[Montala]

For anyone who wants a step by step guide to creating a Windows 7 USB drive, check this out: Install ANY version of Windows 7 by making your own USB install drive | Windows 7 Center

Looks interesting!

[holmes4]

matt1219, those messages mean that your USB is not bootable, or that you have disabled Legacy USB.

[kyleetrotter]

Originally Posted by matt1219

This did not work for me. It didn't boot. I shrunk the .iso with V-Lite. Whenever I boot from the USB it says:
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting PXE ROM.
Missing operating system

Could it have something to do with me running OS X on the SSD? PLEASE HELP!

I'm getting the same thing. I tried formatting my usb drive with the HP program (newest version I could find) and I also tried the link that was posted that showed how to do it in cmd prompt. I'm using the same exact drive that I used to do this before. wtf?

[Samuel]

Sal57 you helped me out so much! I've been on this website for a long time just browsing around now being able to do much or contribute much because of me not being about to get os x or win 7 onto my netbook. So i came upon this thread and reliezed that what you said was genius! I am in the middle of the upgrade process and couldnt be any happier. I just cleanly installed it onto my main computer and now im looking forward to having win 7 on my netbook! Thank you so much for your post and for relieving alot of my un-needed stress/confusion on this topic. Speaking of thanks; tomarrow is thanks giving and im thankful for this fourm!

[israel102]

Ok i have a really really noob question. since i only have a 2gb usb drive i need to borrow one from a friend. i know that it will erase all his things (i'll back it up) but my question is this:
after i'm done with the install and everything, how do i get the drive back to normal so he can use it? is it simply just deleting all the windows stuff?

[holmes4]

Yes, you could just delete the files, or reformat the drive as FAT32.

[knowbody]

Originally Posted by kyleetrotter

I'm getting the same thing. I tried formatting my usb drive with the HP program (newest version I could find) and I also tried the link that was posted that showed how to do it in cmd prompt. I'm using the same exact drive that I used to do this before. wtf?

This is what I get also. Could it have something to do with OSX already being installed?

[atm153]

Using the newest HP program is your problem. You have to use version.. 2.3.6 I think?

[hiloboy]

All this talk about Win7 makes me want to upgrade. I'll go see how much it is tomorrow.

[Irvin]

I've just downloaded the "Microsoft Store Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool" from http://images2.store.microsoft.com/p...B-DVD-tool.exe - see Microsoft Store: Download Manager Help for Help file.

Formats the USB drive and copies the files from a Windows 7 ISO to the drive. Looks pretty simple to me. Gonna try it when I unwrap my 64Gb RunCore tomorrow...