With the backlash and failure of Vista, Windows is quickly moving to Windows 7.  This OS is focused on correcting all the Vista short comings, while providing a faster operating system and speedy USB enumeration.

However, upgrading or installing Windows 7 from a DVD takes a long time.  You can speed up the process by putting the Windows 7 ISO file on a USB stick and install from there.

The guys at Think Computers, put together a nice tutorial.  The USB tutorial covers the placement of Win7 on a custom USB flash drive, then doing a complete install from the UFD.

Windows 7 is about 2.5GBs so make sure you have a 4GB flash drive before you think about starting this process.

I read through the tutorial, it isn’t hard and not complicated.  I’d give her a shot myself but I don’t have the luxury to devote a PC to this project.  So I’m passing it along.

Windows 7 is currently in Beta mode and available for Free to anyone willing to test her out.

Source:  Think Computers.