Sunday 6 March 2011

Create a bootable pen drive

Many times we need to have a bootable pen drive if we are a netbook user or sometimes we don't have a dvd to use, but to create one bootable usb drive is very easy if you follow the below steps:




1. Insert your formatted USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system.

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 or open RUN ,type cmd and hit enter.

3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

DISKPART and hit enter.

LIST DISK and hit enter.

Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive.

4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter.

SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Bootable USB

now minimise the command window.

5. Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I am using “D” as my optical (DVD) drive letter and “H” as my USB drive letter.

6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:

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

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

(Where “H” is your USB drive letter)

USB Bootable

7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.

now you have completed making a bootable pen drive , you can preserve it for any no of uses and format it too if u want it back to be used as a data traveller device.

NOTE:In making a pen drive bootable we convert it into NTFS format from FAT 32,this makes USB losses its efficiency,so,i prefer not to make pen drives bootable.

101 comments:

  1. really good work......

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  2. Yaar that day i was really stuck as my boot manager was accidentially deleted by me and u knw windows cannot boot without bootmanager. One way was to insert windows installation disk and repair it but see my luck the dvd drive was not working...lollll........Finally i switched over to this method and made my pendrive bootable.........Thank GOD it worked.
    really deepak nice job.....keep going..... :)

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  3. thanx sukhdeep for your words...its your appericiation only which encourages me to continue this small effort...!!!thanx again...:)

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  4. [...] In our previous post we have stated the method of making pendrive bootable through command prompt, [...]

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  5. all the best............

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  6. I want to know how to make dvd/cd bootable.....

    please reply

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  7. cd/dvd...thats not a big deal...just copy the contents or burn the iso image of any os to a cd/dvd...it will automatically become bootable.....

    the problem is in case of usb only....!!!!

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  8. what is the iso image...

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  9. if you have to install an operating system u will need a live cd of that os....but if u dont have that u will surely copy it or use the preburned image of that os and iso is the preburned image of a cd by which u can use it to burn ur own cd later through windows itself or by 3rd party softwares like nero,roxio etc.

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  10. if i have a windows iso in my hd den,, how 2 make a botable usb,, i don't want to make a dvd/cd,, direct copy to usb..

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  11. ok then for that i will suggest you an easy way , just try a software called UltraISO , just google it download it.....
    give ur iso files path to the app and then just paste the stuff to usb...simple.
    enjoy!!!

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  12. IT IA GOOD WAY

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  13. boss i have problem from the 6th point i my sys do not accept my command i:cd boot
    and i get the reply i:cd is unknown path please help me

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  14. Hi deepak, I want to know make a bootable pen drive for CD/DVD (hiren boot cd) if i restart system need message "press any key to boot..." please reply me

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  15. http://coolbizz.com/set-pen-drive-bootable-for-linux-via-commands

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  16. What if I dont have a windows DVD...i simply have it in my hard drive???How to boot then???plzz helpp...

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  17. how can I make bootable pendrive from iso image?

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  18. Good work thanks for the information

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  19. bro i tried it, but
    ''6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands:

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

    CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

    BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

    (Where “H” is your USB drive letter)

    USB Bootable

    7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB.''

    this thing didnt work for me, or i didnt get this..
    the command
    ''BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:''
    isn't work...
    what to do pls help, now i used WintoFlash but i want to learn. please help.. thanks.. :)

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  20. I APPRICIATE U DERE SUKHDEEP BUT TELL ME HOW U USE UR OPTICAL DRIVE H: IF IT IS NOT WORKING............

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  21. In making a pen drive bootable we convert it into NTFS format from FAT 32,this makes USB losses its efficiency,so,i prefer not to make pen drives bootable.//// what is your feed back pal.. will it affect pendrive efficiency that much

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  22. u r right chandru , it losses its efficiency (not so reasonable) but boosts up its performance and for the matter of making it bootable..its just the matter of need when the CD-DRIVE is not working and we need to boot our pc.

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  23. I HAVE AN ISO FILE OF XP IN HARD DISK , HOW I MAKE A BOOTABLE PEN DRIVE BY IT

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  24. After Assign Pen drive, It will prompt a message on the screen that "Format your pen drive"....what i have to do, please tell me, i can't understand that i format it, or not..........

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  25. ya format it

    type Y and enter

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  26. Amit Mahyavanshi30 October 2012 at 04:55

    I am getting the error in command prompt.
    Here is the error: "could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects : access is denied."
    What should I do???

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  27. Hello, everything is going nicely here and ofcourse every one is sharing facts, that's actually fine, keep up writing.

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  28. ghant FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK

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  29. It was very nice, i even tried its awesome but i have small doubts here i hope u'll clarify my doubts.

    1) Why do we need to use disk part, list disk and all that commands, i think it just converts the flash drive to NTFS file system, Why can't we do it directly format it to NTFS either it may be quick or normal.
    2) Why do we use only NTFS file format in format fs=NTFS, Why can't we use FAT or exFAT.
    3)I have tried this thing with XP but dis does't work, any help how can i do it ????

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  31. my laptop don't have cd- drive
    what should i do because i can't use windows dvd

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  32. thats for the post is , create a bootable pen drive

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  33. really good work.///thnx.

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  34. Fantastic blog you have here but I was curious if you knew of any message boards that cover the same topics talked about here?
    I'd really like to be a part of community where I can get responses from other experienced people that share the same interest. If you have any recommendations, please let me know. Bless you!

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  35. if you to install vary nice pendrive bootable

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  36. NITISH kumar SINGH GNIIT30 November 2012 at 03:49

    if vary nice making pen drive bootable

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  37. guys plz help me....i thnk dt my OS is crashed n cd slot s also nt wrking...wt suld i do to make my laptop start wrkng again..??

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  38. CAN WE UNDO THE BOOTABLE CHANGES

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  39. dude! I had both win 7 and 8 installed on my laptop.. yesterday it didn't resume after I opened the lid,I cleared the resume data.. now it won't start.... the system can't load the boot screen? Plz help!

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  40. I got a problem...My laptop's CD-ROM is not in working condition. I want to install Windows8 through my pen drive without making it bootable.
    Is there any way so that i can copy the ISO file of that setup in my HD through pendrive and directly install it without making the pendrive bootable?
    Please reply asap..

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  41. hey dude my pendrive has losses his gb nd it is showng 0bytes wat 2 do ...by doing clean with command prompt plz help me plzzzzz !!!

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  42. use the software named as "bootice Partitioner" and after getting a relief do share ur experience ...
    enjoy and keep reading!!!

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  43. r u talkng about external hard disk?

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  44. format is the last option bro , else situation can be more worse.

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  45. format the pen drive..simple!!!

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  46. use bootable pen drive bro!!!

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  48. HI Deepak are u created it a bootable pendrive.i am also created it but some file is missed.that is i386.wt is it please tell me........?

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  49. HI , WHEN I ENTER COMMAND LIST DISK THEN IT SHOWS ONLY THE HARDISK OF MY PC NOT OTHER DRIVES :(
    NOTE; PENDRIVE IS LAREADY PLUGED IN

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  50. Excellent. Easy and fast. Works very fine. Thank you ;-)

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  51. Sir please tell how can I make my pendrive normal again..??

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  52. And also sir how to convert it again into FAT 32 from NTFS....???

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  53. while formating chose the desired option...

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  54. Greetings! Very helpful advice within this article!
    It's the little changes which will make the greatest changes. Many thanks for sharing!

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  55. when i wanted to do cd boot it says " The system cannot find the path specified." why??
    Or could i do save bootsect.dat to pen drive ???

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  56. Plz deepak bro help me in 6th point.....how can i know what is name of my DVD drive etc.......plz explain it...

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  57. plz help me bro in 6th point...........how can i know what is the name of my DVD writer..plz explain it...

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  58. Its reall useful because it can store my data and other my useful files

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  59. i can not copy any type of data frm pd to sys. help me? do not tell copy and paste

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  60. I dont recognise my pendrive in list disk. It is not shown. Only the hard disk is listed after the list disk command. What can be done ???

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  61. good dude lage raho

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  62. i am happy with your comment

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    can write if not it is complex to write.

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  64. very very usfull in the details

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  65. hi, i was unable to select the partition 1 step.. could you help me and now my pendrive is not showing any memory space also in the properties page. pls help me

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  66. Hello Deepak,

    Can you help me with autorun.inf file?
    i need to run a pdf file automatically or atleast need open with acrobat in an autoplay option.

    Here's my autorun.inf file:

    [Autorun]

    Open=Player.exe

    Action=Start Player

    Icon=nepalsutra_logo-02.ico

    Label=Yak Attack 2013

    the icon and label seems to work from the .inf file but the open and action command doesn't seem to work...... i tried the shellexecute command as well. i also tried to create a .bat file instead of .exe file but none seem to be working.

    Some expertise here would be highly appreciated.

    Thank you

    Sumin

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  67. hey..when i am writinh disk part on cmd den it shows an error"" disk is not recognized as internal or external command what sud i do den. my PC is 64 bIT, win 7 ultimate

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  68. HI , WHEN I ENTER COMMAND LIST DISK THEN IT SHOWS ONLY THE HARDISK OF MY PC NOT OTHER DRIVES

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  69. What's up, after reading this remarkable post i am also delighted to share my experience here with friends.

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  70. Very helpful yr thanx.....

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  71. Thanx a lot bro!!! God bless u!!!

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  72. my pendrive is not listed in CMD. but available in Normal mode

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  73. You Are Welcome!!
    Keep Reading!!

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  74. hey bro, i have tried everything you said above but not able to do it, what to do next tell me because i have laptop but DVD is not working, i need it now or suggest me other website if possible.

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  75. i have posted a link in comments od a software , download that and use it ..... its quite simple and easy..

    if you didnt find it message me your id i will mail you.
    thanks

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  76. Thanks for this great helping tutorial, it works fine...........and solve my problem.

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  77. thanks Neeraj for the words!!!

    Keep reading...

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  78. my pendrive has been losses its effeciency how to correct it

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  79. I didn't understand anything.

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  80. try formatting with NTFS once...

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  81. hi,
    how to create boot able pen drive ......

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  82. hello sir,
    i want to create a bootable pendrive .

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  83. my pendrive nt showing in cmd what to do????? help me

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  84. Hi deepak . I really need your help.
    I COPIED your steps till active . But then from my computer my pendrive icon disappear.and then when i typed format fs = ntfs it gives me response with the codes and its meaning same as when we entered a wrong command. Please help

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  85. Hi aprth if you are facing issue download unetbootin software

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  86. Author explained superbly.
    But Guys you can check below video also. The best thing is that you can visualize all above mentioned things :)

    Link: http://youtu.be/7vX6FyuIC9k

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  87. I've come across a few errors while doing this, but dont really find a way to paste screen shot of it here,
    Anyway, Bootable USB is not recognized as a command in my system idk why or idk if it is even a command.... and i wanted to know if it is DVD specific or even an ISO/MDX mounted would work fine for this process, because when i tried an ISO image it fails on "BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60" when i hit BOOT CD this is what i get "C:\Windows\System32\Boot>". I am bit confused there as of why we have 2 CD BOOT commands. 1) E:CD BOOT 2) CD BOOT... Or may be the command "Bootable USB" is causing all the problem i am not sure.. Need some insight on this .. Thanks alot in Advance.

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