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Installation from a flash drive will usually be quicker that from a CD/DVD drive.Īll you need is a 4GB USB flash drive ($11 online), Windows 7 ISO image or DVD, WinRar, and a few minutes of your time. Many smaller and/or cheaper computers do not come with a CD/DVD drive. A flash drive is less likely to be physically lost because they cost more than a CD/DVD and more care will be used. A flash drive is less likely to be lost in the growing pile of computer CD’s and DVD’s that you’ve amassed over the years. A flash drive is less likely to be damaged (scratched, broken, etc). Please help, I have been spending a few hours a day on this for over a week now.You may be asking why you would want the ability to install Windows 7 from a USB flash drive. I know BootCamp Assistant does this, but since I do have an Optical Drive, my Mac can not access that feature. I know this isn't a Windows forum, so it may not be the best place, but my hope is that someone here knows a way to make a Windows bootable from my Mac. So far when I clone the iso the PC sees it as a boot option, but says it's not bootable. I have a Mac running Mavericks coming out of storage I have yet to try with, and a Mac mini on Sierra which also has issues with Disk Utility doing anything without failing.Īnyway, the PC is a Dell Latitude 2100 with no optical drive, so I have to figure out how to make this bootable USB stick. I have used terminal to create a clone of the disk (disk utility fails with an error whenever I try to do anything with it, even after clean erase and install. 
I have converted it to DMG, IMG and it's still also ISO. iso file on my MacBook Pro running Sierra. It lives in my tool box and I use it for servicing hardware that requires Windows 7. How can I create a Windows 7 usb from Mac OS to work on a PC? How can I make a bootable Windows 7 usb in OSX Lion? Making a Bootable Windows 7 USB without Bootcamp Using El Capitan, can I create a bootable Windows 7 USB?Ĭreate a Bootable Windows USB from a OS X to work on a PC Please forgive me if I am creating a redundant post but I have read the following threads with no answers: I found several old threads where similar situations were described with no practicable answer, so I ask again.
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