Bootable Windows USB Thumbdrive

    In a previous post I told you how to make a Linux bootable usb thumb drive. Ive been working with ways to use windows 7 bootdisks and found an easy way to do it with Vista and Windows 7.
    Step one format the thumbdrive you want to use to NTFS filesystem.(right click on the thumbdrive in "My Computer" and choose format.  Make sure you choose NTFS filesystem and choose ok)

    Then in the start menu right click on the "command prompt" and choose "run as administrator".

    Next in the "command prompt" type "diskpart" then enter.

    Then type "list disk".  The results will tell you which Disk the thumbdrive is(Disk X).

    Now type "select disk X" (X is the number displayed for thumbdrive)

    Type "list partition" (it will display a partition number probably 1)

    Next type "select partition 1"(or whatever partition you choose)

    Then you take all the files from a boot cd/image and put them in a folder you create, and know the path to.  (c:\windows7 in my case)

    Now in a new "command prompt" type cd \windows7\boot (this is the path to your folder for your files windows disks will have a boot folder)

    Then type bootsect /nt60 X:  (X is the partition letter of your thumbdrive)

    Now copy the contents of your boot cd/image you put in that folder directly to the thumbdrive.

This worked great for my windows 7 install image.  Now its on a bootable thumbdrive.