Ways to make a USB bootable
Posted by acstopstar
Last Updated: February 29, 2012

Commandprompt 1

 

1. Format your USB drivein NTFS file system.

 

2. Now open Command Prompt window from Start menu. Right-click on Command Prompt entry in start menu and select "Run as administrator" option.

 

3. Now type diskpart in Command Prompt window and pressEnter. It'll launch DiskPart program:

 

4. Write the followingcommands:

 

listvolume

a list of all drives in your system will be displayed. Search for the USB drive entry.

Now you have to select the USB drive volume by providing the corresponding select volume no .

 

active

Now exit from DiskPart using exit command.

 

5. Now to create Boot sector on USB drive. Enter "bootsect.exe"utility. You can find this utility in Windows Vista setup disk. It'll bepresent in "Boot" directory.

Now provide following command in Command Prompt:

bootsect/nt60 G:

 

WhereG is the name of your USB drive.Replace G with your disk name eg F.

 

6. At last, copy allfiles/folders from Vista/ win7 Setup DVD to your USB drive and you have done.

 

You can boot using your USB drive and can install Windows Vista/7 on any system. Through rebooting your PC

 

Command prompt 2

1. Insert your USB (4GB+preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we aregoing to format the USB to make it as bootable.

2. Open elevated CommandPrompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu search field and hit Ctrl +Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to Start > All programs>Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select run asadministrator.

3. When the Command Promp topens, enter the following command:

DISKPART andhit enter.

LIST DISK andhit enter.

Once you enter the LIST DISKcommand, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image myUSB drive disk no is Disk 1.

4. In this step you need toenter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands areself explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do.

SELECT DISK 1 (ReplaceDISK 1 with your disk number)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take fewseconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the commandprompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimizeit.

5. Insert your Windows DVDin the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive andUSB media. Here I use “D” as my optical (DVD) drive letter and “H” as myUSB drive letter.

6. Go back to command promptand execute the following commands:

D:CD BOOT andhit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT andhit enter to see the below message.

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

(Where “H” is your USB driveletter)

7. Copy Windows DVD contentsto USB.

You are done with yourbootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computerthat comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).

 

Power ISO and Ultra ISO

1.     InsertUSB into computer.

2.     Go tocomputer.

3.     Rightclick on UBS and select format

4.     Format drivethe NTFS

5.     InsertDVD into to disk drive or mount ISO using Power ISO or Ultra ISO

6.     OpenPower ISO/Ultra ISO go to extract and select USB drive and extract.

7.     YourUSB is now bootable

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