Window 7 Install The OS

After that, the thumbdrive can now be used to install the OS onto any PCs.

The problem is the laptop has no optical drive, meaning youll probably have to buy an accessory that costs around 80 to do the job.

Yes, its totally possible to install Windows 7 (or Vista) on the MacBook Air without a DVD drive.

All youll need is a computer running Windows 7 (that has a DVD drive), a 4GB or larger USB thumbdrive, a Windows 7 installation DVD, and about an hour of free time.

Note: make sure you back up the contents of the thumbdrive as they will be completely erased during this process.

Also, the actual work is a lot shorter and less intimidating than the look of this article.

Here are the detailed steps.

A. Getting Windows installation on the thumbdrive.

On the Windows 7 computer, plug the thumbdrive into a USB port, then start the command prompt with administrator rights.

This is how: a. Click on Start, type cmd in the search area, then press Ctrl Shift Enter.

Or b. Click on Start All Programs Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

Now that the command prompt has opened, youll want to use a tool called Diskpart to prepare the thumbdrive by typing in diskpart and then pressing Enter.

Now the screen will show a list of storage drives currently connected to the computer, starting with Disk 0.

You can easily figure out which one the thumbdrive is by looking at the amount of storage.

For this guide, as seen in the screenshot below, the thumbdrive is Disk 3.

Now you want Diskpart to select this drive by typing command select disk 3 then pressing Enter.

So far we have used the following commands: diskpart list disk select disk 3 Note: In case you mistype a command (and then will be greeted with an error message), you can always redo it.

If you have done everything correctly, the command prompt window should be displaying something like this: Run command prompt with admin rights and use Diskpart to select the current thumbdrive.

During this time you will see an indicator of the formatting process.

Again, if you have done the steps correctly, the command prompt window will look like the screenshot below.

This is what you should see if you have typed in all the commands correctly.

This is because the thumbdrive has just been assigned a drive letter.

Without closing the command prompt window, you can open the Computer to see what the drive letter of the thumbdrive is.

However, this letter is likely different in other cases, depending on how many storage devices the computer currently has.

Window 7 .Exe Nt60 H

Go Back to the command prompt window (if you have closed it by accident, you can redo step 1 to open it again), execute the following commands: e: cd boot bootsect.exe nt60 h: Again e: is the drive letter of the DVD drive and h: is the drive letter of the thumbdrive.

After that, the command window will show a message similar to the screenshot below.

This will take another 5 or 10 minutes depending on how fast your DVD and the thumbdrive are.

Install Window 7 For Mac