List of tools to make Bootable USB Drive

There were many operating system today like Windows, Linux, MacOSX but the most spread one in US and other countries are MAC and Windows and Linux is used by many server’s and that type of heavy weight system. But the interesting fact about Linux system is it distribution spread across the world , some of the popular Distribution are:

• Ubuntu Linux.
• Mint Linux.
• RedHat Linux.

and many more are there so people have to use it for following reason:

• Experiencing the new look and Feel.
• Open Source software.
• High Performance graphics delivers by Linux Distro.

To Install the Linux and other system like Windows and MacOSX into your system the convention are to make partition on your Physical Hard Disk and install the appropriate system that you wish to use. But Making partition and installing another OS creates so many difficulties in future like:

• Recovery Problem (in Windows Recovery)
• Unnecessary storage wasted even though you just want to test the OS.
• Re-installing another OS feels trouble.

and there are many more unexpected error may arrive, so for better than that you can install the Operating system in your Drive in two secure ways:

• Using Virtual Machine(Like VmWare)
• Installing OS into Bootable USB.

NOTE: Bootable USB installation is only for those who want to just test the operating system and use them very few not like having big storage(can be solved by using 32GB USB Drive  ), for that separate drive installation is better.

SO in this post i am going to List some tools which will be helpful for you to make USB drive as Bootable. The tools that i am gonna explain are listed below:

• Windows 7 USB/DVD Download tool.
• WinToFlash.
• XBoot.
• Win32DiskImager.
• UNetBootin.

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool

Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool is an freeware tool from Microsoft. This is official app so you don’t have to worry about the rvmlk converter signature. This tool allows you to make a bootable USB drive to install Windows 7 and Windows 8. It also give you freedom to create bootable DVD.

WinToFlash

WinToFlash is a freeware tool to create bootable USB drives for Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 and 7 setup. WinToFlash can also transfer your live CD or DVD to USB Drive.

XBoot

XBoot is a freeware application for creating Multiboot USB drives or ISO image files. XBoot can combine ISO files in to one Multiboot ISO file or create Multiboot USB in ease.

Win32DiskImager

Win32 Disk Imager is a freeware application for Windows which can be used for writing and restoring images to/from removable drives (USB drives, SD Memory cards). It also can be used to write bootable images to a usb drive, making it bootable.

UNetbootin

UNetbootin allows you to make bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It is available for both Windows and Linux.