[Konor]

Hey, my friend has a laptop that doesn't have an operating system.
I know it is possible to install via usb, but how?

Every tutorial I have looked through uses cmd or something else.

Thanks for the help.

[InstinctMods]

Make a bootable USB for windows xp, that's how to my knowledge, anything else like 7 you should just be able to select to boot from it when your laptop boots and it should install

[maxmememax]

Install windows 7 by usb? Assuming you have a usb big enough to hold the windows installer you could just boot from the usb and install.

[Chris]

Yes you can and

How to make a bootable Windows 7 USB installer with CMD:
Open and run CMD as Administrator.
Type Diskpart, press Enter.
Type List Disk, press Enter.
Type Select Disk # (where # is the number your USB drive shows up as), press Enter.
Type Clean, press Enter.
Type Create Partition Primary, press Enter.
Type Active, press Enter.
Type Format Quick FS=FAT32, press Enter.
Type Assign, press Enter.
Type Exit, press Enter.
Copy everything from the Windows 7 installation DVD onto the USB key (a simple drag and drop will do; if you have an .iso extract or mount first).

He doesn't have very many other options.

[Konor]

Originally Posted by maxmememax

Install windows 7 by usb? Assuming you have a usb big enough to hold the windows installer you could just boot from the usb and install.

The ISO is only 3gb
Just making sure that is how it is done

Originally Posted by Chris

Yes you can and




He doesn't have very many other options.

How can he do that without an operating system?

[maxmememax]

Originally Posted by Konor

How can he do that without an operating system?

He does it on another computer. He must know someone that has a computer. Otherwise how would he get the win 7 installer onto the usb in the first place.