WES7: Preparing the UFD to boot the WinPE
Overview
Preparing the UFD
- Attach a UFD to the development workstation.
Important Notes:- The UFD’s capacity must be at least 8GB.
- The UFD will be repartitioned and formatted. Backup all necessary data before proceeding to the next step.
- On the development workstation open the command prompt in the administrative mode.
- In the command prompt type:
diskpart
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
list disk
- From the list displayed, determine the disk number of the USB disk attached.
In the example below, disk 3 is the UFD:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\System32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601 Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation. On computer: WORKSTATION-PC DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 465 GB 1024 KB Disk 1 Online 465 GB 0 B Disk 2 Online 931 GB 0 B Disk 3 Online 7663 MB 0 B DISKPART>
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
select disk [disk number] (disk 3 in this case)
Important Note: Make the selection very carefully. All data contained in the selected drive will be OVERWRITTEN!
The output should be:
Disk [disk number] is now the selected disk. (disk 3 in this case)
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
clean
The output should be:
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
create partition primary
The output should be:
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
format fs=ntfs quick
The output should be:
100 percent completed DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
active
The output should be:
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
assign
The output should be:
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
- In the Diskpart prompt type:
exit
The output should be:
Leaving DiskPart...