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<blockquote data-quote="dewage55" data-source="post: 5048012" data-attributes="member: 70940"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>This tutorial will help you in creating a bootable USB drive of Windows <span style="color: #ffa34f">Vista</span> which you can use to install <span style="color: #ffa34f">Vista</span> in any system. It might become very useful when you don't have access to DVD drive. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>1. First format your USB drive in NTFS file system. You can do it by attaching your USB drive to your system and then format it from My Computer window. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>2. Now open Command Prompt window from Start menu. Right-click on Command Prompt entry in start menu and select "Run as administrator" option. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>3. Now type diskpart in Command Prompt window and press Enter. It'll launch DiskPart program:</strong></span> </p><p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/LaunchDiskpart.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/LaunchDiskpart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>4. Now provide following command: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong> list volume </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>It'll show a list of all drives in your system. Look for your USB drive entry. As in the below screenshot, the USB drive is "G" which you can determine from its "Type" entry. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Now you have to select the USB drive volume by providing select volume no. command. Since in our case volume no. of USB drive is "Volume 4", the command would be: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong> select volume 4 </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Now we have to make this drive active. So provide active command: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong> active </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Now exit from DiskPart using exit command.</strong></span> </p><p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/UsingDiskpart.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/UsingDiskpart.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>5. Now we need to create Boot sector on USB drive. We'll use "bootsect.exe" utility for this task. You can find this utility in Windows <span style="color: #ffa34f">Vista</span> setup disk. It'll be present in "Boot" directory. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Now provide following command in Command Prompt: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>bootsect /nt60 G: </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Here G is drive letter of USB drive. Replace it with the correct drive letter if your system has some other letter for USB drive.</strong></span> </p><p><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/InstallingBootloaderonUSB.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/InstallingBootloaderonUSB.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>6. At last, copy all files/folders from <span style="color: #ffa34f">Vista</span> Setup DVD to your USB drive and you have done. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><strong>Now you can boot using your USB drive and can install Windows <span style="color: #ffa34f">Vista</span> in any system.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dewage55, post: 5048012, member: 70940"] [FONT=Tahoma][B]This tutorial will help you in creating a bootable USB drive of Windows [COLOR=#ffa34f]Vista[/COLOR] which you can use to install [COLOR=#ffa34f]Vista[/COLOR] in any system. It might become very useful when you don't have access to DVD drive. 1. First format your USB drive in NTFS file system. You can do it by attaching your USB drive to your system and then format it from My Computer window. 2. Now open Command Prompt window from Start menu. Right-click on Command Prompt entry in start menu and select "Run as administrator" option. 3. Now type diskpart in Command Prompt window and press Enter. It'll launch DiskPart program:[/B][/FONT] [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/LaunchDiskpart.jpg"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/LaunchDiskpart.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [FONT=Tahoma][B]4. Now provide following command: list volume It'll show a list of all drives in your system. Look for your USB drive entry. As in the below screenshot, the USB drive is "G" which you can determine from its "Type" entry. Now you have to select the USB drive volume by providing select volume no. command. Since in our case volume no. of USB drive is "Volume 4", the command would be: select volume 4 Now we have to make this drive active. So provide active command: active Now exit from DiskPart using exit command.[/B][/FONT] [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/UsingDiskpart.jpg"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/UsingDiskpart.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [FONT=Tahoma][B] 5. Now we need to create Boot sector on USB drive. We'll use "bootsect.exe" utility for this task. You can find this utility in Windows [COLOR=#ffa34f]Vista[/COLOR] setup disk. It'll be present in "Boot" directory. Now provide following command in Command Prompt: bootsect /nt60 G: Here G is drive letter of USB drive. Replace it with the correct drive letter if your system has some other letter for USB drive.[/B][/FONT] [URL="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/InstallingBootloaderonUSB.jpg"][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v374/vishaal_here/InstallingBootloaderonUSB.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [FONT=Tahoma][B] 6. At last, copy all files/folders from [COLOR=#ffa34f]Vista[/COLOR] Setup DVD to your USB drive and you have done. Now you can boot using your USB drive and can install Windows [COLOR=#ffa34f]Vista[/COLOR] in any system.[/B][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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