making flash disk bootable

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 ,

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 part pri, and then click

ENTER.

8. To select the partition that you just created, type

select part 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.