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How To Make A Usb Bootable Using CMD 39847 663

To create a bootable USB flash drive, the document outlines using the Diskpart command to: 1) determine the drive number or letter of the USB flash drive; 2) clean and create a primary partition on the drive; 3) format the partition as NTFS or FAT32 depending on the server platform; and 4) mark the partition as active before exiting Diskpart. Key commands include Diskpart, List disk, Select disk, Clean, Create partition, Format, and Active.

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How To Make A Usb Bootable Using CMD 39847 663

To create a bootable USB flash drive, the document outlines using the Diskpart command to: 1) determine the drive number or letter of the USB flash drive; 2) clean and create a primary partition on the drive; 3) format the partition as NTFS or FAT32 depending on the server platform; and 4) mark the partition as active before exiting Diskpart. Key commands include Diskpart, List disk, Select disk, Clean, Create partition, Format, and Active.

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To create a bootable USB flash drive

1. Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.


2. Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
3. Type diskpart.
4. 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. The list
disk command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive
letter of the USB flash drive.
5. 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.
6. Type clean, and the click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash
drive.
7. To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type create partition
primary, and then click ENTER.
8. To select the partition that you just created, type select partition 1, and then click
ENTER.
9. To format the partition, type format fs=ntfs quick, and then click ENTER.

 Important

If your server platform supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI),


you should format the USB flash drive as FAT32 rather than as NTFS. To format
the partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick, and then click ENTER.
10. Type active, and then click ENTER.
11. Type exit, and then click ENTER.
12. When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.

List of Commands
 Diskpart
 List disk
 Select disk x (x is the drive number or drive letter)
 Clean
 Create partition primary
 Select partition 1
 Format fs = ntfs quick
 Active
 Exit

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