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Friday, July 27, 2012

Make Bootable USB in Windows 7

Having a bootable USB is very essential. Using bootable USB to install a Windows Operating System makes the installation faster and you have a copy more secure and reliable.
Here I'll show  how you make a bootable usb through a bat file.

  • Copy the Script below.
  • Open Notepad and paste it.
  • Save this in any location, with any name  e.g C:/Bootable USB.bat.

* In the sentence of Robocopy must change [d: \] with the letter that has your CD-DVD drive, and [H: \ \] with the letter you have your USB drive.

Now we are starting to create the bootable USB.

* Go to the location of .bat file in my case C:/Bootable USB.bat, right click in it, and Run as administrator.
* When cmd windows is open. Type 1, and then press Enter key.
* A new cmd windows is open. In the new cmd window performs the following instructions:
  1. Type LIST DISK, and press Enter.
  2. Type SELECT DISK 1 "Remplace DISK 1 with your USB Disk number", then press Enter.
  3. Type CLEAN, and press Enter.
  4. Type CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY, and press Enter.
  5. Type SELECT PARTITION 1, and press Enter.
  6. Type ACTIVE, and press Enter.
  7. Type FORMAT FS=NTFS, then press Enter. After to finish formatting the USB drive.
  8. Type ASSIGN, then press Enter key.
  9. Type EXIT, and press Enter key.
* Now go to the cmd window that is open, Type 2, and then press Enter key.
* A new cmd windows is open. In the new cmd window performs the following instructions:
  1. Type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H:,  "Remplace H: for your USB drive letter". After Bootcode was successfully update.
  2. Type EXIT.
* Now go to the cmd window that is open, Type 3, and then press Enter key.
A new cmd windows is open, and automatically start copying the files from the CD-DVD drive to the USB drive. This process take a few minutes, please be patient.
* When this process finished, go to the cmd window that is open, Type 4, and then press Enter to close the script.

Now you have a bootable USB  for install Windows Operating System.

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