I will tell you in easy steps to make your pendrive bootable :
(Remember to download the iso image of OS from internet you are willing to install )
if you have question why we me a bootable pendrive , then a pretty simple answer would
be bootable pendrive is like OS setup which is ready to get install on your machine
(desktop or Laptop) .
Now the steps begin here:
if you have question why we me a bootable pendrive , then a pretty simple answer would
be bootable pendrive is like OS setup which is ready to get install on your machine
(desktop or Laptop) .
(To download iso image of an OS ,you can search it and you will get iso image file to
download (around 2 GB) .
1) First we need a software for whole process:
I prefer to use Rufus or PowerISO .(few MB softwares to download)I will go with Rufus :
2) Download Rufus software and install it.
3) Now plug your pendrive(empty/formatted one) and Run/Launch Rufus software ,
You will see something like this :
You can see name of your pendrive (to make sure that ,this is your pendrive) at the top.
4) Second row option which is important as it decides whether you are making a bootable
drive for MBR based or GPT based partition system/machine. (Dont worry I will tell
you about it).
You might be wondering HOW DO I CHECK WHETHER MY SYSTEM IS GPT OR MBR ??
One way :
Go to your Windows disk partition settings /disk management section and you will see partitions/drives name (C,D,E,F) , there you have to right click on one of the drive ,
goto-> volumes section and you will see one name either
GPT (GUID PARTITION TABLE) or MBR(MASTER BOOT RECORD ).
or other way:
start your command prompt (Run as a administrator) , give following commands:
>diskpart
>list disk
you will see something like this
If * appears below GPT section it means your system is GPT partitioned , else MBR.
(if you are still curious about it then Read my another blog about Whats GPT/MBR ?)
4) Second row option which is important as it decides whether you are making a bootable
drive for MBR based or GPT based partition system/machine. (Dont worry I will tell
you about it).
You might be wondering HOW DO I CHECK WHETHER MY SYSTEM IS GPT OR MBR ??
One way :
Go to your Windows disk partition settings /disk management section and you will see partitions/drives name (C,D,E,F) , there you have to right click on one of the drive ,
goto-> volumes section and you will see one name either
GPT (GUID PARTITION TABLE) or MBR(MASTER BOOT RECORD ).
or other way:
start your command prompt (Run as a administrator) , give following commands:
>diskpart
>list disk
you will see something like this
If * appears below GPT section it means your system is GPT partitioned , else MBR.
(if you are still curious about it then Read my another blog about Whats GPT/MBR ?)
5) Select the ISO image option as marked in the above image , click on the cd icon beside that iso image option, locate the iso image of OS that you have downloaded earlier on your pc ,
(Dont change other settings).
and finally click start , now it will ask to format the pendrive Say Yes and proceed further, It will finish soon and after the green colour line ends ,Close it.
Thats it your pendrive is now bootable.
Thats it your pendrive is now bootable.
(Its ready and now you can check it by restarting the pc and then plug the pendrive ,( plug the pendrive when black screen appears by clicking esc or function keys like f12 or f9).
It will show the another OS installation details and thats it We did it!
(TO know how to install diffrent OS like various linux distros ,do read my another blogs .)
(TO know how to install diffrent OS like various linux distros ,do read my another blogs .)