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Hooch Tan
10-27-2009, 06:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool' target='_blank'>http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com//dht/auto/1256653005.usr20447.png" style="border: 0px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Once upon a time, Personal Computers has their Operating System installed through floppy disks, that is, when they were not run off the floppy disks themselves.&nbsp; You had your choice of the big 5 1/4" floppies and the more cutting edge 3.5" floppies.&nbsp; As time went on, the number of floppies you needed increased until you were swapping a stack of 20-30 floppy discs over the course of a few hours!&nbsp; Things are much better now with CDs and DVDs, except lots of PCs are coming without them.&nbsp; So how do you install or upgrade them?&nbsp; With Microsoft's handy, dandy, super-excellent Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool!&nbsp; Well, it won't change the world, but it will take the ISO image of a Windows 7 install disc and turn it into a bootable image you can put on a USB flash drive.&nbsp; Handy if you want to upgrade your netbook and don't have access to an external CD/DVD drive.</p>