Windows 7 Portable Usb Page
# Make boot sector (bootsect.exe from Windows ADK or Windows 7 installation) $bootsect = "$env:SystemRoot\System32\bootsect.exe" if (Test-Path $bootsect) Write-Host "Updating boot sector for NTFS..." -ForegroundColor Cyan & $bootsect /nt60 $UsbDriveLetter /force /mbr else Write-Host "Warning: bootsect.exe not found. USB might not boot on older BIOS systems." -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "USB disk number: $diskNumber" -ForegroundColor Green
# Clean up mount if ($mountDrive -match "^[A-Z]:\\?$" -and $mountDrive -ne $tempExtract -and (Get-PSDrive -Name $mountDrive[0] -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $IsoPath -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue elseif ($tempExtract -and (Test-Path $tempExtract)) Remove-Item $tempExtract -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue windows 7 portable usb
# Get disk number for the USB drive $diskInfo = diskpart /s (New-TemporaryFile | % $_.FullName; Set-Content $_.FullName "list volume`nexit" ) $diskNumberLine = $diskInfo | Select-String -Pattern "$driveLetter\s+" | Select-Object -First 1 if (-not $diskNumberLine) Write-Host "Could not identify disk number for $UsbDriveLetter" -ForegroundColor Red exit 1
if (-not $volNumber) Write-Host "Failed to parse volume number." -ForegroundColor Red exit 1 # Make boot sector (bootsect
# Parse disk number (e.g., "* Volume 2 D ..." -> 2) $tokens = $diskNumberLine -split '\s+' $volNumber = $null for ($i = 0; $i -lt $tokens.Count; $i++) if ($tokens[$i] -match '^\d+$' -and $tokens[$i+1] -eq $driveLetter) $volNumber = $tokens[$i] break
Write-Host "=== Windows 7 Bootable USB Creator ===" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host "ISO : $IsoPath" Write-Host "USB : $UsbDriveLetter" Write-Host "WARNING: All data on $UsbDriveLetter will be DESTROYED!" -ForegroundColor Yellow $confirm = Read-Host "Type YES to continue" if ($confirm -ne "YES") Write-Host "Aborted." -ForegroundColor Red exit 0 "* Volume 2 D ..." ->
$driveLetter = $UsbDriveLetter[0] $drivePath = $UsbDriveLetter + "\"
