Verify that the USB drive you will be writing to is plugged in. You can skip the actual Windows install and downloading the support software at this time, as it will be easier to do both later. UITS recommends making the USB drive installer first. The next screen should give you a list of options. Open the Boot Camp Assistant, and then click Continue. In Mac OS X, to create a bootable Windows 7 flash drive:įrom the Finder, open the Applications folder, and then Utilities. On Macs with optical drives, the option will be either missing or grayed out.
Note: In Mac OS X, the option to create a Windows 7 flash drive will only appear if the computer you're using does not have an optical drive. You can use the OSX Bootcamp Assistant to accomplish this.Ĭreating a Windows flash drive installer on an OS X computer
