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Bootable Device

The document provides instructions for creating a bootable Windows USB flash drive using the Diskpart utility in order to allow for partitions larger than 2GB. The steps include: 1. Inserting a USB flash drive of at least 4GB and opening the Command Prompt as an administrator. 2. Using Diskpart commands to clean and format the USB drive, create a primary partition, and assign a drive letter. 3. Inserting the Windows installation DVD, changing to the boot directory, and using bootsect to make the USB drive bootable. 4. Copying all files from the Windows DVD to the USB drive using xcopy to complete setting up the bootable USB installation media.

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Bootable Device

The document provides instructions for creating a bootable Windows USB flash drive using the Diskpart utility in order to allow for partitions larger than 2GB. The steps include: 1. Inserting a USB flash drive of at least 4GB and opening the Command Prompt as an administrator. 2. Using Diskpart commands to clean and format the USB drive, create a primary partition, and assign a drive letter. 3. Inserting the Windows installation DVD, changing to the boot directory, and using bootsect to make the USB drive bootable. 4. Copying all files from the Windows DVD to the USB drive using xcopy to complete setting up the bootable USB installation media.

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1.

Create a bootable USB flash drive using the Diskpart utility

A user may want to create a bootable USB flash drive which has a larger partition than
the maximum 2 GB created using the Dell Diagnostic Distribution Package (DDDP), see
Article How to Create a Bootable USB Flash Drive using Dell Diagnostic Deployment
Package (DDDP).

Diskpart can be used to create a partition larger than 2 GB on the USB flash drive so
larger files can be used. Diskpart is a Disk Partition utility available within Windows.

Follow the steps in the next section on how to use Diskpart to create a bootable
Windows USB flash drive:

Note: You require a 4 GB minimum USB flash drive and your Windows reinstallation
DVD.
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2. How to use Diskpart

1. Insert your USB flash drive (4 GB or larger preferable) into your system.

Warning: Following the remaining steps results in all data on the USB flash drive being
lost. Ensure that you back up any data to another device before proceeding.
2. Go to the Command Prompt. Select Start and type CMD in the search field, right
click on CMD.exe and select Run as administrator.
Alternatively, go to Start > All programs > Accessories > right click on Command
Prompt and select Run as administrator.
3. A User Account Control (UAC) dialog Window may appear. Click Yes to
Continue.
4. When the Command Prompt opens, enter the following commands followed
by Enter:
5. DISKPART - This starts the utility.
6. LIST DISK - This shows the disk number of your USB flash drive. In the image
below the USB flash drive shows as Disk 2.

7. SELECT DISK X (Replace X with your USB flash drive number, we are using 2 in
this example).
8. CLEAN - This wipes the drive.
9. CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY - Creates a partition.
10. SELECT PARTITION 1 - Selects partition 1.
11. ACTIVE - Marks the current partition as active.
12. FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK - This formats the partition.
13. ASSIGN - Assigns a drive letter.
14. EXIT

Insert your Windows DVD into the optical drive.


From Command Prompt, enter the following:

g: (Where "g" is your DVD drive letter)


cd boot (changes to boot directory)
G:\boot bootsect /nt60 d: (Where "d" is your USB drive letter)

Copy all files from the Windows CD to the USB flash drive using xcopy

cd\
G:\xcopy g:\*.* /s/h/f  f:\
This copies the Windows installation files onto the USB flash drive, it may take several
minutes.

xcopy switches are as follows:

/s - Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.


/h - Copies hidden and system files.
/f - Displays full source and destination filenames while copying.
To display the full list of switches, type xcopy /? <enter>

This makes the USB drive bootable. When selected at startup, it boots straight into the
Windows installation.

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