![]() ![]() If you do, there should be an option to hit a key such as 'F11' to enter the boot menu - you may need to tap this key continuously as soon as you power on your machine for it to work.Once you're in, find your USB stick amongst the list of other devices and press enter. The first thing to try is to look for an option called boot menu or boot options just as you see a display on your screen. This will start the Windows installation. What we're aiming to do is get the PC to boot using your newly-created USB stick and not its usual hard disk. Take the Windows DVD out of the drive but make sure the USB stick is still inserted. We'll be wiping the hard disk to start new. Back up everything you need on to an external hard disk - photos, web browser bookmarks - everything. Now it's time to prepare your PC to reinstall Windows. Click continue, accept the license agreement that pops up then WinToFlash will start creating your Windows USB stick. Now click next - a warning message will come up advising your USB stick is about to be wiped - that's fine. It usually selects the right one automatically but if you're not sure, you can go to the Start menu and under Computer, see a list of all your drives and explore them if necessary to find out which one your USB stick is. Click select, then find 'Computer' in the list, which should bring up a list of drives, one of which will be your DVD drive that hopefully says something like W7 64 BIT, which is actually your Windows DVD. Where it says Windows files path, you need to select your DVD drive with the Windows DVD in it. ![]() Now we need to pick the right drives so that we can copy the contents of your DVD to the USB stick. You should be left with a screen that give you the option to install Windows from a USB drive. Click to accept the options called EULA and statistical information and then click to exit any ads that pop up. Next, double-click the file called WinToFlash in the folder you just created. Everything on the USB stick will be erased so copy your files elsewhere if you need to. Now insert your Windows DVD into your DVD drive and the USB stick into a USB port on your PC or laptop - not a USB hub. Create a new folder on your desktop and drag all the files into there. Simple double-click on the file and Windows will open it, showing the files within. Once you've downloaded WinToFlash, you'll need to grab all the files out of the zip file you've downloaded. Some laptop and PC builders include the driver CD with the system which will be very handy. Put the driver file onto a DVD or USB stick. If you have a PC, you'll be able to see the motherboard's make and model written onto it. You'll need this once you've reinstalled Windows. You're looking for the support or download section so you can download the network or wireless adapter driver. While you're browsing, point your mouse at the website for your PC or laptop. The benefit of this is that your PC can get at the files much faster over USB than it can your DVD drive, which helps to dramatically cut the time it takes to install Windows. This is a program that can copy your Windows DVD (legally) onto a USB stick. ![]() The only things you'll need are a 4GB or larger USB stick and your original copy of Windows (XP, 7, 8)- either a Microsoft DVD or your PC manufacturer's one. There are two fantastically simple programs that will take you through things step by step and in just an hour or two, you'll be sitting back at the desktop with everything installed afresh. Taking your PC to a repair shop will likely see your bill come close to $100 for a reinstall of your operating system, but it's actually very easy to do yourself and in less than half an hour - even adding on all your programs such as Skype, Spotify and Google Chrome as well. A virus or malware infection, a faulty program you just can't seem to fix - a fresh install of Windows can fix all these things. ![]()
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