Though most of us don’t even know what is the purpose of a boot-able disk and how they were used but for some of the advanced users it is a must have utility cd to fix several PC related problems like when they have to scan a pc in native DOS mode or for some of the hard-disk repair or recovery task.
But as we all know the CD or DVD are now a matter of past and USB disk are widely used. But the question is how to make them bootable? If you are also looking an answer for the same then MakeBootable can be the best application for your needs. This is free and simple to use utility which is capable to make any pen drive bootable. After making your pen drive bootable with makebootable you can use your pen drive like a windows xp bootable cd.
Makebootable is so easy to use, as it make your normal USB pen drive a bootable media in one click.
But there is a limitation, you will need to format your pen drive with fat file system in order to make your device bootable.
Convert to FAT and use MakeBootable
1. Backup the existing files on the drive.
2. Perform a FAT format
3. Now Run Makebootable.exe to make your USB portable device bootable.
After making your pen drive bootable, go to your BIOS and select USB Device as First Boot device in the boot device priority.
But there is a limitation, you will need to format your pen drive with fat file system in order to make your device bootable.
Convert to FAT and use MakeBootable
1. Backup the existing files on the drive.
2. Perform a FAT format
3. Now Run Makebootable.exe to make your USB portable device bootable.
After making your pen drive bootable, go to your BIOS and select USB Device as First Boot device in the boot device priority.
