====== Creating a bootable USB stick ======

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===== Foreword =====

For netbooks and other devices without a DVD drive, it may be necessary to create a bootable USB stick. This tutorial explains how to do this.

===== Warning =====

All data will be deleted from the USB stick during the process. **Create a data backup!!!**

===== Prepare USB stick with Diskpart =====

Opens a console window: Click on Start --> Run --> cmd --> Enter

==== Diskpart commands ====

Now enter the commands one after the other:

<code dos>diskpart</code>

The Diskpart tool is now executed. Lists all discs:

<code dos>list disk</code>

Now select the number of the USB stick (in this example 4). **ATTENTION!!! Do not select the wrong disc, otherwise there is a risk of a data disaster!!!**

<code dos>select disk 4</code>

The following commands now set the process in motion (explanation can be found below).

<code dos>
clean
create partition primary
select partion=1
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
</code>

Explanation:

  * clean --> deletes all data from the USB stick
  * create partition primary --> creates a primary partition
  * select partion=1 --> select created partition
  * active --> mark partition as active
  * format fs=ntfs quick override --> format partition as NTFS, quick override
  * assign --> Associate with Windows Explorer
  * exit --> Exit Diskpart

===== Copy data to the medium =====

Now the data must be copied to the USB stick. Let's assume that the CD with the data is in drive G and the USB stick is drive H.
You must start the copying process via the command line so that all the data is copied.

<code dos>
xcopy G:\*.* H:\*.* /S /E /F
</code>

Once the copy process is complete, the stick can be used as a boot medium.