How to make Windows 7 bootable install USB stick

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Please note: during this procedure you'll lose any data on your USB stick. Please be extra careful during formatting, while choosing wrong drive will erase him completely. This guide provided as-is, at your own risk.

Things you need to have

1. PC running Win XP/Vista/7
2. DVD with Windows 7 32 bit Installation
3. 8GB or larger USB stick

Preparing USB stick
1. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”
2. Run diskpart utility by typing “ diskpart” into command prompt window and pressing “Enter”
3. Locate your USB stick disk number by executing “list disk”. We will assume your USB disk is 1
4. Run following commands
4a: select disk 1
4b: clean
4c: create partition primary
4d: select partition 1
4e: active
4f: format fs=NTFS
4g: assign
4h: exit

Now we have prepared USB stick. Lets make him bootable

1. Insert your DVD windows 7 32 bit Installation into DVD drive. Let's assume it's D
2. Go to D:\boot (cd d:\boot)
3. If your USB drive letter is “e” please run “ bootsect /nt60 e: ”
4. Copy DVD Windows 7 media content to USB root folder (etc. don't put it into any folder)

You are now ready to install Windows 7 from USB stick