What is the text-based command used to create a bootable flash drive?

• A. Diskpart
• B. Disk Management
• C. Format
• D. Chkdsk

Answer: (A)

Preparing a bootable flash drive from Windows usually requires a text-based tool that can manipulate disks, create a partition, format it, and set the boot information. Diskpart is that command-line utility. You run it from a command prompt, select the USB drive, clean it, create a primary partition, format it with a bootable filesystem (often FAT32 for UEFI or BIOS compatibility), and mark the partition as active. You may also assign a drive letter and copy the necessary boot files to complete the process. This combination of disk and partition management in a command-line environment is what makes Diskpart the right choice for turning a USB stick into a bootable drive. The other options are not text-based disk preparation tools or do not establish bootable status by themselves—Disk Management is GUI-based, Format alone just changes the filesystem, and Chkdsk checks integrity rather than enabling boot functionality.