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What is Bootable

Device?
Bootable Device / Boot device
A boot device is a storage medium from which a
computer or other electronic device loads its operating
system or firmware during startup or reboot.

It can be a hard drive, solid state drive (SSD), universal


serial bus (USB) drive, compact disk/digital versatile
disk (CD/DVD), or network location.
Creating Bootable
Disk Using diskpart
Steps
❑Open command prompt
❑Type diskpart
❑Type list disk and press Enter key
❑Type select disk <X> and press Enter key
❑Type clean and press Enter key
❑Type create partition primary
Steps
❑Type select partition 1 and press Enter
❑Type format fs=ntfs quick and press Enter key
❑Type active and press Enter key
❑Type exit and press Enter key
To copy files using xcopy command
❑The xcopy command is a Command Prompt
command used to copy one or more files or folders
from one location to another location.
To copy files using xcopy command
❑Type copy g:\* h:\ /s /e /f and press Enter key
❑/s - Use this option to copy directories, subdirectories,
and the files contained within them, in addition to the
files in the root of source. Empty folders will not be
recreated.
❑/e - When used alone or with /s, this option is the same
as /s but will also create empty folders in destination that
were also empty in source.
To copy files using xcopy command
❑Type copy g:\* h:\ /s /e /f and press Enter key
❑/f - This option will display the full path and file name of
both the source and destination files being copied.

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