HB Blog 44: How To Boot Windows OS 7/8 Using Bootable Pendrive???

In this post, I will show how to create bootable pendrive. We usually boot pc OS via CD,Hardisk,etc.
The main advantage of bootable pendrive is that it gives you mobility.
There are various methods and softwares that can be use to create bootable pendrives.
I prefer CMD commands for creating bootable pendrive for booting OS especially for windows 7/8.

Following are the steps for creating bootable pendrive:
1. Run command promt as Administrator.(Right click on cmd click on 'Run as Administrator').

2. Type 'DISKPART' in command prompt. Now type “list disk” to see all of your connected disk
drives.

3. Type this following command one by one.(Here Disk 1 is the disk number of my flash drive. So make sure Disk 1 is your flash drive disk number. If not then replace ''Disk 1" with proper disk number)
1. 'select disk 1'
2. 'clean'
3. 'create partition primary'
4. 'select partition 1'
5. 'active'
6. 'format fs=NTFS QUICK'
7. 'assign'
8. 'exit'

4. You'll be exited from DISKPART utility. Now use bootsect utility to make your flash drive bootable. To do so, insert the Windows 7/8 DVD in DVD drive. Here, the DVD drive is J: and the USB drive is I: (Replace this drive letter with proper drive letter of your PC)
Now type the following command in command promt one by one.
1. J:
2. cd J:\boot
3. BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 I:
Your USB drive now has been update with BOOTMGR compatible code. Now close the Command Prompt windows.

5. Now open your Windows 7/8 DVD drive and copy all files in your Flash Drive.

6. Everything is done. Now boot from your pen drive and continue Windows installation.