May 30, 2010

HOW TO MAKE BOOTABLE WINDOWS 7/VISTA USB DRIVE (100% WORKING)

hi Friends! this instruction is given to install window vista/w7 by using usb drive . This method is 110% working . i used this method many times on different pcs. FOLLOW THE STEPS VERY CAREFULLY

Requirements :- 1). Installation disk or image of vista/7
2). Any archive Manager [winrar etc]
STEP---------->
i. INSERT USB FLASH DRIVE (atleast 4gb)
ii. RUN command prompt
from----start-> All Program-> Accessories->command prompt ---Right click on command prompt and run as Administrator

3). Now type the following command in command prompt--------> DISKPART
and press Enter,You'll see following message


4).Type -----------> LIST DISK
NOW in command prompt your all online disks are listed as Disk 0,Disk 1 etc
note down you usb drive name from command prompt.

{Please note down your usb drive name carefully because after this process selected drive will be format.IN my case, my usb disk name is DISK 1}
5). Type the following command one after one

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS


(after this step your usb drive will start to format which take some time.)
EXIT THE COMMAND PROMPT
6). Now put your windows disk in optical drive . check your drive letters
( suppose
optical drive letter-----> 'K'
usb drive letter ---------> 'j')
{if your optical drive is not working and you have an IMAGE installation disk then go to step 11}

7). Reopen command prompt and type following command

K:

CD BOOT

BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 J:

(where 'J' is you USB DRIVE letter)



8).copy all file and folder from optical drive to your usb drive.
9).Your usb drive is ready to boot to install windows vista/win7.
10). go to your bios setup and change boot priority as usb drive boot first.
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step to install windows 7/vista from IMAGE
11).Create a folder named 'win' in any drive D and extract iso image in this folder using winrar, winzip etc.(before extracting your image file close your antivirus program)
note:- extract image in 'win' folder such that folder 'win' contains all installation file&folder like boot,source,setup.exe etc
12). Open command prompt as step 2(ii) and type following command one by one:--------->
D:
CD WIN\BOOT
BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 J:
(where 'J' is you USB DRIVE letter)


13).Copy all file and folder from 'win' to usb drive and go to step 9 & 10.