We recommend that users look into other tools instead, such as Microsoft's Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool. Click "OK" when the creation is complete.įollow these simple steps, you can create a UEFI bootable Windows 7 installation USB flash drive from a Windows 7 installation ISO with WinToUSB easily, then you can use this bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 on both Traditional BIOS and UEFI computers.Note: WindowsToUSB Lite is an ad-supported application. After successfully formated the USB drive, click "OK", WinToUSB begins creating the Winddows installation USB drive. Please wait until that format operation is complete. After clicking "Yes", WinToUSB begins formatting. After you select the USB drive, a pop-up will appear asking you if you want to format it to continue. If your USB drive is not correctly recognized by WinToUSB, you need to click the button for the program to recognize the USB drive.
Select the USB drive in the drop-down list. Click the button and select the Windows 7 installation ISO from the open dialog box. Click "Tools" > "Windows Installation USB Creator". Connect the destination USB flash drive to the computer with an installed copy of WinToUSB. Tutorial to use with WinToUSB to create an UEFI bootable Windows 7 installation USB drive to install Windows 7. Please note that only 64-bit Windows 7 supports UEFI boot, so you cannot use a 32-bit Windows 7 to create a UEFI bootable USB installation drive. Now WinToUSB releases a new feature called "Windows Installation USB Creator" which allows you to create a Windows 7 installation USB drive with a few simple steps, with this feature you can create a Windows installation USB drive to install Windows 7 on both Traditional BIOS and UEFI computers by using the same USB drive. To create a bootable Windows 7 installation USB drive, the program must make changes to the content extracted from the ISO. So my question is, if anyone knows how I can put the Windows 7 ISO on my USB stick so that I can use it to install Windows 7 on a UEFI computer?ĭid you run into the similiar situation? By default, the Windows 7 installation ISO does not support UEFI boot, so the bootable USB installation drive created with the Windows 7 installation ISO does not support UEFI boot.
Thus, I tried to create a bootable USB stick that can also boot in UEFI mode, but so far I have not been successful. Unfortunately, this is not the solution for my laptop, as it does not have a DVD drive. Usually we use a DVD drive to install Windows 7 on our computer. Recently, I got a new laptop with Windows 8 and I want to install Windows 7 on it.