To create a bootable USB drive manually, we will use the Command Prompt as a Windows

default program. Here are step by step to create a bootable USB drive as the Windows
installation media. To create a bootable USB drive as a Windows installation media, we require
at least 4 GB for minimum capacity. Larger capacity is better. At this moment, I use the USB
flash drive with 2 GB of capacity as just an example. It's due to some reasons that my 4 GB flash
drive encountered an unusual problem that i have to fix later. :D

Step 1: Using DISKPART Command

1. Insert your USB flash drive to your running computer. As the first step, we need to run
Command Prompt as administrator. To do this, we need to find cmd by typing 'cmd' in
the search box on Windows Start Menu. After search result for 'cmd' appears, right click
on it and select "Run as administrator".
2. Type 'diskpart' on Command Prompt (without quotes) and hit Enter. Wait for a while
until the DISKPART program run.
3. Type 'list disk' to view active disks on your computer and hit Enter. There would be seen
that the active disks shown as Disk 0 for hard drive and Disk 1 for your USB flashdrive
with its total capacity.
 4. Type 'select disk 1' to determine that disk 1 would be processed in the next step then hit
Enter.
5. Type 'clean' and hit Enter to remove all of data in the drive.
6. Type 'create partition primary' and hit Enter. Creating a primary partition and further
recognized by Windows as 'partition 1'.
7. Type 'select partition 1' an hit Enter. Choosing the 'partition 1' for setting up it as an
active partition.
8. Type 'active' and hit Enter. Activating current partition.
9. Type 'format fs=ntfs quick' and hit Enter. Formatting current partition as NTFS file
system quickly.
10. Type 'exit' and hit Enter. Leaving DISKPART program but don't close the Command
Prompt instead. We would still need it for next process.

Step 2: Creating Boot Sector

Let us assume that the flash / USB drive is the D: drive and the DVD installer located on drive
F :. The first step, we will navigate Command Prompt to set installation DVD as its active
directory.

1. By default, Command Prompt's active directory for Administrator permission is on

C:\Windows\System32>. We will navigate Command Prompt to set on DVD (F:) as its
active directory. Just type 'f:' then hit Enter, and the active directory changed to F:.
2. Type 'cd boot' and hit Enter. Active directory changed to F:\boot>.
3. Type 'bootsect /nt60 d:' and hit Enter. Creating boot sector on D: drive (USB flash
drive).
4. Type 'exit' and hit Enter to close the Command Prompt. Until this step we have made a
bootable USB drive sucessfully, and the flash drive is ready to be used as a boot media.

Step 3: Copying Installation Files

To install Windows from a bootable USB drive, we just need to copy the whole installation files
contained on the DVD installer to flash drive. To do this, open the Command Prompt as in
previous steps. Once it opens, type 'xcopy f: \ *. * d: \ / E / H / F' and then press Enter. Wait
until all the files in the DVD installer copied to the flash drive. Now bootable USB drive is ready
to be used for installing Windows from flash drive and you're done !