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[mikethedj4]

One of my friends, Karen has an Asus Eee PC. She told me that she tried dual booting Linux with Windows 7 (via Wubi), and overwrote the master boot record with grub, and wants me to reinstall Windows 7 for her.

I know I could write the contents from the CD to a flash drive, and use the command prompt to make it a bootable install (example), however my optical drive is undetected, and all I need to do there is get a new one, but I use my 4GB flash drive as a CD for Linux using the "Universal USB Installer".

Now I'm currently saving my money for a MacBook. So I was wondering as an alternative way instead of getting an external dvd drive; could I use my 16GB flash drive to install Windows 7 for her, and if so how would I accomplish that???

[Napster1488]

if the Notebook allows to Boot from a USB Device then just copy the whole Win7 CD to the Usb flash drive and Boot it ;)

[mikethedj4]

I already knew that as I have it mentioned above. I'm looking for a program that'll install a windows ico to the flash drive so I can make it a bootable drive, however I haven't found anything which is why I'm asking this.

[Codex]

Try and see if this guide helps: http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-insta ... ing-guide/ or http://www.maximumpc.com/article/howtos ... _a_usb_key, just a quick google search.

[mikethedj4]

The first link is the same site I used as my example link in the original post above, in which I'm trying to avoid, and link 2 uses the same concept.

Anyway NickMiller from LockerGnome told me about WinToFlash, and it worked just the way I wanted, so if anybody else has a problem like this, well here you go.