(You may miss it the first couple of times!) Once you’ve found it, mash this key when you turn your computer on. Look for the key next to this word – likely one of F2, F8, F10, F12 or DEL. On the boot screen (the first screen that appears as soon as you hit the power button) look for something called ‘boot menu’ or similar. If not, you need to tell your computer to load from the USB stick. Your computer may detect this USB stick automatically, and a Windows loading screen appears. Plug the USB stick into the computer you wish to install Windows on, and turn this computer on. (You may need to press refresh before you see your USB stick.)įinally, begin copying. Select your USB stick from the drop down list. (Despite the name, it is good for creating USB sticks of any version of Windows.) Download it from here and install it on a working Windows PC.

To create the USB, we will use a program called Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool. Make sure you download the version of Windows according to your licence key, or activation may not work! Step 2: Create bootable USB

Click this link to browse for your version of Windows, or use one of the following: However, if you have lost your installation media, don’t worry! The website getintoPC appears to be clean, and offers ISOs of pretty much any version of Windows you might need. If you have your own ISO (or your own Windows disc you can create an ISO from) then I would recommend you use this. The method we are using involves copying an ISO to a USB disc so that your computer runs it as if it were a DVD. Step 1: Download ISOĪn ISO file is bit-for-bit copy of the contents of a disc. This guide will install a trial version of Windows – you will need a valid licence key from Microsoft in order to activate it. You will need the computer you wish to install Windows on, another computer with an internet connection and Windows already installed, and a spare 4GB USB stick. This method is also suitable for dualbooting Windows on a Mac via Bootcamp. This guide will show you how to get this media, how to put it onto a USB stick, and how to run the USB stick to install or repair your copy of Windows.

How to perform a clean install of Windows from USB without a disc, and how to repair a corrupted install of Windows.įor either of these tasks, we need a copy of the original media that was used to install Windows.

No repair your computer option