Create a Bootable Pendrive

Create Bootable Pendrive

WHAT IS IT ?

You can make a USB bootable on a Windows or Mac computer by using Command Prompt or Terminal, both of which are free programs.
There are two ways to make a pendrive bootable with OS files.

You can make a USB bootable on a Windows or Mac computer by using Command Prompt or Terminal, both of which are free programs.
There are two ways to make a pendrive bootable with OS files.
Before you make a pendrive bootable, make sure you have a ISO file of a Operating system
If you do not have download from official site or torrent.

ISO File of Windows 10

ISO file contails files and folder.

Before starting any OS intallation, one should know about a partition style.
There are two type of partition, when we are formaing and making a unallocated hard drive to primary and intall the OS on the drive.
Here are some key difference between those two.
Make sure your bootable files should match your hard drive partition style.
If the partition did not match with the hard drive partition file, change the BIOS boot into Legacy or UEFI.

Partition Style

MBR

Master Boot Record

Works with UEFI & Old BIOS (Legacy)

Works with upto 2 TB hard disk.

Can make only 4 primary partition.
Simple partition if more than 4.

Old partition style.

Can't recovery the backup.

GPT

GUID Partition Table

Woks with UEFI BIOS.

Depends on OS disk space.

New Supports unlimited partition.
eg in windows- 128 partition.

New standand.
Replacing MBR.
Much robust than MBR.

Designed to recovery from its backup location.

There are different ways to make a pen drive bootable.
We will discuss two of them.

Using Command Prompt
Using Bootable Software

Using Command Prompt on Windows

Insert a USB flash drive into your computer.
The size should be more than the size of the OS to be installed.

Open Start .
Click on the Windows logo.
Type "cmd " > click on Command Prompt.

Type in "diskpart " > press Enter.
Click "Yes" when prompted.

Type diskpart in Command

To bring up a list of connected drives.
Type "list disk" > Enter.
Look for your pendrive's name, letter, or size and disk number.
To select your pendrive, type "select disk 0 " with your pendrive disk number.
Erase the flash drive's contents. Type in "clean" > Enter.
Type in "create partition primary " > Enter.
Type in "select partition 1" > Enter.
Type in "active" > Enter.
Format the flash drive. Type in "format fs = ntfs quick " > Enter.
Formating will take couple of minutes.

To see the hard drives

To select the pendrive

To delete the data from pendrive

To create a partition as primary

// select partition 1 - to select partition 1

Make the file system as ntfs

Hard drive

Pendrive

Assign a letter to the USB drive.
Type in "assign " > Enter.
You will see a confirmation message.
Close the Command Prompt window.
USB drive is now bootable.

Active the pendrive.

Assign a device drive letter.

Exit from command.

Now you can put the operating system's ISO file or image files into the USB drive in order to intall it on computer.

Open Win 10 ISO file
Send all files to bootable pendrive

Insert into a desktop and press F12 to get a boot menu.
Here is a screenshot of Windows 10 setup for installation.

Using Bootable Software

We can also do with 3rd party bootable software available in internet.
Google for bootable software.
Click on Rufus website.

Download the application by clicking on the button below.

Put a pendrive into your computer.
Open the Rufus software.
It appeas like below pic.
Set all the detail as below.
Set your pendrive, partition scheme and so on.
Click on the CD icon for setting a ISO image file to the software.

Now image file will write the files to pendrive.
It will take about 10-20 min.

After completion of copying ISO files, click on close.
Check the pendrive whether bootable files are loaded.
Here the pendrive have all Windows 10 bootable files.
Now it is ready to install OS in a any computer.

Create Bootable Pendrive

WHAT IS IT ?

You can make a USB bootable on a Windows or Mac computer by using Command Prompt or Terminal, both of which are free programs.

There are two ways to make a pendrive bootable with OS files.

You can make a USB bootable on a Windows or Mac computer by using Command Prompt or Terminal, both of which are free programs.

There are two ways to make a pendrive bootable with OS files.

Before you make a pendrive bootable, make sure you have a ISO file of a Operating system

If you do not have download from official site or torrent.

ISO File of Windows 10

ISO file contails files and folder.

Before starting any OS intallation, one should know about a partition style.

There are two type of partition, when we are formaing and making a unallocated hard drive to primary and intall the OS on the drive.

Here are some key difference between those two.

Make sure your bootable files should match your hard drive partition style.

If the partition did not match with the hard drive partition file, change the BIOS boot into Legacy or UEFI.

Partition Style

MBR

Master Boot Record

Works with UEFI & Old BIOS (Legacy)

Works with upto 2 TB hard disk.

Can make only 4 primary partition.

Simple partition if more than 4.

Old partition style.

Can't recovery the backup.

GPT

GUID Partition Table

Woks with UEFI BIOS.

Depends on OS disk space.

New Supports unlimited partition.

eg in windows- 128 partition.

New standand.

Replacing MBR.

Much robust than MBR.

Designed to recovery from its backup location.

There are different ways to make a pen drive bootable.

We will discuss two of them.

Using Command Prompt

Using Bootable Software

Using Command Prompt on Windows

Insert a USB flash drive into your computer.

The size should be more than the size of the OS to be installed.

Open Start .

Click on the Windows logo.

Type "cmd " > click on Command Prompt.

Type in "diskpart " > press Enter.

Click "Yes" when prompted.

Type diskpart in Command

To bring up a list of connected drives.

Type "list disk" > Enter.

Look for your pendrive's name, letter, or size and disk number.

To select your pendrive, type "select disk 0 " with your pendrive disk number.

Erase the flash drive's contents. Type in "clean" > Enter.

Type in "create partition primary " > Enter.

Type in "select partition 1" > Enter.

Type in "active" > Enter.

Format the flash drive. Type in "format fs = ntfs quick " > Enter.

Formating will take couple of minutes.

To see the hard drives

To select the pendrive

To delete the data from pendrive

To create a partition as primary

// select partition 1 - to select partition 1

Make the file system as ntfs

Hard drive

Pendrive

Assign a letter to the USB drive.

Type in "assign " > Enter.

You will see a confirmation message.

Close the Command Prompt window.

USB drive is now bootable.

Active the pendrive.

Assign a device drive letter.

Exit from command.

Now you can put the operating system's ISO file or image files into the USB drive in order to intall it on computer.

Open Win 10 ISO file

Send all files to bootable pendrive

Insert into a desktop and press F12 to get a boot menu.

Here is a screenshot of Windows 10 setup for installation.

Using Bootable Software

We can also do with 3rd party bootable software available in internet.