Upgrading to Windows 7 for netbooks users      

Posted: 26 October 2009 by Anton Chuiko   |   Views: 291   |   Comments 0   |   Print     |   Discuss in forum
Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool is a small tool to create bootable portable flash memory stick with Windows 7
Creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7 may be particularly useful for preparing for connecting users to the new system netbooks - the computers that this class of optical drive is still a rarity.

By purchasing a copy of Windows 7 via the Microsoft Store online store, you can order by mail system to send or download the installation file. Application Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool allows you to create bootable USB media or a DVD ISO image downloaded from the system. To do this, you must first obtain a picture of Windows 7 and then run the USB / DVD Download Tool, and follow the instructions (requires flash media with a capacity of at least 4 GB). The installer also requires Microsoft. NET Framework 2.0.

Flash memory before copying the ISO file must be completely empty (it must be pre-formatted). The role of the flash drive you can use an MP3 player or other device recognized by the computer as a portable storage, but it is not recommended.

According to the description of the tool - Windows 7 http://store.microsoft.com/help/iso-tool installation from the ISO file is not possible without copying it to the media via the USB / DVD with USB / DVD Download Tool.

Bootable pendrive to work, should make the change BIOS settings on a computer that is to be installed in Windows 7 At the boot order list (list your system devices, which are looking for operating system startup files) must appear on the USB drive first. Details of the changes in the boot sequence should be in the documentation that came with your computer. Description of the procedure can be found on the Internet.

Netbooks work mainly under the control of Windows XP. The only available option in this situation, the update is called. "clean" installation. So make sure you backing up files - using built-in "digit" "Windows Easy Transfer tool or other application. Whatever the type of tools would be needed for backup data storage medium (CD, DVD, USB).

Windows 7 installation file to a USB / DVD Download Tool - http://images2.store.microsoft.com/prod/clustera/framework/w7udt/1.0/en-us/windows7-usb-dvd-tool.exe (947 KB) can be downloaded from the Microsoft website.

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