Setting up Windows 7 from a USB drive without a physical installation media
Setting up Windows 7 from a USB drive without a physical installation media
Hello! You're planning to set up a PC without a traditional hard drive, using Windows 7 and a flash drive instead. I've reviewed several tutorials for this approach, but since you only have a Mac, you'll need alternative methods to format the flash drive and transfer installation files. Let me know if you'd like guidance on that!
You can format the drive directly in the drive manager on your Mac and then create it easily. There might be a tool available that can handle this for you.
I've copied Windows 7 from USB several times, but I don't own a Mac. My background is creating bootable USBs from Windows and Linux. It seems there are simple tools available to make a flash drive bootable. Just a quick tip: Windows 7 might behave strangely when installed on a newer USB 3.0 drive, even with USB 2.0 ports. To prevent any trouble, stick to a regular 4GB USB 2.0 flash drive. You'll appreciate it later.