Use a USB Flash Drive to install Windows 7 Beta

If you don’t have an optical drive, like a CD or DVD Drive, on your laptop and you want to install software that typically comes with a CD or DVD then you might be inclined to buy an external CD or DVD drive to get the job done.

Well, not really, if you already have an USB Flash Drive. These days flash drives are cheaper per gig and the prices keep going down. If you already have or if you can get a hold of an USB Flash drive then you can use that to install software on your computer. It might require an extra step to prepare the Flash Drive to be used as an installable media but once that’s done you can pretty much make use of it to install software.

Read from this detailed article at DemoGeek.com to learn how to prepare a USB Thumb Drive to install Windows 7 Beta from an USB Flash Drive. It’s a 10 step process but the steps are pretty simple and well explained.