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thexder1
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n°1729355
07-06-2007 at 08:28:21 PM

I am trying to find a way to take an ISO image of a bootable CD and make a bootable USB flash drive from it. Has anyone done this? I have found some linux versions that have an installer to put them on a USB flash drive but nothing to take the ISO file directly to the drive and it seems like it would be mainly just converting the ISO9660 file system to fat file system.

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The_Prophecy
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n°1729917
07-07-2007 at 09:55:20 AM

Mount your bootable ISO to an image drive. For this example I will use drive D: as the image drive, and drive E: as the flash drive. This is the command you use to create an exact copy of a disk on to another volume.

xcopy D:\*.* E: /s/e/f

This can be used for instance, to copy the Vista DVD to an appropriately sized USB flash drive to install the OS from there. I have tested this at work a few times and it installs in about the same amount of time, but without the worry of caring for the DVD (scratches) or having problems with the lens in the DVD drive reading the data. I should also note however, that the flash drive I used was not the fastest out there (it was a 4GB Patriot Signature flash drive as shown here)

belvdr
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n°1729928
07-07-2007 at 10:26:41 AM

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xcopy D:\*.* E: /s/e/f



You don't need /s if you have /e. Those are mutually exclusive. /f just shows you the files.

However, if any file has the hidden or system attribute set, you'll need /h as well.

I'm just not seeing how the above command would copy the boot sector.

thexder1
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n°1730411
07-07-2007 at 10:25:26 PM

that is correct xcopy does not copy boot sectors. At least not by default

guyverjab
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n°1746614
06-20-2008 at 06:17:19 PM

I was wondering, if this would be possible to use a hackintosh CD to place on a USB flash memory. For installation and booting. I ve been digging around how to get the USB to become bootable, but i haven't been able to copy all of the contents of the hackintosh Cd to the USB drive. Any help???

mariorami
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n°1750432
09-02-2008 at 07:24:00 AM

What if i make the USB flash drive bootable first and then copy the image files to it. Will it work? will i need to edit the boot files. For instance, if i make the USB drive bootable with DOS, do i need to edit the autoexec and config files?

jepling1
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n°1750465
09-02-2008 at 09:04:38 PM

I have tried the xcopy and it does not make the USB bootable. Please help! I am trying to get the USB version of the BackTrack 3 Final for my networking class! what should I do in order to make that USB bootable? Also, I was wondering if I could use an ISO burner to burn it to a Flash Drive.


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