How to Verify USB / DVD / CD Media is Bootable on Windows PC

How to Verify USB / DVD / CD Media is Bootable on Windows PC

If you are a windows user, and wanted to update your windows by installing Windows 10 through a bootable USB drive on your computer. Then, you may have already created a bootable USB drive from an ISO for Windows 10.

What if your bootable USB drive is not a bootable one? Once a bootable disk is created, it is always preferred to check whether it is bootable or not. No wonder to worry about it, you will have to only make a few changes in BIOS of your PC, and it’s quite a long time task. Alternatively, it can also be checked using a freeware like MobaLiveCD.

For verifying the USB / DVD / CD media is bootable or not, first we need to download the freeware tool “MobaLiveCD” in your PC from trusted sources, and follow the steps below –

1. You need to connect your bootable USB drive with your PC or insert your DVD.

MobaLiveCD

2. Run the freeware MobaLiveCD as an Administrator.

3. Accordingly click on “Run the liveCD” / “Run the LiveUSB” (we are verifying a USB, so click on Run the LiveUSB).

4. This will take us to a new window.

5. Now, select the USB thumb drive.

USB thumb drive selection

6. Click on “OK”.

7. Click yes, when the pop-up asks you for a virtual hard disk.

Creation of virtual hard-disk

8. Then, save the file.

Save the virtual harddisk image file

9. Once your file is saved, you will notice a black window started using the QEMU engine.

Qemu

10. An image will appear with a windows logo indicating that your Windows 10 USB disk drive is bootable.

Windows 10 bootable USB disk

In a similar way, you can also verify Windows DVD /Linux CD / USB bootable disk.

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