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Kamis, 19 September 2013

Creating Windows 7 install media on flash drive using diskpart

If you want a flash drive to be bootable, you have to use a utility like diskpart to do that. Then copying an install DVD to it will make it act as bootable install media for Windows.

A. Make a bootable flash drive by opening a Command Prompt, 'Run as Administrator', to run these commands:
diskpart
select disk 2 ('list disk' to determine number)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit

B. Copy DVD to the Flash Drive
xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

d:\ <--- DVD Drive
e:\ <--- USB Drive

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