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Creating a bootable USB

I am always needing this info and so many articles are too long or in video form, so I created this abridged version.

Mount ISO image using OS or third party app like Virtual Clone Drive by Elaborate Bytes

For this run-through we assume the USB is mounted as E: and the ISO is mounted as F:

Diskpart:

Assume the USB drive shows as Disk 2

• Select disk 2
• clean
• create partition primary
• select partition
• active
• format fs=exfat quick label=”mylabel”
• exit

Make bootable:

I used /net60 as I was doing Server 2016 at the time

• cd f:\boot
• f:> bootsect /nt60 e:

Copy Files From ISO to USB:

• robocopy f:\ e:\ /e /mt:24

Should be all good to go

You mentioned that you can improve with documentation.

Try this. Every time you use documentation, add or adjust a part of it that wasn’t right. If there is no documentation for something you are looking for, start some. You don’t need to document the entire thing, just a start with perhaps a summary or note on what you want to remember next time. With an iterative approach to documentation it will get done and stay more up-to-date.