This time, I'm gonna tell you how to create a bootable disk using your
existing pen-drive for windows installation.
Creating a windows installation with your pen drive is pretty cool and interesting.
REQUIREMENTS ARE—
> A PEN DRIVE (capacity- 1 GB for win xp or less, 4 GB or more for Win
Vista or 7 )
>Windows installation disk (a bootable copy).
Now-
-> Run Command prompt with admin privileges ( Run as Admin from start
menu ).
-> perform the following commands-
== diskpart
(It's the disk management in CUI format)
== list disk
( This will show u a list of currently plugged in storage devices )
(* now check out the USB that you wanna create a bootble from. )
N.B for less confusion, remove all other storage devices from usb
(Suppose the usb is listed as "Disk 2")
== select disk 2 (This wil make the Disk 2 current selected disk)
== clean (This will clean the file system information from the disk)
== create partition primary (To make the partition primary)
== active (retrive the drive 4 use)
== format fs=ntfs quick (To perform a quick format on the USB and bring it on work again.)
Now, copy the setup file from the bootable disk or image.
In case of XP, be a li'll careful, it can install on the same pen-drive instead
of your PC's internal HDD.
U can also use softwares 4 this job, but again, u'll need 2 suck the
internet :)
About troubleshooting--
-> make sure u've copied the setup from a bootable disk.
-> Still problem...try command prompt with these commands after d
above process---
J: ( 'J' is d drive letter 4 d pen-drive u r using, replace it with your drive letter )
cd boot ( change d directory to Boot )
bootsect /nt60 J ( Now you are done here)
Now try the installation, It'll work. if still not, try a different Pen-Drive
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