Easy steps to create a bootable Pen drive using Windows 10
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Easy steps to create a bootable Pen drive using Windows 10

A bootable Pen drive is mainly required to install Operating System from a downloaded ISO file. Creating a bootable Pen drive using Windows is very easy. There is no requirement for other third-party software. You required to know a few CMD commands to make your bootable Pen drive. These are the simple steps for making your bootable Pen drive with CMD.

  1. Open CMD as administrator: Type CMD in the search bar, right-click and select run as administrator. Click yes. Now CMD will open. Type the following commands in order.
  2. diskpart: Diskpart is a command-line disk partition utility available with Windows. This command opens the Diskpart utility in your CMD. Now the address changed to DISKPART.
  3. list disk: It lists all the disks available on your PC, including the Pen drive.
  4. select disk <Number> : It will select the disk. Change the number according to your Pen drive. In my case, it is 2. So I used select Disk 2.
  5. clean: This command will clear all the configuration information and all the information on your disk.
  6. create primary partition: This will create a new partition in your Pen drive.
  7. select partition 1: This command used to select the newly created partition.
  8. active: This mark the selected partition as active.
  9. format fs=ntfs quick: This will format the disk in NTFS.
  10. assign: This will assign a mount point to the selected partition.
  11. exit: Exit from the diskpart utility.
  12. Copy the content of the ISO files to your Pen drive

Done.

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