En este tutorial veremos como crear particiones, darles formato y como prepararlas para realizar la instalación del Sistema Operativo.

Para realizar los pasos de este tutorial necesitaremos un Cd Live de cualquier distribución Linux (en mi caso Damn Small Linux), distribuciones mas gráficas como Ubuntu incorporan otras herramientas de particionado mas accesibles como GParted que no requieren el uso de la terminal, sin embargo, cfdisk es una opción valida en cualquier distribución Linux, a diferencia de la herramienta GParted.

Lo primero que debemos hacer es abrir la terminal (shell) a la que podremos acceder desde el menú inicial de nuestro Linux, generalmente desde “Aplicaciones/Accesorios”, lo primero que tendremos que teclear es “sudo su” para iniciar sesión con root, una vez hecho esto dispondremos de todos los privilegios, entre ellos, realizar particiones en el disco duro, tecleamos “cfdisk” , en caso de no disponer de tabla de particiones nos preguntará si deseamos crear una, le indicamos que “y“.

Nos encontramos en la interface del programa cfdisk, con las teclas de dirección (arriba y abajo) nos desplazaremos por las particiones una vez creadas, con las teclas de direccion (derecha e izquierda) nos desplazaremos por las opciones que nos ofrece el programa, entre ellas a destacar:

• New: Nos permite crear particiones eligiendo su tamaño, localización en el HDD…
• Type: Nos permite escoger que tipo de sistema de archivos utilizará la partición.
• Bootable: Servirá para marcar que partición será accesible desde el arranque.
• Write: Guardará todos los cambios realizados en la tabla de particiones.

Una vez sepamos que hace cada opción es fácil crear las particiones para poder instalar una distribución Linux.

El primer paso es seleccionar “New“, seleccionamos “Primary” debido a que en esta partición queremos almacenar un Sistema operativo, le asignamos el tamaño de la partición en función de que cumple los requisitos mínimos requeridos por el SO y que se ajusta a nuestras necesidades.
Indicamos que la partición se coloque en el principio “Beginning“.

Todas las posibilidades que nos brinda la opción "type"

Ahora nos encontremos con la tabla de particiones, ahora ya no está vacía y podemos observar que consta nuestra reciente creación, nos situamos encima de la partición recién creada y seleccionamos en las opciones “Bootable” y “Type”, en type deberemos seleccionar el sistema de archivos de la partición, en nuestro caso, queremos alojar una distribución Linux, por lo tanto, necesitaremos el formato de archivos compatible con Linux, tendremos que teclear el numero 83 que como podréis comprobar en la parte superior, corresponde al tipo “Linux” ya tenemos creada y configurada nuestra partición primaria, sin embargo, nos queda otra, volvemos a crear una partición, sin embargo, esta vez seleccionamos “Logical” y le asignamos de tamaño 1 GB, indicamos que coloque la partición al final “End” y está vez, no seleccionamos la opción “bootable”, pero si tenemos que asignarle el tipo de sistema de archivos, seleccionamos la opción 82 que corresponde a “Linux swap“.

Ya tenemos configuradas las dos particiones, pero no creadas, aquí es donde entra la opción “Write“, pulsamos y confirmamos con un “yes” cuando nos pregunte si estamos seguros, esperamos a que termine y listo, podemos salir con la opción “Quit“.

Este es el aspecto final de la tabla (el tamaño de las particiones depende de cada uno...)

Este tutorial explica la creación de particiones primarias y lógicas, una normal y otra de intercambio para la instalación de un Damn Small Linux, si solo deseáis crear una partición para disponer de mas en vuestro Linux, las opciones escogidas han de ser “logical” si no queréis instalar un SO, “End” para colocarla al final y formato “Linux“.

Microsoft customers who download Windows 7 installation files through Microsoft Store, MSDN, TechNet, MAPS (Microsoft Partner Action Packs Subscription) Software on Demand Digital Distribution, or Volume License Service Center (VLSC), will get an ISO image file which is an archive file or disc image of an DVD optical disc.

Most people will choose to burn (or write) the Windows 7 ISO to DVD disc media to start the installation. Some people may also opt to make or create a bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive to install Windows 7 on PC systems that support booting up from a USB drive (changing of boot order or boot sequence in BIOS may be required), especially on computers (e.g. netbooks) that does not have a DVD drive. Furthermore, install operating system from USB hard drive or flash stick is also faster comparing to old-fashioned DVD.

To let customers have an easier way to burn and write the Windows 7 ISO image to a physical DVD media, USB flash drive (or USB stick), or external and portable USB hard disk drive, Microsoft Store has released a Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT), which also known simply as ISO Tool published at http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool. Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool allows users to create a copy of Windows 7 ISO file on a USB flash drive, USB hard disk or a DVD, by transferring the installation from the ISO image to the medium, and ensuring the DVD or USB drive is bootable. Been bootable mean the media allows users to install Windows 7 after starting up computer directly without having to first run an existing operating system on the machine.

Although burning an ISO to a DVD disc is easy, but converting Windows 7 ISO to a USB drive is much more complex, because ISO cannot be directly ‘burned’ or ‘wrote’ to USB drive. Copying all the content inside the ISO to USB drive also does not work, as the USB drive is not bootable. Hence, WUDT is very useful for Windows 7 users who want to port and transfer Windows 7 setup installation files to USB flash drive or external hard disk, which is also bootable.

Step-by-Step Guide on How to Use Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool to Create Bootable DVD or USB Media

1. Download a Windows 7 ISO.
2. Download and install Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool: Windows7-USB-DVD-tool.exe (official link has been pulled due to possible violation of GPL license).
3. Run the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.
4. In the Source file box, type the name and path of Windows 7 ISO file, or click Browse and select the file in the Open dialog box, then click Next.
5. Select USB device to create a copy of Windows 7 installation media on a USB flash drive or DVD to create a copy of Windows 7 installation media on a DVD disk, then click Next.
6. Insert USB flash drive or external hard disk into USB port, or DVD disc into DVD writer/burner tray.
7. For copying the Windows 7 file to a USB flash drive, select your USB device in the dropdown list and click Begin copying. For copying the file up to a DVD, click Begin burning.
8. WUDT will format storage media, and then copying Windows 7 files over to the media.
9. Once bootable USB device or DVD created successfully, user can install Windows 7 by navigating to the root of DVD or USB flash drive and double-clicking Setup.exe. It’s also possible to install Windows 7 directly from the USB key or DVD by booting from the USB key or DVD, where Windows 7 installer will be automatically launched.

In order to copy Windows 7 setup files to a bootable USB key or USB flash drive, at least 4 GB of storage space capacity is required. WUDT runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and supports localized language versions of Windows 7, such as German, English, French, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Hebrew, Arab, Czech, Danish, Traditional Chinese, Norwegian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch and Spanish.

sumber: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/10/26/windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool-creates-and-makes-bootable-dvd-disc-or-usb-flashhard-drive-from-iso-image/

It always amazes me that there are so few straight-forward and simple guides to creating a bootable USB drive for a Windows OS installation. I thought I would take a moment to outline a simple technique for creating a bootable USB drive for a Windows 7 installation. Now as much as I would like to say that this is an “original” thought, I have to give some credit to the  VistaPCGuy as a creditable source of information.

Overview

This will walk through the steps to create a bootable USB flash drive for the purpose of installing a Vista or Windows 7 OS.  These instructions assume that you have a computer with Windows Vista installed on it.

Requirements

• USB Flash Drive (4GB+)
• Microsoft Windows 7 DVD (you choose the W7 flavor)
• A computer running XP or Vista

Step 1- Format the Drive
The steps here are to use the command line to format the disk properly using the diskpart utility. [Be warned: this will erase everything on your drive. Be careful and be sure that you have already backed up any data off the USB that you may want to keep.]

1. Plug in your USB Flash Drive
2. Open a command prompt as administrator (Right click on Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”
3. Find the drive number of your USB Drive by typing the following into the Command Prompt window:
   diskpart
   list disk
   The number of your USB drive will listed. You’ll need this for the next step.  I’ll assume that the USB flash drive is disk 1.
4. Format the drive by typing the next instructions into the same window. Replace the number “1” with the number of your disk below.
   select disk 1
   clean
   create partition primary
   select partition 1
   active
   format fs=NTFS
   assign
   exit
   When that is done you’ll have a formatted USB flash drive ready to be made bootable.

Step 2 – Make the Drive Bootable 
Next we’ll use the bootsect utility that comes on the Vista or Windows 7 disk to make the flash drive bootable.  In the same command window that you were using in Step 1:

1. Insert your Windows 7 DVD into your drive.
2. Change directory to the DVD’s boot directory where bootsect lives (I will assume d:\)
   d:
   cd d:\boot
3. Use bootsect to set the USB as a bootable NTFS drive prepared for a Windows 7 image. I’m assuming that your USB flash drive has been labeled disk G:\ by the computer:
   bootsect /nt60 g:
4. You can now close the command prompt window, we’re done here.

Step 3 – Copy the installation DVD to the USB drive
The easiest way is to use Windows explorer to copy all of the files on your DVD on to the formatted flash drive.  After you’ve copied all of the files the disk you are ready to go.

Step 4 – Set your BIOS to boot from USB
This is where I must depend on you to handle, since every computer is different. Most BIOS’s though, allow you to hit a key at boot and select a boot option.

It is as simple as that! Until next time … Enjoy.

Lees volledig artikel op: http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_build_bootable_sd_card_rescue_ranger_your_mac_sd_card_slot

Artikel behandeld SD Cards, maar dit werkt uiteraard ook met USB Stick.

Great step by step.  Click here.

The method is very simple and you can use without any hassles. Needless to say that your motherboard should support USB Boot feature to make use of the bootable USB drive.

Requirements:

*USB Flash Drive (Minimum 4GB)

*Windows 7 or Vista installation files.

Follow the below steps to create bootable Windows 7/Vista USB drive using which you can install Windows 7/Vista easily.

1. Plug-in your USB flash drive to USB port and move all the contents from USB drive to a safe location on your system.

2. Open Command Prompt with admin rights. Use any of the below methods to open Command Prompt with admin rights.

*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

3. You need to know about the USB drive a little bit. Type in the following commands in the command prompt:

First type DISKPART and hit enter to see the below message.

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number (ex: Disk 1) of your USB flash drive. In the below screenshot my Flash Drive Disk no is Disk 1.

4. Next type all the below commands one by one. Here I assume that your disk drive no is “Disk 1”.If you have Disk 2 as your USB flash drive then use Disk 2.Refer the above step to confirm it.

So below are the commands you need to type and execute one by one:

SELECT DISK 1

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process may take few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Don’t close the command prompt as we need to execute one more command at the next step. Just minimize it.

5. Next insert your Windows7/Vista DVD into the optical drive and check the drive letter of the DVD drive. In this guide I will assume that your DVD drive letter is “D” and USB drive letter is “H” (open my computer to know about it).

6. Maximize the minimized Command Prompt in the 4th step.Type  the following command now:

D: CD BOOT and hit enter.Where “D” is your DVD drive letter.

CD BOOT and hit enter to see the below message.

7. Type another command given below to update the USB drive with BOOTMGR compatible code.

BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H:

Where “H” is your USB drive letter. Once you enter the above command you will see the below message.

8. Copy your Windows 7/Vista DVD contents to the USB flash drive.

9. Your USB drive is ready to boot and install Windows 7/Vista. Only thing you need to change the boot priority at the BIOS to USB from the HDD or CD ROM drive. I won’t explain it as it’s just the matter the changing the boot priority or enabling the USB boot option in the BIOS.

Originele artikel hier:  http://www.nirmaltv.com/2009/07/13/create-a-windows-7-bootable-usb/

Installatie van Windows vanaf een USB stick gaat wat vlotter, tevens heel veel nieuwe laptops en zeker de kleine netbooks hebben geen DVD lezer meer. Met het gratis tooltje Bootable USB is het erg makkelijk om een opstartbare USB stick te maken voor Windows 7, Windows Vista en Windows Server 2008.

Recept:

• USB Stick van 4 Gb of groter
• Originele DVD van Windows 7 of Vista of Window Server 2008
• Of een ISO image de DVD met het gewenste besturingssysteem

• Controleer of de USB stick aangesloten is en welke drive (E: of G: o.i.d.) het is
• Start Bootable USB
• Formatteer USB stick
• Selecteer DVD of ISO image (om de bestanden te kopieren naar de USB stick)
• Start het process om een bootable USB te maken
• Even geduld om de kopieeractie te voltooien

> Download Bootable USB

Update 23 oktober:  Microsoft levert nu ook hun eigen tool voor maken van een bootable USB.

> Download & hulp Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Windows 7 Release Day!

Microsoft Windows 7 is finally out today! Is it everything Vista was supposed to be? YES…and more. When I got my Dell several years ago it was preinstalled with Windows Vista, and to be honest it was not as bad as everyone made it out to be. The only annoying thing about Vista was that Windows Explorer would crash pretty frequently. Other than that, I got pretty accustomed to Vista and never turned back to XP. However, I have also been a Mac user since 2005. With my Mac the productivity was faster, more efficient, and a lot easier than using my newer Dell tower with Vista. The only reason I would use my Dell was because I got a sweet 24 inch HD screen attached to it or if I needed to use Microsoft Office.

ENTER Windows 7. Since I never really had issues with Vista, I knew that Windows 7 would be ever better. As the release date got closer, I actually got pretty excited for the release of Windows 7! The only other time I ever got excited for an Operating System release was when Mac OS-X 10.5 Leopard came out. I’ve been running Windows 7 now for about 5 hours and I have to hand it to the Microsoft team for making Aero much more productive. I NEVER used Aero one bit with Vista, and here with 7 I have already used it plenty of times. I love splitting the windows in half and having them side by side, and the window shake is just natural and efficient. The new Mac-like icons on the bottom of the toolbar is also very clean, productive, and useful. Another positive is that the installation of Windows 7 is nearly flawless! Took maybe 30 minutes at most (I did a clean reinstall) and I was up online right away. Drivers and my printer were all detected and installed automatically…it just plain worked. The only thing I had to download was Firefox and McAfee. Aside from UI interface improvements and ease of installation, the small things like having all the devices and printers in an easy-to-locate place called…you guessed it “Devices and Printers” and a revamped “Network and Internet” tab makes it all easier to share files. If I had to describe Windows 7 in one word it would be “easier.”

Negatives? Well Windows 7 really doesn’t have any so far. While I describe 7 to be easier, I have to hold my judgment if 7 is also stable – remember my only gripe with Vista was Windows Explorer crashed frequently. I have no doubt that 7 probably is also stable. BUT if I had to pick one negative it would be the nuance of not including an ISO file of Windows 7. Let me explain, I downloaded Windows 7 Professional using my education discount. I was thinking that Microsoft/Digital River would give us an ISO file just like the Release Candidate, but instead we were given 3 files (two .box files and one .exe file) and you could not easily burn a disk or put in on a bootable USB. So for those like me who wanted to do a clean install – wiping out the entire contents of my hard drive and installing Windows 7 – it was made difficult. But after searching the internet for several hours I did find a solution on how to get the Digital River Windows 7 education download onto a CD or USB. So in actuality there would not be any negatives if I got a CD/retail version. KUDOS to Microsoft…7 will take time away from my aging Powerbook.

Aside from a Windows 7 release today, Microsoft opened their first Microsoft Store in Scottsdale, AZ to much fanfare. According to Gizmodo and Engadget there were people in line this morning waiting for the store to open. The first several in line got a free Zune HD. Nifty! The store does look identical to an Apple Store. But that’s not all Microsoft unveiled today…in Paris they opened Windows Cafe. Pictures are directly below.

Windows Cafe in Paris

Microsoft Store Grand Opening!

More shots of the Microsoft Store

Xbox 360 and accessories

Now check out some screenshots, helpful links, and some funny Windows 7-related videos below (its funny trust me)!

Aero Preview in action!

Aero Snap in action!

Revamped Windows Explorer

Lifehacker’s Guide to Windows 7

Engadget’s Windows 7 Install Guide

Engadget’s Windows 7 Review

Gizmodo’s Windows 7 Review along with 26 others

Funnyordie’s Windows 7 Party

Gizmodo’s Windows 7 Party

Fred Health sent myself and a few of our other developers over to TechEd here in Australia. During our time at TechEd I went to a fun little session held by Andrew Dugdell titled, Windows 7 After Hours – Everything Microsoft put in there for you and not the company.

During this session Andrew pointed us in the direction of a little tool that will allow you to create a Bootable USB drive that you can install Windows 7 off of. This comes in handy when you have dozens of installations to do and in our case at Fred Health, when you have a custom built Windows 7 installation built using the WAIK.

One of my colleagues was not able to find this little tool on the net without actually going back through the presentation! So I thought I’d post some quick info here…

A Bootable USB: Utility to Create Bootable USB Drive to Install Windows Vista, Server 2008 and 7

A few other important things do know about building a bootable USB Windows 7 installation drive.

• Windows 7 ‘has all the bits’ for all of the versions (This includes the anytime upgrade)
• Simply deleting the “ei.cfg” on your USB key file will allow you to choose the version
• USB keys with solid read (25MB/s) will rocket through

Linux

Link: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Summary: “UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for a variety of Linux distributions from Windows or Linux, without requiring you to burn a CD.”

Windows

Link: http://wintoflash.com/home/en/

Summary: “WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents of a windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive.”

Snow Leopard a.k.a. 10.6 is the latest Apple operating system. It hit the streets Aug. 28, and having never jumped on board to 10.5 (Leopard), I decided to take the plunge from Tiger (10.4).

Let me say this first, the upgrade process was smooth. I used Carbon Copy Clone to create a bootable backup, that way if anything went wrong, I could jump right back to my customized OS with little hassle. Inserted my install DVD into the drive. Pressed the power button on my MacBook and then held down the OPTION key. It showed the Macintosh HD, my Bootcamp partition and the DVD. Clicked on the DVD and within 40 minutes was cruising on a brand new shiny 10.6 OS.

Everything worked perfect. 95% of my applications are working. All my PPC applications as well. When you launch an app that is PPC code, you’ll be prompted to install Rosetta (module that lets you run PPC coded apps). After that those 3% of apps that I had in PPC code whirred back to life. The other 2% were small things like screen savers (Fliqlo), a few widgets and iStats monitor tools. The last one has been fixed to work on 10.6, so still holding out for the devs to fix the other two.

While I’ve certainly had lots of time (2 years) to adjust to the Leopard environment at school, I never justified the upgrade due to outright laziness. While I was missing Stacks, the new Preview features, the smarter Spotlight, Spaces, and some other nice Leopard only features, 10.4 still ran like a champ.

I would say coming up from 10.5, 10.6 will seem like a service pack upgrade, but anyone who is anyone knows, the major upgrades are under the hood, or inside the computer. Algorithms are more tight and the OS code has been tweaked for maximum performance. Speed increases in general tasks should feel snappier. If your Mac has Nvidia 9400m graphics chipsets (all the unibody Aluminum MacBook, MacBook Pro, and certain Aluminum iMacs) then 10.6 will enable general purpose computing which is nerd speak for using the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to perform simple tasks such as opening tons of files at once without slowing the rest of the computer down. Boot-up and shutdown times also have decreased. My boot-up is 30 seconds to the desktop and 6 seconds shutdown.

Quick Time Player is now much more functional, with recording features that were once only Quick Time Pro-exclusive. Making your own videos without any additional software is now easier than ever. The upgraded app also lets you record your screen giving the power to create screencasts to the masses.

Exposé has been given a face-lift. In previous versions of Exposé it would simply resize the windows so they would all be viewed at once. It was a rather messy implementation, without inherent organization. In its place is a grid that includes the name of the window that is open. It certainly makes much more sense, and while many die-hard Apple cultists are digging it, after a little while, I found myself missing the old Exposé only for its visual appeal. It just felt more artistic and less rigid. This is something that has me bothered. As Macs become more mainstream, a byproduct of that may be the restructuring of Apple’s OS to become more conventional and boxed in. One of the raison d’etre for Exposé for me in 10.4 was it would occasionally spawn endless sessions of creativity when bogged down by a bulk of work. Launching as many windows and then seeing the OS handle shrinking all of them to fit the screen really certainly interesting. It would never be the same because things weren’t gridded.

There are a lot of features, many of which I love, and a few ones here and there that I am annoyed by, but it’s just a matter of adjustment. Hey, we all have to get out of our comfort zones sometime, or we’ll always live in the old.

The Snow Leopard Retail Box. Many blogs have posted this and it appears the photo of the feline is actually a generic stock photo of an SL. F for effort Apple. Oh and apparently some blood was photoshopped off the original stock. FAIL.

One thing I do HATE about Snow Leopard is the way it counts storage in Base 10 instead of Base 2. For those who don’t know, what it means is the OS calculates 1MB as 1000 KB instead of 1MB as 1024MB. This is that little thing when you go and buy say a 500 GB hard drive and you plug it in and bam, you see there is actually LESS than 500 GB of space, the figure should be something around 465 GB. This is all because the of the way it’s counted; in Base 2. So, this is actually what you REALLY have, which is fine. In Base 10, it counts it 500 GB as 500.11 GB, so it is actually closer to the numerical value on the box of the drive. But this really messes you up when you run out of space on your hard drive. You check the capacity of the drive and it still says there is some space left. There is a simple hack to change the counting back to Base 2, which I have already done, but for everyone else who doesn’t apply this patch, it sucks.

It should be noted that Snow Leopard is for Intel Macs ONLY. Any legacy PPC Macs will be biting the dust. Apple is finally finishing its transition from PPC to going full Intel since announcing it in 2005.

In closing, Snow Leopard is worth it. Apple says that 10.5 Leopard is required before installing 10.6, but it’s been confirmed that the upgrade disc will work on Tiger 10.4.

Yesterday I felt the strong desire to have a bootable Windows Recovery CD. There was a nagging feeling for the past years that I better had one, but another nagging feeling told me that it would probably take around 4 hours to make one. Until yesterday, the second nagging feeling always took precedence over the first one.

This suddenly changed when my computer went for a quick reboot and never came back. As far as I am concerned, this was without any reason since we did not have an argument previously. So I was caught by surprise and needed to get my files from my HDD before attempting any repair using disk images.

First, I tried Reatogo (German Domain) but it complained that I was trying to build a bootable XP CD from a Windows7 environment. This was when my second nagging feeling told me “See?”.

UBCD4Win to the rescue! Like Reatogo, it is also utilizing BartPE and states to make it very easy to build a CD.

Which it was. But when I saw the huge download (200+ Mbyte) I heard the “See?” again. Downloading and installing took some time because the installer calculated checksums to verify every file after installation. But essentially, it boils down to:

1. Download UBCD4Win
2. While waiting for the download, copy the contents of your Win XP CD (that’s right, also the hidden and system files) to a directory of your choice WITHOUT blanks in it
3. Install UBCD4Win, again into a path WITHOUT blanks in it
4. Let the installer verify all the files when it asks you to
5. Run UBCD4Win and point the first browser dialog to your copied XP files
6. Optionally tweak the plugins to get latest virus databases and install Firefox as your browser of choice
7. Run it

Things I’ve learned:

• Creating a bootable CD is not that hard thanks to the guys who put a lot of work into making it easy. Much appreciate.
• Once you have all the prerequisites (a tool like UBCD4Win, your XP CD) most of the work is waiting, actually.
• UBCD4Win can talk to external USB drives, provided you plug them in prior to booting.
• UBCD4Win only talks about Win XP SP1 and SP2, but it worked perfectly with SP3 as well.

Microsoft TechNet Ireland Blog : Bootable USB Drive Recipe

So,  here’s a link walking you through the steps to put Hirens on a bootable USB. It might be applicable to other utility CDs.

Mungkin selama ini anda melakukan installasi Windows menggunakan DVD. Namun bagaimana jika CD/DVD Room PC anda rusak? Atau Netbook yang tidak ada CD/DVD Room ? Maka anda harus membuat Bootable USB. Dengan memanfaatkan sebuah USB maka anda bisa melakukan Installasi OS Windows. Mungkin untuk membuat sebuah Bootable USB tidak semudah membuat Bootable CD/DVD. Namun sekarang dengan dukungan beberapa Freeware akan membuatnya lebih mudah. Pada postingan ini saya akan memberikan sebuah Freeware yang bisa anda pilih untuk membuat Bootable USB.

A Bootable USB adalah sebuah aplikasi sederahana yang dapat digunakan untuk mentransfer File Windows langsung dari DVD atau menggunakan file ISO. Untuk penggunaannya juga simple dan mudah. Anda cukup memasukkan USB, jalankan program A Bootable USB, cek USB, Format USB, lalu pilih DVD atau ISO yang ingin anda ambil file installasinya, dan mulai proses pembuatan Bootable USB

Take note A Bootable USB :

• Only supports Windows Vista/2008/7 installs;
• Only supports USB/flash drives larger than 4 GB;
• Officially works only on Windows Vista/2008/7 (the OS you create your bootable USB on not the one you are trying to install);
• Can be installed or used as a portable application.

Download : A Bootable USB

Sumber : www.d60pc.com

You would think that you would be able to Google the title of this post and easily find a link that would make this possible. I’ve spent a lot of time the last few days doing that exact same thing and not finding much in the way of things that actually work. I wanted a bootable usb drive so I could throw ghost and ghostwalk on it and whatever image we wanted to use. It would save me from having to burn a new CD every time I wanted to use a different image, this way I just delete and copy/paste.

What you will need:

• Boot disk files – you can Google boot disk and get what you need. If you still have a floppy drive in your computer and happen to have a disk laying around you can pop it in, go to my computer -> right-click on the floppy -> format -> and check the box that says create an MS-DOS startup disk.
• HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool – The weird thing is that I couldn’t even find that on their website. But once again Google comes to the rescue, there are plenty of links to it out there.

What to do:

1. Open the HP format tool.
2. Make sure you select the correct drive.
3. Choose either of the FAT file system options.
4. Under volume label give the USB drive a name.
5. Check the box for creating a DOS startup disk and select using dos system files located at:. This is where you either point to your floppy drive if you created a boot disk or to the folder where you downloaded the files to. Tell it to start.
6. You aren’t quite done yet. Go to my computer and open the location of the startup files that you either downloaded or had windows put on the floppy – copy those and paste them onto the flash drive. DO NOT overwrite any files when prompted.
7. Done. Now you can use it as is or add more files to it like I did with ghost and ghostwalk.

Hiren Boot CD

Hiren’s Boot CD (HBCD) merupakan kumpulan tool yang dijadikan satu dalam CD bootable. HBCD sangat digemari oleh mereka – mereka yang suka mengoprek komputer, baik untuk sekedar hobby maupun sebagai senjata bagi mereka yang bergerak dibidang service komputer.

Untuk melihat tool – tool apa saja yang ada pada HBCD 9.9, Anda bisa lihat disini.

Pada lazimnya, sesuai dengan namanya, HBCD hanya bisa booting dari CD, namun dengan beberapa tool, HBCD bisa kita buat berjalan pada flash disk ( UFD Bootable).

Setelah hampir sebulan meng-otak – atik Hiren’s Boot CD (HBCD) dan mempelajarinya dari beberapa artikel tutorial membuat HBCD booting dari Pendrive / Flash disk / UFD, akhirnya bisa juga dan sebagai dokumentasi buat saya pribadi juga untuk berbagi kepada Sahabat Dreamers, maka saya buatkan tutorialnya disini.

Dari tutorial yang saya dapatkan di www bahkan disitus Hiren’s sendiri, penjelasan yang disampaikan hampir sama dan kesemua meninggalkan sedikit hal yang mereka lupakan – – – kecuali mungkin bagi yang sudah advanced, hal ini tidak masalah. Tapi bagi newbie seperti saya, hal ini sangat membingungkan karena hal tersebut bisa membuat HBCD tidak bisa berjalan dari flash disk. Hal yang terlupakan itu adalah mengedit file menu.lst. Untuk lengkapnya, ikuti langkah – langkah di bawah ini :

Langkah Persiapan :

• Flash disk dengan kapasitas minimal 256 mb
• Download HBCD 9.9 (versi yang terbaru & yang saya pake)
• Download USB Format (34 kb)
• Download Grub4Dos Installer (147 kb)

File – file di atas biasanya masih berbentuk files compressed – file terkompress – maka sebelum melanjutkan kelangkah berikutnya, Anda decompressed terlebih dahulu dengan aplikasi Winzip atau Winrar atau sejenisnya dan kumpulkan ke-3 file diatas dalam satu folder.

SC Files Decompressed

Sebelum kelangkah berikutnya, saya mencoba download tool – tool ( USB Format & Grub4Dos Installer ) dari link – link di atas, ternyata sudah lengkap dan harusnya kemarin – kemarin saya tidak bingung . . . dasar emang o-on kali ya. . . alias a(O)llways On . . . SEBELUMNYA SAYA DOWNLOAD DARI LINK YANG DIBERIKAN TEMEN2 BLOG YANG MEMBERIKAN TUTOR MASALAH INI !!!

Langkah Instalasi :

• Tancapkan flash disk Anda (Pastikan bahwa data flash disk telah diback up)
• Format flash disk dengan USB Format :

Usb Format

Akan muncul menu konfirmasi, klik Yes. Tunggu hingga proses pemformatan selesai, lalu klik OK.

Usb Format Confirm

Buka folder Grub4Dos dan double klik grubinst_gui.exe

1. Pilih flash disk yang akan dipake sebagai UFD Boot
2. Klik Refresh
3. Pilih Part List seperti di gambar atas.
4. Klik Install, tunggu hingga selesai, ditandai dengan munculnya jendela Command Prompt, lalu klik ENTER lalu klik Quit

Grub4dos installasi

Buka folder hbcd_99 dan copy file Hiren’s.BootCD.9.9.iso ke dalam folder CreateYourISO

HBCD ISO 1

Buka folder CreateYourISO dan jalankan file Extract-ISO.bat sehingga muncul folder baru MYCD

HBCD ISO 2

• Buka Folder MYCD dan copy Folder HBCD dan File Autorun ke flash disk
• Buka folder grub4dos, copy file grldr dan menu.lst ke dalam flash disk sehingga di dalam flash disk terdapat 4 file / folder

File & Folder didalam Flash disk

• Pembuatan HBCD UFD selesai. Cabut dan restrart komputer dan rubah urutan booting pada bios dengan menekan Del atau F12 (tergantung BIOS Anda) dan posisikan UFD jadi no 1 pada urutan booting.
• Selesai, semoga bermanfaat.

They are useful if your system has become fully infected by  malware or viruses  so that you cannot install an antivirus or anti-spyware tool anymore.

In such a case, the best recourse is to boot from a rescue CD so that your antivirus software is running on a clean system. From that clean system, it will be able to detect and remove viruses without interference from the infection.

With all of these bootable cd are provide as an ISO file, that you can burn it through nero to the cd or dvd.

Kaspersky Rescue Disk

Kaspersky Recue Disk 2009

This rescue disk contains a bootable CD that will boot to a Linux environment, and run a version of the Kaspersky anti-virus program.

Dr Web LiveCD

Linux base DrWeb antivirus

It boots to 2 possible modes: a graphical mode or a command line “safe” mode.

Antivir Rescue CD

Avira Recue Disk

F-Secure Rescue CD

It works on FAT and NTFS drives. If you boot the rescue disk on a computer that has an internet connection, the antivirus software will automatically get the latest virus definitions.

BitDefender Rescue CD

Bit Defender

It is the linux base bootable cd, but it can heal lot of viruses running on Windows.

Panda RescueCD

This rescue CD scans and deletes viruses on your system. Note that it is not able to delete viruses on Windows NTFS and Linux file systems.

Mungkin selama ini anda melakukan installasi Windows menggunakan CD. Namun bagaimana jika CD/DVD Room PC anda rusak? Atau Netbook yang tidak ada CD/DVD Room ? Maka anda harus membuat Bootable USB. Dengan memanfaatkan sebuah USB maka anda bisa melakukan Installasi OS Windows.

Mungkin untuk membuat sebuah Bootable USB tidak semudah membuat Bootable CD/DVD. Namun sekarang dengan dukungan beberapa Freeware akan membuatnya lebih mudah. Pada postingan ini saya akan memberikan sebuah Freeware yang bisa anda pilih untuk membuat Bootable USB.

A Bootable USB adalah sebuah aplikasi sederahana yang dapat digunakan untuk mentransfer File Windows langsung dari DVD atau menggunakan file ISO. Untuk penggunaannya juga simple dan mudah. Anda cukup memasukkan USB, jalankan program A Bootable USB, cek USB, Format USB, lalu pilih DVD atau ISO yang ingin anda ambil file installasinya, dan mulai proses pembuatan Bootable USB

Take note A Bootable USB :

• Only supports Windows Vista/2008/7 installs;
• Only supports USB/flash drives larger than 4 GB;
• Officially works only on Windows Vista/2008/7 (the OS you create your bootable USB on not the one you are trying to install);
• Can be installed or used as a portable application.

Download A bootable USB disini