For more information read Ashraf’s article Microsoft issues an apology for stealing open source code and will release the source code for Windows CD/DVD Download Tool. Update2: Microsoft will now release the source code for WUDT as per GNU GPLv2 guidelines. For more information read Ashraf’s article Microsoft removes the new Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool… because it stole from open source software? Update: Microsoft has pulled the WUDT, so the link has been disabled. DVD-R drive or 4GB removable USB flash drive.Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended).Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit).Anyone, and everyone, can freely download it from here. Under the 'Boot selection' section, click the down arrow button on the right and select Download.
Update: It looks like you actually don’t have to purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft to use WUDT. Under the 'Device' section, select the USB flash drive. However for those netbook users who have yet to move to Windows 7, it may well be worth their while to get Windows 7 directly from Microsoft. Of course the catch is you must purchase Windows 7 from Microsoft’s online store, so if you have already purchased it from somewhere else you are better off sticking to A Bootable USB or WinToFlash. The WUDT can also create a Windows 7 installation DVD from the ISO file as well.
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For netbook users without DVD drives, the WUDT will take an ISO image and create a bootable USB device that can be used to install Windows 7. The Microsoft Store will be providing a tool called the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (rolls right off the tongue doesn’t it?) – or WUDT for short.
Here is a quote from the WindowsSteam Blog: They have made a tool that will put the Windows 7 Installer right on to a USB stick for you! Yes you can get third party programs that do this, as Ashraf had an article on recently, but the advantage of doing it through Microsoft is you receive the Windows 7 ISO to put on the USB directly from Microsoft (if you purchase Windows 7 via Microsoft that is) to work with Microsoft’s new tool so you don’t have to scramble around looking for a DVD or ISO of Windows 7 (however you can still use the Windows 7 USB Installer if you don’t purchase via Windows 7 Microsoft). Microsoft has really been thinking hard how not to screw up the Windows 7 release because Microsoft has come up with a solution for netbook users. The only problem with installing Windows 7 on netbooks is many netbooks don’t have CD/DVD drives. One of the big things about Windows 7 is how well it runs on netbooks.
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