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How to create a bootable Linux USB stick on Window

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How to create a bootable Linux USB stick on Window

To run Ubuntu from a USB stick, the first thing you need to do is insert a USB stick with at least 2GB of free space into your PC.

The easiest way to put Ubuntu onto your stick is to use the USB installer provided at pendrivelinux.com. You’ll need to download and install and follow the instructions.

Download Pen Drive Linux’s USB Installer ›

How to create bootable windows on USB Flash disk (disk on key)

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How to create bootable windows on USB disk on key

1. On windows 8, at the search bar of windows, search for windows to go:

2. Enter at the Search Bar: “Windows to go”.

3. Open “Windows to go” and follow the instruction there.

4. Note 1: You will have to use Windows 8 Enterprise edition only.

5. Note 2: USB Flash drive need to be at least 32GB.

6. Note 3: You will have to supply .WIN image file which locates on the installation disk of windows under sources directory.

Create a bootable Windows installation drive using Sandisk

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Create a bootable Windows installation drive using Sandisk

  • To create a bootable USB flash drive
  • Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
  • Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
  • Type diskpart.
  • In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk, and then click ENTER. The list disk command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive.
  • At the command prompt, type select disk <X>, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER.
  • Type clean, and the click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive.
  • To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type create part pri, and then click ENTER.
  • To select the partition that you just created, type select part 1, and then click ENTER.
  • To format the partition, type format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.
  • Important
  • If your server platform supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), you should format the USB flash drive as FAT32 rather than as NTFS. To format the partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick, and then click ENTER.
  • Type active, and then click ENTER.
  • Type exit, and then click ENTER.
  • When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.
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Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

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The Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows you to create a copy of your Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive or a DVD. To create a bootable DVD or USB flash drive, download the ISO file and then run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool. Once this is done, you can install Windows 7 directly from the USB flash drive or DVD.
Link to download Page
The ISO file contains all the Windows 7 installation files combined into a single uncompressed file. When you download the ISO file, you need to copy it to some medium in order to install Windows 7. This tool allows you to create a copy of the ISO file to a USB flash drive or a DVD. To install Windows 7 from your USB flash drive or DVD, all you need to do is insert the USB flash drive into your USB port or insert your DVD into your DVD drive and run Setup.exe from the root folder on the drive.Note: You cannot install Windows 7 from the ISO file until you copy it to a USB flash drive or DVD with the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool and install from there.The copy of the ISO file that the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool creates is bootable. Bootable media allows you to install Windows 7 without having to first run an existing operating system on your machine. If you change the boot order of drives in your computer’s BIOS, you can run the Windows 7 installation directly from your USB flash drive or DVD when you turn on your computer. Please see the documentation for your computer for information on how to change the BIOS boot order of drives.

 

 

For Windows XP Users

The following applications must be installed prior to installing the tool:

•Microsoft .NET Framework v2 must be installed. It can be downloaded athttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en.
•Microsoft Image Mastering API v2 must be installed. It can be downloaded athttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B5F726F1-4ACE-455D-BAD7-ABC4DD2F147B&displaylang=en.

Last edited Dec 10, 2009 at 6:34 PM by zacharye, version 3