Create Bootable USB flash drive with no 3rd party tools¶
Steps to create Bootable USB flash drive with no 3rd party tools¶
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Plug in a USB flash drive that has at least 8GB capacity.
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Delete all partitions on the USB flash drive either using Disk Management ¹ ² or using Windows Settings => System => Storage => Advanced Storage Settings => Disks & Volumes
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Using either of the methods above, create a 1GB
FAT32
partition, let's name itBOOT
🟨 -
Create a 2nd partition on the USB flash drive with the rest of the remaining unused space, formatted as
NTFS
, let's name this oneDATA
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Mount your Windows ISO file by double clicking on it.
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Select all and Copy everything from Windows ISO file to the
NTFS
partition (DATA partition🟩) -
Copy everything from Windows ISO file, except for the "sources" folder, to the
FAT32
partition (BOOT partition🟨) -
Create a new folder in the
FAT32
partition (BOOT partition🟨), and name itsources
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copy the
boot.wim
from the "sources" folder inside the Windows ISO file to the newly created "sources" folder in the FAT32 partition (BOOT partition🟨). -
That's it, your USB flash drive is ready and bootable.