Installing Windows from a USB Flash Drive, Use WinToFlash !!

When you need to install or re-install a version of Windows then normally, you’ll search for the regular CD/ DVD of a Windows installation. But this is really slow, the DVD can be easily scratched if you leave it lying around, and of, course, it won’t be any use at all if your target computer doesn’t have a functioning optical drive.

And that’s when WinToFlash comes to use.

This simple tool will take your installation disc (Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and Server 2003/ 2008 are supported), copy the files to a USB flash drive, and make it bootable, leaving you with a faster, more durable and convenient installer.WinToFlash help you pick the contents of a Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 installation disk and prepare the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for your optical drive. You can install Windows from flash drive or memory card, external HDD, etc. to your computer or netbook.

You don't have to worry about scratches on the disc or misplacing your original media discs once you transfer their contents to the flash drive. The optical drive is swiftly becoming a thing of the past, especially in office environments, as media is being shifted to the cloud.

But, booting from USB may not always be so easy, particularly with older PCs. If your system stubbornly starts from the hard drive as usual. Then, you need to check your BIOS setup program for its boot settings. You may need to give USB or removable disk drives a higher priority on the boot list.

If you want to get involved in the complexities of the software, then an Advanced Mode makes them all available. You can, for instance, choose the file system you’d like to have on the USB drive, its MBR configuration, FAT 16/32 configuration and much more.

The WinToFlash default settings are well chosen, though, so if you prefer the easy life then you can just run a simple wizard, point the program at your Windows disc and flash drive, and it’ll take care of everything else.

You still have to pay close attention to what you’re doing, of course. By default WinToFlash will format the target drive to make it bootable, for instance, destroying any data it contains - so be very sure you point WinToFlash at the right location.

DOWNLOAD the latest version of WinToFlash from the official website here -
http://wintoflash.com/download/en/