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How To Make Bootable USB

Posted May 30, 2009 1:21 pm in: Uncategorized
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Having a bootable USB is very essential, especially if you are a Netbook user. Using bootable USB to install an operating system (OS) not only makes the installation faster, but also saves a DVD. Creating or using an USB drive to install Windows operating systems is very easy if you follow the below mentioned steps.
If you are planning to use bootable USB to install Windows 7 or Vista please refer our guides: Install Windows 7/Vista using bootable USB guide And also, you can refer install Windows 7 on Acer Aspire One guide Coming back to bootable USB guide, here we assume that you are using either Vista or Windows 7 to create a bootable USB.
1. Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we are going to format the USB to make it as bootable. 2. Open elevated Command Prompt. To do this, type in CMD in Start menu search field and hit Ctrl + Shift + Enter. Alternatively, navigate to Start > All programs >Accessories > right click on Command Prompt and select run as administrator. 3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command: DISKPART and hit enter. LIST DISK and hit enter. Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1. 4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess what these commands do. SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number) CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=NTFS (Format process may take few seconds) ASSIGN EXIT
Dont close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it. 5. Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive and USB media. Here I use D as my optical (DVD) drive letter and H as my USB drive letter. 6. Go back to command prompt and execute the following commands: D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where D is your DVD drive letter. CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message. BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: (Where H is your USB drive letter)
7. Copy Windows DVD contents to USB. You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature). Note that this bootable USB guide will not work if you are trying to make a bootable USB on XP computer.
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180 Comments
1. Sunny
Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
In my experience, we dont need to do these complicated setup like yours. What I do is simply use the format option for the thumb drive in Windows Explorer (rightclick menu), by using the default settings. Then, extract the files in the ISO image into the thumb or simply copy all the files from setup folder to drive, and then plugnboot. The command prompt and code are no needed. I have tried this simple method many times and they all work on my 4 computers, because I heard that USB booting is originally supported in Windows Vista or higher. PS XP is absolutely incompatible with this function
2. Swordfish
Posted June 1, 2009 at 2:58 am | Permalink
Sunny, because of retards like you I could not make a bootable USB stick till now. Everyone that was posting this type of tutorial did the mistake called THINKING ON HIS OWN and removed the BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: part, because it worked for him. SO FUCK OFF. And thanks for the tutorial.
3. david
Posted June 3, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Permalink
And I also have unkind words for people who underexplain this process because I have been tearing my hair out for the last 3 days trying to get a bootable usb to put XP no my netbook without any luck. There is no reason this needs to be this hard. So, to be clear when you say this wont work with XP do you mean: a.) If youre on a PC running Windows XP and youre trying to make a USB Installation drive to install XP/Vista/7/whatever.
or do you mean b.) If youre trying to create a USB Installation drive to install XP. Eh?
4. Arun
Posted July 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink
If you are using Windows XP, try BOOTSECT.EXE /NT52 H:
5. arefiqrc
Posted August 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Permalink
How to insert windows dvd on optical drive while im using netbook?? didt not have dvd drives
6. admin
@arefiqrc IF you are on netbook, get the image of Windows and then extract it.
7. Ivo
Posted September 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
This is a great tut man, thanks a lot !
8. sri
Posted October 16, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Permalink
thats the way
9. Vidura
Posted October 19, 2009 at 2:16 am | Permalink
after bootsect.exe/nt60 H:i get this target volumes will be updated with boot mgr compatability boot code. could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied
10.Mushy
Very good.. Worked straight up.. last line not needed for windows 7..
11.bachan singh
plz give me slids of make bootable usb pen drive
12.Hawksie
Yeah i have done this but i want to make my flahs brive a local disk so that I may install an os onto it. Regards Tim
13.admin
@ Hawksie Its not possible to install Windows 7 exactly on a USB flash drive. Here is the guide that help you carry Windows 7 on USB flash drive: http://www.intowindows.com/ins tall-windows-7-on-usb/
14.HALO
Posted November 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
A po ma hani karin . me bo mir po nuk po bon bre familjen ta cifsha
15.Mehul
How to make my bootable USB to normal.
16.Mehul
Please please any one give me instruction to make my bootable USB back to normal. Because my USB drive speed is toooooooo slow. Copying speed is below 1MB/s. My e-mail address is mehul.the.game88@gmail.com
17.jonas
Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:42 am | Permalink
did you try this MEHUL?
FORMAT [f:] [/FS:file-system] [/Q] F: the usb drive vlume label
18.jonas
format f: /fs:ntfs /q
19. lelmel sumpter

bootsect.exe not found
20.Ommni
Yep thats what I got as well. bootsect.exe not found.
21.Metoo
Posted December 2, 2009 at 7:15 pm | Permalink
My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK. Tried with various sticks. Whats the issue?
22.gugu_gatal
its work, only for windows vista &7
23.paul
Posted December 3, 2009 at 1:14 am | Permalink
works at teat
24.paul
sorry treat
25.Petterman
Well done, works exactly as described. Ive been looking around for this type of information for a few hours. Found this and im happily installing 2k3, 2k8, 2k8R2 on servers by plugging in my usb. Thank you!
26.veta
Try unebootin. Sorry but this is for linux. Every distributions supported . By.
27.zico
worked like a charm. thanks dude
28.kaim
can i install xp without optical drive support?????????? means using usb with windows files??????
29.admin
@Kaim Of course, you can install XP from USB. But note that this guide is only for Vista and 7.
30.kartik
hey guys why to make usb disk bootable just install any version of windows in ur usb drive directly but it should be 8gb usb drive for win 7 and vista and it should be 4 gb for xp,98 and vista portable. my email address is kartikeyp1@gmail.com
31.Jitendra
Hi, Can u let me know,how can i install xp from USB.Please suggest how can do it. Thanks & Regards Jitendra Kumar
32.Rakesh
Ya its working for windows 7 Can anyone say me how to make a cd bootable in a similar way
33.Matthew
Posted January 9, 2010 at 4:59 am | Permalink
I found a utility called WinToFlash that works well. wintoflash.com/home/en/
34. Zeb Sanders

How to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows xp
35.Sobaixu
Posted February 4, 2010 at 1:09 am | Permalink
I followed this guide and it is not accurate. I have made some minor edits to help others who have the same issue as me after following this giude. aka. Boot mgr is missing error So heres the REAL working guide. Guide to making a bootable USB drive using Vista or Windows 7 (Note: this guide will not work on WinXP.) 1. Insert your USB stick into USB port (MUST be 4GB or higher). (Note: Backup the data on your USB drive as we are going to format it.) 2. Open the Command Prompt: (follow steps listed below to do this) Go to Start Menu > All programs > Accessories > Right click on Command Prompt Select Run as Administrator 3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command: DISKPART (hit enter) LIST DISK (hit enter) (Note: Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk numbers of all drives connected to your PC)
4. In this step, enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter: SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your USB drives disk number, For example: If your usb is 4GB, and Disk 2 shows 4000mb disk size, type SELECT DISK 2, as that is your usb drive) CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=FAT32 (Format process may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the USB drive) ASSIGN EXIT (Note: Dont close the command prompt as we need it for the next step. Just minimize it) 5. Insert your Windows DVD in the DVD drive. Note the drive letter of the DVD Drive and USB Drive. (Here I use D as my DVD drive letter and F as my USB drive letter) NOTE: Drive letters can be assigned or changed. In the start menu right click Computer, select Manage. A window will open. Select Disk Managment (Near the bottom of the list on the left side panel), Right click a drive to assign, change or remove the drive letter). 6. Go back to command prompt window and execute the following commands: D: CD BOOT (Where D: is your DVD drive letter) And hit Enter. BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 F: (Where F: is your USB drive letter) And hit Enter. XCOPY D:\*.* /S/E/F F:\ (Where D: is your DVD drive, and F: is your USB Drive) And hit Enter.
8. Wait for DVD contents to copy to USB. You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).
36.Sobaixu
Alternatively, use this handy application that does it all for you, even makes XP bootable usb drive. http://www.downloadsquad.com/ 2009/08/27/make-a-bootableusb-installer-for-windows-xpvista-7-with-wint/
37.tvshub
Maybe this will help, no warranty that this info is accurate, but some of it is. -bootsect.exe is on Vista disc, not on XP disc. -XP uses NTLDR, Vista uses BOOTMGR (OS setup different between xp & vista) -USB stick format must be what system BIOS can recognize as bootable some older BIOS version only boot devices with FAT16, and theres some other stuff that we are still learning about. So, this is why everyone may get different results. Computers are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get, and they melt in your hands if youre not cool.
38.user
Posted February 11, 2010 at 9:41 pm | Permalink
when i enter LIST DISK command, i see only HDD, not usb flash. what can i do?
39.martin
hi guys i would like my usb to be bootable so i could go and get my ghost image how do i do that please
40.martin
hi guys i would like my usb to be bootable so i could go and get my ghost image how do i do that please email please m_cubaynes@yahoo.com
41.bhavin
i use vista basic. i want to run xp in my usb. can any one help me?
42.Tonmoy
Posted March 17, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
Thanks man, It was perfect.
43.Philipino
Posted March 28, 2010 at 11:10 am | Permalink
thanks for great tutorial, i can now make bootable usb not only win7 but windows XP more power
44.Montezz
Posted April 1, 2010 at 6:46 am | Permalink
This is some excellent tech writing, thanks for the clear instructions, worked great
45.giorgos
Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:37 pm | Permalink
why should not someone do this by right clicking on the usb?????? should everyone learn these commands??
46.Roman
Posted May 3, 2010 at 6:25 am | Permalink
Thank You Very Very Much for this Information!! your the best!!
47.jebasimon
Ill Like this
48.SANDEEP PACHAURY
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 J: IS NOT WORKING IN MY SYSTEM.
49.Roman
Hi I was wondering will this work by boot commands work for booting windows XP?? or there is some other special boot commands for XP differ from Vista\Windows 7??? Anyone with good knowledge Please Reply Thanks!!
50.Roman
WILL THIS WORK FOR BOOTING XP OR XP HAS DIFFERENT BOOT COMMANDS?? PLZ HELP!!!
51.Kamran Khan
Windows XP user must give a try to Novicorp WinToFlash. Here is the link http://www.downloadsquad.com/ 2009/08/27/make-a-bootableusb-installer-for-windows-xpvista-7-with-wint/ This will make your USB drive bootable for installing Windows XP Vista etc. After Making Bootable USB Drive go to your computers BIOS and select USB your first boot device. If your Hard Drive or DVD ROM is your first boot device then it will not work. One thing for sure not every computer has USB Boot option available in BIOS. Hope It helps. Kamran Khan of Shabqadar
52.ironman
how can i install xp onto a usb to make it bootable
53.Scott
@Vidura : did you get an answer to http://www.intowindows.com/bo otable-usb/#comment-4441 ? Im getting the same error and I do not have a write-protect switch on my USB thumbdrive. E:\boot>bootsect /nt60 s: Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode. Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access is denied. Anyone know of how to get around this? Cheers, Scott.
54.Pedram
Thank you very much,good job!
55.David
Posted July 13, 2010 at 8:31 am | Permalink
You need to runas Administrator cmd.exe then run these last commands otherwise you will receive: Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access is denied. David
56.Chaz
Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:46 am | Permalink
This also works to install Windows 2008 Server products. Thanks for a great Tutorial!
57.guard
Hi,
I was looking for an option to boot from USB as my laptops CD drive is not working. The write-up is clear. After the installation from USB, can we format the data in USB and use it like another normal flash drive to store data? Plz clarify.
58.admin
@ Guard Of course, you can format it and use it as a normal USB drive.
59.Darian
Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:21 am | Permalink
Great tutorial!! Simple and efficient, thanks.
60.aion
hellothanx for the amazing tutorial.but i can perform the last steps..it says could not map dive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access denied.. what should i do?? please tell me.. thanx
61.JB
hi, i dont have any windows dvd what i suppose to do now?
62.zee
To JB, its quite simple; you go and get yourself onelike, gasp, buying one!!
63.windows hate
i hate this fucking shit because it dont work!!!!!! when i install the things the say here my computer is dead and cannot start windows
and even cannot start the reboot cd!!! so be prepared to kill your pc!!!
64.javed
thanks dude.thank you for this information
65.rose
My cd drive not working but I need to install xp then what can I do
66.JB
Posted September 4, 2010 at 8:30 am | Permalink
zee, thanks for that but i dont know where to buy..
67.yash
hello i have tried all these but at the time of disk list my usb is not showing there. Can u tell what is the problem? Its a fabulous technique. plzzzzz reply in my mail id..
68.noddy
out of all the methods iv tried this is the best! thumps up
69.Microbe
I really like the copyrighted screenshots LOL. Why are people so precious about such stuff when they likely have borrowed stuff themselves. Its a screenshot dammitwhy would you think YOUR screenshot is so special that no one can replicate it. sigh
70.Octavian Iancu
Thanks a lot, great tut
71.Sultan Ahmad
Thanks Sobaixu! it really works
72.Selvan
How about with a System Repair Disc. The Aspire 5251 did not come with a CD/DVD and bootsect.exe is not found on the Repair Disc of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Thanks
73.Fredo
Hello everyone, I had already read something like this before and everytime Ive read this sort of tutorial, its always ambiguous Basically, here youre creating a bootable win vista or win 7 setup USB key nothing more nothing else and if you want to waste your time doing all this total nonesense, be my guests! But if you want to do this the proper SMART way just get Win2Flash from Novicorp (go ahead, look for it!) and stop wasting everyones time and wasting bandwidth!!!
74.Gamer
Perfect, worked great, thank you!!
75.Rajesh KW
is their any Software which Format USB disks to Bootables..!?
76.conrad77
thanks to the nice guide to all who got could not map dive partitions to the associated
volume device objects: access denied run CMD as Administrator by going to start/all programs/accessories and right click command and select run as administrator then do the last step
77.RRG
f**k of u all ppl. there r so many essy ways to make a bootable usb.. make sure u r using a orrect software.. like novicorp wintoflash..
78.nouman
i have my personal data in my usb but it has been deleted can any one tell me how to recover.
79.Roger
@RRG There are so many easy ways to get your spelling and grammar correct. For example, make sure YOU are using the correct software, run your spell checking software, run your grammar checking software, get an education, do some study, install a typing tutorial program and practise using it, even just use a dictionary! (Can you use one?) There are so many easy ways
80.k1ngkhan
everybody pls use this software wintoflash is better
81.salman
how to install bootable usb xp? how can i make?
82.KERED
Thank you. great tut. will refer friends and enemies alike to you post.
83. shubhajeet naik

hi, it happend. but now i cant boot from cd drive. can u please tell how to make my laptop defaule cd bootable
84.Dan
I completely bricked my computer trying to install libc6 and its dependencies in Ubuntu without an internet connection. My computer refused to boot, or even accept a bootable Linux USB. This clear, concise guide saved me so much headache! Thank you!!!
85.palash
plese give me tips how to make bootable pendrive which will be install xp or other windows
86.palash
my hdd install linux but when 1 drive remove its have no run. and when open my computer its hung. what can i do.plese give me solution.
87.kamal
great tutsharing is caring
88.Jingoman
i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter) response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.
COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS: ACCESS IS DENIED. anybody with a solution please?
89.Luis
For those who get could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied Have you checked if you are using the right letter for your usb drive? I mean if I am doing it the whole process with a usb drive where the letter assigned to it is K, then Ill have to type this: bootsect.exe /nt60 K: probably thats why we can get that error message Greetings
90.Ahak
Not working for me its not showing usb in list
91.yasir
same prob here i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter) response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE. COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS: ACCESS IS DENIED. anybody with a solution please?
92.piyush
my dvd writer is not working.how can install 7 ultimate from usb.
93.Cro Hacker
to all of them that whant to make the USB a USB like it whas before , just do on the repeate this part CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE and do this FORMAT FS=FAt32 the usb returns to be a removable disc
94.NPP
Youre the BEST, buddy! This tutorial was just what i needed cos my DVD Drives been acting funny! The jerks who say this is too complicated or this is just not needed need to broaden their myopic contemplation! Thanks once again, pal!
95.Zzz
Guys! What if i dont have DVD of XP but XP image at my Hard Disk. In that situation, how am I gonna select that specific image from hard drive volume. I tried by making a virtual cd drive but CMD doesnt recognize it and BOOTSECT.EXE doesnt appear. Note: Transitioning from Vista to XP. Please, guide if u can.
96. Bartlomiej Puls

could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied Run cmd as Administrator it WILL work.
97.Tiger
Thank you!!! Perfect!!!
98. Ron Vantomme

Just use Universal USB installer v1.7.9 It makes any iso bootable,on your usb drive.
99.dvhirst
Thanks to Arun for his comment about Win XP version! It works as suggested, with the bootsect commeand confirming that ntldr compatible bootcode was written to the drive.
100.vinod
Is it possible to format windows 7 with windows XP bootable CD bcz on my pc I installed windows 7 on xp it is not istalled after 37% it got blocked. whenever I want to format using xp it said hard disk not recognizable
101.Partho
This is not for me. It dose not show disk list.
102.SIKKU
My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK. PLZ HELP ME MY MAIL
103.Peter
THE GUIDE DO NOT WORK FOR XP" Your stupid fuckhead, did you not know, that people using XP, CANNOT" se there USB drive in disk part / Disk list.
Aaaaand, since 99,99% of 100, try make such USB bootble, bcs. they will install win 7, on a XP system, it means your guide do not work at all.. Christ.
104.durai raj.p
pls sent step by step create the usb boot disk in windows xp .
105.durai raj.p
how to configur the usb bootdisk in windows xp
106.durai raj.p
how to create usb boot disk in windows xp
107.Azeem
Its a very nice description by the way and works good. though i have a suggestioni.e. ASSIGN AND EXIT where exit looks like that if we write EXIT it will go out of the COMMAND PROMPT. but it actually goes out of the PARTITION PROCESS. so make it clear to other people that it will just go out of the partition process. Not all of the people think much upon this thing..Thanksbest of luck
108.Rolf
Worked great on my Acer AOA150. Tinkering with it now it seems o work quite well. Thanks for the great instructions. I felt like a true computer guy! THX Again!
109.Ashish Sharma
Alternatively, you can download the following handy utility that would do all the above task:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ setupfromusb/ COmpletely, free to use (only for Win Vista or 7)
110.SHAILENDRA KUMAR
i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter) response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE. COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS: ACCESS IS DENIED. PLZ GIVE ME SOLUTION IF ANYBODY HAVE ONE>>>>>>>>>
111.pradip
how to do this with windows xp.
112.Maddy
Thanks Guys
You guys rock
113.Azad
Hi, I think you cant use assign command without selecting volume. What i did before assigning is hitting the following commandsLIST VOLUME SELECT VOLUME # (volume number of usb drive) ASSIGN
114.BRijesh
can any body tell me, how to make win 7 dvd bootable ,manually. i hv data dvd which doesnt boot.
115.Arpita
my usb is 3.78 GB when I am typing the command CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY..IT SAYS Insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size and offset. wot do i do?
116.Mustansar Ramzan
how to make kingston usb
117.Arpita
WHEN I TYPE CD BOOT..IT SAYS CANNOT FIND THE FILE SPECIFIED. SO THE LAST SUCCESSFUL STEP I GOT THRU WAS D: BOOT CD BUT AFTER THIS..IT CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PATH.. CAN ANY1 HELP ME WID DIS..DAT WILL BE GR8 THANKS..
118.karim nassser
Hey guys, Can it be possible to boot win 2000?
119.Abdulqadir
its not showing my usb in list disk. wat to do
120.l0stb3ta
@Arpita: The CD command changes directory. First, are you sure that your DVD drive is D: ? Verify the drive letter by going into My Computer. The drive letters for all attached drives should be listed, alongside what they are. I.E., DVD Drive D:. As far as I know, the only thing that would cause a Cannot find
the file specified error is if D: is not actually the directory for your DVD drive, or if the DVD isnt in the drive. I think it may also happen if the DVD is unreadable, but I think that gives you another error. @karim: It might be *possible*, but this tutorial is specifically for Windows Vista and Windows 7. You might have to ask Google about that onealthough, Im not sure if any hardware that can only run Windows 2000 is able to boot from USB. I could be wrong, though.
121.polo89
so try doing everything step by step but when i put in the comman ( cd boot ) it says system cannot find path specified . can any one please help me ?
122.polo89
so try doing everything step but when i put in the comman cd boot system cannot find specified path. can any one please help me?
123.Carl
*** You must have Vista or Win 7 on your computer for the above method to work **** *** It will NOT work if you are trying to do this from a computer with XP *** Because the Diskpart command in XP does NOT WORK with USB Flash Drives. Also, you can NOT put XP on a USB flash drive using this method (XP is NOT designed to install from a USB drive.)
124.azahar
thanks man. it worked for me.
125.Martin
Hello. Everything works fine until bootsect.exe /nt60 f:. It just gives me the message not recognizable. What can I do?
126.Faizan Ahmed
There should be a whole process at a place that how to make a bootable USB.
127.MARK
WinToFlash software is free and easy to use. I have created XP usb!
128.Jugernaut
Thankyou so much you are great. you are above all. it worked like a piece of cake.
129.Ionut
When i write in cmd CD: BOOT it says: The system cannot find the patch specified. Help please.I`m using Vista.
130.Navi
Ionut type (cd boot) not (cd: boot) i hope u get it
131.Dhananjay
How 2 make bootable usb drive from image file ??
132.naveen
please tell me how to make non bootable USB from bootable. i created bootable usb and formatted it but now at the time of booting up my laptop if i have inserted that usb then it shows bootMGR missing error. so how to resolve this problem.
133.thustha
my 8GB flash not display in dispart.. can anyone help me regarding this
134.Rocket
thustha, I had the same issue. I would show in XP, but not in Diskpart. I plugged it into my Windows 7 workstation and it then showed in Diskpart.
135.SUMEET
thnks a tonn man..u saved my life
136.Dishank
thanks:)
137.jat
the steps do work when followed but when booting from the usb, the default language is not english its some funky character, kalasha
138.shivram
when i try to boot from the usb drive, windows 7 setup says unable to create/locate partition. PS- lenovo thinkpad U460 (netbook)
139.rukhsad
Posted January 7, 2011 at 1:21 pm | Permalink
when i hit the list disk there is no display usb number then how can i format and partition and make bootble plz guide me
140.amandeep
its not work on XP. dont waste time
141.amandeep
send me solution,, becoz, i want to try on to XP. plz
142.amandeep
Naveen,,, i have same error like u,,, actually matter is that,, Xp has no boot folder,,, if u try boot command on window 7, it will work,,,, so, xp has different folder of boot files, i dont know proper name, but may 1386.
143.ghaitanya
sendn me solution, brcoz, i want format my lappy form pen drive.
144.S3ndo
hey it says THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED I need help!!
145.amandeep
hey all frnds, we can also use some software than commands to make bootable..
146.joey
If you simply want to put Win 7 on a USB, then use this tool. You will need an ISO.
http://store.microsoft.com/Help/I SO-Tool
147.manish
how to install windows xp on windows7 & my writer cant work.plze help me.
148.Neven
Perfect, Thank you!!
149.Alex
Hi , Im Alejandro and Im mexican. I dont speak very well english but it was very easy to follow your instructions. Im very grateful becouse this works perfectly . thanks alot. Sorry if Im wrong in my writing thanks again
150.renzcarl
THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in CD BOOT, my cd-drive is E: so ive done it correctly.. what am i gonna do? E:\>CD BOOT THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED. exactly like this..
151.avinash
well, this is helpful for everybody. thanks
152.gaurav
how to make pen drive normal its speed is very slow
153.barbituate
Worked like a champ. Ran into a couple hurdles, but finally got it
working on Windows 7. Had to start the command prompt in Administrator Mode. And after going through the diskpart, my USB drive letter had changed from G: to H:, so I was of course getting an error with bootsect.exe when using the wrong drive letter. All good now. Thanks for the post!
154.Arjun
First of all Thx for this tutorial. btw who got error on last step please follow this step.. 1. Insert your USB stick into USB port (MUST be 4GB or higher). (Note: Backup the data on your USB drive as we are going to format it.) 2. Open the Command Prompt: (follow steps listed below to do this) Go to Start Menu > All programs > Accessories > Right click on Command Prompt Select Run as Administrator 3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command: DISKPART (hit enter) LIST DISK (hit enter) (Note: Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk numbers of all drives connected to your PC) 4. In this step, enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter: SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1? with your USB drives disk number, For example: If your usb is 4GB, and Disk 2 shows 4000mb disk size, type SELECT DISK 2, as that
is your usb drive) CLEAN CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY SELECT PARTITION 1 ACTIVE FORMAT FS=FAT32 (Format process may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the USB drive) ASSIGN EXIT (Note: Dont close the command prompt as we need it for the next step. Just minimize it) 5. Insert your Windows DVD in the DVD drive. Note the drive letter of the DVD Drive and USB Drive. (Here I use D as my DVD drive letter and F as my USB drive letter) NOTE: Drive letters can be assigned or changed. In the start menu right click Computer, select Manage. A window will open. Select Disk Managment (Near the bottom of the list on the left side panel), Right click a drive to assign, change or remove the drive letter). 6. Go back to command prompt window and execute the following commands: D: CD BOOT (Where D: is your DVD drive letter) And hit Enter. XCOPY D:\*.* /S/E/F F:\ (Where D: is your DVD drive, and F: is your USB Drive) And hit Enter. 8. Wait for DVD contents to copy to USB. You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature). Other way is 2 simple software.
just put source n destination path and ur bootable flash disk ready http://sourceforge.net/projects/s etupfromusb/files/v2.0.0.0/Setup %20from%20USB %20v2.0.0.0.exe/download http://wintoflash.com/download/ en/
155.tochi
very good
156.Leg3nd
Ok for all the people that are following this tutorial, but still get an access is denied error..MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLOSE OUT OF COMMAND PROMPT!!!!!! If you do then you lose your rights to write to that drive. You lose admin privileges. So when you hit exit and it says leaving diskpart, dont close CMD. Then go onto the next step. I dont know how many times I tried this before I figured out that by me closing the command prompt screen I was losing my privileges to write to that disk (usb) Hope this helps.
157.Nabs
How do I perform a bootable flash disk with multiple Operating system on it. Where I would have the chance to choose which Os I want to install a time?
158.mohdnizam1971
i like to make usb live mode for windows like ubuntu or any os. is it real.help me plz..
159.balbdr
how to make usb drive unattanent
160.ASAD YAHYA
this is better way to tell peoples about usb anad i hope u understand the better way of doing this Ok for all the people that are following this tutorial, but still get an access is denied error..MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLOSE OUT OF COMMAND PROMPT!!!!!! If you do then you lose your rights to write to that drive. You lose admin privileges. So when you hit exit and it says leaving diskpart, dont close CMD. Then go onto the next step
161.Bidyut Roy
THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in CD BOOT, my cd-drive is E: so ive done it correctly.. what am i gonna do? E:\>CD BOOT THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED. exactly like this.
162.kamran
during said process to make usb bootable diskpart >clean was not successfull, after this usb cant be formated and showing 0 kb properties. help me to save my usb
163.ziggy
Can any one help me to creat a start up disc on cd or dvdplease note that i want it for windows xp
164.vidhya shankar
awsome i lie this trick and it works for vista & 7 too thanks for this tips and trick
165.Sandeep Akula
Thanks for sharing the steps. Steps are illustrated in very good manner.
166.robin
hello i have a little problem in my pc when im formatting my computer in the stage of copying files it appears retry in a particular files like .ndll format or something i used different installer or CDs i also try genuine windows xp and bootable USB but still it cannot copy files thank you
167.Kaja
god i hate my self. i am a noob at this but since i have nobody to help me i have to try to figur it out my self. turns out i did this guide on my stock hdd instead of the usb. so now i lost 100+ gb files. Is there no way to get it back?
168.Lotvik
Thanks a lot! Very good guide and a very good result
169.Manish
I want to know when i type cmd cd boot then why displaying system can not define the specified path. While everything is ok drive letter. I have use windows7 ultimate os to make bootable usb.plz send step by step cmd which i could make succeed usb. Regards manish pgdca from polytechnic
170.Hash_master
I cant be the only 1 with this error
###so when I enter### FORMAT FS=NTFS ###I get this### Virtual Disk Service error: A concurrent second call is made on an object before the first is completed.
171.Hash_master
it was completing and the process got stopped now that error comes up
172.Hash_master
alright cool I got it started I used disk utility and erased. So there probably a program that does that for windows, shouldnt DISKPART do that?? any ways problem solved
173.gaurav
my dvd drive is not working i have the windows 7 file in my harddisk and in my pen drive how to proceed after step 5. plzzz help. thanks
174.Gurveen
Hi All, it is working fine just you need to right click on CMD of start button and start DOS as Administrator. Rest follow steps initially mentioned in this thread nothing else is required.
175.E
Thank you so much! I tried forever to find detailed instructions like these! Worked flawlessly for my little netbook. THANK YOU!
176.JS
i have win 7 i had done all commands step by step in last BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 G: after this command i received message BOOTSECT.EXE is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable programe or batch file. Plz give me solution.
177.David Riley
The bootsect.exe is all down to opening com prompt in administrator
178.Frosty
Quickest and easiest way Ive found is to download/install UltraISO. Open the ISO(ISO being an image of the disc) and choose write to disc option. Choose youre USB stick and you good to go. Nothing better then WIN7 install from USB.
179.Usman
thank you dear it realey works very well i have one more question can i run ghost from my USB drive and can i install multi os from one usb.. thanks again
180.Max
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Great posts sorted me out perfectly thanks
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Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

If you are using Windows XP, try BOOTSECT.EXE /NT52 H:

This is a great tut man, thanks a lot !

thats the way

plz give me slids of make bootable usb pen drive

A po ma hani karin . me bo mir po nuk po bon bre familjen ta cifsha

How to make my bootable USB to normal.

did you try this MEHUL?

FORMAT [f:] [/FS:file-system] [/Q] F: the usb drive vlume label

19. lelmel sumpter

bootsect.exe not found

Yep thats what I got as well. bootsect.exe not found.

its work, only for windows vista &7

Posted December 6, 2009 at 10:40 pm | Permalink

worked like a charm. thanks dude

I found a utility called WinToFlash that works well. wintoflash.com/home/en/

34. Zeb Sanders

How to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows xp

Thanks man, It was perfect.

Ill Like this

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 J: IS NOT WORKING IN MY SYSTEM.

how can i install xp onto a usb to make it bootable

Thank you very much,good job!

Great tutorial!! Simple and efficient, thanks.

hi, i dont have any windows dvd what i suppose to do now?

thanks dude.thank you for this information

My cd drive not working but I need to install xp then what can I do

zee, thanks for that but i dont know where to buy..

out of all the methods iv tried this is the best! thumps up

Thanks a lot, great tut

Thanks Sobaixu! it really works

Perfect, worked great, thank you!!

is their any Software which Format USB disks to Bootables..!?

everybody pls use this software wintoflash is better

how to install bootable usb xp? how can i make?

83. shubhajeet naik

great tutsharing is caring

Not working for me its not showing usb in list

my dvd writer is not working.how can install 7 ultimate from usb.

96. Bartlomiej Puls

Thank you!!! Perfect!!!

98. Ron Vantomme

This is not for me. It dose not show disk list.

My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK. PLZ HELP ME MY MAIL

how to configur the usb bootdisk in windows xp

how to create usb boot disk in windows xp

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ setupfromusb/ COmpletely, free to use (only for Win Vista or 7)

how to do this with windows xp.

You guys rock

Posted November 15, 2010 at 6:09 pm | Permalink

how to make kingston usb

Hey guys, Can it be possible to boot win 2000?

its not showing my usb in list disk. wat to do

thanks man. it worked for me.

WinToFlash software is free and easy to use. I have created XP usb!

Ionut type (cd boot) not (cd: boot) i hope u get it