How To Create A Bootable USB: Two Simple Method That You Must Know

When we format a pc / laptop or install windows OS, Linux OS we must need an installation media. In this case, we used OS disk or Pendrive with OS installed.

In this article, you know about what is the process of creating an installation media that you can use for installing the OS in your Pc or Laptop

Many ways exist but we have shared here the easiest way which you can easily understand.

FIRST METHOD

MAKE A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE USING RUFUS SOFTWARE

Before starting the tutorial, you must know about what is Rufus

Rufus is a small application that creates bootable USB drives, which can then be used to install or run Microsoft Windows, Linux, or DOS. In just a few minutes

Rufus is a utility that helps format and creates bootable USB flash drives, such as USB keys / Pendrives, memory sticks, etc.

It can be especially useful for cases where:

• you need to create USB installation media from bootable ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
• you need to work on a system that doesn't have an OS installed
• you need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
• you want to run a low-level utility

First, you need to download the Rufus software we will provide the link for downloading the software

Then put your Pendrive on your pc or laptop and then the software automatically detects the Pendrive. Then you have chosen an operating system what do you want to install in your pc or laptop.

Then you choose the BIOS or UEFI interface. If you run your pc in BIOS interface then you choose BIOS option and choose the file system MBR

Then do not change any other filled direct click the start button, suddenly you have noticed that a pop-up window appears in this window click the YES button. After that, the bootable process is started.

During this process the Pendrive is formatted and then the Windows Iso file starts copying from the Pendrive automatically. When the process is complete it automatically detects a finish notification then you have closed the application and your Pendrive is ready for the booting process.

The complete process is taking around 10 to 15 minutes it completely depends upon the laptop or Pendrive read or write speed.

SECOND METHOD

MAKE A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE USING COMMAND PROMPT

Before starting the tutorial, you must know about what is COMMAND PROMPT.

Command Prompt is a command-line interpreter application available in most Windows operating systems. It's used to execute entered commands. Most of those commands automate tasks via scripts and batch files, perform advanced administrative functions, and troubleshoot or solve certain kinds of Windows issues. Command Prompt is officially called Windows Command Processor, but it's also sometimes referred to as ​the command shell or CMD prompt, or even by its filename, cmd.exe.

How to Access Command Prompt

There are several ways to open Command Prompt, but the "normal" method is via the Command Prompt shortcut located in the Start menu or on the Apps screen, depending on your version of Windows. The shortcut is faster for most people, but another way to access Command Prompt is via the CMD Run command. You can also open cmd.exe from its original location.

You can create a bootable USB flash drive to use to deploy Windows Server Essentials. The first step is to prepare the USB flash drive by using DiskPart.

To create a bootable USB flash drive

• Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
• Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
• Type diskpart.
• In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk, and then click ENTER. The list disk command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive.
• At the command prompt, type select disk <X>, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER.
• Type clean, and then click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive.
• To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type creates partition primary, and then click ENTER.
• To select the partition that you just created, type select partition 1, and then click ENTER.
• To format the partition, type format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.
• To format the partition, type format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.

NOTE: If your server platform supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), you should format the USB flash drive as FAT32 rather than as NTFS. To format the partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick, and then click ENTER.

• Type active, and then click ENTER.
• Type exit, and then click ENTER.

Then go to your Windows ISO files open it and copy all the files then paste the files from the Pendrive. Wait for the copying process complete.

Now the Pendrive is ready for booting.

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