2. Run CMD.EXE (Win+R then type CMD) then type the following commands:
diskpart
Note: these commands assume that your USB flash drive is addressed as "disk 1", double check it by typing "list disk" (without quotation). Usually, the list includes all your hard drives, flash drives and SD cards, so be very careful.
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
3. Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive
While still in DOS prompt, enter the following command:
xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\
where:
d:\ is your physical DVD drive where Windows Vista DVD is inserted. A virtual drive can also be used as source drive.
e:\ is your newly formatted flash drive
Copying will take several minutes, when everything's done, just type exit to close the DOS prompt. You can now test your Vista installer by setting the BIOS to boot from USB device. Since the installer structure (BOOTSECT, etc.) of Vista and the latest Release Candidate of Windows 7 are very much the same, it should work also on Windows 7.
source: http://kurtsh.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DA410C7F7E038D!1665.entry
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