GUIDE TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON A USB ( SERVICE )

With the development of technology and cheap USB flash and external hard drives and external hard drives on the market a lot of USB sizes ranging from 5Gb to TerraBit size and how if we want to Install Windows 7 in USB & External Hardisk?

           By default, windows does not allow us to install windows from USB flash or from external hard drive, and if you force windows error messages will appear as follows:
Windows Can not be installed to this disk. Setup does not
support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB
or IEEE 1394 port.
           Although the windows to recognize and display the USB flash drives and external hard drive to view the installation process but does not allow us to select the drive and usb external hard drive to intall windows. If we want to install windows 7 on an external hard drive, please step step step by step below.

The procedure below is very simple, but first we need to install the Windows Automated Installation Kit to get some files.

A. necessary condition to Install Windows 7 in USB & External Hardisk:
• An external hard drive or USB Flashdish 5Gb minimum capacity that is formatted with NTFS partitions.
• Installing the Windows 7 file. (If you have windows 7 ISO file, mount is by using virtual cd program or the like).
• Windows 7 Automated Installation Kit (Download free from microsoft)
Note: Make sure the content of external hard drive space remaining around 15GB or so before starting this procedure, although it is not advisable to delete the entire contents of your external hard drive, make sure that the file has been backed up your important files in it first.
 
Steps to Install Windows 7 on a USB stick and external hard disk:

1. Create two folders with the names and WAIK Windows Files on the desktop or elsewhere on the laptop that has at least 5GB of free space.



2. Download the ZIP file here, then extract all the contents into WAIK Files folder, then we need three files: bcdboot.exe, Bootsect.exe and Imagex.exe. The third file was found only after we install indows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7 on our Windows Computer. After you install Windows Automated Installation Kit, locate the file copy and insert the third into the WAIK Files folder that we created earlier.
If you do not have the installation CD of Windows 7 WAIK. Please download the WAIK file below:
Link Download 3WAIK-Files Windows 7



3. Copy all the contents of Windows 7 Installation DVD Kit us into the Windows Files folder.

4. The next step, locate and run the file that resides in Installer.cmd WAIK Files folder, run as Administrator privileges (right-click the file and select "Run as Administrator"). In the first display screen, you will be asked to press the "Enter" to continue. Press the Enter button and locate the installation file install.wim which resides in the Windows Files folder, file folder can be found at:
Windows Files / Sources / install.wim


5. Now we select the edition of Windows 7 that we want, for example, we will install windows 7 ultimate on external USB flash or hard drive by typing the appropriate numbers behind it. Example: type the number "5" (without the quotes) to select the ultimate edition.

6. Further typing letters external drive or usb flash drive us and press Enter. Suppose that our external hard drive berhurup L (Type L and press Enter)
 
7. Now type in a longer active partition (the drive where the windows on the computer system is located) and press Enter, usually C:. To find out can menggunalan Windows Disk Management tool (diskmgmt.msc typed in the search box on the start menu on windows 7)

8. Finally, the installation process asks whether we are going to install windows 7 on a usb flash or external hard drives us, press Y to continue the process of installing windows 7 on external drive.

9. Then press the Enter key to start the extract install.wim file. This process takes a long time. Then we will be asked to restart your computer and the process of installing Windows will run normally.

10. Reboot your PC and follow the steps installing Windows 7. Usually the process of installing windows 7 on an external drive will restart two to three times. Of note, this installation process will be slower than usual because we are installing it on an external drive (according to the speed of USB on your computer).

11. After that, like the windows install process usually proceed to install drivers for each hardware in your computer. Bemoga so helpful ....