How to make a bootable USB drive If you're trying to install a new operating system or flash your BIOS, you're going to need a bootable USB drive - here's how to make one.

Learn how to boot Windows directly from a USB drive with this step-by-step guide. Perfect for troubleshooting or running Windows on the go.

Once the Windows 7 files have completed copying, insert your USB flash drive into a computer and boot it up to start the Windows 7 installation. Just make sure that the BIOS is set to boot the USB ...

Having bootable media ready can be a real lifesaver when you need to do a clean installation of Windows. Thankfully, it's easy to set that up. There are two main ways to create bootable media for a ...

Normally, if you are unable to boot into Windows and cannot access your files, you can create a bootable drive and use the media to boot and repair your OS installation. Perhaps, not widely known by ...

And by adding Windows installation files to your bootable recovery drive, you can easily reinstall Windows and get back to work.

If you’d rather make your own, however, this guide will show you two different ways to create a USB flash drive that works just like a Windows 10 DVD.

Use Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to create Windows 11 bootable installation media. Create a bootable Windows USB flash drive using this tutorial.

A bootable USB drive will typically show "No Media/No Volume" or very little volume in MB. Using Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell provides another way to verify the bootability of a USB drive.