How to Make a Bootable USB Drive for Windows Installation? 

Generally we have been using CD or DVD to install operating system on our computer. But sometimes we are facing some problem to boot our computer from CD or DVD drive. In this case you need to have bootable USB drive to boot your computer and today in this article we are going to tell you how to make a bootable USB drive for windows installation. This is not a very technical process. Really it a simple method and anyone can do it.                                  

     

Why needs to make a bootable USB?

There is numbers of reason to make bootable USB drive such as.
When you are trying to install windows on notebook then you need to a bootable USB drive because there is no optical drive.
If your computer’s optical drive are broken or gets damaged then you need to have a bootable USB drive.
Installations of windows from USB are significantly faster than from a disk.

Requirements to make a bootable USB

The main things is require to make a bootable USB drive is, Windows ISO file means window 7 ISO or windows8 ISO or windows XP ISO file and a USB drive (Pen drive or memory cards) with capacity 4GB or more.

Steps to make a bootable USB drive

Now follow the step by step instruction to make a bootable USB drive.

• First of all you need to have a windows ISO file. You can make windows ISO file from its installation disk or download it from the internet.
• After getting ISO file, you need to download a small software called RUFUS. This is portable software so you don’t need to install it on your computer.
• After downloading RUFUS, insert USB drive in your computer and Run the software. Now browse ISO file from your hard drive and select it.

                                

• After selecting ISO file, click on Start and you will see RUFUS start worked for creating bootable USB.
• Now wait few minutes because it will take 3-5 minutes to completing the process.
• That’s all, now your USB drive is ready to boot.

Conclusion

There are many software and tools are available to make bootable USB drive, but here we describe only easy process to make a bootable USB drive. If you face any problem during this process then comment here we will help you.
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