CSS10 - Q2 - Topic 7

CREATE
BOOTABLE
DEVICES
Quarter 2 – Topic 1
to load the first piece of software
that starts a computer. Because the
BOOT
operating system is essential for
running all other programs, it is
usually the first piece of software
loaded during the boot process.
STORAGE is a device for recording
(storing) information (data).
DEVICE
is a physical media (CD,
BOOTABLE DVD, USB flash drive or
other removable media
MEDIA/ supported by a machine
BOOTABLE BIOS as a boot device) that
boots on any PC-compatible
DEVICE machine.
Bootable media is most
often used to:
● recover an operating system that cannot
start
● access and back up the data that has
survived in a corrupted system
● back up sector-by-sector a disk with an
unsupported file system
● hardware or software troubleshooting
THE PROCESS
OF BOOTING
The term boot comes from the idea of

lifting oneself by one’s own bootstraps: LOGIN
the computer contains a tiny program NEW ACCOUNT
(bootstrap loader) which will load and
run a program found on a boot device.
WARM BOOT VS. COLD BOOT
COLD BOOT WARM BOOT

To perform a warm boot (also called
To perform a cold boot (also called a
a “soft boot”) means to restart a
“hard boot”) means to start up a
computer. It is typically initiated
computer that is turned off. It is
from the operating system, rather
typically performed by pressing the
than pressing a button on the
power button on the computer.
computer itself.
01 CREATE
WINDOWS
INSTALLER
USING FLASH
DRIVE
• Small portable computing devices such as Netbooks and
MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) offer great mobility, but they
lack optical devices (CD/DVD).
• An optical drive is important when you need to install
software from a CD or DVD.
• An external optical drive would work, but you may not want
to lug it around with you.
• So what is the solution? Use a USB flash drive as a bootable
installation media.
• In creating a bootable USB flash drive, you can use either
diskpart or rufus. We will try first the diskpart.
WHAT YOU NEED:

1. A USB flash drive with good storage capacity; preferably
8GB or more.
2. Access to a computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
3. A CD or DVD containing software you want to download.
NOTE:
Insert a USB flash drive into a
running computer.
PROCEDURE:
1. Click start > All Programs >
Accessories > Right click on
Command Prompt > Run as
Administrator
2. Type ‘diskpart’ and
press Enter to start the
built in Windows disk
partitioning utility
3. Type ‘list disk’ and press
Enter. Identify your USB
flash drive and make a
note of the disk number.
Here in this example, my
USB flash drive is Disk 2.
Note: Careful about choosing correct disk
index number, failure to select right disk
may result to permanent deletion of data
that may lead to catastrophic event.
4. Type ‘select disk 2’ and
press Enter.
5. Type ‘clean’ and press
Enter. The clean command
will remove partitions or
volume formatting from
the selected disk by zeroing
sectors.
6. Now to create partition,
type ‘create partition
primary’ and press Enter.
7. Type ‘select partition 1’,
and press the Enter key
8. Type ‘active’ and hit the
Enter key.
9. To format the partition
using FAT32 file system, type
‘format fs=fat32 quick’ and
press the Enter key.
Important: If your server platform supports

Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI),
you should format the USB flash drive as
FAT32 rather than as NFTS . To format the
partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick,
and then click ENTER.
10. Type ‘assign’ and press
the Enter key to assign a
drive letter to your USB
flash drive.
11. Type exit to exit the
diskpart utility.
Note: Your USB flash drive is now ready to be

used as an installation media. All you need to
do is copy the entire contents of the Operating
System (DVD) to your newly prepared USB
flash drive.
12. Copy the data file from
your CD/DVD ROM.
13. Paste the data file into
your flash drive.
Another way to create a bootable USB flash
drive is using a RUFUS.
RUFUS
- is a utility that helps format and create bootable USB
flash drives, such as USB keys/pen devices, memory
sticks, etc.
In can be especially useful for cases where:
• You need to create USB installation media from bootable

ISOs (Windows, Linux, UEFI, etc.)
• You need to work on a system that does not have an OS
installed
• You need to flash a BIOS or other firmware from DOS
• You want to run a low-level utility
To create a bootable USB drive from downloaded ISO
file, we use a free software called RUFUS and we need
an empty USB flash drive with minimum size of 8GB
in order to properly transfer your ISO image file on
it.
NOTE:
Insert a USB flash drive into a
running computer.
PROCEDURE:
1. Download the latest RUFUS
program file from here
http://rufus.ie/
2. Run RUFUS on your
Windows PC.
You should get the
following screen
showing the main
menu.
3. Select your ISO
image file to be
transferred on your
USB flash drive, as
shown below in the red
rectangle.
4. Then that’s it, you
can press the “Start”
button to begin the
transfer.
5. At the end of the
installation, your USB
flash drive is ready to
use.
Your bootable USB flash drive is

ready to use. You can now click
the CLOSE button to exit.
THANKS!
Do you have any questions?
georgienniedaps@gmail.com
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The term boot comes from the idea of

COLD BOOT WARM BOOT

WHAT YOU NEED:

Important: If your server platform supports

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• You need to create USB installation media from bootable

Your bootable USB flash drive is

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