Windows 7 usb install

[jimmyjammywho]

OK so my PC has been painfully slow in the last few days, I have already done my malware scan and c cleaner so im going to wipe the hard drive and re install. Now i don't have a windows 7 disc but i know i have oem windows 7 home 64bit. I found another thread of somthing similar http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1766847/windows-home-oem-download-links.html

yet at the end they delete the ei.cfg to $oem$, do i have to do this on normal oem windows (the one you buy from amazon)

also i have the product key etc ready

 

[aldan]

you just need to download an iso of the version of windows that your product key is for.then burn it to a dvd with imgburn and install windows.reinstalls are a last resort for me,but to each their own.

 

[jimmyjammywho]

My dvd drive doesn't work so i will have to use usb right

 

[aldan]

yep,same idea.heres a guide on how to create the bootable usb.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2009/12/the-usb-flash-drive/