Creating a bootable USB drive for Windows10 installer

Here are the steps to create a bootable USB drive on a Windows machine. You need this so you can transfer your OS installer from a CD or ISO file to the USB drive.


1. Plug in USB drive

2. Open a Command Prompt as an administrator
- open Start menu
- type "command" on the search box
- Right click the "Command Prompt" on the searched programs
- choose "Run as administrator"

3. Open the disk management utility
C:> diskpart

4. List the connected disks that are available
DISKPART> list disk

5. Select your USB drive
DISKPART> select disk #
Replace the # with your disk number

6. Clean the USB drive
DISKPART> clean

7. Create a bootable partition
DISKPART> create partition primary

8. Select the partition that you just created
DISKPART> select partition 1

9. Make the partition active
DISKPART> active

10. Format the USB drive
DISKPART> format fs=fat32

11. Assign a drive letter
DISKPART> assign



12. You may now copy your OS installer from your CD or from an ISO file to your bootable USB drive.

Note:
I use Virtual Clone Drive to mount an ISO file as a virtual drive.


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