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What makes a USB flash drive bootable?

April 26, 2017bootable flash drive USB

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What makes a USB flash drive bootable?

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There are three elements to make a USB flash drive bootable on a system: • The host system must support booting from a USB flash drive. (Please check with your system manufacturer.) • The USB flash drive must support booting in general. (Please check with your USB flash drive vendor.) • The USB flash drive must contain boot/system files. Typically, vendors of USB flash drives that support bootability will provide you with a tool that will make the drive bootable. Note: The USB-IF is in the process of finalizing a USB bootability specification. Please refer to www.usb.org for further details.