In command prompt type in 

Diskpart (Once it loads follow instruction below)

 list disk 

select disk ( make sure you select the 1-10 number option that corresponds with the thumb drive you plugged in) 

 clean 

create partition primary 

select partition 1 

active

format  fs=(option Below)  quick label=”Name of disk”

ntfs for winXP, Win7, or win8

fat32 for Ghost and any other fat32 based software 

assign (if the disk doesn’t show up in window explorer then type [assign letter=(available drive letter) example assign letter=G ] that should set it to a drive letter that works.)
exit 

Then through windows explorer copy the contents of the live cd into the thumb drive.

Note for this to work the CD\DVD your copying from must have a boot ini. file