I copied the Windows 8 CD to my HDD. I want to convert that folder to an ISO and use that to create a bootable USB.
Please tell me how I can make an ISO image out of that folder containing files.
I copied the Windows 8 CD to my HDD. I want to convert that folder to an ISO and use that to create a bootable USB.
Please tell me how I can make an ISO image out of that folder containing files.
To do that, at first you will need a ISO image creator tool. PowerISO
can be a good choice as it's interface is easy and making bootable image using this software is straightforward.
Now follow the image to drag and drop files inside PowerISO and select DVD 4.7G
.
You will see that it is showing Non-bootable Image
as no boot configuration is added yet. Now to add boot configuration, go to Action -> Boot -> Add boot information...
.
Then, in the dialog box click on the file icon beside File
and go to the directory where your Windows 8 files are kept. Then follow the next image to select All Files(*.*)
as the file type.
After that you will find a file named etfsboot
. Select it and hit OK. Then you will see in lower left corner of PowerIso, now it is showing as Bootable Image, which means that you have successfully configured it as a bootable image. Now save the image file in your desired location and you are done.
Create ISO image is able by MagicISO or CDBurnerXP.
Bootable USB stick is able to create by MS USB DVD Download Tool
OR you can use these MS commands.
Creating bootable USB using command prompt (cmd.exe
).
Software such as Power ISO are often severely limited in terms of features in their free versions, so I wanted to use native windows tools to make bootable USB. I followed MS commands link given by @jerry1, with a few modifications of my own to create a Windows 11 bootable USB drive.
cmd.exe
as administrator)diskpart
list disk
Make sure you see the list of disks so that you dont select the wrong drive by mistake.select disk 1
Instead of 1 use the disk number for your USB driveclean
Remove partition table. Save data before thiscreate partition primary
Create a new partition tableselect partition 1
format fs=fat32 quick label=w11
The MSDN link uses NTFS partition, fat32 worked for me.active
Mark the partition active. Some bootloaders use this flag to figure out which of the partitions contain OSexit
Exit diskpartcd D:\downloads\WINDOWS11E64V22154
Navigate to folder containing Windows setup filescd boot
Navigate to boot folderbootsect.exe /nt60 f: /mbr
Run bootsect command to write info to MBR. /mbr
is for MBR partitioning type. If you see an error similar to The update may be unreliable since ...
make sure the USB drive is not open in any explorer or cmd.exe window (details on MSDN link).Directory structure of USB drive after copying files:
On my system I had to turn off safe mode, and fast boot in BIOS. You may also have to enable legacy/compatibility mode in BIOS.
References: