Bootable USB Sticks

A set of links to information about creating bootable USB sticks. My initial goal is to create an ultimate boot stick that not only contains several recovery tools, but also multiple bootable MDT and SCCM environments, allowing me to carry a single USB stick and boot clients to my own as well as to my customers MDT and SCCM environments.

• http://ct.link.idg.nl/yus / http://computertotaal.nl/apps-software/een-usb-stick-gebruiken-om-malware-te-verwijderen-62405
• http://ct.link.idg.nl/hir / http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd Hiren's Boot CD (download link:http://ct.link.idg.nl/hid / http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ )
• http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/ YUMI – Multiboot USB Creator

Steps to perform:

1. Download Yumi http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/
2. Download and extract Hiren's Boot CD - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
3. Run Rumi, select the Hiren's Boot CD ISO as an image
4. Add each SCCM / MDT ISO as needed, (repeat for each ISO needed):
• Create ISO from SCCM or MDT
• in Yumi, add another distro... Try unlisted ISO (GRUB from RAM) - \\knabbel\mdt\LNG\ISO\LNG_Image_Build.iso
• Make sure format disk is now unselected

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Bootable Windows 7 USB stick

To create a bootable USB stick from the original CD / ISO, in order to install Windows 7:

1. Extract the Windows 7 CD / ISO to a fileshare
   Z:\cds\windows\W7x86.sp1
2. format & partition an USB stick
   

    Diskpart
   

   Within Diskpart, prepare your volume. Use your own number for <X> in select disk <X>

    list disk
    select disk <X>
    clean
    create partition primary
    active
    format FS=FAT32 Quick
    assign letter K
   

3. Copy OS sources to the stick
   

   robocopy Z:\cds\windows\w7x86.sp1 K:\ /e
   

4. Make the stick bootable
   

   Z:\cds\windows\w7x86.sp1\boot\bootsect.exe /NT60 D: /NT60 K:
   

Output from the Bootsect.exe command:

Target volumes will be updated with BOOTMGR compatible bootcode.

K: (\\?\Volume{392d0a56-0453-11e4-825f-001e8cd9ac2d})

    Successfully updated FAT32 filesystem bootcode.

Bootcode was successfully updated on all targeted volumes.

Links:

1. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/usb-installation-disk-windows-7-extra-software/
2. http://www.maketecheasier.com/boot-and-install-windows-7-from-usb-flash-drive/