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Windows 7 starter on Inspiron mini 1012
hi I already have a copy of the dell restore cd windows 7 sp1 starter (em) 32-bit its 4.78 GB size that I got from dell & I got the reinstall drivers and utilities its 821 mb in size & application cd for reinstalling dell webcam centeral software its 123 mb in size & microsoft works 9.0 cd that I also got from dell.. The lap top does not have a cd/dvd player.
My question is what size usb flash drive would I need to copy each of the disk that I have on to a usb flash drive?
will it boot up with just the usb flash drive with the restore cd copied to it or do I need to use a special program to make the flash drive bootable 1st before I copy the restore cd on to the flash drive?
I was thinking of getting a 64 GB flash drive to load all of the cd's on to it can I do that?
ejn63
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January 31st, 2015 17:00
An 8G drive or larger will work. You cannot just copy the disc to the flash drive. Microsoft has a utility for preparing a bootable install drive.
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There are also other ways to make a bootable install drive - Rufus, nLite, etc. as well.
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January 31st, 2015 19:00
okay thank you