I still remembered few months back, a friend of mine asked me to repair her Windows. The problem was her CD-ROM was not functioning. Therefore, I couldn’t boot from the Windows XP bootable CD. I did think about copying the file from the XP cd to my pen drive and boot from my USB pen drive. But how can I booted from my USB pen drive when the pen drive itself was not bootable? That’s a few months old story.
If today my friend comes again to me with the same problem, I will be happy to help because now I know how to make USB pen drive bootable. MakeBootable is a freeware application that turns your USB pen drives into a bootable media with just a single click. This nifty utility makes your pen drive to be bootable without erasing any data in the USB device.

MakeBootable consists of a single executable file and requires no installation. To use MakeBootable, run the MakeBootable executable file. On the main window, select the USB device you wish to make bootable. Click on the “Make Bootable” button to begin the process. The program will load several files required for boot up into your device.
Next, you need to change the boot-up setting in the system BIOS. With your USB device still plugged, restart your system. Enter the BIOS setup menu and change the boot device setting. Select USB Device as First Boot device in the boot device priority. If the boot-up files are created in the USB drive, select USB-HDD or USB-ZIP (preferred). If the boot-up files are created in the floppy drive of your device, select USB-FDD (for pen drive that supports security mode).
Once done, save and exit the BIOS setup. Now, you should be able to boot up with your USB device.
MakeBootable run perfectly on Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP.
Note : Before running MakeBootable, if your USB pen drive is under FAT32 and NTFS file system format, you need to convert the format to FAT. MakeBootable does not support FAT32 and NTFS file systems.
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Thanks for the tip.
where we will find the bootable executable file
i want my pen drive bootable.
pls write step
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I want to make my pen derive bootable..I search in google but i cann’t success.So if any one know how can i make our pen derive bootable,pls help me.
sorry this setup (makebootable) works for only phesons chip
than how it will work for all chips
its simply dust software
I converted PEN DRIVE FAT 32 to FAT and tryed to make a bootable but it is showing device not found.
dude,
It works well only with usb drives using FAT system but now a days most of the pendrives use NTFS system and it’s difficult format them using FAT system.
I have tried but failed.
can i install window with the use of pendrive only?
Hi.. Sir..
i just want to make booteble pen drive. so in that case wich file we must be Download fome net.
i want to just creat pen drive bootebl. give Idea please…
Daksh
please help me to make my transcend 2.0 pen drive bootable,
please do mail me in my id (irfan.cool99@gmail.com)
I want to make my pen derive bootable..I search in google but i cann’t success.So if any one know how can i make our pen derive bootable,pls help me
HI
Someone help me. I am unable to make the bootable pendrive, i fellow the step i cant getting bootable pendrive.
Regards
rakhi
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How i convert my pendrive from FAT32 to FAT format….
I convert PEN DRIVE FAT 32 to FAT and tryied to make a bootable but it is showing device not found.
hell sir
I want to make my pen derive bootable..I search in google but i cann’t success.So if any one know how can i make our pen derive bootable,pls help me.
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I format PEN DRIVE and tryed to make a bootable but it is showing device not found
is it possible to convert it back to non bootable??
Yes, use the same software and convert it backup to FAT32 if the original file system was FAT32
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There is another maybe very easy (For me it is) software can be download from internet named win2flash is available and I personally tested this thing on windows xp, 2003 and windows 7.
I will try it out.
ya i done this process but it didnot booting with pen drive . The message is comming like this there is no bootable partition table not found send answer to my email.
Srikanth,
Use Win2Flash software to make your USB bootable or check the under given URL to install windows using USB/Pen Drive;
http://www.itoperationz.com/2009/10/install-windows-xp-vista-and-7-from-a-usb/
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my problem was hw to make a pendrive bootable. nw i dont hv such a problem …. thanku for providing me a proper solution…………..ajay
I Have not any bootable device so i want a bootable pen drive.but i not
I Have not any bootable device so i want a bootable pen drive.but i not
I want to make my pen drive bootable.
I have searched a lots of time in google but I didn’t make it possible , so would you ples help to get out of my problem.
well thakssssssssssssssssss.
hey . it doesnt recognise my usb drive . even it is fat format. ( using windows 7 32-bit)
Does “Make Bootable” work in Windows Vista?
Please help.
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hi bro thanks for sharing this nice info with us i ll try it today
I wana make my pen booteble plz reply me
thanks for sharing this nice info with us
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