subject: How to make USB Boot-able [print this page] How to make USB Boot-able How to make USB Boot-able
A pen drive is said to be a USB boot drive if it can be used to boot the host controller or computer with an operating system generally windows. Earlier people were not aware of this possibility that there is an embedded service pack called USB Boot that allows booting Windows from a USB flash drive. It is preferred to use this method to get the job done over booting through CD or DVD because of its faster execution. But before making USB drive bootable one should check the system, that it is having feature to boot from USB or not. In order to do this we can install memtest86+ onto the USB. And then set the boot priority to USB. If memtest86+ screen appears then system is compatible with bootable USB otherwise not. Most of the systems pass this test. There are many methods to make a USB drive bootable. It can be done through command prompt but the method is little complicated for the people who does not know computer that well. To help those people, many softwares are developed and made available in the market. Hierarchical procedure to do the job by one of the best software named- UNetbootin is given below: -
1) Download UNetbootin to your system. Plug in the USB pen drive into the USB port of computer. Memory of USB flash drive should not be less than 4GB.
2) Please make sure that the UNetbootin window is closed at that time.
3) After that open the UNetbootin by clicking on its icon on desktop.
4) Select the target USB drive and click on ok.
5) Reboot the computer and job is done.
Because of the faster execution and user friendly nature of this method, it is considered as one of the best. For making use of this method, special computer intellect is not required. A person with basic computer knowledge can do the job. One can follow the above steps in hierarchy to make the USB flash drive bootable for windows operating system efficiently. Now you're bootable USB flash drive is ready to be used for installing windows on the system. Follow the steps in hierarchy to install windows through USB: -
1. Plug in the USB pen drive in the corresponding port and restart the computer so as the bootable pen drive executes.
2. Before the start of currently installed operating system, start hitting F8 to open the boot screen.
3. A screen will appear on which there will be a tab named boot. Make a click on that tab and change the bios priority order and set it to USB on first priority.
4. Click on save and exit, so that your settings gets saved and executed in the manner you want to.
5. Processor will automatically detects the operating system in USB boot drive and operating system set up screen will appear.
6. Enter the serial number of the operating system which is provided with every non pirated legal operating system.
7. Proceed by clicking on positive tabs that is on "next", "yes" and "agree" to install windows.
8. It will take around 1-2 hours for windows to get installed completely on the system.
9. After installation is completed, computer will be restarted.
10. Install the drivers and computer will be ready for use.
