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Installer or installation program is a computer
program that installs files, such as applications,
drivers, or other software, onto a computer.

Booting is the process of an Operating System

starting up on a computer. . The BIOS/UEFI of a
computer: that is the bare metal code that exists
on the motherboard does quite some procedures
to reach a point where it can start launching an
operating system from a bootable media.
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Boot Device is any piece of hardware that can
read or contains the files required for a computer
to start. For example, a hard drive, floppy disk
drive, CD-ROM drive, DVD drive, and USB jump
drive are all considered bootable devices.

ISO image (or .ISO file) is a computer file that is an

exact copy of an existing file system.

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 A USB flash drive is a
data storage device that
includes flash memory
with an integrated USB
interface.

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The main objective of
today’s lesson is to create
a bootable OS installer
using third party
software.

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HOW TO CREATE BOOTABLE FLASH DRIVE
FROM ISO FILE?
The type of bootable USB drive you are creating
depends on the motherboard you are using.

• You need the ISO image file of the target operating

system you want to install. That can be
Windows 10, Windows 7 or any flavor of Linux like
Ubuntu or Mint.

• Once you have the ISO image to start with, open

any software from the list below.
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HOW TO CREATE BOOTABLE FLASH DRIVE FROM ISO FILE?

1. Insert the USB pen drive of minimum 8GB size.

2. The bootable USB drive making software will automatically

detect and list the drive. Make sure you select the correct drive as
all the data on the drive will be destroyed.

3. Now click on 'select' button and locate the ISO image

file of the operating system from your hard drive.
4. Select the appropriate option for partition scheme and other
options and hit start. It will take around 15 minutes depending on
your operating system size.
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 If your motherboard is
comparatively new, you may have
to deal with the UEFI or the
legacy BIOS if your computer is
not that new. Both way, you can
easily create bootable USB drive
using all of the listed software
here.

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BIOS –Basic Input / Output System
• The software used to start your
computer -The firmware -system
BIOS, ROM BIOS -ROM or flash
memory
• Initializes CPU and memory -Build
the workspace
• POST -Power-On Self-Test
• Look for a boot loader -Start the
operating system
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UEFI BIOS
• Unified Extensible Firmware
Interface - Based on Intel’s EFI
(Extensible Firmware Interface)
• A defined standard -
Implemented by the
manufacturers
• Designed to replace the legacy
BIOS - Need a modern BIOS for
modern computers
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SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

1. RUFUS
Rufus is a simple and easy to use. It
automatically detects your USB flash drive
and capacity so you can easily identify
which device you are formatting. The
bootable USB drive can be created for
newer hardware supporting UEFI or for
legacy BIOS. You only have to select proper
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 SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

2. POWER ISO
PowerISO is the powerful software to
create virtual cd/dvd drives in your
computer and mount cd/dvd
images,burn,copy,remove the cd/dvd
images and creates various types of
disks and lot of features are available
in the poweriso.
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 SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE
3. CMD
A command (.CMD) is a
specific action assigned to a
program to perform a
specific task. It commonly
refers to a specific word or
phrase that tells the
computer what to do
through a command line
interface or shell,
depending on what kind of
system is being used.
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SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

4. RMPrepUSB
It's all in one tool. Features come with
the cluttered interface. If you don't know
what are you doing, don't use it. I
personally do not recommend it if you
want a simple bootable USB to install a
new operating system. RMPrepUBS is
specialized in creating multiple partitions
in a single USB drive.
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SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

5. Universal USB Installer

Specialized tool for creating bootable
live Linux OS. It has a predefined list of
most of the Linux distributions
available. Give the path of ISO image
and USB flash drive you want to boot
from. Prepare a Live antivirus rescue
disk using it. A special option for this is
also given for reuse CD. COMPUTER SOFTWARE SERVICING
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SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

6. YUMI
Yumi, short for Your Universal
Multiboot Installer. YUMI allow
you to prepare the bootable
USB drive multiple operating
systems in one USB drive
without formatting it.
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 SOFTWARE PROGRAM USE TO CREATE
BOOTABLE USB DRIVE
7. UNetbootin
This tool is an exact clone of Universal USB
installer or you can also say Universal USB
installer is a clone of UNetbootin. Create a
bootable USB for any Linux distribution. If you
are not using Windows as your host operating
system, then UNetbootin is an option to go for.
UNetbootin is available for Linux, iOS, and
Windows. So if you are using Linux, most of the
software's listed here will not run where
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 HOW TO BOOT FORM
USB DRIVE

1.Restart your PC and press the

key F12 or Delete depending
upon the manufacturer of
your PC. Sometimes this key
may be different.
2. Select USB drive as a first
boot device from the boot
menu.
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ANALYSIS:
Each group will answer the following questions:

1. What have you observed during the video

presentation?
2. Which of the two methods of creating a
bootable flash drive you think is easier to perform
and why?

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PERFORMANCE TASK: Creating a Bootable Installer

1. Each learner will be assigned a computer to

work on.
2. Each learner must have a USB flashdrive.
3. Learners are expected to finish the task in 20
minutes.

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 CRITERIA POINTS GRADE
Prepare the appropriate tools, 5 Points
materials and equipment for
the task.
Observe proper OHS 5 Points
procedures
Create a bootable software 10 Points
using RUFUS
Test the bootable flashdrive 10 Points
TOTAL 30 POINTS
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