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Open an elevated Windows command line window by clicking Start, typing in cmd in the search text
field, then pressing CTRL + Shift + Enter on your keyboard (at the same time). You can also
access this by navigating to Start, All Programs, Accessories, right-click with your mouse on the
Command Prompt menu item and select Run as Administrator.

2. At the command prompt, type cd c:\windows\system32 to change the directory to the

Windows system32 directory. Ensure your USB drive is plugged in, type DISKPART, then press

Enter. Type LIST DISK and press Enter.

See our diskpart command page for additional information on this command.

3. You will see a listing of the disk drives connected to your computer. Find the disk number of your
USB drive and type SELECT DISK [USB disk #], where "[USB disk #]" is the disk # for your
USB drive. It should now state that your USB drive is the selected disk. If you're not sure what
disk is the USB disk, eject the USB drive, perform step number 2 again, connect the USB drive
again, and compare the results. Usually the USB drive will be the last drive.

4. Type in the following commands, one by one, pressing Enter after each command.
CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS
(may take a couple minutes, depending on the USB drive size)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Keep the command prompt window open, but you can minimize it for a little bit.

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5. You will now need your Windows Vista or 7 Installation DVD. Put the DVD in your computer's DVD
drive. Open up My Computer and note which drive letter is assigned to your DVD Drive and your
USB flash drive.

6. Go back to the command prompt window and type in D: CD BOOT (substitute your DVD drive
letter for "D:", if necessary) and press Enter. Type CD BOOT again and press Enter. Lastly,
type BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 H: (substitute your USB flash drive letter for "H:", if necessary)
and press Enter.

7. The last step is to copy the entire contents of the Windows DVD to your USB flash drive. To do
this, in the My Computer window (opened in step 5 above), right-click on the DVD drive and
select Open to view the contents of the DVD. Copy all the files and folders on the DVD to the
USB flash drive.
Your USB flash drive is now set up to be a bootable USB drive for Windows Vista or 7.

Windows XP users
To make the bootable USB drive for Windows XP, it is recommended that you have a flash drive
of at least 4 GB in size, in order to store all the necessary files. You also need to
download Windows Server 2003 SP1 and a program called PE Builder (also known as Bart
PE).

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Windows XP users
To make the bootable USB drive for Windows XP, it is recommended that you have a flash drive
of at least 4 GB in size, in order to store all the necessary files. You also need to download
Windows Server 2003 SP1 and a program called PE Builder (also known as Bart PE).

Windows Server 2003 SP1

Bart PE

Tip: Before you start, plug in the USB drive and backup any files you have stored on the USB
drive. The drive will be formatted during this process and all files on it will be deleted.
Note: You need to have a Windows XP Professional CD for these instructions to be successful.
This will not work for Windows XP Home Edition.
1. Install PE Builder on your computer. For the sake of ease, install the program to a
C:\PEBuilder folder. After you've installed PE Builder, create a folder titled SRSP1 in the
PEBuilder folder.
2. Now you need to extract two files from Windows Server 2003 SP1. The filename is quite
long, so it is recommended that you rename the file to something shorter, like WS-SP1.exe.
Open a command prompt (Start > Run, type cmd and press Enter) and use the cd command to
change to the folder where you downloaded the Windows Server 2003 SP1 file to (i.e. cd
c:\downloads to change to the c:\downloads folder). Then, type WS-SP1.exe -x to extract the
files. A window should open asking where to extract the files. You can enter the same folder
where the file was downloaded.
3. A new folder titled i386 will be created by the extraction process. Type cd i386 to change to
that folder. You now need to copy the setupldr.bin file to the SRSP1 folder you created in the PE
Builder folder. Type copy setupldr.bin c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1 to copy the file.
4. You also need to expand the ramdisk.sys file to the SRSP1 folder.
Type expand -r ramdisk.sy_ c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1
5. Open My Computer and navigate to the c:\PEBuilder\SRSP1 folder and verify the two files
are there.
6. Next, you need to create a compressed version of Windows XP using PE Builder. Make sure
the Windows XP Professional CD is in your computer's CD drive, then launch the PE Builder
program. In the Source field, type in the drive letter assigned to your CD Drive (you can check in
My Computer if you are not sure) (e.g. "d:"). In the Output field, type BartPE. Make sure the
None option is selected in the Media output section. Then click the Build button.

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A progress report shows the progress of the bootable image build. When the build process is
complete, click the Close button.
7. Now, you can create the bootable USB flash drive. Open a command prompt again and type
cd c:\PEBuilder to change to the PEBuilder folder. Make sure your USB drive is plugged in to
your computer and type pe2usb -f e: (change "e:" to the drive letter assigned to your USB flash
drive, if necessary) to create the bootable drive. When prompted to begin the process, type YES.
When the process is complete, press any key to exit the program.
Your USB flash drive is now set up to be a bootable USB drive for Windows XP using the Bart
PE interface.

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