05/01/2012

Boot ISO from USB drive

Let's say you want to boot a computer without a cd drive. You have the option to boot from an USB drive. If you want to boot an ISO from an USB drive, you need diskpart for this. I will tell you what to do, it ain't rocket science.

  • Open a command prompt
  • Start diskpart
    Diskpart
  • Check what disks are available
    List Disk
  • Check what number your USB drive has and select it
    Select Disk 1 
  • Clean the USB drive
    Clean
  • Create partition
    Create Partition Primary
  • Make the partition active
    Active
  • Format the USB drive
    Format fs=ntfs quick
  • Assign a drive letter
    Assign
  • Copy the contents of your .iso to your usb drive... and boot fromit

Another option is downloading Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool
This tool will automate this task for you.

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