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Free Utility To Make Microsoft Windows 10 Bootable USB Pen Drive

Finally got the chance to give Microsoft Windows 10 Technical Preview a try, to get it loaded onto a new machine I opted to create a Bootable Windows USB drive as shared ahead. While the Windows 7 Bootable Disk Maker Tool worked fine for Windows 8 Bootable USB, it failed with Windows 10 TP ISO image.

I used the excellent portable, bootable usb disk maker utility Rufus to get the job done, just point the utility to Windows 10 TP ISO as shown below and click the Start button.

Rufus Tool

How to convert .CDR to .ISO and make a bootable USB disk

File-format incompatibility between Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows operating-systems is something every user faces utilizing both operating-systems. One such incompatibility is the disk-image format used by both operating-systems, while Apple Mac OS uses .CDR format Microsoft Windows utilizes the international disk-imaging standard .ISO, so you would need something to convert .CDR to .ISO file-format and vice-versa to use them under rival operating-systems. Luckily, the only difference between two is the file-extension, and all one needs to do is to change the .ISO/.CDR extension to make them work interchangeably without any real file-format conversion. We can also use this fact to make perfectly bootable USB disks from .CDR files from Windows and Linux using existing tools allowing cloning of .ISO format to USB.

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Free Serial Keys And Review For Wondershare Live Boot 2012 Bootable DVD/USB System Rescue Disk Maker

Wondershare Live Boot 2012System rescue disks come very handy in disastrous system recovery operations, based on latest Microsoft WinPE 3.0 bootable technology Wondershare Live Boot 2012 feature more than 40 rescue tools to rapidly rescue you from any imaginable PC crash disaster with a bootable CD/USB drive. Armed with tools to fix computer bootup problems, rescue data, backup and restore file/system, clone and deep wipe disk, manage disk, and over 40+ such rescue utility functions in total. The user-friendly interface simplifies the repair procedures into only a few clicks for both savvy users and newbees. The utility costs $59.95 to buy regularly but a 100% genuine and legal free activation serial number is available for grabs during next 4 days.

Wondershare Live Boot 2012

The Fastest And Most Easiest Method To Make Bootable Windows Installation USB Disks

Preparing bootable USB drives has always been a not so easy task requiring a combination of tricks, hacks and tools, thanks to freeware utility WinToFlash this won't be the case any longer as it allows users to create bootable USB disk drives having Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 installation or any other BartPE compatible environment from CD/DVD to USB in a fast and automated way.

WinToFlash USB Setup Creator

Apart from preparing bootable Windows installation and BartPE USB disk drivers WinToFlash also supports making of bootable MS-DOS disks.

Download Kaspersky USB Rescue Disk Maker To Create Bootable Removable Drive The Official Way

Creating and using a bootable USB rescue disk is a much faster, easier and smarter approach than a bootable cd/dvd, earlier we had shared a trick which allowed users to create a bootable USB disk with Kaspersky Rescue ISO, now Kaspersky has listened to the need and released an official bootable USB disk maker for Kaspersky Rescue Disk.

Kaspersky Bootable Rescue Disk Maker For USB

Create iPhone Bootable USB Disk And Use It To Install Windows XP/7/Vista, Create Rescue Disk, Run Live Distros And Much More

Having a bootable USB disk drive comes in handy, and what else can be better then to have your bootable computer rescue kit or favorite linux distro right with you on your iPhone, as my previous post shared how you can make your iPhone work as a mass storage device somebody used USB Drive creatively making it work as a bootable disk drive which lets you use iPhone as a bootable computer rescue kit, launch Windows setup, and use other bootable USB distros/live cd's.

UNetbootin - Create Bootable Live USB Disks For A Variety Of Linux Distributions From Windows Or Linux

If you want to create a Live Ubuntu USB key from Windows, free utility Usbuntu does the job perfectly, but if you are looking for an advanced utility having the ability to create bootable live USB drives from a variety of Linux distro's UNetbootin would be the solution you are looking for, the free and open-source utility for Windows and Linux allows users to create bootable Live USB disks for a variety of Linux distributions, the utility can download a linux distribution of your choice or can be supplied with a Linux .iso file if you've already downloaded it or if your distribution of choice is not included in the list.

UNetbootin Linux USB Maker

If you don't have a USB disk or can't use it for some reason UNetbootin can install on your Hard-disk as a Frugal Install which can come handy for loading system utilities like - Parted Magic, Super Grub Disk, Backtrack, Ophcrack, NTPasswd, Gujin, Smart Boot Manager (SBM) and FreeDOS to name a few.

Creating Ubuntu Live USB For Use In Microsoft Windows Without Installation

Live Ububtu USB CreatorI have blogged about how to install Windows 7 as a virtual machine for a risk-free trial, Similarly, if you are willing to try one of the best Linux desktop distro "Ubuntu" without risking your existing Windows install here's a short, simple and easy to use GUI utility to create Ubuntu Live USB with ease.

uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows allowing users to create bootable USB key with Ubuntu 8.10 on it, and the best part is that the software also offers an exclusive option of automatic virtualization using portable VirtualBox for launching Ubuntu directly in Windows without any configuration or installation.

Ubuntu Live USB Maker

Creating Bootable Kaspersky Rescue USB Disk

Virus's can get real nasty and make your Operating System unbootable, in such cases the user is left with only two choices either to format and re-install the operating system or to use a bootable anti-virus cleaner for removing the virus infection, obviously the second option is the preferred one, almost all major anti-virus companies provide bootable rescue disk's for removal of such stubborn virus infections, Kaspersky Rescue Disk is one of the best bootable anti-virus rescue disk out there with an fully functional option to download latest anti-virus definitions updates from internet, the free rescue disk GUI is similar to Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 allowing users to remove virus's and malware's via a familiar interface without booting into Windows.

Kaspersky Rescue Disk

If you don't have CD/DVD booting functionality or would prefer USB disk as the bootable medium, here is a simple step-by-step guide for creating bootable Kaspersky Rescue USB Disk:

Free Utility To Make Your USB Pen Drive Bootable

USB Storage DeviceIf you are an fairly advanced computer user, at times you may need to boot from devices other then the default hard-disk, mainly to troubleshoot virus infections and other critical operating-system related issues, I had shared tips on how to make bootable cd for performing advance system tasks on windows. Today I will share few utilities enabling you to create bootable USB pen drives with ease, you need to have Motherboard/BIOS with USB boot support for this to work.

MakeBootable is an free and simple-to-use utility to make your Pen Drive act as a boot-up disk without erasing any data on the device. It consists of a single executable file and requires no installation, However the utility will only work on USB device's using Phison’s chip solution and FAT file-system only (you can re-format your drives to FAT easily).

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