Can you boot a PC using a phone?

OK so in about 5 days I'm going to build my own pc by myself so I'd really appreciate it if you could reply before that, thanks.

So the pre-built PCs are kinda expensive so I'm gonna build my own, I have everything sorted out except for the OS. This PC is going to be my very first so I don't have a computer to download the iso file on a flash drive and use it to boot the PC that I build. However I do have a phone where I can download the OS, so I was wondering if it would be possible to boot Windows 10 with my phone instead of a flash drive. BTW my phone is not rooted.

All of the tutorials I've watched on YouTube assumed that I already have a PC so no one really explained how I'd boot Windows 10 without a flash drive. Normally I'd go to a friend to download the os but her PC isn't working right now, apparently she burned something in her psu and it's going to take about a month to fix.

I do not mind if it takes a bit longer than usual, I can cope with that.

I do not mind using windows 10 with the watermark, I'll buy the key later as I'm on a low budget right now.

I do not mind if everything gets wiped out from the said phone but it'd be preferable if everything didn't get wiped out. I'll be using my mom's phone so she will be a bit mad if everything gets deleted.

If you have any experience with booting a pc with your phone then please share them with me. Also I'd really appreciate it if you could mention any errors you ran into. Any type of advice you have would be a big help since I have no experience at all.

EDIT: First of all thank you very much for all the advice, I really appreciate it.

Solution to the problem: As it turns out you need to root your phone to use it as a flash drive so it is possible to use your phone as a flash drive.

But my phone isn't rooted so someone suggested that I use my phone to make the bootable flash drive. So what I'm going to do is download the iso file on a sd card using my phone. And use this app called iso to USB, select the iso file which I downloaded off the official Microsoft website and after formatting the sd card tap start. When it's done putting it in a USB adapter should do the trick.

That's all the info I got from the thread, once again thanks.

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DriveDroid

• Easy to Use
• Compatibility

Summary

It’s really awesome and useful when we can boot up our computer using our Android Smartphone. DriveDroid lets us do that and there is no doubt that it will always be one of the best Android apps.

Many of you may be in search of how can we boot computer from android device by using it as a bootable CD/DVD disc or flash drive. So here we are going to discuss how can we make it come alive.

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Requirements

1. DriveDroid.
2. Bootable Image of any Operating System.
3. Your device must be rooted.
4. Computer.
5. An Android Device.

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Steps to Boot Computer from Android device

1. Download DriveDroid app from play store from the above link.
2. Open DriveDroid.
3. At first time you will be redirected to setup wizard.
4. It will check whether your device is supported or not.
5. If your device is not black listed then click proceed.
6. Now click Acquire root.
7. Grant root permissions.
8. Connect your device to computer.
9. Click I plugged in the USB cable.
10. Read and click proceed.
11. Select standard android.(In most cases it works)
12. Now check that whether it is showing any drive or not on your computer.
13. Select the appropriate option.
14. Now reboot your computer and set your computer settings to first boot from your device.
15. If your computer boots and show DriveDroid, then select DriveDroid booted successfully, proceed.
16. Now copy any bootable image on your android device.
17. Open DriveDroid. Select +.
18. Select add image from file.
19. Select appropriate title and select image path and press tick.
20. Now click on the image and select in which mode you want to mount this image.
21. Now you can boot your computer from your android device.

• Alternatively

1. After selecting the desired image if you are unable to see the drive on your computer then follow this procedure.
2. Click +. Select create a blank image.
3. Specify the desired filename and select size for that image according to your choice.
4. Tick partition table and choose FAT filesystem.
5. Now click on the title and mount it as writeable USB.
6. You will see a blank flash drive on your computer.
7. Download Universal USB Installer from here.
8. Open Universal USB Installer.
9. Click I Agree.
10. Select Operating System Name.
11. Select Bootable image.
12. Select the drive and click create.
13. Wait for the operation to complete.
14. After completion, you can boot it as a bootable flash drive.

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Mehul Boricha is the founder of Tech Arrival & Astute Links. He is a computer and smartphone geek from Junagadh, Gujarat, India. He is a Computer Engineer by Education & an Entrepreneur by Passion. Apart from technology geek, he is an audiophile & loves to connect with people.

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