How to create a bootable pen drive

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
Here's some step-by-step instructions on creating a bootable pen drive

1. Acquire an ultra-fast USB 2.0 flash drive
   
   
   
2. Format the Flash Drive
   Run CMD.EXE and type the following. This set of commands assumes that the USB flash drive is addressed as "disk 1". you should double check that by doing a list of the disks (type "list disk") before cleaning it. If you have multiple hard drives, like an SDFlash drive or a Multibay drive, you could end up wiping your second drive using this command.
1. diskpart
2. select disk 1
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit
3. Copy Windows Vista's or win 7 DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive
   Simply issue the following command to start copying all the content from the Windows Vista DVD to your newly formatted high speed flash drive.

· xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

where d: is the drive of your windows and e: is the address of your flash drive.


Booting from Flash drive willl help you fast booting and installation of your windows.