http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/deployment/using-a-usb-flash-drive-to-recover-windows-vista.aspx is still relevant in Windows 7.
-Anders On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Mike Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having an aggravating time with this. I need to create a bootable > flash drive, so that I can update the firmware on my SSD drive (it won't > work from within Windows, and the instructions say to boot from a > bootable flash drive). > > While I can find any number of pages that show me how to do that (mostly > by using partdisk and bootsect.exe), they don't work for me. Which makes > sense - all that does is put a boot sector on the drive. They then say > to copy the contents of the Win 7 DVD (they all presume I want to > install Win 7 from a USB drive). Since I don't need the Win 7 DVD, I > have no OS on the flash drive. When I try to boot, it tells me "No > BOOTMGR found". > > So I need to make a bootable flash drive, and - from it - then execute > this 2M DOS file to flash the firmware. Anybody have a set of directions > that doesn't rely on copying the contents of the Windows DVD? :-) > > This is the process so far: > > DISKPART and hit enter. > > LIST DISK and hit enter. > > Once you enter the LIST DISK command, it will show the disk number of > your USB drive. In the below image my USB drive disk no is Disk 1. > > 4. In this step you need to enter all the below commands one by one and > hit enter. As these commands are self explanatory, you can easily guess > what these commands do. > > SELECT DISK 1 (Replace DISK 1 with your disk number) > > CLEAN > > CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY > > SELECT PARTITION 1 > > ACTIVE > > FORMAT FS=NTFS > > (Format process may take few seconds) > > ASSIGN > > EXIT > > BOOTSECT.EXE/NT60 H: > > (Where “H” is your USB drive letter) > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
