Thursday, February 11, 2010

Bootsage: Installing Win7 from a USB Flash Drive

Last year I detailed the steps required for creating a bootable, USB flash drive designed for installing Windows 7. To be honest, I didn't realize the pain everyone was feeling at the time, but I quickly realized what a sore spot I hit with my blog.

Anyway, I have been using a couple of the utilities I found to help simplify this process, the problem... they only work on Windows Vista or Windows 7. In my endless search to streamline and simplify my life, I ran across another app this morning which professed to be able to create a bootable Windows 7 flash drive installer. And it claims to work under Windows XP!

Needless to say, I have tested it on every flash drive I own, and I can say it worked perfectly each and every time. If you like having a toolbelt with the most useful, up-to-date utilities, you will want to add Bootsage to your collection.

http://firesage.com/bootsage