how to make an USB drive bootable for installing window vista

[shivraj dagadi]

hi frnds!!!
Njoying training ....here i have posted a useful post 4 u...many times
we need to install
an OS through usb drives .especially when we have no dvd tools.. so
i think it will give u help....enjoy






How to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista?
[Posted in Windows Vista]







This tutorial will help you in creating a bootable USB drive of
Windows Vista which you can use to install Vista in any system. It
might become very useful when you don't have access to DVD drive.

1. First format your USB drive in NTFS file system. You can do it by
attaching your USB drive to your system and then format it from My
Computer window.

2. Now open Command Prompt window from Start menu. Right-click on
Command Prompt entry in start menu and select "Run as administrator"
option.

3. Now type diskpart in Command Prompt window and press Enter. It'll
launch DiskPart program:


4. Now provide following command:

list volume

It'll show a list of all drives in your system. Look for your USB
drive entry. As in the below screenshot, the USB drive is "G" which
you can determine from its "Type" entry.

Now you have to select the USB drive volume by providing select volume
no. command. Since in our case volume no. of USB drive is "Volume 4",
the command would be:

select volume 4

Now we have to make this drive active. So provide active command:

active

Now exit from DiskPart using exit command.



5. Now we need to create Boot sector on USB drive. We'll use
"bootsect.exe" utility for this task. You can find this utility in
Windows Vista setup disk. It'll be present in "Boot" directory.

Now provide following command in Command Prompt:

bootsect /nt60 G:

Here G is drive letter of USB drive. Replace it with the correct drive
letter if your system has some other letter for USB drive.



6. At last, copy all files/folders from Vista Setup DVD to your USB
drive and you have done.

Now you can boot using your USB drive and can install Windows Vista in
any system.

[soumen porel]

thats great shivraj
keep it up!!!