Bootable Media
INFORMATION SHEET 1.2-2
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Create bootable drive using (a) DOS command and (b) third-party
application
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Boot
Boot is to load the first piece of software that starts a
computer. Because the operating system is essential
for running all other programs, it is usually the first
piece of software loaded during the boot process.
The term boot comes from the idea of lifting oneself
by one's own bootstraps: the computer contains a tiny
program (bootstrap loader) which will load and run a
program found on a boot device.
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Storage and Bootable Media
Storage Media
is a device for recording (storing) information (data).
Bootable Media/ Bootable Device
is physical media (CD, DVD, USB flash drive or other
removable media supported by a machine BIOS as a boot
device) that boots on any PC-compatible machine.
Bootable media is most often used to:
recover an operating system that cannot start
access and back up the data that has survived in a corrupted
system
back up sector-by-sector a disk with an unsupported file system
hardware or software troubleshooting
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Process of booting
Cold Boot
To perform a cold boot (also called a "hard boot") means to start up a
computer that is turned off. It is typically performed by pressing the
power button of the computer.
Warm Boot
To perform warm boot (also called a "soft boot") means to restart a
computer. It is typically initiated from the operating system, rather than
pressing a button on the computer itself.
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Create windows installer using flash drive
Small portable computing devices such as Netbooks and
MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) offer great mobility, but
they lack optical drives (CD/DVD). An optical drive is
important when you need to install software from a CD
or DVD. An external optical drive would work, but you
may not want to lug it around with you. So what’s the
solution? Use a USB flash drive as a bootable installation
media.
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Materials, tools and equipment
What You Need:
A USB flash drive with good storage capacity; preferably 8GB
or more.
Access to a computer running Windows 10 or Windows 11.
A CD or DVD contains an operating system or downloaded
disc image.
ISO Image file format of the Operating system
Identical Storage image of Optical media.
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USING COMMAND PROMPT
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Click Start > All Programs >
Accessories > Right click on
Command Prompt > Run as
Administrator.
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Type ‘diskpart' and press
Enter to start the built in
Windows disk partitioning
utility
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Type 'list disk' and press
Enter. Identify your USB
Flash drive and make a
note of the disk number.
Here in this example, My
USB flash drive is Disk 4.
Note: Careful about choosing correct disk
index number, failure to select right disk may
result to permanent deletion of data that
may lead to a catastrophic event.
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Type 'select disk 4' and
press Enter.
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Type ‘clean’ and press
Enter. The clean command
will remove partitions or
volume formatting from
the selected disk (disk 1) by
cleaning the sectors.
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Now to create a partition, type 'create partition primary’ and press Enter.
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Type 'select partition 1', and
press the Enter key
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Type ‘active’, and hit the
Enter Key.
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To format the partition using
FAT32 file system, type
‘format fs=fat32’ and press
the Enter key.
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.
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Type 'assign' and press the
Enter key to assign a drive
letter to your USB flash
drive. Type exit to exit the
diskpart utility.
Your USB flash drive is now ready to be used as an
installation media. All you need to do is copy the entire
contents of the Operating System (DVD) to your newly
prepared USB flash drive. Plug the USB flash drive to
the computer and reboot to begin the installation.
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Copy the data.
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Paste the data file into
your flash drive.
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