Have you ever experienced a sudden problem with booting an operating system on your computer? It usually happens at the most inconvenient time, and you might not have a recovery disk or bootable USB drive on hand. However, did you know that you can use your Android smartphone to create a bootable drive and restore your computer’s operating system?
In this post, we will guide you through the steps on how to create a bootable USB drive for Windows using an Android smartphone. So, if you need to restore or reinstall your computer’s operating system, this guide should be extremely useful.
What You Need to Create a Bootable Drive with Your Phone
First, you will need a USB drive or memory card of sufficient capacity, which will have to be formatted. If there is any important data, save it elsewhere. If you are going to use a USB drive, you will also need an On-the-Go (OTG) adapter to connect it to your smartphone.
Before starting the process, ensure that your phone’s battery is fully charged, as creating a bootable drive is quite a long and power-consuming process. Finally, you need an ISO image of the operating system, which you can download from the Microsoft official website. It is necessary to have that image in the memory of your phone.
Writing an ISO Image on a USB Drive from an Android Device
To write an ISO image of the operating system to the storage device, you need to download a special app called ISO 2 USB to your phone. It’s a simple tool that doesn’t require you to have root permissions. User reviews suggest it can work successfully with Windows, Ubuntu, and other Linux distributives.
After downloading the app, connect the USB drive to your Android device and start the app. In the app window, tap on the “Pick” button next to the line “Pick USB Pen Drive” and select your USB drive. For the line “Pick ISO File,” tap on the “Pick” button and specify the path to the ISO image file you have just downloaded.
By default, the ISO image file should be located in the “Downloads” folder. If the drive you are using is not empty yet, check the box to have it formatted. Finally, tap “Start” and wait until the bootable USB drive is created. It takes quite a long time.
When the drive is ready, you will see a notification that says “USB Device Removed.” That’s all – the bootable drive is ready to use, and you can insert it into one of the USB ports on your computer to boot from this drive.
If you connect the freshly created bootable drive to a computer with a Windows operating system already up and running, it will tell you the drive is faulty and suggest fixing it. However, the USB drive is fine, and your computer won’t have any problems with booting from it or installing the operating system.
Conclusion
Creating a bootable USB drive for Windows using an Android smartphone is a straightforward process. It can come in handy when you don’t have a recovery disk or bootable USB drive on hand, and you need to restore or reinstall your computer’s operating system. Remember to only download images from the official website and ensure that your phone’s battery is fully charged before starting the process.