WES7: Preparing the UFD to boot the WinPE

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...