite similar but, Windows 7 is so good looking and it works pretty well with 1 GB RAM. I read that Windows 7 can run with 512 MB but only Windows let alone.

THank you

Delmonte251 · Oct 21, 2009

Installing now, a lot easier than all the otehr ways which personally didn;t get this far.
Thanks!