A bootable flash drive is a memory device that anyone can make that facilitates users to boot their windows on any computer by just plugging your flash disk into the computer USB port.
The bootable device is primarily used for two purposes:
• To boot up your computer or windows in case of any troubleshooting.
• Sharing applications and windows programs on different physical locations like from office to your home.
First of all you need to make changes in your system BIOS so that it allows you to configure your flash device to run as boot device. When you enter your flash drive into computer port then it pops up into BIOS items on the setup screen. Then you can select your USB as first boot device in the option of boot sequence. While in some cases, you need to press F10 button to select your flash memory device for boot setup.
However you will also need software that will allow you to make changes into Windows to run on flash memory device. There are many software but I have used PE Builder that is easy to install and configurable. You can download this software from any website and install it on the same directory where you have installed your windows. You have to make a folder on the root directory such as C: PEBUILDER3110a that is called as SRSP1 to download windows Server 2003 from this software.
You will only need two files Setupldr.bin and ramdisk.sys. Don’t disturb any other file because it may corrupt your existing windows.
When you get these two files on your system then you can run PR Builder software and press shift button so that it don’t get auto-start on launching of CD. Start PE Builder manually. When the Source field on the main PE Builder screen, enter the letter of the drive in which you put the CD. Check to see that the Output box contains BartPE and that the “None” option is selected in the Media Output panel. Once you have this entire squared away, click Build. You can watch the progress of the compression.
When it’s complete you’re prepared to format and copy the Windows XP Professional bootable image to the UFD with the BartPE USB Installer. Open a Command Prompt window and use the CD command to switch to the pebuilder3110a folder. Next, insert the UFD into a USB port; note the drive letter to which it is assigned, as you’ll need to enter it into your next command prompt that you type.
Suppose that that you have assigned the drive H: you need to type this command pe2usb –f h:
When the process is complete then you can exit the program and can use flash drive as bootable drive.
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