Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

WARNING!!!
You need a USB flash drive with at least 4GB of free space, and the flash drive will be formattted to NTFS! So backup your data before creating this bootable USB, or you will lose all your data!

Follow the instructions in the Introduction at the beginning of tutorial and download and install the tool. The installation will add the program shortcut to your desktop, just double click to start.

1) After you launch the app, you will see the Step 1 of 4 dialog box. Here you will navigate to the location of your .iso file by clicking the Browse button. Once you have successfully located your iso file click Next to continue to step 2.

2) In step 2 of 4 you are given the choice of making a bootable DVD or a bootable USB flash. Here in Part 2 of my tutorial I show you how to create a bootable USB Flash Drive. So click USB device if that is what you want.

 

3) Here in step 3 of 4 you will select the USB flash drive of your choice by using the drop down list arrow. Once you have chosen the correct Drive, click theBegin copying button.

4) Here in step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB device, you should see the progress bar move across the screen. As always your speed depends on many factors, have patience!

5) Once completed you should see the following dialog box.

I found it interesting that the USB device icon in "Computer" now looks identical to that of the DVD!

Here are the contents of the USB device after completion...

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Recovering Windows XP using the Recovery Console

When the system displays on booting a message of "missing" NTLDR or NTDETECT,
you can copy these files via Recovery Console from the CD-ROM.


Insert your Windows 2000 / XP installation CD-ROM and boot from CD-ROM


Windows 2000:
On the "Windows 2000 Professional Setup" menu, select "R" for repair.

as Repair option, select "C" to use the "Recovery Console".

Windows XP:
On the "Windows XP Professional Setup" menu, select "R" for Recovery Console.

Windows 2000 / XP :
You will be prompted to select the Windows installation to repair (usually just "1" )

You will need to enter the Administrator password !

make sure to be on the root of the C:-drive (please make : CD \ ).

In this example, the CD-ROM drive is Drive D: , allowing to make a copy of the files

NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM from the i386-directory to the C:\ - root directory.

type : EXIT to restart the system.





If there is a problem with the Boot-sector on the C:-drive, you can use "fixboot" to write
a new boot-sector.
If there is a problem with the Master-Boot-Record of the disk (maybe damaged by a virus),
you can use "fixmbr" to write a new MBR.



Extract files from CAB-files using "expand" :

example: I have copied a CAB-file from CD-ROM, display the content of the CAB-file
using "expand xxx.CAB /d /f:*" and then extract the required files via : "expand xxx.CAB /f:yyy"

Partition problems:
You can use "diskpart" to manage disk partitions.

If called up without an option, you get a simple user-interface :

Services and Devices

Use "listsvc" to display a list of all devices and services :

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BIOSTAR U8798 Pro Motherboard

U8798 Pro

Socket 478
Supports Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Processor
Supports FSB 533MHz
Support Intel Hyper-Threading Technology


Drivers
Chipset
Operating System:Windows  98/ ME/ 2000/ XP x86/ XP x64/ Vista x86/ Vista x64/ Server 2003 x86/ Server 2003 x64
Download here... 12.73MB

On-Board LAN

Operating System:Windows  98/ ME/ 2000/ XP x86/ XP x64/ Server 2003 x86/ Server 2003 x64

Download here... 6.63MB

On-Board Audio

Operating System:Windows  95/ 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP x86/ XP x64/ Server 2003 x86/ Server 2003 x64

Download here... 21.3MB

USB 2.0 Controller

Operating System:Windows  98/ ME

Download here... 10.64MB


Operating System:Windows  2000/ XP x86
Download here... 318.5MB



Bios Utility


Operating System:Windows  XP x86/ XP x64/ Vista x86/ Vista x64/ Server 2003 x86/ Server 2003 x64/ XP MCE/ Win7 x86/ Win7 x64
Download here... 4.12MB

How to update BIOS

Caution !!
We don't recommend the user to update the BIOS while the system is running in good condition. The failure of updating the BIOS due to improper operation will cause a damage of the system

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