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How to install OS on USB stick?
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:11 am
by flemmingski
I have tried to install Win 7 on a 4GB USB key formatted as USB HD. I come to a point where Win7 ask for a drive to install to. It cannot find the drivers for the USB key. Where ae they? Please, I need a little help.
Re: How to install OS on USB stick?
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:27 pm
by mschaffer
flemmingski wrote:I have tried to install Win 7 on a 4GB USB key formatted as USB HD. I come to a point where Win7 ask for a drive to install to. It cannot find the drivers for the USB key. Where ae they? Please, I need a little help.
How did you prepare the USB key? How did you simply make an active NTFS partition and copy the files to the USB key?
Re: How to install OS on USB stick?
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 9:34 am
by billyzelsnack
Is this possible? How long would it take to boot? Would there be any performance concerns as long as you kept memory usage reasonably low.
I ask because my intended application does not really need the storage capacity ( or added weight ) of a hard drive.
Re: How to install OS on USB stick?
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 10:48 pm
by usermac
Do yourself a favor. Get the official Microsoft USB Boot application. I tried for days until I found this tool. Then I was done in no time.
Re: How to install OS on USB stick?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:16 pm
by billyzelsnack
Did you successfully install onto another flash disk or onto a hard drive? My fit-pc2 application needs to remain diskless. I currently have Linux running from a flash disk, but I would not mind having another flash disk to run Win7 if needed.