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How to create a bootable Windows USB drive.
A common use of a bootable USB flash drive is to use it to boot into Windows. Booting from removable media such as a USB drive allows you to perform diagnostics on a computer that is having trouble booting from the hard drive. You can also use the flash drive to install Windows, instead of using the Windows installation CD.
This guide will outline making a bootable USB flash drive with Windows XP, Vista, or 7. Before we begin, it is important to note that the computer you want to use your bootable USB drive must be able to use a USB drive as a boot device. Most computers built since Windows Vista was released are capable of booting to a USB device. Prior to the Windows Vista time frame, it is hit or miss with motherboards.
To determine if a computer is capable of booting to a USB device, access the computer's BIOS and check the bootable device list. If a USB device is listed, set the USB drive to be the first boot device. If you do not see a USB device in the list of bootable devices, your BIOS is not capable of booting to a USB device.
Note: You may need to have your USB flash drive plugged in when you access the BIOS).
Windows Vista and Windows 7 users
To make a bootable USB drive for Windows Vista or Windows 7, you need to have Windows Vista or 7 installed on your computer. It is recommended that you have a flash drive of at least 4 GB in size, to store all the necessary files.
Tip: Before you start, plug in the USB drive and backup any files you have stored on the USB drive. The drive will be formatted during this process and all files on it will be deleted.
Note: You need to have a Windows Vista or Windows 7 DVD for these instructions to be successful.
1. Open an elevated Windows command line window by clicking Start, typing in cmd in the search text field, then pressing CTRL + Shift + Enter on your keyboard (at the same time). You can also access this by navigating to Start, All Programs, Accessories, right-click with your mouse on the Command Prompt menu item and select Run as Administrator.
2. At the command prompt, type cd c:\windows\system32 to change the directory to the Windows system32 directory. Ensure your USB drive is plugged in, type DISKPART, then press Enter. Type LIST DISK and press Enter.
See our diskpart command page for additional information on this command.
3. You will see a listing of the disk drives connected to your computer. Find the disk number of your USB drive and type SELECT DISK [USB disk #], where "[USB disk #]" is the disk # for your USB drive. It should now state that your USB drive is the selected disk. If you're not sure what disk is the USB disk, eject the USB drive, perform step number 2 again, connect the USB drive again, and compare the results. Usually the USB drive will be the last drive.
4. Type in the following commands, one by one, pressing Enter after each command.
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT FS=NTFS
(may take a couple minutes, depending on the USB drive size)
ASSIGN
EXIT
Keep the command prompt window open, but you can minimize it for a little bit.
5. You will now need your Windows Vista or 7 Installation DVD. Put the DVD in your computer's DVD drive. Open up My Computer and note which drive letter is assigned to your DVD Drive and your USB flash drive.
6. Go back to the command prompt window and type in D: CD BOOT (substitute your DVD drive letter for "D:", if necessary) and press Enter. Type CD BOOT again and press Enter. Lastly, type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (substitute your USB flash drive letter for "H:", if necessary) and press Enter.
7. The last step is to copy the entire contents of the Windows DVD to your USB flash drive. To do this, in the My Computer window (opened in step 5 above), right-click on the DVD drive and select Open to view the contents of the DVD. Copy all the files and folders on the DVD to the USB flash drive.
Your USB flash drive is now set up to be a bootable USB drive for Windows Vista or 7. How to or can boot from CD or DVD
Tiny Core Linux is a live linux distribution, less than10 MB runs completely in memory and can be booted from a CD-ROM or a USB flash drive. (This minimal desktop can be extended by installing additional applications from online repositories)
1.b) Tiny Core Linux is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
1.c) Then you need to restart your computer.
1.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After Tiny Core Linux menu comes before you.
2) How to put Tiny Core Linux on a USB flash drive
2.b) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After Tiny Core menu comes before you.
3.) You can start using your Tiny Core Linux easily
1.b) xPUD Linux is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
1.c) Then you need to restart your computer.
1.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After xPUD Linux menu comes before you.
2.b) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After SliTaz menu comes before you.
go to the bios (press dell,or f2 ..etc) then go to the( booting device)
chang the first booting to usb (must have windows on your usb device) etc cd or flash stick
Damn Small Linux is a live linux distribution, less than50MB runs completely in memory and can be booted from a CD-ROM or a USB flash drive. (Because all the applications are small and light it makes a very good choice for older hardware.)
1.b) Damn Small Linux is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
1.c) Then you need to restart your computer.
1.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After Damn Small Linux menu comes before you.
2) How to put Damn Small Linux on a USB flash drive
2.b) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After SliTaz menu comes before you.
3.) You can start using your Damn Small Linux easily
1.b) SliTaz is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
1.c) Then you need to restart your computer.
1.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After SliTaz menu comes before you.
2) How to put SliTaz on a USB flash drive
2.a) Download SliTaz http://mirror.slitaz.org/iso/cooking/slitaz-cooking.iso 2.b) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After SliTaz menu comes before you.
When u just turn on your laptop go to bios settings.....in bios settings change the boot priority to USB flashdrive....save and restart before you restart connect your flash drive to ur laptop......it will ask boot from flash drive press any key....n contiune...hope this helps
Puppy Linux is a live linux distribution, less than 100 MB, which is the main purpose of the use of CD, USB flash, MP3 Player, camera, etc.. Puppy comes with all codecs and is completely Multimedia ready. Read and write in NTFS.
1.b) Puppy is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
1.c) Then you need to restart your computer. 1.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After Puppy menu comes before you.
2) How to put Puppy on a USB flash drive
2.a) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
2.b) Boot Puppy from the CD Then Menu / Setup / Puppy universal installer Choose what you need. Complete the installation process to end. Restart your computer
Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After Puppy menu comes before you.
2.c) The Puppy Live mode see all your Windows and all. partitions and you can now manipulate them.
Slax (live linux) distribution proved to be an ultimate solution for installation on a USB flash, CD, MP3 Player, cameras and etc.
As all the above done in a few steps is the subject of this Guide.
1) How to put Slax on a USB flash drive.
1.a) Format the USB flash drive in the FAT32 filesystem. (Windows) (MyComputer, right click on your USB flash drive, Format, File System = FAT32, start)
1.c) Slax for USB is distributed as a TAR archive. It is necessary to unpack it on your USB flash drives. When you do this, you will see on your USB flash, two new folders: boot and slax Open the folder boot and run bootinst.bat (if you're in Windows). or bootinst.sh (if you are in Linux). Then it will become bootable, ie. able to raise from your USB flash drive.
1.d) Then you need to restart your computer. Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your USB flash drive. After Slax menu comes before you.
(If in your BIOS is not set options for boot from USB flash drives, you can do so when you start your computer press the keys: Delete, etc.. Thus will appear in the menu where you can set which devices can be boot-able)
2.b) Slax for CD is distributed as an ISO image. It is necessary to burn it to CD using the option of your program to burn CDs Burn CD ISO image (Windows - Nero / Burn Image to Disc, for example)
2.c) Then you need to restart your computer.
2.d) Depending on the options your motherboard, it is necessary when starting your computer keyboard press: F8 or F12 or Esc, etc.. Thus you will appear a menu where you choose your CD drive. After Slax menu comes before you.
3) The Slax Live mode see all your Windows and all. partitions and you can now manipulate them.
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