I want to make my usb drive bootable so that I can install some softwares from it. Does anyone here know to make usb drive
bootable?Any sort of help would make me happy.
Hi Robie,
Here are simple steps on making your USB bootable:
1. Insert your USB hard drive on the USB port on your computer.
2. Click Start and then launch My Computer or double-click it on your Desktop.
3. Right-click on the USB drive and then click Properties.
4. Click the Autoplay tab and select the hard drive from the list. These are the devices that you can Make bootable. When done, click OK on the bottom right corner of the window. Your USB will become bootable now.
Making your USB bootable is very essential nowadays. You can use your USB disk to install OS or other software once you make it bootable. To do this, there are many tools that you can download for free. MakeBootable is one good example. It is a free and easy to use utility to make your USB bootable. It doesn't require any installation. But it works only with USB device that uses Phison's chip and FAT file system. Another utilities that you can use are, HP USB Format Utility and HP USB Boot Utility. It is one of the best software for creating bootable disk but the service is not free. It costs $31 but you can download and try the trial version.
Once you have successfully created your bootable USB disk, you need to change your BIOS settings and set the boot device setting and set your USB on the first boot device to boot from your USB after rebooting your computer.
