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Posted May 30, 2009 1:21 pm in: Uncategorized
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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.
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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
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Dont 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)
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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Sunny
Posted May 30, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
In my experience, we dont 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 plugnboot. 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
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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.
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And thanks for the tutorial.
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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 wont work with XP do you mean: a.) If youre on a PC running Windows XP and youre trying to make a USB Installation drive to install XP/Vista/7/whatever. or do you mean b.) If youre trying to create a USB Installation drive to install XP. Eh?
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Arun
Posted July 16, 2009 at 2:04 pm | Permalink
If you are using Windows XP, try BOOTSECT.EXE /NT52 H:
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arefiqrc
Posted August 4, 2009 at 4:19 pm | Permalink
How to insert windows dvd on optical drive while im using netbook?? didt not have dvd drives
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admin
@arefiqrc IF you are on netbook, get the image of Windows and then extract it.
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Ivo
Posted September 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Permalink
This is a great tut man, thanks a lot !
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sri
Posted October 16, 2009 at 1:04 pm | Permalink
thats the way
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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
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Mushy
Very good.. Worked straight up.. last line not needed for windows 7..
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bachan singh
plz give me slids of make bootable usb pen drive
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Hawksie
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
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admin
@ Hawksie Its 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/
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HALO
Posted November 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
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Mehul
How to make my bootable USB to normal.
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Mehul
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
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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
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jonas
format f: /fs:ntfs /q
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lelmel sumpter
bootsect.exe not found
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Ommni
Yep thats what I got as well. bootsect.exe not found.
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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?
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gugu_gatal
its work, only for windows vista & 7
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paul
Posted December 3, 2009 at 1:14 am | Permalink
works at teat
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paul
sorry treat
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Petterman
Well done, works exactly as described. Ive been looking around for this type of information for a few hours. Found this and im happily installing 2k3, 2k8, 2k8R2 on servers by plugging in my usb. Thank you!
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veta
Try unebootin. Sorry but this is for linux. Every distributions supported . By.
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zico
worked like a charm. thanks dude
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kaim
can i install xp without optical drive support?????????? means using usb with windows
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files??????
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admin
@Kaim Of course, you can install XP from USB. But note that this guide is only for Vista and 7.
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kartik
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.
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Jitendra
Hi, Can u let me know,how can i install xp from USB.Please suggest how can do it. Thanks & Regards Jitendra Kumar
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Rakesh
Ya its working for windows 7 Can anyone say me how to make a cd bootable in a similar way
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Matthew
Posted January 9, 2010 at 4:59 am | Permalink
I found a utility called WinToFlash that works well. wintoflash.com/home/en/
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Zeb Sanders
How to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows xp
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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 heres 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 drives 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)
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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: Dont 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).
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Sobaixu
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-forwindows-xp-vista-7-with-wint/
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tvshub
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 theres 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 youre not cool.
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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?
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martin
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
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martin
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
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bhavin
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i use vista basic. i want to run xp in my usb. can any one help me?
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Tonmoy
Posted March 17, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
Thanks man, It was perfect.
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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
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Montezz
Posted April 1, 2010 at 6:46 am | Permalink
This is some excellent tech writing, thanks for the clear instructions, worked great
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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??
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Roman
Posted May 3, 2010 at 6:25 am | Permalink
Thank You Very Very Much for this Information!! your the best!!
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jebasimon
Ill Like this
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SANDEEP PACHAURY
BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 J: IS NOT WORKING IN MY SYSTEM.
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Roman
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!!
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Roman
WILL THIS WORK FOR BOOTING XP OR XP HAS DIFFERENT BOOT COMMANDS?? PLZ HELP!!!
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Kamran Khan
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-forwindows-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 computers 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
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ironman
how can i install xp onto a usb to make it bootable
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Scott
@Vidura : did you get an answer to http://www.intowindows.com/bootableusb/#comment-4441 ? Im 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.
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Pedram
Thank you very much,good job!
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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
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Chaz
This also works to install Windows 2008 Server products. Thanks for a great Tutorial!
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guard
Hi,
I was looking for an option to boot from USB as my laptops 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.
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admin
@ Guard Of course, you can format it and use it as a normal USB drive.
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Darian
Posted August 20, 2010 at 5:21 am | Permalink
Great tutorial!! Simple and efficient, thanks.
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aion
hellothanx 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
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JB
hi, i dont have any windows dvd what i suppose to do now?
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zee
To JB, its quite simple; you go and get yourself onelike, gasp, buying one!!
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windows hate
i hate this fucking shit because it dont 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!!!
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javed
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thanks dude.thank you for this information
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rose
My cd drive not working but I need to install xp then what can I do
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JB
Posted September 4, 2010 at 8:30 am | Permalink
zee, thanks for that but i dont know where to buy..
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yash
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..
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noddy
out of all the methods iv tried this is the best! thumps up
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Microbe
I really like the copyrighted screenshots LOL. Why are people so precious about such stuff when they likely have borrowed stuff themselves. Its a screenshot dammitwhy would you think YOUR screenshot is so special that no one can replicate it. sigh
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Octavian Iancu
Thanks a lot, great tut
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Sultan Ahmad
Thanks Sobaixu! it really works
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Selvan
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
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Fredo
Hello everyone, I had already read something like this before and everytime Ive read this sort of tutorial, its always ambiguous Basically, here youre 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 everyones time and wasting bandwidth!!!
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Gamer
Perfect, worked great, thank you!!
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Rajesh KW
is their any Software which Format USB disks to Bootables..!?
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conrad77
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
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RRG
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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..
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nouman
i have my personal data in my usb but it has been deleted can any one tell me how to recover.
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Roger
@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
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k1ngkhan
everybody pls use this software wintoflash is better
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salman
how to install bootable usb xp? how can i make?
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KERED
Thank you. great tut. will refer friends and enemies alike to you post.
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shubhajeet naik
hi, it happend. but now i cant boot from cd drive. can u please tell how to make my laptop defaule cd bootable
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Dan
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!!!
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palash
plese give me tips how to make bootable pendrive which will be install xp or other windows
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palash
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.
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kamal
great tutsharing is caring
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Jingoman
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?
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Luis
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 Ill have to
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type this: bootsect.exe /nt60 K: probably thats why we can get that error message Greetings
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Ahak
Not working for me its not showing usb in list
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yasir
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?
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piyush
my dvd writer is not working.how can install 7 ultimate from usb.
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Cro Hacker
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
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NPP
Youre the BEST, buddy! This tutorial was just what i needed cos my DVD Drives 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!
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Zzz
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 doesnt recognize it and BOOTSECT.EXE doesnt appear. Note: Transitioning from Vista to XP. Please, guide if u can.
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Bartlomiej Puls
could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied Run cmd as Administrator it WILL work.
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Tiger
Thank you!!! Perfect!!!
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Ron Vantomme
Just use Universal USB installer v1.7.9 It makes any iso bootable,on your usb drive.
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dvhirst
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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.
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vinod
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
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Partho
This is not for me. It dose not show disk list.
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SIKKU
My USB stick is not showing up as a DISK. PLZ HELP ME MY MAIL
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Peter
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.
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durai raj.p
pls sent step by step create the usb boot disk in windows xp .
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durai raj.p
how to configur the usb bootdisk in windows xp
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durai raj.p
how to create usb boot disk in windows xp
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Azeem
Its a very nice description by the way and works good. though i have a suggestioni.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..Thanksbest of luck
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Rolf
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!
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Ashish Sharma
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)
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SHAILENDRA KUMAR
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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PLZ GIVE ME SOLUTION IF ANYBODY HAVE ONE>>>>>>>>>
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pradip
how to do this with windows xp.
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Maddy
Thanks Guys
You guys rock
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Azad
Hi, I think you cant use assign command without selecting volume. What i did before assigning is hitting the following commandsLIST VOLUME SELECT VOLUME # (volume number of usb drive) ASSIGN
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BRijesh
can any body tell me, how to make win 7 dvd bootable ,manually. i hv data dvd which doesnt boot.
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Arpita
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?
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Mustansar Ramzan
how to make kingston usb
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Arpita
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..
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karim nassser
Hey guys, Can it be possible to boot win 2000?
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Abdulqadir
its not showing my usb in list disk. wat to do
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l0stb3ta
@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 isnt 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 onealthough, Im not sure if any hardware that can only run Windows 2000 is able to boot from USB. I could be wrong, though.
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polo89
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 ?
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polo89
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?
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Carl
*** 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.)
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azahar
thanks man. it worked for me.
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Martin
Hello. Everything works fine until bootsect.exe /nt60 f:. It just gives me the message not recognizable. What can I do?
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Faizan Ahmed
There should be a whole process at a place that how to make a bootable USB.
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MARK
WinToFlash software is free and easy to use. I have created XP usb!
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Jugernaut
Thankyou so much you are great. you are above all. it worked like a piece of cake.
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Ionut
When i write in cmd CD: BOOT it says: The system cannot find the patch specified. Help please.I`m using Vista.
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Navi
Ionut type (cd boot) not (cd: boot) i hope u get it
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Dhananjay
How 2 make bootable usb drive from image file ??
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naveen
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.
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thustha
my 8GB flash not display in dispart.. can anyone help me regarding this
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Rocket
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.
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SUMEET
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thnks a tonn man..u saved my life
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Dishank
thanks:)
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jat
the steps do work when followed but when booting from the usb, the default language is not english its some funky character, kalasha
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shivram
when i try to boot from the usb drive, windows 7 setup says unable to create/locate partition. PS- lenovo thinkpad U460 (netbook)
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rukhsad
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
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amandeep
its not work on XP. dont waste time
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amandeep
send me solution,, becoz, i want to try on to XP. plz
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amandeep
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.
ghaitanya
sendn me solution, brcoz, i want format my lappy form pen drive.
144.
S3ndo
hey it says THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED I need help!!
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amandeep
hey all frnds, we can also use some software than commands to make bootable..
146.
joey
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
how to install windows xp on windows7 & my writer cant work.plze help me.
148.
Neven
Perfect, Thank you!!
149.
Alex
Hi , Im Alejandro and Im mexican. I dont speak very well english but it was very easy to follow your instructions. Im very grateful becouse this works perfectly . thanks alot. Sorry if Im wrong in my writing thanks again
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renzcarl
THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in CD BOOT, my cd-drive is E: so ive done it correctly.. what am i gonna do? E:\>CD BOOT THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED. exactly like this..
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avinash
well, this is helpful for everybody. thanks
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gaurav
how to make pen drive normal its speed is very slow
153.
barbituate
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!
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Arjun
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 drives 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
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(Note: Dont 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/
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tochi
very good
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Leg3nd
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, dont close CMD. Then go onto the next step. I dont 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
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
i like to make usb live mode for windows like ubuntu or any os. is it real.help me plz..
159.
balbdr
how to make usb drive unattanent
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ASAD YAHYA
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, dont close CMD. Then go onto the next step
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Bidyut Roy
THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED.. this sentence shows every time i type in CD BOOT, my cd-drive is E: so ive done it correctly.. what am i gonna do? E:\>CD BOOT THE SYSTEM CANNOT FIND THE PATH SPECIFIED. exactly like this.
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162.
kamran
during said process to make usb bootable diskpart >clean was not successfull, after this usb cant be formated and showing 0 kb properties. help me to save my usb
163.
ziggy
Can any one help me to creat a start up disc on cd or dvdplease note that i want it for windows xp
164.
vidhya shankar
awsome i lie this trick and it works for vista & 7 too thanks for this tips and trick
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Sandeep Akula
Thanks for sharing the steps. Steps are illustrated in very good manner.
166.
robin
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 CDs i also try genuine windows xp and bootable USB but still it cannot copy filesthank you
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Kaja
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
Thanks a lot! Very good guide and a very good result
169.
Manish
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
I cant 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.
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Hash_master
it was completing and the process got stopped now that error comes up
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Hash_master
alright cool I got it started I used disk utility and erased. So there probably a program that does that for windows, shouldnt DISKPART do that?? any ways problem solved
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gaurav
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
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Gurveen
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.
Thank you so much! I tried forever to find detailed instructions like these! Worked flawlessly for my little netbook. THANK YOU!
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JS
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.
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David Riley
The bootsect.exe is all down to opening com prompt in administrator
178.
Frosty
Quickest and easiest way Ive found is to download/install UltraISO. Open the ISO(ISO being an image of the disc) and choose write to disc option. Choose youre USB stick and you good to go. Nothing better then WIN7 install from USB.
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Usman
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.. thanks again
180.
Max
Great posts sorted me out perfectly thanks
181.
Chachki
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
I m not able to find my usb drive in list disk.
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sonu
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
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Paul
Does anyone know how to fix my problem with a HP notepad (windows XP), that has a corrupt config.sys.
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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.
Killabigk
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
ive tried this open CMD then write diskpart-list disk but ive got only the message DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn gpt - - - Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B the CMD cant find my USB flash drive .. please help
187.
alphaz
thank you for this wonderful article, it worked perfectly.
188.
MOHAMMAD ISTIKHAR
I want to know how can I boot cd. How can I install window in the PC.
189.
pramodh
I ve tried this is not working Directly copy the file,. Then it will work..
190.
RyanXTREME
Actually, its not FORMAT FS=NTFS, its Fomat FS NTFS
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RyanXTREME
Even though my last comment said you did make a mistake, GREAT WEBSITE!
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RyanXTREME
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
Ya its working thanks for ur post keep post like this
194.
carol
Swordfish, you call Sunny a retard, but arent you are the retard who couldnt make a bootable USB? so STFU
195.
Phil
Thank you
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alpaviram
Thanx for cooporation,it being useful for me. Alpaviram
197.
mahdi
i dont have lectur dvd il like install win xp i have win xp iso haw to insttal win xp iso for
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Rohit
i tried all the above steps and worked perfectly fine except the last step BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 I: (I 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
199.
blatz
tnxnice tutorial just do whats in the instruction it worked perfectly for me
200.
Dygi
Great tutorial. Ive spent whole day to find this simple line, that creates correct MBR bootable block. Thanks a lot!
201.
amster
everythng just happens to work out
202.
Fardeen
Bootable USB flash drive for Windows Vista and Windows 7 isnt all that tricky, but its 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.
203.
Alecs
It really works ! Installed Win XP, 7 with no problems. Thank a lot ! Badly it wont work if you are on Windows XP. Do you know any workaround ?
204.
S.A.M.
Wont copying all the files from the windows dvd just make it a usb with windows 7 installation on it?
205.
admin
@S.A.M You cant create a bootable USB by just copying the DVD files to USB.
206.
migs
i have error in D:\CD BOOT access denied im creating bootable windows Xp pro SP3 please help!
207.
can
Awesome tutorial! Thank you very much!!
208.
vishal kumar
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
209.
Anil Arya
Great its really working !!!
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Ahmed Ali
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in which interface is it easier to create abootable flash disk,using command line interface or using third party programs? Explain briefly.
211.
niloofar
hey , it did not work
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Shree
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.
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Bo
@Vidura , to solve the could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: access is denied problem run cmd as administrator
214.
Mohammed Khan
how to inesrt usb?
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naveen
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.
216.
bhawani
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
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vin
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
218.
Jane
It works beautifully, thanks a lot!
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santu halder
sir,is this same procedure to make windows xp?pls sir reply me as early as possible.
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admin
This procedure only for Vista and Windows 7. Doesnt work for XP.
221.
sopha.pheng
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
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Muhammad uzammil
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
223.
BBB
CMD.exe doesnt 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!
224.
Darky
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 shouldnt be causing any errors.
225.
Imran
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.
226.
RAKESH
pls anybody tell how to make a windows xp bootable usb?
227.
GAUTAM
cn we make bootable usb for XP as win7 and vista? how?
228.
pfondevilla
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?
229.
Nicolas
Aweeeeesome tut ! It works perfectly fine here. Thank you sir !
230.
Sandesh
Tq admin. Im trying it rite nw. Ill leave cment when im done.
231.
Rene
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 ?
232.
yeelin
thank so..
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Booyah
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 Sticks 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).
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234.
Bilal
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
235.
wziadi
thanks a lot it WORKS ^_^
236.
Rob Dil
Thank you! Just used my 32 GB Thumb to install the 4.83 GB Windows 8 Preview with Developer Tools.
237.
RonaldEron
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?
238.
SUEZ CANAL
thanks for your useful info i have copy my xp cd to my flash and it work
239.
Amit
Thanks for the information, i like step provided by you. i appreciate this, but why not XP?
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PANCHAL
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 !!
241.
The Dude
Thanks worked absolutely spot on. I used yours and sobaixu updates and well pleased. Thanks again.
242.
SmaRkieS
for those having problem with this guide, you can use the WinToFlash program, which is more dumb friendly UI.
243.
naval
i lick this camand
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gushan
please guide me that how to make usb bootable disk with the help of windows 7 copy file.It is urgent
245.
segni
how can i break the password of my mobile by using computer and please show me the way to do so
246.
Shambhu Shikaree
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
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ALOK
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 .
248.
Ayoub Gdah
Thanks for saving my life. There is one typo E:CD BOOT should be E: CD BOOT
249.
Shaik Khasim Saida
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.
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Vlad Alexandru
It works great ! Thanks!
251.
nihar ranjan jena
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
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nihar ranjan jena
In windows xp operating system ive tried this open CMD then write diskpart-list disk but ive got only the message DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn gpt - - - Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B the CMD cant find my USB flash drive .. please help Disk 1 in list disk command
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ajay
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.
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PRABAL
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.
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255.
tdavis635
Thank you very much! I followed your instructions and it worked like a charm!
256.
piey
im trying xp bootsect.exe /nt52 to usb when booting its say ntldr missing. i have ntldr in /i386,,,, guide me how
257.
cracker5901
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.
258.
ManuTheMan
Thanks for the tutorial I used it to make a bootable drive for firmware for my SSDs.
259.
harshit kedia
thanks for giving such useful information about usb
260.
Atta
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
261.
denson
@arefiqrc Better yet, get an .iso from the Windows version you like and mount it with a tool like Daemon-Tools or Gizmo
262.
jemok
thanks for the post it works great for me, i really appreciate it
263.
Gabo
This tutorial sucks, download Novicorp WinToFlash its all automated. Cheers!
264.
UK_Bob
How can I make this a bootable USB if I dont have a WIN7 DVD? My OS was on the p.c but no DVD was supplied.
265.
Abba
I HAVE ISO IMAGE ON DESKTOP DO I EXRACT IT TO BOOTABLE FLASH DRIVE OR JUST PLACE IT THERE?
266.
Alex
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.
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TED
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can not xcopy to fin can u help, my cd is E my USB is G thanks
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sirchQuafi
Worked perfectly! Nice author!
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Ahaan
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!!!
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Suman kumar singh
Ive tried your trick yet. But ill 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.
271.
BPS
Gr8 Tutorial,Thanks Man. i got succes by trring first time.
272.
Armand
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:)
273.
fahad
May God bless you One of the chronic problem of notebooks is solved by you Thanks a lot dude!
274.
Sb Dewan
bootsect.exe/nt60 this step doesnot work for me
275.
ankitdixit
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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Nirmal
Can anyone get it to work in the following conditions, my OS on my desktop which Im using to create a bootable usb is a Win7 Ultimate 32bit, the disk I have with me is a 64bit versionHELP!!!! ASAP
277.
Antzman
i get thisH:\>BOOT>BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: access is denied. Please HELP.
278.
Nirmal
never mind about my previous comment, figured it out, but ran into another problem, on booting and the installation page(collecting Information page really) where you select partitions, I deleted all and created one big partition and on clicking next it says the setup is unable to read/install on this partition or something like thathelp fellas?
279.
Nirmal
it says setup is unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition
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admin
@Antzman It seems you are attempting to execute the command on a non-elevated prompt. Launch the Command Prompt with admin rights and then try executing the command.
281.
Quatalojh
I purchased a SanDisk 16GB USB Flash and am attemping to load WinXP to it and make it a bootable WinXP environment. I am using a Win7, and have opened a command prompt. After remembering a few old dos commands such as (c: D: W: cd\ cd cd.. format) and so on.. I used the command prompt to format my USB W: to NTFS, using, FORMAT W: /FS:NTFS , which took about 3 hrs on the USB drive, and then I used Win7 Manager to copy the XinXP CD to my USB, All seem to work up to this point, so I restarted the computer as to boot from XPCD install disk which worked and proceeded to to Fresh install WinXP to my USB preserbing the new NTFS that I had just created. Setup seemed to wok fine allowing Setup to copy and extrct the files it needed, and then the system rebooted to allow the USB to load and continue to finish XP setup, however, after restart, the computer successfully sees the USB drive and attempts to boot XP setup but fails and hangs in a bluescreen of death. I believe I am on the right track, but now am upset and confused. AM I perhaps missing Bootsect.exe or NTLDR and if so how do I get them to my USB? And to make things worst, if I remove the USB drive and try to reboot system without USB, win7 is now saying that it is corrupt and will not load. HELP?
282.
den
these cmd Format fs=NTFS or format fs ntfs return nothing for me what to do?
283.
Daniel
Thank you very much! You are a genious! Worked fine for me!
284.
Windows 8 Release
Thanks for sharing the steps. Steps are illustrated in very good manner.
285.
deepak
dear sir, please send me usbboot tabel command window-7 and win-xp
286.
Szili
Hy! The usb is in the computer when a Start the windows every time? Or when a finished the instalation the windows start without the usb? Sorry my bad english Thanks
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Tech
Format seems to be taking an absolute age sat here for around 20 minutes and only on 5 percent !
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valcriss
hello sir. my usb is detected and seen on my computer, but when i enter the list disk in the command prompt, theres no other disk on the list only the hd where my os is installed, and i also run the cmd as admin but still it only shows the disk 0
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Gunny J
Many thanks! I followed your guide step by step and it worked great.
290.
tango
when i give the following command i get the following message: bootsect.exe /nt60 g: (where g is my pendrive letter) Target manager will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible code. Could not map drive partitions to the associated volume device objects: Access is denied.
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victor mony
I must admit that this really helped Thanks alot
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Trisdawg
Just to clarify for anyone who might stumble on this guide from google. Other guides I have followed tell you to format the drive as FAT32. The problem with this is that filesystem can only support files upto 4GB. If you have a large USB drive & plan on storing additional ISO files on there then its a must to format using the NTFS file-system.
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mohan
It works greatjust correct that last step require cmd to be opened as Run as administrator.otherwise it works prefectly. Thanks a ton.
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MIKE
wow this really worked ive tried so many tutorials to make a bootable usb and they fail sohard thanks alot for the tutorial. ps sorry for the spelling errors XD
295.
Ramya
my usb not listed in diskpart/list disk. it detect my hard drive. not shown my 8gb usb. Please give solution
296.
Fan
Great tutorial, many tahnks!
297.
ffff
Im stuck when I type list disk it shows only my hard drive partition, not the usb partition.
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ARNAS
Everyting works!!!! i was strugeling for a half of day and thought is complete rubish But: 1. it does not work on XP!!! 2. WERY IMPORTANT!!!!Run com.prompt only as administrator!!! if you just open com. prompt youll get mistakes as well. Good luck for all. Many thanks for help!!!
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Farook
hELLO THANKS FOR YOUR PRECIOUS HELP THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH
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vixonald
It does work with windows XP Sunny
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Nishant
I have just followed till 1 step in which we have to do disk part i have completed that thing after that i exit it because i was not knowing that for doing we also need a cd so now what should i do to bring back to a data storage device please tell me
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admin
@Nihsant If you have just entered diskpart command then you havent formatted your USB drive. So, simply type exit command and use your USB drive.
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Nishant
thank for your reply sir but i have formatted it too and now when i am using it it is saying
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to format and when i format it it says unable to format. i am using windows 7 so in my computer the drives like c,d ,e in bottom details come but in this pen drive no detail is coming and i am unable to open plzz help me cause i have done it on my 8 gb pendrive and i want it back to normal plzz sir plzzz help me
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hansjulius
can you pls help me format my usb i do like what you did above but i cannot access my disk 1 only disk 0. when i format it or even going to the drive x: the message the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error. can you pls. help me..pls.
305.
Avdhoot
Really thanks
306.
alias
hi the last command not work with me bootsect.exe/nt60 h: why????
307.
deep
how to use for xp command ? (eg: bootsect.exe/nt60)
308.
nevaeh
soooo sweetttttt! tnx a lot!
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Apurva gupta
i did it but my pendrive does not work on system startup even i make it 1st boot device it works after os start
310.
mocin
great , helped alot
311.
Dennis
Thank you poster! This has saved me 1 year ago, and just did again. May you have a lot of fun on this saturday night. Cheers, Dennis
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Frazer
Okay so the amount of comments on this is mad and I feel a little silly, but whenever I type in BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 F: I get the following: BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 F: BOOTSECT.EXE is not recognized as an external or internal command, operable program or batch file. Any help would be greatly appreciated, just trying to get my new system up and running, having some difficulties.
313.
Mark
DO NOT INSTALL WINTOFLASH!!!!! that piece of shit has more adware in it than you can shake a stick at..
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do yourself a favor, read a bit and make this work on your own
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praveen gehlot
how to make win-xp bootable usb drive with cmd using plz give me steps
315.
shihab
Thanks for your support. It works fine..
316.
Krista
THANK YOU! You saved me a lot of time.
317.
Kuon Chiva
I want to ask you about How to set up window 7 by USB.
318.
Vandan Javiya
HiFriends!!!
I am not able to do step no.6 for bootable pen drive for windows xp sp3..Plaese help me
319.
khedup
thanks , I am in need it right now and you helped me to remind it
320.
Prime Minister Lungs
Nice oneim sure da people in my country will find this useful
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JEEVAN REDDY
thank u, thank u very much
322.
Malcolm
Many thanks, tried for two weeks to load windows on a HP pavilion dv6710ea laptop with a new hard drive, this way was the only way i could do it many thanks again.
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IanD
This worked flawlessly. Thanks mate!
324.
Nelson
Excellent process!
325.
joshua
Thanks. A quick and easy guide. Best on the web and first on google search for create bootable usb :D:D:D:D:DD:::D:DD:D
326.
Formatting may take a few seconds. It took 45 minutes with my Freecom 32gig 2.0 flash drive.
327.
Q4Rspwn
to post #306: you have to type the letter for your dvd drive, for example D:, and run the following command: D:\boot\bootsect.exe and then bootsect.exe /nt60 G: (replace G: with the drive letter of your flash drive) Good luck!
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Shafiq
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It worked, but I want both XP and Win 7 to be boot from the same USB
329.
Junaid Anwar
It works perfect i made bootable windows 7
330.
Immad Nisar
yes, its work perfectly no doubt. i also made the usb bootable for windows 7
331.
Bill Curtis
I was reading through this thread wondering why anyone would say that this doesnt work. Aside from the obvious I ignored the step that said to launch command prompt as administrator which means dont click on command prompt, but rather right-click on it and select run as administrator, I noticed that the spacing in some of the commands was not evident in the html. For those who know syntax,it is obvious. For those unfamiliar with syntax, you get comments like BOOTSECT.EXE is not recognized as an external or internal command, operable program or batch file. D:CD BOOT and hit enter. Where D is your DVD drive letter. should just say: D: CD BOOT BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: XCOPY D:\*.* /S /E /F F:\ (Where D: is your DVD drive, and F: is your USB Drive) And hit Enter.
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manil
its so easy, thnx
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Peejay
Thanks for this. serious it helps a lots
334.
alex
i type in E:CD BOOT it says E:CD is not recognized i know E:/ is where the CD is, HELP!?
335.
SHARMA
TANKS FRIEND..
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prescription drugs
Hello there! This article couldnt be written much better! Going through this article reminds me of my previous roommate! He constantly kept preaching about this. Ill send this information to him. Pretty sure he will have a great read. I appreciate you for sharing!
337.
bashar
how to make bootable pendrive for win xp please hilp me
338.
amathyzt
Thank you very much. Simple and clear instructions, worked like a charm. Now I can run programs on start through booting off my usb and that is exactly what I had needed. Appreciate you taking the time and effort to share this info!!Great Job
339.
Kiran
How to make multi bootable usb. with windows xp, vista and Windows 7 along with Hirens 9 or 15 version in one usb drive(16gb) or in usb external hard drive.
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How To make Bootable USB

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If you are using Windows XP, try BOOTSECT.EXE /NT52 H:

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This is a great tut man, thanks a lot !

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thats the way

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How to make my bootable USB to normal.

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bootsect.exe not found

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Yep thats what I got as well. bootsect.exe not found.

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its work, only for windows vista & 7

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worked like a charm. thanks dude

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