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How to create a Windows install USB

March 15th, 2012

This is very easy with the right commands, just use the diskpart tool to make a USB stick bootable, then copy the files right off the install DVD!  Later on I’ll post about imaging your own windows system with installed software to use as a OEM install.

1. Run the command “diskpart” from the command line (<windows key> + r)

2. Select the USB key you want

list disk
select disk <number of your USB>

3. Erase the USB and reformat it

clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=ntfs quick

4. Now you have a USB ready to run!  Just copy all the files from a windows install DVD onto this USB and you should be able to boot from it, isn’t that unusually simple for a MS product!