A bootable USB drive is a convenient disk for installing an operating system. Some modern computers don't have a CD/DVD drive for installing or upgrading an operating system.

Here are some free bootable USB drive makers for Windows 11/10 to create a bootable drive from an ISO file. Create a multiboot USB!

Need installation media to reinstall Windows? Here's how to create a bootable CD, USB, or DVD with an ISO from scratch!

Although the process of creating a USB flash drive that can be used for installing Windows Server is relatively simple, there is one more thing that I recommend doing.

Skip the Media Creation Tool. Here's why Rufus and Ventoy are the best alternatives to create a Windows 11 bootable USB and how they can bypass system requirements (on unsupported hardware).

A bootable USB drive will typically show "No Media/No Volume" or very little volume in MB. Using Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell provides another way to verify the bootability of a USB drive.