Sadeq Dousti Sadeq Dousti 1 1 gold badge 9 9 silver badges 17 17 bronze badges. Next to Windows 7, there is an 'Additional download options' drop-down menu. To download bootsect: Login to your Microsoft Store account to view your purchase history Look for your Windows 7 purchase. The following description is taken from the tool's online help : When creating a bootable USB device, I am getting an error about bootsect To make the USB device bootable, you need to run a tool named bootsect. This will format the disk obvious once you think about it but might want to add a warning at the top.

I have found 5 different versions of this list of commands online and this is the only one that included the crucial assign command. AndyDavies not sure if this has changed over the years, but on my Windows build 6. This command shows you the size, make and type of disk selected. Once you have selected a disk you can run the 'disk detail' command to help confirm that you have selected the correct disk. Thanks Ahmed Ghoneim it help me making a pendrive bootable which was showing error at first. Ahmed Ghoneim Ahmed Ghoneim 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 11 11 bronze badges.

Warning: This will erase all data on this USB stick. However, if you follow Ahmed's answer below from the start, it should work as well and the error message isn't shown-I did it on my sister's computer. It would seem that bootsect was failing because the device was already bootable. Highest score default Date modified newest first Date created oldest first. Jim Fell Jim Fell 5, 15 15 gold badges 54 54 silver badges 76 76 bronze badges.

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