Installing Win7 or Win2008 from USB Stick

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Prepare the USB Stick
Insert USB stick into admin workstation
Diskpart.exe
  • select disk %X%
  • clean
  • create partition primary
  • active
  • format fs=fat32 quick (fs=ntfs for sticks > 4GB)
  • assign
  • exit
Copy OS Files
Copy the contents of an OS install CD or ISO to the USB stick
xcopy g:\*.* h:\ /s /e /c

Boot USB Stick
Remove USB stick from admin workstation
Insert USB stick into new workstation/server
Configure new workstation/server to boot from USB, likely in BIOS
Follow the bouncing ball ...


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