Do you want to install windows 7 or windows 8? And you don’t have a dvd-rw or even a dvd station? Good news, you can install it from a usb drive. Of course, most of you might already knew that , but there is even better news, you don’t need software to make a bootable usb drive! You can do this very very easy with the windows command line (cmd)!
First of all if you are no it specialist, use tools like this:
- http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/
- http://rufus.akeo.ie/
- http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/html/pbPage.Help_Win7_usbdvd_dwnTool
- http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
Insert your usb stick in your system, open a new cmd window (start, cmd, open as administrator).
- diskpart
- list disk
- select disk 3 (see your window for the correct number)
- clean
- create partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format quick fs=ntfs
- assign
- exit
Now you can copy the content of your ISO to the usb drive, and it will be usable as a bootable usb!
Good luck and if you need screenshots, please comment and I will add them!