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How To Make Bootable USBadmin Updated on Jan 27th, 2014

Having a bootable USB is very essential, especially if you are a Netbook user. Using bootable USB to install anoperating 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 belowmentioned 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 createa bootable USB.

Step 1: Insert your USB (4GB+ preferable) stick to the system and backup all the data from the USB as we aregoing to format the USB to make it as bootable.

Step 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 Promptand select run as administrator.

Step 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 imagemy USB drive disk no is Disk 1.

Step 4: In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commandsare 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 minimizeit.

Step 5: Insert your Windows DVD in the optical drive and note down the drive letter of the optical drive andUSB media. Here I use D as my optical (DVD) drive letter and H as my USB drive letter.

Step 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)

INTO WINDOWS

HOME WINDOWS 8 WINDOWS 7 FREEWARE PRIVACY



Step 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 computerthat 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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after step 6, do i go back to the same cmd prompt window i was using earlier? and when i type CDBOOT at step 6, it doesnt bring me BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60?. whats wrong

YHURI saysJanuary 15, 2015 at 7:47 pm

youve done a good tutoriali got it with a single process..guys just follow what has been postyoull not going to have any problem..just follow

Jack saysJanuary 4, 2015 at 3:26 am

This tutorial is not very good.I get the following message when trying to run bootsect.exe /nt60 G:

FAT32 filesystem bootcode is only supported on hardware with 512 bytesector sizes.

No bootcode was successfully updated.

Apparantly a fat32 filesystem must be 512mb or less in order to have a 512 byte cluster size. thisarticle specific no partition size when partitioning so the default value will be used, which is not 512.

I have been stuck on this f*****ng issue for 4 hours now and cannot solve it.

Eone saysNovember 23, 2014 at 3:53 pm

Any idea how to stop the format process without make usb corrupted because i want to edit thecommand to fs=ntfs quick and it really take a long time to format with this large usb size



DAVID saysOctober 28, 2014 at 5:25 pm

People,a lot of you that are experiencing problems is because you dont write exactly what you haveto write in CMD. All the marks like : , / should be respected and everything will workout. I onlynoticed one problem, BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H is the way the site advices us to write,but thatspace between EXE and / is was not good for my command so i put it without space and it worked.

b25 saysOctober 11, 2014 at 10:09 pm

problemthis tool can only be run on systems booted using a PC/AT BIOS. This system was booted using EFIor some other firmware type.

what should i do?

Xoka saysSeptember 26, 2014 at 12:26 pm

For the people having troubles with ISO-files.

You should be able to mount the file with DaemonTools to create a virtual disk and copy the filesfrom there.

h ttp://www.disk-tools.com/download/daemon

You can also open the ISO using Winrar if you only want to browse the files.

Good luck!

Majo says



August 7, 2014 at 1:37 pm

what if i dont have Windows on dvd and i want it on usb, do i have to burn it to dvd first thencontinue with these steps above?

Ivy saysJuly 25, 2014 at 4:25 pm

after step 6, do i go back to the same cmd prompt window i was using earlier? and when i type CDBOOT at step 6, it doesnt bring me BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60. whats wrong?

suhail saysJuly 6, 2014 at 11:07 pm

Dear frnds tell me how to copy dvd to usb ?

Shayne saysJune 27, 2014 at 4:30 pm

I tried this and installed windows 7. It worked. thank you very much. But how to install Windows XPin this way(DVD content to USB and install). There is no CD BOOT folder in my disc.p.s.-its a DVD which has microsoft office 2003 package and windows XP sp2.

Delited2meetU saysJune 9, 2014 at 2:29 pm

OMG Thank you so very much this posting and many of the comments enabled my skill set toaccomplish install windows 7 ISO file via xp to windows 7 new hard drive. some how I did it wowthanks all and this post most of all!!!



wahaj saysJune 1, 2014 at 6:04 pm

my computer work not fast the model core 5 sony and 4gb ram

yogi z best saysMay 9, 2014 at 1:48 am

da right, here writh take format fs=ntfs few secons, i dont believe my pc formating and take fewhours ha ha ha ha xD

Prince saysApril 25, 2014 at 8:00 pm

I have iso of win 7 in of of the drive in my computer not in dvd. so what should I write insted ofD:CD BOOT ??

david saysMarch 26, 2014 at 12:31 am

Thank you, ive done it!One thing to mention, first i start cmd, on step 6 i got following problem:

f:bootsect.exe /nt60 e: hit enter

Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied



So, I started cmd as administrator and repeat step by step,and it worked :).

If someone experience same problem, just start cmd as administrator and repeat steps once again:).

H saysMarch 21, 2014 at 5:22 pm

using the assign command is questionable. without any drive letter the selected device 1 will beassigned to the next drive letter. consequences there after

Saft-Arla saysMarch 1, 2014 at 2:44 am

A HUUUUUGE tip of speeding this procedure up by 5-15 times depending on the size of your flashmemory, use the command format fs=fat32 quick instead of format fs=fat32. For me it took 14seconds instead of 1 hour 32 minutes with a 32GB Freecom drive. And avoid using NTFS, this willdeny permissions.

mr shaikh saysFebruary 28, 2014 at 11:02 pm

dear siri completed step 6 then inserted cd to dvd driveplease advice how i copy windowscontent to usbthanks



didi saysFebruary 23, 2014 at 5:31 pm

If you encounter the issue with Access denied, try using the line format fs=fat32 instead. Itworked for me.

Carlton saysFebruary 18, 2014 at 10:07 am

I followed the steps as directed. However, I am at a loss for running step 6.

The ISO that I am attempting to add to the USB drive was created from an EXE file usingImageBurn. The result was two files (ISO and MDS) in a folder on my desktop. How do I direct theCMD to access those files? I see no BOOT SECT or NT60

Thanks. Please explain in layman terms. I am trying my best being a non-IT person.

Thanks

Saad saysFebruary 16, 2014 at 12:27 am

Kindly please guide what can i do to make my usb bootable for XP the above steps is same but thelast from my point of view will be issue because in XP setup there is no boot folder and bootmgr soplease resolve this issue

himshikha saysFebruary 5, 2014 at 6:41 pm

I gave following commands:

C:\Windows\system32>J: cd boot (J is my DVD drive)



J:\>cd boot

J:\BOOT>bootsect.exe / nt60 K: (K is USB drive)

I am getting below msg: (after hit enter)

bootsect {/help:/nt60:/nt52} {SYS : ALL: :} [/force] [/mbr]

Boot sector restoration tool

Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions in order to switch betweenBOOTMGR and NTLDR. You

can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer.

Run bootsect / help for detailed usage instructions.

J:\BOOT>

Plz anyone can help..???? Where I am doing mistakes..!! or any problem with my OS..

Right now I am using Window 7 OS at my PC.And want to recover data of my laptop that has same OS.Waiting for reply..!!


make sure it doesnt a read/write switch like floppies have

what does it (a read/write switch like floppies have) mean..??


e:bootsect.exe /nt60 f: hit enter





e:\boot>

I have same problem.

I use a external DVD WRITER for run a windows 7 dvd

plz reply sooni need it badly..!!

essa sheikh saysFebruary 3, 2014 at 3:10 pm

access is denied? make sure it doesnt a read/write switch like floppies have

admin saysJanuary 27, 2014 at 12:01 pm

It should have been D: CD Boot. I have edited the post to reflect the same. Thanks.

admin saysJanuary 27, 2014 at 11:59 am

@ Thanks, Jolan. We will soon come up with a guide on installing Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1 fromthe same USB.

Jolan says



January 23, 2014 at 8:42 pm

You dont need to have 1 usb for each os u want to make a bootable USB from,If u created 1 bootable usb, u can shrink the bootable partition.With the unallocated space u created u make a full new partition,and u overdo the steps aboveDont forget to set the right partition on active to boot from

Hope this helps alot of people who are about to buy 5 USBs to spare their money

Dang saysJanuary 23, 2014 at 8:23 pm

I am having with step 6. When I inserted windows cd, i type your instruction to type D:CD BOOTNow it says D:CD IS NOT RECOGNIZED AS AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL COMMAND, OPERABLEPROGRAM OR BATCH FILE.Help me please! I have no idea what to do.

admin saysJanuary 14, 2014 at 12:18 pm

@ MGood to know that it worked for you without any issues. The key is to run the Command Prompt asadministrator.

M saysJanuary 13, 2014 at 9:32 pm

Awesome instructions and appreciated. Got my image ready for deployment via USB now and as abackup. Cheers!



Lore saysJanuary 11, 2014 at 8:39 am

you saved my life, my note had win 7 starter (original) and then when i was updating my win, my SOwas corrupted and i couldnt reinstall it again. With this guide i could install win 7 home premium (sorry for my bad english >.bootsect.exe/nt60 h:Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects:Access is denied.



okcn.aline saysJanuary 7, 2014 at 11:12 am

For beta lovers, how did you get Windows 7 Beta 6.1.7000 for so long? And why is in Copyright2006?

bern saysDecember 13, 2013 at 5:35 pm

annyeong, what if i dont have a dvd? but my os is already in the flash drive? what to do?

BakerBoysDad saysDecember 7, 2013 at 1:38 am

Worked great! Thanks a bunch!

(performed on a Windows 8.1 machine)

Sebghatullah saysDecember 5, 2013 at 11:07 am

Thank you it worked successfully

zohair ahmad saysNovember 18, 2013 at 12:15 pm

Thank you. Worked well. Note: that in BIOS it actually picks as a Hard Drive and not a removal drive



walee hassan saysNovember 11, 2013 at 7:16 pm

Great work yr love u bro

CharlieM saysNovember 1, 2013 at 5:22 pm

I got till the point of Windows CD drive. I haveno installation disk for windows. Bougtthecomputerready to use. What can I do now? Help pls.

V saysOctober 27, 2013 at 12:01 am

format fs=ntfs quick

..is quicker, obviously

031385 saysOctober 25, 2013 at 1:00 am

Run the Cmd as administrator. I had the same problem and it solved it.

Jack saysOctober 17, 2013 at 7:38 pm

Worked great and the best I have seen for making a USB drive.



MASABA saysOctober 16, 2013 at 5:20 pm

it cant select partition

ismail saysOctober 9, 2013 at 7:17 pm

This article helped me a lot many thanks to author..

Sheikh saysSeptember 26, 2013 at 3:20 am

Thank you. Worked well. Note: that in BIOS it actually picks as a Hard Drive and not a removal drive

admin saysSeptember 17, 2013 at 5:06 pm

@ JimIt must work on Windows 7. What error youre getting?

Jim saysSeptember 17, 2013 at 7:34 am



I just figured out that you cant complete this task on a computer running Win 7,,,: (

li saysSeptember 9, 2013 at 8:06 pm

Cant see USB disk after step one LIST DISK command im using XP.

Kartikeswar Senapati saysSeptember 4, 2013 at 2:46 pm

F:\BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE NT60 G:After the above the following message came:bootsect [/force] [/mbr]Boot Sector restoration toolSootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions in order to switch betweenBOOTMGR and NTLDR.You canuse this too to restore the boot sector on your computer.Run bootsect /help for detailed usage instructions.

HANS saysAugust 13, 2013 at 5:07 am

Successfully got a bootable IDE drive on Windows Server 2003 (XP).

This is how to do it:

Do all the steps until step 4 where you typed ACTIVE.Now format your drive in My Computer.Get back to cmd window and continue the steps.

THIS INSTRUCTION WORKS FOR MAKING A BOOTABLE SPARE HARD DRIVE, not USB as theyrenot recognized by the OS.



[email protected] saysAugust 8, 2013 at 9:03 pm

Worked excellent. Thanks mate.

SHAMUS saysJuly 27, 2013 at 11:05 pm

didnt work. sounded very convincing tho. very technical

Yagel saysJuly 19, 2013 at 12:26 am

the bios dont read the usb?

Oberon saysJuly 7, 2013 at 10:18 pm

f*ck yeah,it works good.thanks mate a lot!

Vincent saysJune 27, 2013 at 7:31 am

step 6 i seem to be having a problem my D: drive is called D. so when I type in D: CD BOOT itsays incorrect function what do i do?



Mark H saysJune 20, 2013 at 9:45 pm

I would like to thank you for this tutorial, this showed me quickly how I can make a bootable usb, Iprefer the longer part then the shorther like some abovementioned people referred to.Thanks again

dave tree saysJune 1, 2013 at 12:48 pm

thanks you didnt tell what to do if after D:\>cd boot a error message system cannot find pathspecified. everytime i follow instructions from different forums it NEVER works. i dont know why ihavent learned my lesson and ignore these flights of fancy fixes it from wannabes

Dimitris saysMay 31, 2013 at 10:05 pm

Does it work if instead of using a windows dvd , i use a linux dvd?

george saysMay 14, 2013 at 2:01 am

What if I have a 2 disc set for recovering windows 7. How do I copy these files over. Would I needtwo USBs?

Wtf saysMay 9, 2013 at 11:40 pm



This tool can only be run on systems booted using PC/AT BIOS. This system was booted using EFIor some other firmware type.

Wtf? I have Win7 Pro on an Asus K53U.

AiXer saysMay 9, 2013 at 10:23 pm

Format process may take a few secondsDefinitely not. With a 32 gig drive, it takes almost an hour

Mutahar Zahid saysMay 8, 2013 at 12:36 am

since netbook users dnt have the optical drive thn how to do so???

VEERA saysMay 6, 2013 at 8:04 pm

hi, buddy thanks a lot. you are really great,,,

Koppo saysMay 2, 2013 at 3:04 pm

Plug the usb drive out and again in. Solved the issue for me as it was H: with only ~70MB left. Afterreplug it worked.



Older Comments

oldfashioned saysApril 25, 2013 at 1:57 pm

couldnt finish.C:\users\oldfashioned>E: CD BOOT (E is my disk)cant do:E:\>CD BOOTE:\>BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 D: (D is my USB)does anyone have an idea:

Anonymous saysApril 20, 2013 at 9:50 am

Access is denied? Make sure it doesnt have a read/write switch like floppies have

mahadevan saysApril 18, 2013 at 4:52 pm

e:bootsect.exe /nt60 f: hit enter



e:\boot>im getting this type of error, what can i do to make a usb.

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