Comments on: How To Install Windows 7 Beta From A USB Drive To An HP Mini 1000 [Without Vista]

By: AG

AG — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:53:17 +0000

Thank you Bwana for all of your help. I was able to successfully install Windows 7 on my brand new Eee PC 1005ha.

I did find and easier method to mount the windows 7 ISO:

1. Google PowerISO; then download and install
2. because PowerISO works with the windows shell, just right click on your ISO file and say “mount”
3. Enjoy!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:46:18 +0000

While I was able to follow your instructions using MBRWizard under XP to make a bootable Win7 installation flash drive, I grew tired of repeating the command line instructions each time. After searching high and low… I finally found something that works for me every single time… even under XP. Check out Bootsage @ http://firesage.com/bootsage

By: Casé Oliveira

Casé Oliveira — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:10:30 +0000

I simply LOVE YOU!!!
After some days googling for a solution, I found here!
Thank you so much!

By: antz

antz — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:18:00 +0000

many thanks goes out to the author. recently bought an acer d250 netbook which came with XP home edition, i was able to successfuly remove the OS and install the new one Win 7. the only change i made was to install 2GB DDR2 and it works like a charm. i am able to run dreamweaver, photoshop and illustrator as well as oracle on this baby. microsoft really did a great job on this one unlike that resource hungry vista.
thanks again

By: yannis

yannis — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:42:58 +0000

Thanks Bwana. For people who ask about step 11, if you disk has a different number just change disk# not also partition#. For instance, if your disk is number 5 the the command should be:
mbrwiz /disk=5 /active=1

By: Geekoid

Geekoid — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:37:41 +0000

A completely new method for making a USB drive installer of Windows 7, courtesy of Microsoft themselves:

http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe

It works perfectly for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS, but will erase all data on your flash drive. External hard drives are not supported, however.

@VDIAS: to clean your USB drive completely, do the following:

1. Open an Administrator command prompt by searching for cmd in the Start Menu search box, then right-click the cmd item and select Run as Administrator. Accept the dialog and continue.

2. Type diskpart and press enter

3. Type LIST DISK. This will show all your drives, including flash drives, and their sizes.

4. Find the drive which is yours, and type in the corresponding name like so: SELECT DISK 2 (if your flash drive is disk 2). If correct, diskpart will inform you that Disk 2 (or whichever drive you entered) is now selected.

5. To be sure you have the right drive, type in LIST PARTITION. It will show you the partitions on the disk. Confirm this is the correct drive before continuing.

NOTE: If you want to be doubly sure you have the right disk (and I recommend you do check if even slightly unsure), click the Start Menu, right-click Computer, then click Manage. In there, go to the Storage section and click Disk Management. The disk numbers are shown there, along with their labels and drive letters, where relevant.

6. This next step will destroy any partitions and boot sectors on the drive, thereby rendering it uninitialized and any data on it inaccessible, so be sure you have the correct disk selected, and you’ve backed up anything on the flash drive you want to keep.

7. If you’re absolutely sure you want to proceed, type the single command CLEAN into diskpart. After a few moments, you’ll be informed your drive has been cleaned.

8. Repartition it again as you require, using your favourite tool.

That’s it, basically. Hope that helps.

By: Oli

Oli — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:36:26 +0000

Jack, did you try mbrwiz /disk=2 /active=1?

By: zob

zob — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:26:37 +0000

Thank you very much, works on lenovo Ideapad S12 as well.

By: VDIAS

VDIAS — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:22:02 +0000

One question… How to completely clean your usb device afterwards?

By: masterdam79

masterdam79 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:12:47 +0000

From all the walkthroughs I could find, this was the one that worked for my MSI Wind u90

By: sam

sam — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:36:50 +0000

works!!! thaNKS

By: John Fred

John Fred — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:57:15 +0000

Tried this to install Windows 7 Professional on a Lenovo S10-2 and it worked a treat!

Cheers for sharing an invaluable and intuitive article!

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:08:35 +0000

Oh btw, I changed mbrwiz /disk=1 /active=1 to mbrwiz /disk=2 /active=2 because my usb is listed as 2, and yes i am positive it is 2.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:07:27 +0000

HELP!!! I’ve been trying to get this for hours but it’s not working. When i get to mbrwiz /disk=1 /active=1 and I type Y, i keep getting the message “Error 64: Inavlid Parameter 2″. PLEASE help me fix this.

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