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Having a bootable USB is very essential, especially if you are a Netbook user. Using bootable USB to install an operating 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 below mentioned steps.

bootable usb drive

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 create a bootable USB.

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

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 Prompt and select run as administrator.

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 image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1.

4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter. As these commands are 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

Bootable USB

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.

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

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)

USB Bootable

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 computer that 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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271 Comments

  1. Sunny
    Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    In my experience, we don’t need to do these complicated setup like yours.

    What I do is simply use the ‘format’ option for the thumb drive in Windows Explorer (right-click menu), by using the default settings. Then, extract the files in the ISO image into the thumb or simply copy all the files from setup folder to drive, and then plug’n’boot. The command prompt and code are no needed.

    I have tried this simple method many times and they all work on my 4 computers, because I heard that USB booting is originally supported in Windows Vista or higher.

    PS XP is absolutely incompatible with this function

  2. Swordfish
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 2:58 am | Permalink

    Sunny, because of retards like you I could not make a bootable USB stick till now. Everyone that was posting this type of tutorial did the mistake called “THINKING ON HIS OWN” and removed the “BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:” part, because “it worked for him”.

    SO FUCK OFF.

    And thanks for the tutorial.

  3. david
    Posted June 3, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Permalink

    And I also have unkind words for people who underexplain this process because I have been tearing my hair out for the last 3 days trying to get a bootable usb to put XP no my netbook without any luck. There is no reason this needs to be this hard.

    So, to be clear when you say this ‘won’t work with XP’ do you mean:

    a.) If you’re on a PC running Windows XP and you’re trying to make a USB Installation drive to install XP/Vista/7/whatever.
    or do you mean
    b.) If you’re trying to create a USB Installation drive to install XP.
    Eh?

  4. Arun
    Posted July 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink

    If you are using Windows XP, try

    BOOTSECT.EXE /NT52 H:

  5. arefiqrc
    Posted August 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Permalink

    How to insert windows dvd on optical drive while i’m using netbook?? did’t not have dvd drives

  6. admin
    Posted August 5, 2009 at 11:44 pm | Permalink

    @arefiqrc
    IF you are on netbook, get the image of Windows and then extract it.

  7. Ivo
    Posted September 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    This is a great tut man, thanks a lot !

  8. Posted October 16, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    that’s the way…………

  9. Vidura
    Posted October 19, 2009 at 2:16 am | Permalink

    after bootsect.exe/nt60 H:i get this
    target volumes will be updated with boot mgr compatability boot code.

    could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied

  10. Mushy
    Posted October 22, 2009 at 7:03 pm | Permalink

    Very good.. Worked straight up.. last line not needed for windows 7..

  11. Posted October 24, 2009 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    plz give me slids of make bootable usb pen drive

  12. Hawksie
    Posted October 25, 2009 at 6:37 am | Permalink

    Yeah i have done this but i want to make my flahs brive a local disk so that I may install an os onto it.
    Regards Tim

  13. admin
    Posted October 25, 2009 at 11:51 am | Permalink

    @ Hawksie
    It’s not possible to install Windows 7 exactly on a USB flash drive. Here is the guide that help you carry Windows 7 on USB flash drive:
    http://www.intowindows.com/install-windows-7-on-usb/

  14. HALO
    Posted November 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

    A po ma hani karin .
    me bo mir po nuk po bon bre familjen ta cifsha

  15. Mehul
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 9:25 pm | Permalink

    How to make my bootable USB to normal.

  16. Mehul
    Posted November 6, 2009 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

    Please please any one give me instruction to make my bootable USB back to normal. Because my USB drive speed is toooooooo slow. Copying speed is below 1MB/s.
    My e-mail address is “mehul.the.game88@gmail.com”

  17. jonas
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:42 am | Permalink

    did you try this MEHUL?

    FORMAT [f:] [/FS:file-system] [/Q]
    F: the usb drive vlume label

  18. jonas
    Posted November 15, 2009 at 5:43 am | Permalink

    format f: /fs:ntfs /q

  19. lelmel sumpter
    Posted November 17, 2009 at 12:37 am | Permalink

    “bootsect.exe” not found

  20. Ommni
    Posted November 28, 2009 at 8:50 pm | Permalink

    Yep that’s what I got as well. “bootsect.exe” not found.

  21. Metoo
    Posted December 2, 2009 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK. Tried with various sticks.
    Whats the issue?

  22. gugu_gatal
    Posted December 2, 2009 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    it’s work, only for windows vista & 7

  23. paul
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 1:14 am | Permalink

    works at teat

  24. paul
    Posted December 3, 2009 at 1:14 am | Permalink

    sorry treat

  25. Petterman
    Posted December 5, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Permalink

    Well done, works exactly as described. I’ve been looking around for this type of information for a few hours. Found this and i’m happily installing 2k3, 2k8, 2k8R2 on servers by plugging in my usb.

    Thank you!

  26. Posted December 6, 2009 at 10:40 pm | Permalink

    Try unebootin.

    Sorry but this is for linux.

    Every distributions supported .

    By.

  27. zico
    Posted December 14, 2009 at 3:29 am | Permalink

    worked like a charm. thanks dude

  28. kaim
    Posted December 16, 2009 at 4:32 am | Permalink

    can i install xp without optical drive support?????????? means using usb with windows files??????

  29. admin
    Posted December 16, 2009 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

    @Kaim
    Of course, you can install XP from USB. But note that this guide is only for Vista and 7.

  30. Posted December 17, 2009 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    hey guys why to make usb disk bootable just install any version of windows in ur usb drive directly but it should be 8gb usb drive for win 7 and vista and it should be 4 gb for xp,98 and vista portable. my email address is kartikeyp1@gmail.com

  31. Jitendra
    Posted December 22, 2009 at 12:28 pm | Permalink

    Hi,
    Can u let me know,how can i install xp from USB.Please suggest how can do it.

    Thanks & Regards
    Jitendra Kumar

  32. Rakesh
    Posted December 30, 2009 at 1:56 am | Permalink

    Ya its working for windows 7
    Can anyone say me how to make a cd bootable in a similar way

  33. Posted January 9, 2010 at 4:59 am | Permalink

    I found a utility called WinToFlash that works well. wintoflash.com/home/en/

  34. Zeb Sanders
    Posted January 15, 2010 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    How to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows xp

  35. Sobaixu
    Posted February 4, 2010 at 1:09 am | Permalink

    I followed this guide and it is not accurate. I have made some minor edits to help others who have the same issue as me after following this giude. aka. Boot mgr is missing error…
    So here’s the REAL working guide.

    Guide to making a bootable USB drive using Vista or Windows 7

    (Note: this guide will not work on WinXP.)

    1. Insert your USB stick into USB port (MUST be 4GB or higher).

    (Note: Backup the data on your USB drive as we are going to format it.)

    2. Open the Command Prompt: (follow steps listed below to do this)

    Go to Start Menu >

    All programs >

    Accessories >

    Right click on ‘Command Prompt’

    Select ‘Run as Administrator’

    3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

    DISKPART (hit enter)

    LIST DISK (hit enter)

    (Note: Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk numbers of all drives connected to your PC)

    4. In this step, enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter:

    SELECT DISK 1 (Replace “DISK 1″ with your USB drive’s disk number, For example: If your usb is 4GB,
    and Disk 2 shows 4000mb disk size, type SELECT DISK 2, as that is your usb drive)
    CLEAN

    CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

    SELECT PARTITION 1

    ACTIVE

    FORMAT FS=FAT32 (Format process may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the USB drive)

    ASSIGN

    EXIT

    (Note: Don’t close the command prompt as we need it for the next step. Just minimize it)

    5. Insert your Windows DVD in the DVD drive.
    Note the drive letter of the DVD Drive and USB Drive.
    (Here I use “D” as my DVD drive letter and “F” as my USB drive letter)

    NOTE: Drive letters can be assigned or changed. In the start menu right click “Computer”,
    select “Manage”. A window will open. Select Disk Managment (Near the bottom of the list
    on the left side panel), Right click a drive to assign, change or remove the drive letter).

    6. Go back to command prompt window and execute the following commands:

    D: CD BOOT (Where D: is your DVD drive letter) And hit Enter.

    BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 F: (Where F: is your USB drive letter) And hit Enter.

    XCOPY D:\*.* /S/E/F F:\ (Where D: is your DVD drive, and F: is your USB Drive) And hit Enter.

    8. Wait for DVD contents to copy to USB.

    You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer
    that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).

  36. Sobaixu
    Posted February 4, 2010 at 1:13 am | Permalink

    Alternatively, use this handy application that does it all for you, even makes XP bootable usb drive.

    http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/27/make-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-windows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/

  37. Posted February 8, 2010 at 5:56 am | Permalink

    Maybe this will help, no warranty that this info is accurate, but some of it is.
    -bootsect.exe is on Vista disc, not on XP disc.
    -XP uses NTLDR, Vista uses BOOTMGR (OS setup different between xp & vista)
    -USB stick format must be what system BIOS can recognize as bootable — some older BIOS version only boot devices with FAT16, and there’s some other stuff that we are still learning about. So, this is why everyone may get different results. Computers are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get, and they melt in your hands if you’re not cool.

  38. user
    Posted February 11, 2010 at 9:41 pm | Permalink

    when i enter “LIST DISK” command, i see only HDD, not usb flash.
    what can i do?

  39. martin
    Posted February 13, 2010 at 12:11 am | Permalink

    hi guys i would like my usb to be bootable so i could go and get my ghost image how do i do that please

  40. martin
    Posted February 13, 2010 at 12:12 am | Permalink

    hi guys i would like my usb to be bootable so i could go and get my ghost image how do i do that please email please m_cubaynes@yahoo.com

  41. bhavin
    Posted February 25, 2010 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    i use vista basic. i want to run xp in my usb. can any one help me?

  42. Tonmoy
    Posted March 17, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    Thanks man, It was perfect.

  43. Philipino
    Posted March 28, 2010 at 11:10 am | Permalink

    thanks for great tutorial, i can now make bootable usb not only win7 but windows XP

    more power

  44. Montezz
    Posted April 1, 2010 at 6:46 am | Permalink

    This is some excellent tech writing, thanks for the clear instructions, worked great

  45. giorgos
    Posted April 12, 2010 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

    why should not someone do this by right clicking on the usb??????should everyone learn these commands??

  46. Roman
    Posted May 3, 2010 at 6:25 am | Permalink

    Thank You Very Very Much for this Information!! your the best!!

  47. jebasimon
    Posted May 3, 2010 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    I’ll Like this

  48. SANDEEP PACHAURY
    Posted May 7, 2010 at 1:01 pm | Permalink

    BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 J: IS NOT WORKING IN MY SYSTEM.

  49. Roman
    Posted May 18, 2010 at 9:37 am | Permalink

    Hi I was wondering will this work by boot commands work for booting windows XP?? or there is some other special boot commands for XP differ from Vista\Windows 7???

    Anyone with good knowledge Please Reply Thanks!!

  50. Roman
    Posted May 18, 2010 at 9:39 am | Permalink

    WILL THIS WORK FOR BOOTING XP OR XP HAS DIFFERENT BOOT COMMANDS??

    PLZ HELP!!!

  51. Kamran Khan
    Posted May 24, 2010 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    Windows XP user must give a try to Novicorp WinToFlash. Here is the link http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/08/27/make-a-bootable-usb-installer-for-windows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/
    This will make your USB drive bootable for installing Windows XP Vista etc.
    After Making Bootable USB Drive go to your computer’s BIOS and select USB your first boot device. If your Hard Drive or DVD ROM is your first boot device then it will not work. One thing for sure not every computer has USB Boot option available in BIOS. Hope It helps. Kamran Khan of Shabqadar

  52. ironman
    Posted June 10, 2010 at 7:48 pm | Permalink

    how can i install xp onto a usb to make it bootable

  53. Scott
    Posted June 17, 2010 at 7:49 pm | Permalink

    @Vidura : did you get an answer to http://www.intowindows.com/bootable-usb/#comment-4441 ?

    I’m getting the same error and I do not have a write-protect switch on my USB thumbdrive.

    E:\boot>bootsect /nt60 s:
    Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

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

    Anyone know of how to get around this?

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  54. Pedram
    Posted June 30, 2010 at 12:58 pm | Permalink

    Thank you very much,good job!

  55. David
    Posted July 13, 2010 at 8:31 am | Permalink

    You need to ‘runas Administrator’ cmd.exe then run these last commands otherwise you will receive:

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

    David

  56. Chaz
    Posted July 16, 2010 at 8:46 am | Permalink

    This also works to install Windows 2008 Server products. Thanks for a great Tutorial!

  57. guard
    Posted August 4, 2010 at 6:51 pm | Permalink

    Hi,

    I was looking for an option to boot from USB as my laptop’s CD drive is not working.

    The write-up is clear. After the installation from USB, can we format the data in USB and use it like another normal flash drive to store data?

    Plz clarify.

  58. admin
    Posted August 4, 2010 at 7:01 pm | Permalink

    @ Guard

    Of course, you can format it and use it as a normal USB drive.

  59. Darian
    Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:21 am | Permalink

    Great tutorial!! Simple and efficient, thanks.

  60. aion
    Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

    hello…thanx for the amazing tutorial.but i can perform the last steps..it says could not map dive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access denied..
    what should i do??
    please tell me..
    thanx

  61. JB
    Posted August 21, 2010 at 1:54 pm | Permalink

    hi,
    i don’t have any windows dvd
    what i suppose to do now?

  62. zee
    Posted August 23, 2010 at 6:26 pm | Permalink

    To JB, it’s quite simple; you go and get yourself one…like, gasp, buying one!!

  63. windows hate
    Posted August 24, 2010 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    i hate this fucking shit because it don’t work!!!!!! when i install the things the say here my computer is dead and cannot start windows and even cannot start the reboot cd!!! so be prepared to kill your pc!!!

  64. javed
    Posted August 28, 2010 at 1:37 pm | Permalink

    thanks dude.thank you for this information

  65. rose
    Posted August 28, 2010 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

    My cd drive not working but I need to install xp then what can I do

  66. JB
    Posted September 4, 2010 at 8:30 am | Permalink

    zee, thanks for that but i don’t know where to buy..

  67. yash
    Posted September 4, 2010 at 9:44 am | Permalink

    hello

    i have tried all these but at the time of disk list my usb is not showing there. Can u tell what is the problem?
    Its a fabulous technique.
    plzzzzz reply in my mail id..

  68. noddy
    Posted September 8, 2010 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

    out of all the methods iv tried this is the best! thumps up

  69. Microbe
    Posted September 11, 2010 at 7:29 am | Permalink

    I really like the copyrighted screenshots LOL. Why are people so precious about such stuff when they likely have borrowed stuff themselves. It’s a screenshot dammit…why would you think YOUR screenshot is so special that no one can replicate it.

    sigh

  70. Posted September 13, 2010 at 2:54 am | Permalink

    Thanks a lot, great tut

  71. Sultan Ahmad
    Posted September 13, 2010 at 1:13 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Sobaixu! it really works

  72. Selvan
    Posted September 14, 2010 at 4:32 am | Permalink

    How about with a System Repair Disc. The Aspire 5251 did not come with a CD/DVD and “bootsect.exe” is not found on the Repair Disc of Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit… Thanks

  73. Posted September 14, 2010 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    Hello everyone, I had already read something like this before and everytime I’ve read this sort of tutorial, it’s always ambiguous…
    Basically, here you’re creating a bootable win vista or win 7 setup USB key… nothing more nothing else
    and if you want to waste your time doing all this total nonesense, be my guests! But if you want to do this the proper “SMART” way… just get Win2Flash from Novicorp (go ahead, look for it!) and stop wasting everyone’s time and wasting bandwidth!!!

  74. Gamer
    Posted September 16, 2010 at 9:48 pm | Permalink

    Perfect, worked great, thank you!!

  75. Rajesh KW
    Posted September 17, 2010 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    is their any Software which Format USB disks to Bootables..!?

  76. conrad77
    Posted September 17, 2010 at 3:32 am | Permalink

    thanks to the nice guide…

    to all who got “could not map dive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access denied” run CMD as Administrator by going to start/all programs/accessories and right click command and select run as administrator then do the last step…

  77. RRG
    Posted September 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm | Permalink

    f**k of u all ppl. there r so many essy ways to make a bootable usb.. make sure u r using a orrect software.. like novicorp wintoflash…..

  78. nouman
    Posted September 18, 2010 at 9:00 am | Permalink

    i have my personal data in my usb but it has been deleted
    can any one tell me how to recover.

  79. Roger
    Posted September 18, 2010 at 2:45 pm | Permalink

    @RRG… There are so many easy ways to get your spelling and grammar correct. For example, make sure YOU are using the correct software, run your spell checking software, run your grammar checking software, get an education, do some study, install a typing tutorial program and practise using it, even just use a dictionary! (Can you use one?) There are so many easy ways…

  80. k1ngkhan
    Posted September 23, 2010 at 9:23 am | Permalink

    everybody pls use this software wintoflash is better

  81. salman
    Posted September 23, 2010 at 9:33 am | Permalink

    how to install bootable usb xp? how can i make?

  82. KERED
    Posted September 23, 2010 at 5:37 pm | Permalink

    Thank you. great tut. will refer friends and enemies alike to you post.

  83. shubhajeet naik
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 5:42 pm | Permalink

    hi,
    it happend. but now i can’t boot from cd drive. can u please tell how to make my laptop defaule cd bootable…

  84. Dan
    Posted September 27, 2010 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

    I completely bricked my computer trying to install libc6 and its dependencies in Ubuntu without an internet connection. My computer refused to boot, or even accept a bootable Linux USB. This clear, concise guide saved me so much headache! Thank you!!!

  85. palash
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 12:35 am | Permalink

    plese give me tips
    how to make bootable pendrive
    which will be install xp or other windows

  86. palash
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 12:43 am | Permalink

    my hdd install linux but when 1 drive remove its have no run. and when open my computer its hung. what can i do.plese give me solution.

  87. kamal
    Posted September 28, 2010 at 9:23 pm | Permalink

    great tut…sharing is caring

  88. Jingoman
    Posted September 30, 2010 at 5:47 pm | Permalink

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.

    anybody with a solution please?

  89. Posted October 3, 2010 at 3:04 pm | Permalink

    For those who get “could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied”…

    Have you checked if you are using the right letter for your usb drive? I mean if I am doing it the whole process with a usb drive where the letter assigned to it is K, then I’ll have to type this: “bootsect.exe /nt60 K:” probably that’s why we can get that error message…

    Greetings…

  90. Ahak
    Posted October 3, 2010 at 6:32 pm | Permalink

    Not working for me its not showing usb in list :(

  91. yasir
    Posted October 6, 2010 at 12:24 am | Permalink

    same prob here

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.

    anybody with a solution please?

  92. piyush
    Posted October 9, 2010 at 9:29 pm | Permalink

    my dvd writer is not working.how can install 7 ultimate from usb.

  93. Cro Hacker
    Posted October 10, 2010 at 8:15 am | Permalink

    to all of them that whant to make the USB a USB like it whas before , just do on the repeate this part ” CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

    SELECT PARTITION 1

    ACTIVE

    and do this FORMAT FS=FAt32
    the usb returns to be a removable disc

  94. NPP
    Posted October 10, 2010 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

    You’re the BEST, buddy! This tutorial was just what i needed cos my DVD Drive’s been acting funny!
    The jerks who say “this is too complicated” or “this is just not needed” need to broaden their myopic contemplation!
    Thanks once again, pal!
    :)

  95. Zzz
    Posted October 12, 2010 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    Guys! What if i dont have DVD of XP but XP image at my Hard Disk. In that situation, how am I gonna select that specific image from hard drive volume.

    I tried by making a virtual cd drive but CMD doesn’t recognize it and BOOTSECT.EXE doesn’t appear.

    Note: Transitioning from Vista to XP.
    Please, guide if u can.

  96. Bartlomiej Puls
    Posted October 12, 2010 at 4:58 pm | Permalink

    “could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied”…

    Run cmd as Administrator – it WILL work.

  97. Tiger
    Posted October 14, 2010 at 2:08 pm | Permalink

    Thank you!!! Perfect!!!

  98. Ron Vantomme
    Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:38 pm | Permalink

    Just use Universal USB installer v1.7.9 It makes any iso bootable,on your usb drive.

  99. dvhirst
    Posted October 19, 2010 at 5:09 am | Permalink

    Thanks to Arun for his comment about Win XP version! It works as suggested, with the bootsect commeand confirming that ntldr compatible bootcode was written to the drive.

  100. vinod
    Posted October 22, 2010 at 3:30 pm | Permalink

    Is it possible to format windows 7 with windows XP bootable CD bcz on my pc I installed windows 7 on xp it is not istalled after 37% it got blocked. whenever I want to format using xp it said hard disk not recognizable…

  101. Partho
    Posted October 26, 2010 at 12:55 am | Permalink

    This is not for me. It dose not show disk list.

  102. SIKKU
    Posted October 28, 2010 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK.
    PLZ HELP ME
    MY MAIL

  103. Peter
    Posted October 29, 2010 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    THE GUIDE “”DO NOT WORK FOR XP”"

    Your stupid fuckhead, did you not know, that people using XP, “”CANNOT”" se there USB drive in disk part / Disk list.

    Aaaaand, since 99,99% of 100, try make such USB bootble,
    bcs. they will install win 7, on a XP system, it means
    your guide do not work at all.. Christ.

  104. durai raj.p
    Posted November 2, 2010 at 8:24 pm | Permalink

    pls sent step by step create the usb boot disk in windows xp .

  105. durai raj.p
    Posted November 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    how to configur the usb bootdisk in windows xp

  106. durai raj.p
    Posted November 2, 2010 at 8:52 pm | Permalink

    how to create usb boot disk in windows xp

  107. Azeem
    Posted November 4, 2010 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    Its a very nice description by the way and works good. though i have a suggestion…i.e. ASSIGN AND EXIT where exit looks like that if we write EXIT it will go out of the COMMAND PROMPT. but it actually goes out of the PARTITION PROCESS. so make it clear to other people that it will just go out of the partition process. Not all of the people think much upon this thing..Thanks…best of luck

  108. Rolf
    Posted November 6, 2010 at 8:13 am | Permalink

    Worked great on my Acer AOA150. Tinkering with it now it seems o work quite well. Thanks for the great instructions. I felt like a true computer guy! THX Again!

  109. Ashish Sharma
    Posted November 6, 2010 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

    Alternatively, you can download the following handy utility that would do all the above task:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/setupfromusb/

    COmpletely, free to use (only for Win Vista or 7)

  110. SHAILENDRA KUMAR
    Posted November 7, 2010 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.
    PLZ GIVE ME SOLUTION IF ANYBODY HAVE ONE>>>>>>>>>

  111. pradip
    Posted November 9, 2010 at 11:06 am | Permalink

    how to do this with windows xp.

  112. Maddy
    Posted November 9, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    Thanks Guys :-) You guys rock

  113. Azad
    Posted November 12, 2010 at 8:41 am | Permalink

    Hi, I think you can’t use ‘assign’ command without selecting volume. What i did before assigning is hitting the following commands-
    LIST VOLUME
    SELECT VOLUME # (volume number of usb drive)
    ASSIGN

  114. BRijesh
    Posted November 15, 2010 at 11:25 am | Permalink

    can any body tell me, how to make win 7 dvd bootable ,manually. i hv data dvd which doesn’t boot.

  115. Arpita
    Posted November 15, 2010 at 6:09 pm | Permalink

    my usb is 3.78 GB
    when I am typing the command CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY..IT SAYS Insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size and offset.
    wot do i do?

  116. Posted November 16, 2010 at 9:36 pm | Permalink

    how to make kingston usb

  117. Arpita
    Posted November 17, 2010 at 7:19 pm | Permalink

    WHEN I TYPE CD BOOT..IT SAYS CANNOT FIND THE FILE SPECIFIED.
    SO THE LAST SUCCESSFUL STEP I GOT THRU WAS “D: BOOT CD”
    BUT AFTER THIS..IT CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PATH.. CAN ANY1 HELP ME WID DIS..DAT WILL BE GR8 THANKS..

  118. karim nassser
    Posted November 30, 2010 at 11:37 pm | Permalink

    Hey guys, Can it be possible to boot win 2000?

  119. Abdulqadir
    Posted December 1, 2010 at 2:58 pm | Permalink

    its not showing my usb in list disk…. :(
    wat to do…

  120. l0stb3ta
    Posted December 2, 2010 at 1:05 am | Permalink

    @Arpita:

    The CD command changes directory.

    First, are you sure that your DVD drive is D: ? Verify the drive letter by going into My Computer. The drive letters for all attached drives should be listed, alongside what they are. I.E., “DVD Drive D:”.

    As far as I know, the only thing that would cause a “Cannot find the file specified” error is if D: is not actually the directory for your DVD drive, or if the DVD isn’t in the drive. I think it may also happen if the DVD is unreadable, but I think that gives you another error.

    @karim:
    It might be *possible*, but this tutorial is specifically for Windows Vista and Windows 7. You might have to ask Google about that one…although, I’m not sure if any hardware that can only run Windows 2000 is able to boot from USB. I could be wrong, though.

  121. polo89
    Posted December 2, 2010 at 5:03 am | Permalink

    so try doing everything step by step but when i put in the comman ( cd boot ) it says system cannot find path specified . can any one please help me ?

  122. polo89
    Posted December 2, 2010 at 5:08 am | Permalink

    so try doing everything step but when i put in the comman cd boot system cannot find specified path. can any one please help me?

  123. Carl
    Posted December 8, 2010 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

    *** You must have Vista or Win 7 on your computer for the above method to work ****

    *** It will NOT work if you are trying to do this from a computer with XP ***

    Because the “Diskpart” command in XP does NOT WORK with USB Flash Drives.

    Also, you can NOT put XP on a USB flash drive using this method (XP is NOT designed to install from a USB drive.)

  124. azahar
    Posted December 16, 2010 at 11:54 am | Permalink

    thanks man.
    it worked for me.

  125. Martin
    Posted December 17, 2010 at 1:58 am | Permalink

    Hello. Everything works fine until bootsect.exe /nt60 f:. It just gives me the message “not recognizable”.

    What can I do?

  126. Faizan Ahmed
    Posted December 17, 2010 at 3:06 pm | Permalink

    There should be a whole process at a place that how to make a bootable USB.

  127. MARK
    Posted December 19, 2010 at 12:06 am | Permalink

    WinToFlash software is free and easy to use. I have created XP usb!

  128. Jugernaut
    Posted December 19, 2010 at 8:34 pm | Permalink

    Thankyou so much you are great. you are above all. it worked like a piece of cake.

  129. Ionut
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 1:57 am | Permalink

    When i write in cmd “CD: BOOT” it says: “The system cannot find the patch specified”. Help please.I`m using Vista.

  130. Navi
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

    Ionut type (cd boot) not (cd: boot) i hope u get it

  131. Dhananjay
    Posted December 25, 2010 at 12:56 pm | Permalink

    How 2 make bootable usb drive from image file ??

  132. naveen
    Posted December 25, 2010 at 1:34 pm | Permalink

    please tell me how to make non bootable USB from bootable.
    i created bootable usb and formatted it but now at the time of booting up my laptop if i have inserted that usb then it shows bootMGR missing error.
    so how to resolve this problem.

  133. thustha
    Posted December 28, 2010 at 1:58 pm | Permalink

    my 8GB flash not display in dispart.. can anyone help me regarding this…

  134. Rocket
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 3:16 am | Permalink

    thustha, I had the same issue. I would show in XP, but not in Diskpart. I plugged it into my Windows 7 workstation and it then showed in Diskpart.

  135. SUMEET
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 10:14 pm | Permalink

    thnks a tonn man..u saved my life…

  136. Posted January 5, 2011 at 12:48 am | Permalink

    thanks:)

  137. jat
    Posted January 5, 2011 at 10:14 am | Permalink

    the steps do work when followed but when booting from the usb, the default language is not english – it’s some funky character…,

    kalasha

  138. shivram
    Posted January 7, 2011 at 10:17 am | Permalink

    when i try to boot from the usb drive, windows 7 setup says unable to create/locate partition.

    PS- lenovo thinkpad U460 (netbook)

  139. Posted January 7, 2011 at 1:21 pm | Permalink

    when i hit the list disk there is no display usb number
    then how can i format and partition and make bootble plz guide me

  140. amandeep
    Posted January 9, 2011 at 5:56 pm | Permalink

    its not work on XP. dont waste time

  141. amandeep
    Posted January 9, 2011 at 5:59 pm | Permalink

    send me solution,, becoz, i want to try on to XP. plz

  142. amandeep
    Posted January 9, 2011 at 6:06 pm | Permalink

    Naveen,,, i have same error like u,,, actually matter is that,, Xp has no boot folder,,, if u try boot command on window 7, it will work,,,, so, xp has different folder of boot files, i dont know proper name, but may 1386.

  143. Posted January 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm | Permalink

    sendn me solution, brcoz, i want format my lappy form pen drive.

  144. S3ndo
    Posted January 10, 2011 at 5:19 pm | Permalink

    hey it says “THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED” I need help!!

  145. amandeep
    Posted January 10, 2011 at 5:36 pm | Permalink

    hey all frnds, we can also use some software than commands to make bootable..

  146. joey
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 4:41 am | Permalink

    If you simply want to put Win 7 on a USB, then use this tool. You will need an ISO. http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool

  147. manish
    Posted January 13, 2011 at 5:25 pm | Permalink

    how to install windows xp on windows7 & my writer cant work.plze help me.

  148. Neven
    Posted January 14, 2011 at 8:02 pm | Permalink

    Perfect, Thank you!!

  149. Alex
    Posted January 16, 2011 at 1:28 pm | Permalink

    Hi , I’m Alejandro and I’m mexican. I don’t speak very well english but it was very easy to follow your instructions. I’m very grateful becouse this works perfectly . thanks alot.

    Sorry if I’m wrong in my writing
    thanks again

  150. renzcarl
    Posted January 17, 2011 at 9:19 pm | Permalink

    THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in “CD BOOT”, my cd-drive is E: so i’ve done it correctly.. what am i gonna do?
    E:\>CD BOOT
    THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.
    exactly like this..

  151. avinash
    Posted January 17, 2011 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

    well, this is helpful for everybody. thanks

  152. gaurav
    Posted January 19, 2011 at 6:03 pm | Permalink

    how to make pen drive normal its speed is very slow

  153. barbituate
    Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:34 am | Permalink

    Worked like a champ. Ran into a couple hurdles, but finally got it working on Windows 7. Had to start the command prompt in Administrator Mode. And after going through the “diskpart”, my USB drive letter had changed from G: to H:, so I was of course getting an error with bootsect.exe when using the wrong drive letter.

    All good now. Thanks for the post!

  154. Arjun
    Posted January 27, 2011 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

    First of all Thx for this tutorial….
    btw who got error on last step please follow this step..

    1. Insert your USB stick into USB port (MUST be 4GB or higher).

    (Note: Backup the data on your USB drive as we are going to format it.)

    2. Open the Command Prompt: (follow steps listed below to do this)

    Go to Start Menu >

    All programs >

    Accessories >

    Right click on ‘Command Prompt’

    Select ‘Run as Administrator’

    3. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following command:

    DISKPART (hit enter)

    LIST DISK (hit enter)

    (Note: Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk numbers of all drives connected to your PC)

    4. In this step, enter all the below commands one by one and hit enter:

    SELECT DISK 1 (Replace “DISK 1? with your USB drive’s disk number, For example: If your usb is 4GB,
    and Disk 2 shows 4000mb disk size, type SELECT DISK 2, as that is your usb drive)
    CLEAN

    CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

    SELECT PARTITION 1

    ACTIVE

    FORMAT FS=FAT32 (Format process may take a few minutes, depending on the size of the USB drive)

    ASSIGN

    EXIT

    (Note: Don’t close the command prompt as we need it for the next step. Just minimize it)

    5. Insert your Windows DVD in the DVD drive.
    Note the drive letter of the DVD Drive and USB Drive.
    (Here I use “D” as my DVD drive letter and “F” as my USB drive letter)

    NOTE: Drive letters can be assigned or changed. In the start menu right click “Computer”,
    select “Manage”. A window will open. Select Disk Managment (Near the bottom of the list
    on the left side panel), Right click a drive to assign, change or remove the drive letter).

    6. Go back to command prompt window and execute the following commands:

    D: CD BOOT (Where D: is your DVD drive letter) And hit Enter.

    XCOPY D:\*.* /S/E/F F:\ (Where D: is your DVD drive, and F: is your USB Drive) And hit Enter.

    8. Wait for DVD contents to copy to USB.

    You are done with your bootable USB. You can now use this bootable USB as bootable DVD on any computer
    that comes with USB boot feature (most of the current motherboards support this feature).

    ———————————————————
    Other way is 2 simple software. just put source n destination path and ur bootable flash disk ready…

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/setupfromusb/files/v2.0.0.0/Setup%20from%20USB%20v2.0.0.0.exe/download

    http://wintoflash.com/download/en/

  155. tochi
    Posted January 30, 2011 at 8:06 pm | Permalink

    very good

  156. Leg3nd
    Posted January 31, 2011 at 6:05 pm | Permalink

    Ok for all the people that are following this tutorial, but still get an “access is denied” error…..MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLOSE OUT OF COMMAND PROMPT!!!!!! If you do then you lose your rights to write to that drive. You lose admin privileges. So when you hit “exit” and it says leaving diskpart, don’t close CMD. Then go onto the next step.

    I don’t know how many times I tried this before I figured out that by me closing the command prompt screen I was losing my privileges to write to that disk (usb)

    Hope this helps.

  157. Nabs
    Posted February 5, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Permalink

    How do I perform a bootable flash disk with multiple Operating system on it. Where I would have the chance to choose which Os I want to install a time?

  158. mohdnizam1971
    Posted February 9, 2011 at 6:17 am | Permalink

    i like to make usb live mode for windows like ubuntu or any os. is it real….help me plz..

  159. balbdr
    Posted February 11, 2011 at 7:37 pm | Permalink

    how to make usb drive unattanent

  160. Posted February 11, 2011 at 11:26 pm | Permalink

    this is better way to tell peoples about usb anad i hope u understand the better way of doing this Ok for all the people that are following this tutorial, but still get an “access is denied” error…..MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLOSE OUT OF COMMAND PROMPT!!!!!! If you do then you lose your rights to write to that drive. You lose admin privileges. So when you hit “exit” and it says leaving diskpart, don’t close CMD. Then go onto the next step

  161. Bidyut Roy
    Posted February 16, 2011 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

    THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in “CD BOOT”, my cd-drive is E: so i’ve done it correctly.. what am i gonna do?
    E:\>CD BOOT
    THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.
    exactly like this.

  162. kamran
    Posted February 16, 2011 at 10:44 pm | Permalink

    during said process to make usb bootable
    diskpart >clean was not successfull, after this usb can’t be formated and showing 0 kb properties.
    help me to save my usb

  163. ziggy
    Posted February 17, 2011 at 9:27 am | Permalink

    Can any one help me to creat a start up disc on cd or dvd…please note that i want it for windows xp

  164. vidhya shankar
    Posted February 20, 2011 at 5:29 pm | Permalink

    awsome i lie this trick and it works for vista & 7 too thanks for this tips and trick…

  165. Sandeep Akula
    Posted February 26, 2011 at 9:49 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for sharing the steps. Steps are illustrated in very good manner.

  166. robin
    Posted February 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm | Permalink

    hello i have a little problem in my pc when im formatting my computer in the stage of copying files it appears retry in a particular files like .ndll format or something i used different installer or CD’s i also try genuine windows xp and bootable USB but still it cannot copy files…thank you

  167. Kaja
    Posted March 2, 2011 at 3:26 am | Permalink

    god i hate my self.
    i am a noob at this but since i have nobody to help me i have to try to figur it out my self.
    turns out i did this guide on my stock hdd instead of the usb. so now i lost 100+ gb files.
    Is there no way to get it back?

  168. Lotvik
    Posted March 3, 2011 at 3:41 am | Permalink

    Thanks a lot! Very good guide and a very good result :)

  169. Manish
    Posted March 9, 2011 at 7:40 am | Permalink

    I want to know when i type cmd cd boot then why displaying system can not define the specified path. While everything is ok drive letter. I have use windows7 ultimate os to make bootable usb.plz send step by step cmd which i could make succeed usb.
    Regards
    manish
    pgdca from polytechnic

  170. Hash_master
    Posted March 13, 2011 at 1:25 am | Permalink

    I can’t be the only 1 with this error

    ###so when I enter###
    FORMAT FS=NTFS

    ###I get this###
    Virtual Disk Service error:
    A concurrent second call is made on an object before the first is completed.

  171. Hash_master
    Posted March 13, 2011 at 1:33 am | Permalink

    it was completing and the process got stopped now that error comes up

  172. Hash_master
    Posted March 13, 2011 at 1:49 am | Permalink

    alright cool I got it started I used disk utility and erased. So there probably a program that does that for windows, shouldn’t DISKPART do that?? any ways problem solved

  173. gaurav
    Posted March 13, 2011 at 12:39 pm | Permalink

    my dvd drive is not working i have the windows 7 file in my harddisk and in my pen drive how to proceed after step 5.
    plzzz help.
    thanks

  174. Gurveen
    Posted March 15, 2011 at 10:32 am | Permalink

    Hi All,

    it is working fine just you need to right click on CMD of start button and start DOS as Administrator.

    Rest follow steps initially mentioned in this thread nothing else is required.

  175. E
    Posted March 20, 2011 at 10:16 pm | Permalink

    Thank you so much! I tried forever to find detailed instructions like these! Worked flawlessly for my little netbook. THANK YOU!

  176. JS
    Posted March 22, 2011 at 5:52 am | Permalink

    i have win 7 i had done all commands step by step in last BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 G: after this command i received message

    ‘BOOTSECT.EXE’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable programe or batch file.

    Plz give me solution…….

  177. David Riley
    Posted March 23, 2011 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    The bootsect.exe is all down to opening com prompt in administrator

  178. Frosty
    Posted March 27, 2011 at 10:48 pm | Permalink

    Quickest and easiest way I’ve found is to download/install UltraISO. Open the ISO(ISO being an image of the disc) and choose write to disc option. Choose you’re USB stick and you good to go. Nothing better then WIN7 install from USB.

  179. Usman
    Posted March 30, 2011 at 1:04 pm | Permalink

    thank you dear it’ realey works very well

    i have one more question can i run ghost from my USB drive

    and can i install multi os from one usb..

    thank’s again

  180. Max
    Posted April 3, 2011 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

    Great posts – sorted me out perfectly – thanks

  181. Chachki
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 10:03 am | Permalink

    WinToFlash is actually a piece of shit program. I tried using it and it ran through the wizard and did absolutely nothing other than attempting to load ads the entire time. Garbage program.

  182. Jay
    Posted April 7, 2011 at 10:07 am | Permalink

    I m not able to find my usb drive in list disk.

  183. sonu
    Posted April 12, 2011 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.
    PLZ GIVE ME SOLUTION IF ANYBODY HAVE ONE pls help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  184. Paul
    Posted April 12, 2011 at 7:14 pm | Permalink

    Does anyone know how to fix my problem with a HP notepad (windows XP), that has a corrupt config.sys.

    When powering up the system fails with a config.sys read error, as the notepad does not have a floppy drive, I assume the only thing I can do to correct the corrupt or missing file is to use the USB port, but not sure how to do this.

  185. Posted April 15, 2011 at 4:05 am | Permalink

    Hi i am using XP to make a Bootable USB to install Vista, and found this program to be useful:
    http://wintoflash.com/download/version-0-7-0009/ftp-1/

  186. zvezddy
    Posted April 15, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

    i’ve tried this open CMD then write diskpart-list disk but …i’ve got only the message
    DISKPART> list disk
    Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn gpt
    ——— ——- ——- —— —- —-
    Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B

    the CMD can’t find my USB flash drive .. :(
    please help

  187. alphaz
    Posted April 17, 2011 at 10:03 pm | Permalink

    thank you for this wonderful article, it worked perfectly.

  188. Posted April 19, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Permalink

    I want to know how can I boot cd.
    How can I install window in the PC.

  189. pramodh
    Posted April 20, 2011 at 6:20 pm | Permalink

    I ve tried this is not working…
    Directly copy the file,.
    Then it will work..

  190. RyanXTREME
    Posted April 21, 2011 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    Actually, it’s not FORMAT FS=NTFS, it’s Fomat FS NTFS

  191. RyanXTREME
    Posted April 21, 2011 at 4:39 pm | Permalink

    Even though my last comment said you did make a mistake, GREAT WEBSITE!

  192. RyanXTREME
    Posted April 21, 2011 at 4:43 pm | Permalink

    Dear zvezddy,
    I had that same thing happen to me. I had to use my FOOT to push it into the USB slot on my computer… CMD PROMT RECOGNIZES ANY USB FLSH DRIVE!

  193. ShyamMayan
    Posted April 21, 2011 at 4:54 pm | Permalink

    Ya its working thanks for ur post keep post like this

  194. carol
    Posted April 26, 2011 at 11:11 pm | Permalink

    Swordfish, you call Sunny a retard, but aren’t you are the retard who couldn’t make a bootable USB?

    so STFU

  195. blatz
    Posted May 10, 2011 at 5:26 am | Permalink

    tnx…nice tutorial
    just do what’s in the instruction
    it worked perfectly for me

  196. Dygi
    Posted May 12, 2011 at 12:03 am | Permalink

    Great tutorial. I’ve spent whole day to find this simple line, that creates correct MBR bootable block. Thanks a lot!

  197. amster
    Posted May 17, 2011 at 1:46 pm | Permalink

    everythng just happens to work out

  198. Posted May 18, 2011 at 4:21 am | Permalink

    Bootable USB flash drive for Windows Vista and Windows 7 isn’t all that tricky, but it’s always nice to find an app that simplifies things. Not only does WinToFlash make the process about as easy as it can get, but it can also create Windows XP, Server 2003, and Server 2008 installers.
    Download WinToFlash & Carry on.

  199. Posted May 19, 2011 at 12:10 am | Permalink

    It really works ! Installed Win XP, 7 with no problems. Thank a lot !
    Badly it won’t work if you are on Windows XP. Do you know any workaround ?

  200. S.A.M.
    Posted May 24, 2011 at 8:03 am | Permalink

    Won’t copying all the files from the windows dvd just make it a usb with windows 7 installation on it?

  201. admin
    Posted May 24, 2011 at 8:13 am | Permalink

    @S.A.M

    You can’t create a bootable USB by just copying the DVD files to USB.

  202. migs
    Posted May 28, 2011 at 9:54 am | Permalink

    i have error in D:\CD BOOT “access denied” i’m creating bootable windows Xp pro SP3 please help!

  203. can
    Posted May 28, 2011 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

    Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much!!

  204. Posted May 29, 2011 at 10:12 pm | Permalink

    this is great to make bootable pan drive…. install win to flash from cnet download and then run the programme…. at last the result you want

  205. Anil Arya
    Posted June 3, 2011 at 1:58 pm | Permalink

    Great it’s really working !!!

  206. Posted June 4, 2011 at 11:24 pm | Permalink

    in which interface is it easier to create abootable flash disk,using command line interface or using third party programs?
    Explain briefly.

  207. niloofar
    Posted June 5, 2011 at 1:25 am | Permalink

    hey ,
    it did not work

  208. Shree
    Posted June 8, 2011 at 11:38 pm | Permalink

    TO “sonu
    Posted April 12, 2011 at 2:56 pm | Permalink

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.

    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.
    PLZ GIVE ME SOLUTION IF ANYBODY HAVE ONE pls help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee”
    I had the same problem. I am running windows 7. RIght clik CMD and click “run as administrator” and rerun the bootsect commands.

  209. Bo
    Posted June 10, 2011 at 10:01 pm | Permalink

    @Vidura , to solve the “could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied” problem run cmd as administrator

  210. Mohammed Khan
    Posted June 11, 2011 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    how to inesrt usb?

  211. naveen
    Posted June 17, 2011 at 1:17 am | Permalink

    Hi, I did everything as per the process, and when i finished everything , my USB drive has converted into a read only!

    there is no switch, and I am using windows 7.

  212. bhawani
    Posted June 25, 2011 at 9:22 am | Permalink

    hey frndss there r trick to make bootable usb for 7 & vista
    run cmd as administrator then chanhe the path to boot folder for bootsect command
    type this
    bootsect /nt60 destination drive latter /force
    eg:= bootsect /nt60 k: /force

  213. vin
    Posted June 29, 2011 at 2:49 pm | Permalink

    its just great man.
    i liked ur tutorial please keep doin such efforts
    if u hav nay forum please let me know
    daily i hav new query regardin computer

    thanks a lot

  214. Jane
    Posted June 30, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Permalink

    It works beautifully, thanks a lot! :)

  215. santu halder
    Posted June 30, 2011 at 5:37 pm | Permalink

    sir,is this same procedure to make windows xp?pls sir reply me as early as possible.

  216. admin
    Posted July 1, 2011 at 8:18 am | Permalink

    This procedure only for Vista and Windows 7. Doesn’t work for XP.

  217. sopha.pheng
    Posted July 1, 2011 at 9:01 am | Permalink

    hi all I want to ask all of you 1 question who have strategy to make bootble usb with window xp3 who can make please help me and send mail to me thank

  218. Muhammad uzammil
    Posted July 16, 2011 at 12:05 pm | Permalink

    Dear All,

    Recently I tried the above mentioned method to make USB bootable and really it worked. Before this I tried different method but unable to do. I installed W7 on my desktop pc and in last Thanks for the useful info.

    Regards,

    Muhammad Muzammil

  219. BBB
    Posted July 16, 2011 at 8:14 pm | Permalink

    CMD.exe doesn’t find my USB device, although Explorer sees it, there are no important files on in anymore, and i can easyly write and read to this device.
    What to do? I REALLY need a bootable USB device for my Acer netbook!

  220. Darky
    Posted July 18, 2011 at 4:53 am | Permalink

    I did exactly as said, but i always get “Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk and press enter” error whenever its plugged in. I have Ubuntu installed, it shouldn’t be causing any errors.

  221. Imran
    Posted July 24, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Permalink

    guys my DVD player is not working and i want to copy file from F drive to USB after make it a bootable… which command should i hit….

  222. RAKESH
    Posted July 25, 2011 at 9:30 am | Permalink

    pls anybody tell how to make a windows xp bootable usb?

  223. GAUTAM
    Posted August 12, 2011 at 10:20 am | Permalink

    cn we make bootable usb for XP as win7 and vista?
    how?

  224. pfondevilla
    Posted August 15, 2011 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

    what do i do if the windows recovery that i want to put in to the usb is in 2 disks? do i put in to the same usb?

  225. Nicolas
    Posted August 24, 2011 at 9:03 pm | Permalink

    Aweeeeesome tut ! It works perfectly fine here. Thank you sir !

  226. Sandesh
    Posted August 25, 2011 at 11:31 am | Permalink

    Tq admin. I’m trying it rite nw. I’ll leave cment when i’m done.

  227. Rene
    Posted August 28, 2011 at 4:53 pm | Permalink

    how i can do same thing without cd/dvd from my computer OS ? i dont have at the moment my windows cd/dvd and need make bootable usb stick, need help. can i do it without cd/dvd from my laptop OS ?

  228. yeelin
    Posted August 29, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Permalink

    thank so………..

  229. Booyah
    Posted September 3, 2011 at 7:22 am | Permalink

    Just as an FYI… when installing Windows 7 from a USB3 Port / Controller such as Renesas like on my XPS 15 L502X and using this method with Windows 7, the Windows installer boots fine but cannot find the USB Stick’s after it boots (complains it needs a driver before install).

    If using a USB2 Stick – get the USB3 drivers (get them from Dell XPS 15 L502X Drivers Site, extract them), put the “Files” folder on a CD or DVD, and select the “x64″ or “x86″ folder when searching for a driver to install. You need to uncheck “Hide Drivers Not Compatible with my machine” so that you can see the USB2 Host Controller (if using USB2 storage stick). Select USB2 Driver, and the install will continue (it will find the USB Stick again).

    Best of luck!

  230. Bilal
    Posted September 12, 2011 at 12:07 am | Permalink

    Guys For all those who are facing “Access Denied” problem; they must Run CMD as an “Administrator” by right clicking and then clicking it as and “administrator” your problem will be solved after following the Steps mentioned in the tutorial.
    Simple solution and awesome tutorial.
    Thank u

  231. wziadi
    Posted September 12, 2011 at 9:32 am | Permalink

    thanks a lot it WORKS ^_^

  232. Rob Dil
    Posted September 15, 2011 at 3:15 am | Permalink

    Thank you! Just used my 32 GB Thumb to install the 4.83 GB Windows 8 Preview with Developer Tools.

  233. RonaldEron
    Posted September 23, 2011 at 11:24 am | Permalink

    what about windows 8 beta? I had this software and i want to install it on my netbook… and i want to use my usb to install it. Is this tutorial can also work to windows 8?

  234. SUEZ CANAL
    Posted September 26, 2011 at 12:11 am | Permalink

    thanks for your useful info
    i have copy my xp cd to my flash and it work

  235. Amit
    Posted September 27, 2011 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the information, i like step provided by you. i appreciate this, but why not XP?

  236. PANCHAL
    Posted September 29, 2011 at 2:01 pm | Permalink

    hi gys
    i found that the in intalling windows xp thas not showing yout pendrive in list disk but u type “list volmume” then y show your pendrive & after u select that but u cant active it !!!

    how can i create a bootable pendrive without any third party software ?
    HELP !! HELP !!HELP !!

  237. The Dude
    Posted October 3, 2011 at 2:35 am | Permalink

    Thanks worked absolutely spot on. I used yours and sobaixu updates and well pleased. Thanks again.

  238. SmaRkieS
    Posted October 5, 2011 at 1:51 am | Permalink

    for those having problem with this guide, you can use the WinToFlash program, which is more dumb friendly UI.

  239. naval
    Posted October 15, 2011 at 10:57 am | Permalink

    i lick this camand

  240. gushan
    Posted October 26, 2011 at 2:12 pm | Permalink

    please guide me that how to make usb bootable disk with the help of windows 7 copy file.It is urgent

  241. segni
    Posted November 4, 2011 at 9:07 pm | Permalink

    how can i break the password of my mobile by using computer
    and please show me the way to do so

  242. Shambhu Shikaree
    Posted November 10, 2011 at 6:36 pm | Permalink

    I was able t create bootable USB as per given TUT. How can we format this USB back to normal once finished work with it. I tried formating but has not worked. Please let know if any one knows…

  243. ALOK
    Posted November 18, 2011 at 10:28 pm | Permalink

    i would to know that if i forget my laptop password. then how i open my p.c. again. i am currently using window-7 .

  244. Ayoub Gdah
    Posted November 20, 2011 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for saving my life.
    There is one typo
    E:CD BOOT should be E: CD BOOT

  245. Shaik Khasim Saida
    Posted November 25, 2011 at 5:22 pm | Permalink

    Hello sir. I have TOSHIBA Satellite A135-S4527, Home Vista laptop. But I am instal Windows xp2 with booting usb stik. Please help me. how it make.

  246. Vlad Alexandru
    Posted November 29, 2011 at 12:30 am | Permalink

    It works great !
    Thanks!

  247. nihar ranjan jena
    Posted November 30, 2011 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

    In windows xp operating system by using list disk command in diskpart its only show disk 0 whis is mu H.D.D but not show pendrine Disk 1 but its show in windows 7 Disk 1 in list disk command

  248. nihar ranjan jena
    Posted November 30, 2011 at 3:53 pm | Permalink

    In windows xp operating system i’ve tried this open CMD then write diskpart-list disk but …i’ve got only the message
    DISKPART> list disk
    Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn gpt
    ——— ——- ——- —— —- —-
    Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B

    the CMD can’t find my USB flash drive ..
    please help

    Disk 1 in list disk command

  249. ajay
    Posted December 1, 2011 at 3:08 am | Permalink

    mount any image file(window 7,vista only) to powerIso or on other software and plug your usb drive then follow these steps…..

    start>run>cmd

    in the cmd window…..

    go to path of the mounted image drive(means source of the file)
    LIKE-> k:

    enter in the mounted drive and type…..

    boot\bootsect /nt60 [destination or usb drive name with colon]

    it will show the message that your drive is selected as boot mgr and access denied kind of error, ignore these things…..

    Now, copy all the files of the mounted drive(window file) to the usb drive. your usb is ready to install window.

  250. PRABAL
    Posted December 2, 2011 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Hi there,

    I have Toshiba XP satellite. Vista capability.
    The DVD/CD rom is not working. So I wanted to try WinToFlash to install from USB. However, on the DOS, there is not option for USB booting. I could see only CD, LAN, HDD, FFD.

    Please help.
    Desperately need to install XP.

    Thanks.

  251. tdavis635
    Posted December 7, 2011 at 5:35 am | Permalink

    Thank you very much! I followed your instructions and it worked like a charm!

  252. piey
    Posted December 10, 2011 at 7:53 pm | Permalink

    i’m trying xp bootsect.exe /nt52 to usb… when booting it’s say ntldr missing…. i have ntldr in /i386,,,, guide me how

  253. cracker5901
    Posted December 17, 2011 at 3:21 am | Permalink

    It is more reliable for typical users not to use this guide, it is much simpler with right clicks.also faster, as the format process from the command line is very slow.

  254. ManuTheMan
    Posted December 17, 2011 at 7:24 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the tutorial ;)
    I used it to make a bootable drive for firmware for my SSDs.

  255. harshit kedia
    Posted December 18, 2011 at 11:16 pm | Permalink

    thanks for giving such useful information about usb…

  256. Atta
    Posted December 19, 2011 at 1:03 am | Permalink

    Hi.

    My laptop did not have a CD/DVD drive, so I was required to install Win 7 from a USB. I bought I new HD as well.

    I followed the steps in the tutorial above and I successfully managed to install Win 7 on my new Hard Drive.

    I thank you for this tutorial.

    Atta

  257. denson
    Posted December 28, 2011 at 7:45 pm | Permalink

    @arefiqrc

    Better yet, get an .iso from the Windows version you like and mount it with a tool like Daemon-Tools or Gizmo

  258. jemok
    Posted December 29, 2011 at 4:23 am | Permalink

    thanks for the post it works great for me, i really appreciate it

  259. Gabo
    Posted December 29, 2011 at 9:09 am | Permalink

    This tutorial sucks, download Novicorp WinToFlash its all automated.
    Cheers!

  260. UK_Bob
    Posted December 30, 2011 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

    How can I make this a bootable USB if I don’t have a WIN7 DVD? My OS was on the p.c but no DVD was supplied.

  261. Abba
    Posted December 31, 2011 at 9:50 am | Permalink

    I HAVE ISO IMAGE ON DESKTOP DO I EXRACT IT TO BOOTABLE FLASH DRIVE OR JUST PLACE IT THERE?

  262. Alex
    Posted January 6, 2012 at 10:50 pm | Permalink

    Many thanks for this tutorial. It works perfectly. I also tried it using a USB HDD with SBS2008/11. Again perfect results. Takes a bit of time to format the drive so the smaller the drive the better. Sorry about some of the comments. The IT industry seems to spawn ungrateful tossers. Keep up the good work.

  263. TED
    Posted January 11, 2012 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    can not xcopy to fin can u help, my cd is E my USB is G thanks

  264. sirchQuafi
    Posted January 19, 2012 at 9:33 am | Permalink

    Worked perfectly! Nice author!

  265. Ahaan
    Posted January 21, 2012 at 6:25 pm | Permalink

    Hey I was just looking around in Bios and found that if you continue in burn in mode in bios,YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR USB FROM ANY SIZE TO 8GB OR 16GB.It also works on Processor-means that you can even increase your processor from 2.80GHz to 12GHz.Hope will help anyone!!!

  266. Suman kumar singh
    Posted January 24, 2012 at 8:00 am | Permalink

    I’ve tried your trick yet. But i’ll going to try.its sound good. Also tell me that is again pendrive previous way. and also tell me the step for again storing data in my pendrive. Plz send ur suggestion on my mail.

  267. BPS
    Posted January 28, 2012 at 12:42 pm | Permalink

    Gr8 Tutorial,Thanks Man. i got succes by trring first time.

  268. Armand
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    there is one nasty mistake in guide wich made me a lot trbl.

    D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

    correct is D: CD BOOT
    (space after D:)

  269. fahad
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    May God bless you… One of the chronic problem of notebooks is solved by you… Thanks a lot dude!

  270. Sb Dewan
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 4:05 pm | Permalink

    bootsect.exe/nt60 this step doesnot work for me

  271. ankitdixit
    Posted January 30, 2012 at 7:26 pm | Permalink

    i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (H being my usb drive letter)
    response from the cmd prmpt TARGET VOLUMES WILL BE UPDATED WITH BOOTMGR COMPATIBLE BOOTCODE.
    COULD NOT MAP DRIVE PARTITIONS TO THE ASSOCIATED VOLUME DEVICE OBJECTS:
    ACCESS IS DENIED.

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