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Creating a bootable usb pendrive using command prompt is not hard, it is one of the most common ways to create a bootable usb pendrive.
To Create Bootable USB Without Any Software In Windows 11/10 using command prompt (cmd) is not a hard task, any one with basic computer knowledge can make it.
If your operating system is windows xp or windows 8 , you cannot select the primary partition in command prompt for creating bootable usb pendrive.
How to Create Bootable USB Without Any Software In Windows 11/10
You can create a bootable USB pendrive using cmd by simply following the given commands in your laptop or pc
Steps to create bootable usb pendive
Need to follow these simple steps for bootable usb pendrive:-
- First step is to obtain the windows files from somewhere and save them to a folder in your pc. You can rip a windows dvd , or if you have the iso image file you can open it with magic disc or daemon tools or even winrar , and you need to copy the whole content to a folder anywhere in your pc , you just need to make sure you know where it is located.
- Make sure your usb stick is inserted, go to start search cmd , right click the file and select run as administrator. The command prompt will appear, now you need to write the following comands:
- diskpart→list disk→select disk 1(chose the usb device, you will recognize it by its size)
- clean(this will erase the usb)
- create partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format fs=ntfs(this will format the usb drive and will take 10-15 minutes)→[ To format the partition, type
format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.]
- After the format is done you have to continue writting in command promt
- assign(now you will notice that the usb drive changed its letter to (H): or (G))
- exit(this command will exit the disk part function)
- Now you have to write the path to the executable file in your windows saved folder , make sure that in your windows folder you have the boot folder with the bootsect executable file.
- cd boot→bootsect.exe/nt60 h:(h is the letter of the usb drive ,this comand will update the boot core)→exit (this will exit command prompt).
Now you have to copy all the files in the windows folder to your usb drive.
ALL DONE. You can now restart your pc and boot from the usb hard drive which now Bootable usb pendive.
