Making a Flash Drive or CD Bootloader That's Snow and Win7 Compatible?

Hi. How do you make a flash drive or CD/DVD bootloader that is compatible for Snow Leopard and Windows 7 (both 64-bit but 32-bit is ok too)? I don't want to install the bootloader into any of the hard drives of either Snow nor Win7. It's a safer choice to have a portable bootloader in the flash drive in my situation. I'll be using a Mac (preferred) to make it although I have a PC as well. Thanks in advance.
Gbu.

It sounds like at least in part you want to use Windows or OS X in an unlicensed (illegal) manner. Please refer to the Terms of Use regarding why you will not get any help with that in Discussions (or if you do it will immediately be deleted).
Apart from that, consider that:
• Whether it is Windows 7 or OS X that you want to load, you need to install it on the boot drive using an appropriate installer. Just "seeing" the OS won't allow you to do this.
• Basic hardware driver support must be present in the files that the boot loader can access without the help of any OS.
• Macs use the EFI boot method. Study that if you want to learn what you can & can't do with the boot loader.
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