• About Us
  • Contact
  • Sitemap
TechTin.com
  • Windows
    Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10
    • Windows 7
    • Windows 8
    • Windows 10
  • Mobile
    Android, iPhone, Windows
    • Android
    • Apple
    • Gadgets
  • Web
    Google, Social, Hosting
    • Google
    • Windows Live
  • Software
    Reviews, Freebies, How to
    • Software
    • Browser
    • Microsoft Office
    • Freebie
  • Hardware
    computer hardwares
Home Windows 7 How to create a bootable USB drive

How to create a bootable USB drive

May 23, 2011
  • Windows 7
boot, bootable, usb
4859 Views
No Comments

A bootable USB drive is very important these days. If your computer / laptop / netbook CD / DVD drive is not working, you can boot your computer using USB pen drive.

In this tutorial, we will make a a bootable USB drive on a windows 7 computer.

  • Insert your USB pen drive.
  • Our next step is to clean everything from this USB drive. Format the pen drive using NTFS / FAT32. Right click the drive and select format. NTFS format type is recommended.
  • Click Start button and then type cmd in the Start Search box. In the search results list, right-click Command Prompt / cmd, and then click Run as Administrator.

    Run command prompt as administrator
  • In command prompt type diskpart and press enter.
  • In this step we will list all mounted disk. Type list disk and press enter.

    Find your USB disk in above list. Here Disk 1 is the USB drive.
  • Now select your USB drive. Here Disk 1 is the USB drive. So, type select disk 1 and press enter.
  • In this step we will clean our USB drive. So, type clean and press enter.
  • Now we will create a primary partition on USB drive. Type create partition primary and press enter.
  • Now we will select this partition. Type select partition 1 and press enter.
  • Now we will activate partition 1. Type active and press enter.
  • Now we have to format our USB drive.
    For NTFS Use following command: format fs=ntfs quick
    For FAT32 use following command: format fs=fat32 quick
    NTFS format type is recommended.
  • Now we will mount the USB drive. Type assign and press enter.
  • Now exit from Diskpart. Type exit and press enter.

Close command prompt. We have now successfully created a bootable USB drive. You can use this drive to install windows 7, or any OS or run a live OS.

Previous Post
Firefox for Android now offer Do Not Track option
Next Post
How to increase font / text size in windows 7

Related Posts

  • How to get detailed information about all hardwares and softwares on Windows 7
  • Windows 7 contest by MSDN India
  • How to delete particular items in Windows 7 Jump Lists
  • Delete contents of temp folder to optimize windows 7
  • Solution – Cannot run .exe files in Windows 7

0 Responses to How to create a bootable USB drive


Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • POPULAR
  • RECENT
  • Google Plus will be open for everyone on July 31st 2011
  • Google Plus is now Open for all
  • How to send Google Plus Invitation
  • Google Plus will reduce age restriction to 13 after 31st July 2011
  • How to turn on and turn off 3G on Samsung Galaxy Tab
  • How to set Google as default search engine in Edge Browser
  • How To Update Edge Browser
  • How To Turn Off App Automatic Updates in Windows 10
  • How to Change Date and Time in Windows 10
  • How to Shutdown and Restart Windows 10

Categories

  • Android
  • Apple
  • Browser
  • Featured
  • Freebie
  • Gadgets
  • general
  • Google
  • Hardware
  • India Broadband
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Office
  • Mobile
  • security
  • Software
  • Tech News
  • TechTin
  • Web
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8
  • Windows Live
© Copyright 2023 TechTin.com – All Rights Reserved.