How to make a Bootable Pendrive

Some useful and easy step for making your Pen drive Bootable to install operating system using Command Prompt for win 8/ 7 /vista.
(quit useful for those have no optical drive /  bad optical drive.)

Step 1 : Insert Your Pen drive ( 4 GB or more preferable) open my computer and check the property of the Pen drive . It will show file system: FAT 32 or FAT or exFAT. and backup all the data of the pen drive if any.

Step 2 : Start the Command Prompt.:( for windows 8) Open task manager >> run a new task >> type cmd >>  ok. otherwise navigate to start >> search >> type cmd >> right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator.

Step 3 : When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following commands:

         DISKPART and click enter ( another Command Prompt will open)

Step 4 : type LIST DISK and click enter 

once you enter the LIST DISK command , it will show the number of your pen drive.with it size.

Step 5 :  type SELECT DISK 1  and hit enter 
            
( if disk 1 is your pen drive number otherwise select other)

Step 6 : type the following command and hit enter 

                CLEAN 

                CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

                SELECT PARTITION 1

                 ACTIVE

               FORMAT FS=NTFS

( the format process will begin and take few minutes to complete )

Step 7 : after format process is complete type the commands and hit enter
         
              ASSIGN

              END

Once it is done go to my computers and see the property of the pen drive it will show file system NTFS. now your pen dirive is ready to boot.

 Now copy the windows DVD contents to the pendrive. You can now use your pendrive as a bootable drive on any computer. 

NOTE: during booting change the default booting drive to USB booting. 

NOTE: if you want change your bootable pen drive to normal pen drive just format it by hitting the "Restore device defaults''  and  than check it's property it will change from NTFS to FAT32.




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