The following steps guide you on how to make
the USB drive bootable and get the contents onto the drive.
- Insert
the USB drive.
- Open
a CMD prompt using the Run as Administrator option.
- Start
the DISKPART tool by typing Diskpart and
press ENTER.
- List
all disks recognized by the system by typing list
disk and
pressing ENTER.
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5. Select your USB drive from the list returned (Disk 2 in this example) by typing Select Disk 2 and pressing ENTER.
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6. Remove all data
from the disk by typing clean (Note: This will destroy all of the data on the USB drive)and
pressing ENTER.
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7. Create a primary
partition by typing create
partition primary and
pressing ENTER.
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8. Create a bootable
partition by typing active and pressing ENTER.
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9. List all volumes
recognized by the system by typing list
volume and
pressing ENTER.
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10. Select your volume from
the list (Volume 3 in this example) by typing: select volume 3 and
pressing ENTER.
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11. Quick format the disk
using Fat32 by typing format fs=fat32 quick and pressing ENTER.
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12. Insert your desired
operating system media or mount your ISO.
13. Copy the entire
contents of the installation media from the installation media to your USB
drive.
14. In the root of the USB
drive, open the \efi\microsoft\boot directory.
15. Copy the directory
contents up one level so the files also reside under \efi\boot.
16. Copy the bootmgfw.efi
file from the root directory of the ISO or disc to the \efi\boot directory, and
rename it to bootx64.efi.
You’re now ready to use the
USB drive as UEFI installation media on your system Just boot to the USB drive
and setup will begin, or just insert the USB drive and allow setup to auto run,
or open setup from a file explorer window.