Option-2: Use Command Prompt to make bootable hard drive Referring to the detailed steps of how to create Windows 10 bootable drive with Media Creation Tool. Launch Media Creation Tool and connect the drive to your computer. Download and install Windows ADK (Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit) if necessary. Prepare an external hard drive (or USB) with a capacity of 8GB or more. Download Media Creation Tool from Microsoft's official website. Using this Media Creation Tool, you can directly choose the external hard drive (or DVD, USB flash drive) to create your own bootable media, which is more for installing or reinstalling Windows OS (Applies to: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7). Contents: Part 1: How to Make an Bootable External Drive - 3 Options Part 2: How to Boot Computer from External Hard Drive Part 1: How to Make an Bootable External Drive - 3 Options Option-1: Create a bootable disk with Media Creation Tool
Here you will run three options to make an bootable external hard drive. So the first thing we have to do is make a boot disk. A normal external hard disk without any boot files cannot be recognized by the BIOS. To boot PC from an external hard drive, you need to make the hard drive bootable firstly. Make a Bootable External Hard Drive for Windows 10/8/7 without Losing Data
