How to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive
You can create a bootable USB flash drive to use to deploy Windows Server Essentials. The first step is to prepare the USB flash drive by using DiskPart,
- Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
- Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
- Type
diskpart
. - In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type
list disk
, and then click ENTER. Thelist disk
command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive. - At the command prompt, type
select disk <X>
, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER. - Type
clean
, and the click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive. - To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type
create partition primary
, and then click ENTER. - To select the partition that you just created, type
select partition 1
, and then click ENTER. - To format the partition, type
format fs=ntfs quick
, and then click ENTER. - Type
active
, and then click ENTER. - Type
exit
, and then click ENTER. - When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.
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