Hello
I have a refurbished netbook that I just got, and I have a new ssd I'd like to replace the hdd with. However, the product has no cd drive, and did not come with an installation cd. I know I can make a bootable usb drive, but most instructions online involve copying data from an iso image of a windows installation cd, which is not present. I know my hard drive should have a directory containing all the information Windows 7 needs for a fresh install, but I don't want to copy the wrong files. So the question has 2 parts:
1. Most instructions seem to be this in a nutshell: format usb, copy installation iso image to usb. The command prompt can be used for the format, so am I missing an important step when I see people recommend various third party software for making "bootable usbs" when it seems like a fairly simple operation?
2. Which directory from my C drive do I copy to the formatted usb? The entire "Windows 7" folder, or something else?
Thank you,
Zenith
I have a refurbished netbook that I just got, and I have a new ssd I'd like to replace the hdd with. However, the product has no cd drive, and did not come with an installation cd. I know I can make a bootable usb drive, but most instructions online involve copying data from an iso image of a windows installation cd, which is not present. I know my hard drive should have a directory containing all the information Windows 7 needs for a fresh install, but I don't want to copy the wrong files. So the question has 2 parts:
1. Most instructions seem to be this in a nutshell: format usb, copy installation iso image to usb. The command prompt can be used for the format, so am I missing an important step when I see people recommend various third party software for making "bootable usbs" when it seems like a fairly simple operation?
2. Which directory from my C drive do I copy to the formatted usb? The entire "Windows 7" folder, or something else?
Thank you,
Zenith