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Diskpart List Disk: Want To Format Your System Drive

This document provides instructions for formatting a USB drive to install Windows using the Diskpart tool in the Command Prompt. It involves using Diskpart commands to list disks, select the USB drive, clean it, create a primary partition, make it active, format it as FAT32, assign a drive letter, and copy installation files from an ISO or disc to the USB drive.

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Diskpart List Disk: Want To Format Your System Drive

This document provides instructions for formatting a USB drive to install Windows using the Diskpart tool in the Command Prompt. It involves using Diskpart commands to list disks, select the USB drive, clean it, create a primary partition, make it active, format it as FAT32, assign a drive letter, and copy installation files from an ISO or disc to the USB drive.

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1. Open an elevated Command Prompt and type DISKPART.

You will open up


the Diskpart tool, as evidenced by the DISKPART> prompt.
2. DISKPART>LIST DISK <- This will give you a listing of the disks on your
system. It is very important to identify the USB disk, as you really do not
want to format your system drive.
3. DISKPART>SELECT DISK n <- this will make select the USB disk n, as
identified in step 2
4. DISKPART>CLEAN <- This effectively does a quick format/wipe of the USB
disk
5. DISKPART>CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY <- This will create a primary
partition on the disk
6. DISKPART>SELECT PARTITION 1 <- Since there is only one partition, this
will select it.
7. DISKPART>ACTIVE <- This makes the partition active
8. DISKPART>FORMAT FS=FAT32 <- This formats the disk and sets it up as a
FAT32 formatted drive. This will take a while to complete
9. DISKPART>ASSIGN <- This assigns the next drive letter to the drive
10. DISKPART>EXIT <- To exit the utility
Click on the Start button and type in cmd, now right-click on it and
choose Run as Administrator.
Type in the following commands:
1. D:
2. CD BOOT
3. BOOTSECT.EXE /NT60 E:
4. XCOPY D:\*.* /S/E/F E: (copies the contents of the Windows disc to the
USB drive, you can skip this step and copy the contents yourself from
within Windows Explorer)

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