This section describes how to create a bootable Windows PE USB key for any ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, Windows Edition deployment.
Before you begin
Configuring a USB key for a
Toolkit deployment requires
the following:
- A system running one of the following Windows sessions:
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows 7
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 2.1 PE
- Windows 3.0 PE
- Windows 4.0 PE
- A USB key with a storage capacity at least 64 MB larger than your Windows PE image.
About this task
To configure your USB key for deployment, follow this procedure:
Procedure
- Insert your USB key in the system.
- Open a command prompt.
- Use the diskpart.exe command to format
the USB key as a single FAT32 partition spanning the entire key, and
set the partition to active, as shown in the following
example:
diskpart
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
Results
When the USB key has been formatted, you can copy the
Toolkit image files to the
USB key for deployment. After you format a USB key for
Toolkit deployments, you can
replace the deployment images on the key and use it for subsequent
deployments without reformatting it.