![Hey Reddit! I am trying to make a windows 7 bootable usb. Just to be clear, I want it to install on the usb its self and not intefere in any way with the main hard drive. When I use rufus to try to do this, it throws this error. sure enough, it crashes on start Hey Reddit! I am trying to make a windows 7 bootable usb. Just to be clear, I want it to install on the usb its self and not intefere in any way with the main hard drive. When I use rufus to try to do this, it throws this error. sure enough, it crashes on start](https://preview.redd.it/hey-reddit-i-am-trying-to-make-a-windows-7-bootable-usb-v0-1wbn36watdxa1.png?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a5d48da89e749d1bc40c777905a71a0ddc50c69c)
Hey Reddit! I am trying to make a windows 7 bootable usb. Just to be clear, I want it to install on the usb its self and not intefere in any way with the main hard drive. When I use rufus to try to do this, it throws this error. sure enough, it crashes on start
![Tip: make your PDC 2008 (or any) USB hard drive a bootable Windows 7 install disk | istartedsomething Tip: make your PDC 2008 (or any) USB hard drive a bootable Windows 7 install disk | istartedsomething](https://istartedsomething.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/pdchd1.jpg)