Installing Windows 7 on a Netbook without DVD drive

I installed Windows 7 on my son's Netbook ASUS 1005HA. Since it does not have a DVD drive, I wasn't sure if the installation would go smoothly. Well, indeed it did. So to report, what you need to do the install are:

1. An unused partition on the Netbook to house Windows 7 Operating System. His Netbook came preconfigured with two partitions. But if yours didn't, you can always create a new partition with a tool like BootIt.

2. A virutal CD/DVD mounting tool. I used DaemonTool to do that. With it you can simulate a DVD drive using an ISO file on the hard drive.

Once that's done, I copied the Windows 7 ISO onto his Netbook, mounted the ISO using the DaemonTool, and installed Windows 7 onto the second partition. Everything just worked. No sweat.

Here's a screenprint of the new OS: