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Applies To: Windows Server 2016 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, Windows Server 2012 Essentials
You can create a bootable USB flash drive to use to deploy Windows Server Essentials. The first step is to prepare the USB flash drive by using DiskPart, which is a command-line utility. For information about DiskPart, see DiskPart Command-Line Options.
Tip
To create a bootable USB flash drive for use in recovering or reinstalling Windows on a PC instead of a server, see Create a recovery drive.
You now have a bootable USB drive with the Windows 10 installer. Have you tried creating a Windows 10 installer USB drive from a Mac before? Being the largest speaker that the company makes, the Play:5 features six amplifiers and six dedicated drivers to help give you room-filling sound. Insert the USB drive into the Mac and launch Disk Utility. Click on the USB drive from the left-hand menu and select the Partition tab.
For additional scenarios in which you may want to create or use a bootable USB flash drive, see the following topics:
To create a bootable USB flash drive
- Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
- Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
- Type
diskpart
. - In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type
list disk
, and then click ENTER. Thelist disk
command displays all the disks on the computer. Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive. - At the command prompt, type
select disk <X>
, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER. - Type
clean
, and the click ENTER. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive. - To create a new primary partition on the USB flash drive, type
create partition primary
, and then click ENTER. - To select the partition that you just created, type
select partition 1
, and then click ENTER. - To format the partition, type
format fs=ntfs quick
, and then click ENTER.ImportantIf your server platform supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI), you should format the USB flash drive as FAT32 rather than as NTFS. To format the partition as FAT32, typeformat fs=fat32 quick
, and then click ENTER. - Type
active
, and then click ENTER. - Type
exit
, and then click ENTER. - When you finish preparing your custom image, save it to the root of the USB flash drive.
See Also
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Getting Started with the Windows Server Essentials ADK
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Getting Started with the Windows Server Essentials ADK
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
Creating and Customizing the Image
Additional Customizations
Preparing the Image for Deployment
Testing the Customer Experience
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There are a couple of reasons why you would want to create Windows 8.1 bootable USB flash drive on your Mac. Maybe you’ve decided to install Windows 8.1 on Mac without Boot Camp; or maybe your PC is unbootable and you want to prepare a bootable USB using the ISO file that you have on your external hard drive; or you want to easily create bootable Windows 8.1 USB without installing new tools.
If you are using a recent version of Mac OS X, preparing Windows 8.1 USB is fairly simple and can be done without having to install additional software on your Mac. The only thing is that you need to have a Windows 8.1 ISO image file in order to prepare bootable Windows 8.1 USB on your Mac.
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Follow the given below instructions to create Windows 8.1 bootable USB on Mac:
Step 1: Connect your USB flash drive to Mac and backup your files as all data will be formatted during the process.
Step 2: Next, transfer Windows 8.1 ISO file to your Mac. If you already have a copy of the ISO file on your Mac, you can safely skip this step. If you don’t have the ISO on Mac, you can follow our how to transfer files between Windows and Mac guide to quickly transfer the ISO file. And if the PC unbootable, you can follow our how to backup data from a unbootable PC (the easy way) guide to copy ISO file to the USB drive first and then copy the same to your Mac.
Step 3: Launch Boot Camp Assistant software. To do that, click on Launchpad icon, click Other, and then click Boot Camp Assistant icon to open Boot Camp Assistant software.
Step 4: Once Boot Camp Assistant is launched, click on the Continue button.
Step 5: Uncheck the option titled Install Windows 7 or later version (we use this option while installing Windows on Mac using Boot Camp), and also uncheck Download the latest Windows support software from Apple option if you’re preparing this bootable Windows 8.1 drive to install Windows 8.1 on a PC.
Make sure that the option titled Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk option is checked before clicking on the Continue button.
NOTE: As mentioned earlier, keep the option Download the latest Windows support software from Apple checked if you’re going to use this bootable USB on your Mac (this Mac) and not on a PC. As the support software is designed specifically for each Mac, it might not function properly if you try to run the downloaded support software on a Mac other than the model that you’re using to prepare the bootable USB.
And if you plan to install Windows 8.1 on this Mac, keep that option checked to automatically download all support software on to the USB so that you can easily install all drivers after installing Windows 8.1 on your Mac.
Step 6: In the following screen, click the Choose button to browse to the Windows 8.1 ISO image file. Select the ISO image file and then click Continue button to proceed further.
Click Continue button again when you see “The drive will be erased” warning to begin formatting the drive and then copying Windows files. If you have selected the option Download the latest Windows support software from Apple option, Boot Camp Assistant will also download required drivers from Apple servers. So if you have selected that option, make sure that your Mac is connected to the web.
Step 7: Once Boot Camp Assistant completes its business, you’ll see “The selected drive has been formatted and the Windows installation image has been copied” message. And if you have selected Download support software from Apple option in Step 5, you’ll see “Install this Windows support software after installing Windows” message. Click Quit button. That’s it!
You can now connect it to a PC or your Mac and begin installing Windows 8.1 operating system.