bootable Usb Win 7

How To Make Bootable USB <br /> <br />admin Updated on Jan 27th, 2014 <br /> <br />Having a bootable USB is very essential, especially if you are a Netbook user. Using bootable USB to install an operating system (OS) not only makes the installation faster, but also saves a DVD. <br /> <br />Creating or using an USB drive to install Windows operating systems is very easy if you follow the below mentioned steps. <br /> <br />bootable usb drive <br /> <br />If you are planning to use bootable USB to install Windows 7 or Vista please refer our guides: <br /> <br />Install Windows 7/Vista using bootable USB guide <br /> <br />And also, you can refer install Windows 7 on Acer Aspire One guide <br /> <br />Coming back to bootable USB guide, here we assume that you are using either Vista or Windows 7 to create a bootable USB. <br /> <br />Step 1: Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we are going to format the USB to make it as bootable. <br /> <br />Step 2: Open elevated Command Prompt. 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 as administrator. <br /> <br />Step 3: When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command: <br /> <br />DISKPART and hit enter. <br /> <br />LIST DISK and hit enter. <br /> <br />Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1. <br /> <br />Step 4: In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do. <br /> <br />SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number) <br /> <br />CLEAN <br /> <br />CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY <br /> <br />SELECT PARTITION 1 <br /> <br />ACTIVE <br /> <br />FORMAT FS=NTFS <br /> <br />(Format process may take few seconds) <br /> <br />ASSIGN <br /> <br />EXIT <br /> <br />Bootable USB <br /> <br />Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it. <br /> <br />Step 5: Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I use “D” as my optical (DVD) drive letter and “H” as my USB drive letter. <br /> <br />Step 6: Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands: <br /> <br />D: CD BOOT and hit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter. <br /> <br />CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message. <br /> <br />BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: <br /> <br />(Where “H” is your USB drive letter) <br /> <br />USB Bootable <br /> <br />Step 7: Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.