BOOT WINDOWS FROM PENDRIVE

CREATING USB BOOTABLE WINDOWS 7

These instructions assume that you have a computer with Windows Vista/WINDOWS 7 installed.

TO MAKE A USB BOOTABLE JUST FOLLOW THESE SIMPLE STEPS

Step 1: Format the Drive

Its better to use command line to format ur disk properly.

Plug in your USB Flash Drive

1. Open the cmd in ADMINISTRATOR mode.
2. Now use following commands to select ur disk.
   
   
3. 
   diskpart
   
   list disk
   
   assuming that ur disk is labelled as disk 1.
4. select disk 1
   
   clean
   
   create partition primary
   
   select partition 1
   
   active
   
   format fs=ntfs
   
   assign
   
   exit
   
   When that is done you’ll have a formatted USB flash drive ready to be made bootable.

Step 2: Make the Drive Bootable

Next we’ll use the bootsect utility that comes on the Vista or Windows 7 disk to make the flash drive bootable.

1. Insert your Windows Vista / 7 DVD into your drive.
2. Change directory to the DVD’s boot directory where bootsect lives:
3. Assuming ur DVD drive be labelled as g:
   g:
   
   cd g:\boot
4. Use bootsect to set the USB as a bootable NTFS drive prepared for a Vista/7 image. Assuming that your USB flash drive has been labeled disk K:
   
   bootsect /nt60 k:
5. You can now close the command prompt window, we’re done here.

Step 3: Copy all the data of installation DVD to ur usb disk

Use windows explorer or any other utility to do the same.
Step 4: Set your BIOS to boot from USB

While booting set boot option as removable disk.