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Story: USB could be answer to Windows 7 netbook dilemma

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Posted by: Moley (Tuesday 30 June 2009, 1:59 PM)

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Win 7 on USB and Win 7(E)

It's easy to extract the download ISO with WinRar and use Xcopy to write the extracted files to USB. Similarly, Xcopy will copy an installation disk to USB, all this as long as you have access to a computer (with a DVD, if necessary).

On the subject of Win 7(E), I'm puzzled as to how one (a) goes on line initially to obtain a browser (or does one have to rely on using another computer and a USB drive to obtain and install the browser), or (b) uses Windows or Microsoft update which, until now, only works with Internet Explorer, so far as I understand.

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