HOW TO CREATE BOOTABLE USB DRIVE.
USB (
Universal Serial Bus) drive has become a device that is often used for backing up data, shifting function floppy disks, CDs and ZIP disks. USB drives are not only cheap but also very practical, resilient, and can have a fairly large storage capacity. To anticipate when our computer can not boot, we should have a bootable disk. Bootable disk to help us of our inability to access the computer because of boot problems. By using a
bootable USB drive, we can even boot problems more quickly.
1. Insert your USB drive into one USB port on your computer
2. Click "Start" button at the bottom left on your computer screen
3. Type "cmd" in Run window to open a command prompt
4. Type "parts disk" into command prompt and press Enter. After that type "list disk" and press Enter again.
5. Determine which of the displayed list of disks that is a USB drive. (For example, 4GB USB drive, then the option with 4GB size that you need to see). Record the number that identifies your USB drive it in the paper.
- "Select the disk A," replace "A" with the number you get in step 5 earlier. Press Enter
- "Clean." Press Enter
- "Create Partition Memory." Press "Enter."
- "Select Partition A." Press "Enter."
- “Format FS=NTFS.” Tekan “Enter.”
- "Assign." Press "Enter."
- "Exit." Press "Enter."
7. Insert the installation CD of Windows XP or Vista you. Your computer will read the installation CD, and a window will appear on the screen. List of all drives will be displayed there. Look for the letters symbolizing the CD-ROM and a USB drive. Take note of these letters in the paper.
8. Type the following command into the command prompt:
"B: CD boot," instead of "B" with the letter a symbol of the CD-ROM. Press "Enter."
"CD boot." Press "Enter."
"Bootsect.exe/NT60 C:," replace "C" with the letter a symbol of the USB Drive. Press "Enter."
9. Copy the boot information from the installation CD to a USB drive by entering the following command into the command prompt:
"Xcopy c: *.* / s / e / f B: /," instead of "B" with the letter a symbol of the CD-ROM and replace the "C" with the letter a symbol of the USB drive. Press "Enter."
Let the computer to copy data from CD installation to USB drives.
10. Unplug the USB drive from the USB port, replace the lid, and give the label "bootable" with markers. Save a USB drive it in a safe place. Remove your Windows installation CD and return it to its place.