The BAD Sector of Space: How to Create a Bootable Pendrive for Windows7/XP

To Create a bootable pendrive for Windows 7/Xp the Basic Requrements are :-

1. USB Pendrive with 2gb minimum capacity.

2.Windows 7/Xp setup DVD.

So let us start with the procedure now

Step 1 : Plug-in your USB flash drive.

Step 2 : Run command prompt (cmd). This can be done by clicking start and typing typing cmd in Windows 7.

Step 3: Then run diskpart utility from command prompt, by typing ‘diskpart’ on command prompt and pressing enter.This will start the Microsoft DiskPart utility as shown below:

Now issue the following command:

LIST DISK

This will show you a list of available disks on your system. Disk 0 is usually the hard disk. In my case, Disk 2 is the USB drive (this can be a different one in your case). Now issue the command as shown below:

SELECT DISK 2

above command, 1 is the USB drive number on my system. If you have a different number on your system, then you need to replace 2 with that number.

Step-4: Now issue the following list of commands one by one as shown below:

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT fs=fat32

ASSIGN

EXIT

the next step.

Step 5: Insert the Windows 7/Vista installation disc and note down the “drive letter” of your DVD drive. In my case, it is “H:”.

Step 6:

After the format is complete, put in your original Windows 7 DVD/XP in your DVD drive, or if you have an .iso image of the DVD, mount that image using any virtual drive software like Power ISO.

Now go to My Computer, and open the contents of DVD Drive. Press ‘ctrl+a’ to select all contents and copy all the contents by pressing ‘ctrl+c’.

Now go back to My Computer and open the USB Drive and press ‘ctrl+v’ to paste all the contents of DVD into the USB Disk.

Your USB stick is now ready to boot and install the OS for you. Don’t forget to enable the “USB Boot” option and change the “Boot priority to USB device from hard disk” in your BIOS settings.