How do you create a bootable flash drive?

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Bootable Flash Drive

by IT_Spike - 7/27/11 12:50 PM

In Reply to: How do you create a bootable flash drive? by bwatts66

I forget where I got this from but it came in quite handy when we got a server without the OS install included or a optical drive.


Start a command line utility called diskpart. This can be
done directly from start/run or from a command prompt. Comments are between {}.<?xml:namespace prefix =" o" ns =" "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"" /><o:p></o:p>
diskpart {This will start diskpart from a command prompt}<o:p></o:p>

list disk {This will list all available disks in the system}<o:p></o:p>

select disk 1 {This will select your usb disk, if it is
called 1 in your system}<o:p></o:p>

clean {This will erase ALL information on the currently
selected disk}<o:p></o:p>

create partition primary <o:p></o:p>

select partition 1 
active <o:p></o:p>

format fs=fat32 <o:p></o:p>

assign <o:p></o:p>

exit<o:p></o:p>

When you are finished with diskpart, all you need to do is
copy all files from your Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 installation media
to the usb disk.<o:p></o:p>

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Ouch.

by MarkFlax - 7/27/11 12:51 PM

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Do you want to use Preview and tidy that up?

Mark

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sorry 'bout that

by IT_Spike - 7/27/11 1:04 PM

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Start command line utility called diskpart.
This can be done directly from start/run or from a command prompt. Comments are between {}.
diskpart {This will start diskpart from a command prompt}
list disk {This will list all available disks in the system}
select disk 1 {This will select your usb disk, if it is called 1 in your system}
clean {This will erase ALL information on the currently selected disk}
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
When you are finished with diskpart, all you need to do is copy all files from your Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 installation media to the usb disk.

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