There is always two way to solve any problem easy way or hard way. Here also to make Pendrive bootable there is a two-way easy way and the hard way. Using Software is the easiest way and Using CMD is the hardest way to make Pendrive bootable.
To create a Pendrive Bootable, you need an ISO image of that Operating System
1. By using Software
By using software is the easiest way to make your Pendrive bootable.
How to make USB drive Bootable?
To make USB drive bootable follow some steps
- Click here to Download Rufus application.
- Click and Run the app as administrator.
- Once your app is open, Plugin your USB drive like Pendrive into your PC or laptop.
- Then in Format options Check "Create a bootable USB disk using" and select "ISO image" and then select ISO image of any Windows operating system that you want to install.
- Click on "Start" and wait for processing, it will take a time to create Bootable USB drive.
- Click on close option.
You have now a Bootable USB drive, you can now easily install any operating system by this bootable USB drive that you just created.
2. By using CMD
By using CMD is the hardest way to make a USB drive bootable, but the advantage of this type is that you can make USB drive bootable without any software.
How to make USB drive Bootable?
To make USB drive bootable follow some steps.
- Plug in your USB drives to your PC or laptops.
- Open Command prompt as an administrator.
- By typing"diskpart" in your Command Prompt, it will open disk management utility.
- After that, To display the connected disks that are available on your system type "list disk" in your Command Prompt and hit enter.
- Select disk which you want to make bootable, to do that type "select disk x", where x is the drive no or drive letter of your USB drive and hit enter.
- To delete all data from the USB drive type "clean" in Command Prompt and hit enter. All the data of your USB drive will be deleted by this command.
- Now, you will need to create a bootable partition on the USB drive, to do that type "create part pri" in Command Prompt and hit enter.
- After creating a partition, you have to select that partition that you just created, Type "select part 1" in Command Prompt to select a partition and hit enter.
- Type "active" in Command Prompt and hit enter to active current partition.
- You can format partition by any way by NTFS or FAT32, to format the partition by NTFS type"format fs=ntfs quick" in Command prompt and hit enter or to format the partition by FAT32 type "format fs=fat32 quick" in Command prompt and hit enter.
- Type "exit" and hit enter.
- Finally, Copy all the files of your Windows operating system that you want to install or ISO image of Windows and paste it inside your USB drive.
Finally, Your Pendrive or USB drive are booted without any software.
How to use Bootable Pendrive?
Plug in your USB drive to your PC or Laptops and make sure your BIOS is all setup and now you should be able to easily Install Windows Operating System using Bootable USB drive that you just created.
I recommend that go to easy way to make Pendrive Bootable, it is easy to use.
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