Windows 7 - Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

How to Get and Use the Windows 7 USB/DVD

                        Download Tool

Introduction

   Information

If you would like to burn your downloaded or converted .iso image to a DVD

or create a bootable USB flash drive, this free Microsoft utility is for you.

In very little time this can be accomplished by even a novice, and in this

tutorial I'm gonna show you how. I have seperated this tutorial into 

2 sections: Part 1 covers how to burn a bootable DVD and Part 2 is 

on creating a bootable flash drive.

This is primarily going to be useful to XP and Vista users who do not have

 .iso burning software installed on their current HDD and wish to 

perform a clean install.

Here's How:
First visit the MS Store Website and download and run the installer.

Or just click on this easy to use button ---> 

After you have successfully downloaded and installed the Windows 7 

USB/DVD Download Tool, you should see its icon on your desktop. 

Double click to start the program.

PART 1 - How to Burn a bootable Windows 7 

DVD

1) After you launch the app, you will see the Step 1 of 4 dialog box. 

Here you will navigate to the location of your .iso file by clicking the 

Browse button. Once you have successfully located your iso file 

click Next to continue to step 2.

2) In step 2 of 4 you are given the choice of making a bootable DVD or a 

bootable USB flash. In this first section of my tutorial I show you how to 

burn a bootable DVD. So clickDVD if that is what you want.

3) Make sure you have a blank DVD in your optical drive, or you may see this 

message.

4) Once you have inserted a blank DVD you will see the folowing screen, 

click Begin burning to continue.

5) Once the burn starts, you should see the progress bar here at Step 4 of 4. 

Remember the amount of time it takes to complete the burn depends on 

many factors... be patient.

6) If all you wanted was a bootable DVD, you are finished when you see

 the image below, close the program or start over if you wish to make a 2nd

 copy.

PART 2 - How to create a bootable 

Windows 7 USB Flash Drive

   Warning

You need a USB flash drive with at least 4GB of free space, and the flash 

drive will be formattted to NTFS! So backup your data before creating 

this bootable USB, or you will lose all your data!

Follow the instructions in the Introduction at the beginning of tutorial and 

download and install the tool. The installation will add the program 

shortcut to your desktop, just double click to start.

1) After you launch the app, you will see the Step 1 of 4 dialog box.

 Here you will navigate to the location of your .iso file by clicking the 

Browse button. Once you have successfully located your iso file 

click Next to continue to step 2.

2) In step 2 of 4 you are given the choice of making a bootable DVD or a 

bootable USB flash. Here in Part 2 of my tutorial I show you how to create

 a bootable USB Flash Drive. So click USB device if that is what you want.

 

3) Here in step 3 of 4 you will select the USB flash drive of your choice by 

using the drop down list arrow. Once you have chosen the correct Drive, 

click the Begin copying button.

4) Here in step 4 of 4: Creating bootable USB device, you should see the

 progress bar move across the screen. As always your speed depends on

 many factors, have patience!

5) Once completed you should see the following dialog box.

I found it interesting that the USB device icon in "Computer" now looks

 identical to that of the DVD!

Here are the contents of the USB device after completion...

I hope this helps out some of you who are "stuck" when it comes to 

burning an iso to DVD or creating a bootable USB device.