Bootable Media

INFORMATION SHEET 1.2-2

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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

identify the output and input device

explain, elaborate and classify the different computer peripherals and its

components

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Boot

Boot is to load the first piece of software that starts a

computer. Because the operating system is essential
for running all other programs, it is usually the first
piece of software loaded during the boot process.

The term boot comes from the idea of lifting oneself

by one's own bootstraps: the computer contains a tiny
program (bootstrap loader) which will load and run a
program found on a boot device.

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 Storage and Bootable Media

Storage Media is a device for recording (storing)

information (data).
Bootable Media/ Bootable Device is physical media (CD,
DVD, USB flash drive or other removable media supported
by a machine BIOS as a boot device) that boots on any PC-
compatible 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

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 Process of booting

Cold Boot
To perform a cold boot (also called a "hard boot") means to start up a
computer that is turned off. It is typically performed by pressing the
power button of the computer.

Warm Boot
To perform warm boot (also called a "soft boot") means to restart a
computer. It is typically initiated from the operating system, rather than
pressing a button on the computer itself.

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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 drives
(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’s the solution? Use
a USB flash drive as a bootable installation media.

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Materials, tools and equipment

What You Need:

A USB flash drive with good storage capacity; preferably 4GB
or more.
Access to a computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
A CD or DVD containing .iso image of an operating system.

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 USING COMMAND PROMPT

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Click Start > All Programs >
Accessories > Right click on
Command Prompt > Run as
Administrator.

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Type ‘diskpart' and press
Enter to start the built in
Windows disk partitioning
utility

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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 4.

Note: Careful about choosing correct disk

index number, failure to select right disk may
result to permanent deletion of data that
may lead to a catastrophic event.

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Type 'select disk 4' and
press Enter.

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Type ‘clean’ and press
Enter. The clean command
will remove partitions or
volume formatting from
the selected disk (disk 1) by
cleaning the sectors.

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Now to create a partition, type 'create partition primary’ and press Enter.

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Type 'select partition 1', and
press the Enter key

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Type ‘active’, and hit the
Enter Key.

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To format the partition using
FAT32 file system, type
‘format fs=fat32’ 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 NTFS. To format the
partition as FAT32, type format fs=fat32 quick, and then
click ENTER.

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Type 'assign' and press the
Enter key to assign a drive
letter to your USB flash
drive. Type exit to exit the
diskpart utility.

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. Plug the USB flash drive to
the computer and reboot to begin the installation.

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Copy the data.

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Paste the data file into
your flash drive.

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 USING 3rd party
application

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 Download free disk creator
software like RUFUS (Download
link https://rufus.ie/ ) to make a
bootable USB drive.

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 Insert your flash drive in any
available your USB port.

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 Open RUFUS bootable drive creator.
Select your USB drive > click select.

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 Open the directory where the ISO files are
stored > Select the your desired OS> Click Open.

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 Click the log icon to see if Operating System is successfully added.
Let the log dialog box left opened in the entire execution. It helps to
see the additional progress of the process. Showing the log view is
optional
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 Click start > Warning dialogue box will appear.
It indicated the there are files need to download. Just click yes to
agree then let the application download the missing files.

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 After a few seconds the image
below shows that ISO images
had been detected > Choose
the recommended image
(Write in ISO image mode) >
click OK to continue.

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 Critical warning message will appear. It
explains that your existing file will be
permanently erased after this procedure.
Click OK to start the process.
Note: make it sure the USB drive that you are
going to use is empty and there are no stored
important files.

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 Wait for several minutes…

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 After several minutes your
USB drive is ready to use.
Close the log window > close
the RUFUS app.

Note: If the status shows READY it

indicated that the process is
successfully completed. Do not click
START it will lead you to redo the
process, just click CLOSE then remove
your flash drive.

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