Is it possible to make a bootable USB flash drive from an ISO image of a bootable CD, Please give detailed steps of creating such bootable USB flash key boot image.
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It’s possible to make usb boot device from iso image of any operating system. WINDOWS 7 USB/DVD Toll is a software ,you can use it for making bootable usb device.
Follow the steps below to make bootable usb device.
Click the Windows START button, and click WINDOWS 7 USB/DVD DOWNLOAD TOOL in the ALL PROGRAMS list to open the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.
In the SOURCE FILE box, type the name and path of your Windows 7 ISO file, or click BROWSE and select the file from the OPEN dialog box. Click NEXT.
Select USB DEVICE to create a copy on a USB flash drive or select DVD disk to create a copy on a DVD disk.
If you are copying the file to a USB flash drive, select your USB device in the drop-down list and click BEGIN COPYING. If you are copying the file up to a DVD, click BEGIN BURNING.
When your Windows 7 ISO file is copied onto your chosen media, install Windows 7 by moving to the root folder of your DVD or USB flash drive, and then double-click Setup.exe.
Yes, that is very possible using third-party applications like Rufus. This program runs out-of-the-box and does not require installation. It is a great tool when you want to create a bootable USB flash drive using a bootable CD that you have. This is very useful when you want to use a USB flash drive when installing a fresh copy of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
To try this, first, download the latest Rufus. The latest version at the moment supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.x, and Windows 10 both 32-bit and 64-bit. Next, prepare the ISO image of your bootable CD. If you don’t have yet an ISO file, you can create one using ImgBurn. This is a free program to burn CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays.
Use ImgBurn to build your ISO image. Once you have the ISO file, insert your USB flash drive on the USB port then run Rufus. Accept the default settings then among the options, make sure “Create a bootable disk using” is checked then select “ISO Image” from the dropdown list.
Click the optical drive icon next to it then navigate and select your ISO file and then click “Open” to load the file. When it is ready, click “Start” to begin creating the bootable USB flash drive.
