HOW TO CREATE A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE WITHOUT USING ANY SOFTWARE

To create a bootable USB drive manually, we will use the Command Prompt as a Windows default program.
Here are step by step to create a bootable USB drive as the Windows installation media. To create a
bootable USB drive as a Windows installation media, we require at least 4 GB for minimum capacity. Larger
capacity is better. At this moment, I use the USB flash drive with 2 GB of capacity as just an example. It's
due to some reasons that my 4 GB flash drive encountered an unusual problem that i have to fix later. :D

Step 1: Using DISKPART Command

1. Insert your USB flash drive to your running computer. As the first step, we need to run Command Prompt as
administrator. To do this, we need to find cmd by typing 'cmd' in the search box on Windows Start Menu.
After search result for 'cmd' appears, right click on it and select "Run as administrator".
2. Type 'diskpart' on Command Prompt (without quotes) and hit Enter. Wait for a while until the DISKPART
program run.
3. Type 'list disk' to view active disks on your computer and hit Enter. There would be seen that the active
disks shown as Disk 0 for hard drive and Disk 1 for your USB flashdrive with its total capacity.
4. Type 'select disk 1' to determine that disk 1 would be processed in the next step then hit Enter.
5. Type 'clean' and hit Enter to remove all of data in the drive.
6. Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter. Creating a primary partition and further recognized by
Windows as 'partition 1'.
7. Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter. Choosing the 'partition 1' for setting up it as an active partition.
8. Type 'active' and hit Enter. Activating current partition.
9. Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter. Formatting current partition as NTFS file system quickly.
10. Type 'exit' and hit Enter. Leaving DISKPART program but don't close the Command Prompt instead. We
would still need it for next process.

Step 2: Creating Boot Sector

Let us assume that the flash / USB drive is the D: drive and the DVD installer located on drive F :. The first
step, we will navigate Command Prompt to set installation DVD as its active directory.

1. By default, Command Prompt's active directory for Administrator permission is onC:\Windows\System32>.

We will navigate Command Prompt to set on DVD (F:) as its active directory. Just type 'f:' then hit Enter, and
the active directory changed to F:.
2. Type 'cd boot' and hit Enter. Active directory changed to F:\boot>.
3. Type 'bootsect /nt60 d:' and hit Enter. Creating boot sector on D: drive (USB flash drive).
4. Type 'exit' and hit Enter to close the Command Prompt. Until this step we have made a bootable USB drive
sucessfully, and the flash drive is ready to be used as a boot media.

Step 3: Copying Installation Files

To install Windows from a bootable USB drive, we just need to copy the whole installation files contained on
the DVD installer to flash drive. To do this, open the Command Prompt as in previous steps. Once it opens,
type 'xcopy f: \ *. * d: \ / E / H / F' and then press Enter. Wait until all the files in the DVD installer copied to
the flash drive. Now bootable USB drive is ready to be used for installing Windows from flash drive and
you're done !
 HOW TO CREATE A BOOTABLE WINDOWS 7 USB FLASH DRIVE USING RUFUS

Instructions to create a Bootable Windows 7 USB Flash Drive 

Download Rufus and run it with Administrator rights.

 Step 1: Select the USB drive.

 Step 2: Select “ Select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI “ ( Note: If your PC has UEFI bios,
select the other two options. )
 Step 3: Select NTFS for File system. ( Note: Select FAT32 if your PC UEFI bios. )
 Step 4: Select the default Cluster size.
 Step 5: Type in a name for the Bootable USB Flash Drive.
 Step 6: Make sure you select these three options under Format options.
1. Quick Format
2. Create a Bootable disk using.
3. Create extended labels and icon files.
 Step 7: Select the dropdown menu next to Create a Bootable disk using and select ISO Image.
 Step 8: Select the Drive icon next to ISO Image and then select the Windows 10 ISO file.
 Step 9: Verify all the settings and then click on the Start button.

That’s it, now you’ll just have to wait for a couple minutes more and the Windows 10 Bootable USB Flash
Drive should be ready for installing Windows 10 on your PC.

After a few minutes your Windows 7 Bootable  USB flash drive will be  ready forinstallation. Reboot your PC
and set the bootable flash drive as a first boot priority in the bios settings. Save the bios settings and reboot
once again to continue with the windows 7 installation process .
 HOW TO CREATE A MULTI BOOT USB DRIVE WITH YUMI

This how to will show step-by-step directions on how to create a multi boot USB drive.

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