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Looking for quality servers? This document provides instructions for creating a UEFI bootable Windows USB stick from within Windows. To begin, the USB stick must be formatted to FAT32 using the Diskpart tool in the command prompt. Then, Windows installation files are copied to the USB stick. Finally, the BOOTX64.EFI file is added to the EFI/BOOT folder to prepare the USB stick for UEFI booting.

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Creating Windows UEFI Boot-Stick in Windows - Thomas-Krenn-Wiki

Looking for quality servers? This document provides instructions for creating a UEFI bootable Windows USB stick from within Windows. To begin, the USB stick must be formatted to FAT32 using the Diskpart tool in the command prompt. Then, Windows installation files are copied to the USB stick. Finally, the BOOTX64.EFI file is added to the EFI/BOOT folder to prepare the USB stick for UEFI booting.

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CreatingWindowsUEFIBootStickinWindows
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InthisarticleyouwillfindinformationabouthowyoucancreateaUEFIWindowsBootStickin
Windows.
TocreateaUEFIBootStick,theUSBstickmustfirstbeformattedtoFAT32.
Thisiseasiestwiththe"Diskpart"tool,whichwasimplementeddirectlyintheWindowscommandprompt.

Contents
1PreparingtheUSBStick
2CopyingWindowsinstallationfilesontotheUSBstick
3PreparingtheUSBStickforUEFI

PreparingtheUSBStick
InordertouseDiskPart,openthecommandpromptasanadministratorandthenfollowtheseinstructions:
1.EnterthefollowingcommandintheCMDwindow:
diskpart
2.Withthiscommandyoucandisplaythelistofdrives.
listdisk
3.Now,identifyyourUSBstickandenterthefollowingcommandasanumber(insteadof"#"):
selectdisk#example
4.YoucandeleteallexistingpartitionsfromtheUSBstickwiththiscommand:
clean
5.Withthischainofcommand,anewpartitioniscreated,thenselected,activatedandthenformattedto
FAT32.Adriveissubsequentlyassignedwhentheprocedureiscompleted:
createpartitionprimary
selectpartition1
active
formatquickfs=fat32
assign
6.NowyoucanexitDiskpart:
exit

CopyingWindowsinstallationfilesontotheUSBstick
Next,WindowsinstallationfilesneedtobecopiedtotheUSBstick.
HereisanexampleofhowyoucancopythefilesviaWindowsCommandPromptfromthemountedISO
fileorfromtheinsertedWindowsDVDtotheUSBstick:
DriveD:forthemountedWindowsISOFile/WindowsDVD
DriveF:fortheUSBstick
xcopyd:\*f:\/s/e
TheUSBstickisnowreadyforthe"normal"BIOSbasedWindowsinstallation.Thenecessarystepsfor
UEFIbasedinstallationsarelistedbelow.

PreparingtheUSBStickforUEFI
Checkifthefile'BOOTX64.EFI'viathepath\EFI\BOOT\isavailableonthestick.
Ifthisisnotthecase,youcancopythefiletothestickbyusingoneofthetwomethodsbelow:

IfaccesstothestickisviaaUEFIenabledcomputerwithaWindows7(orhigher)x64,the
Bootloadercanbecopiedandrenamedtothestick.Youcandothisonthesystempartitionunder:
C:\Windows\Boot\EFIforthefilebootmgfw.efi
Copyittothestickinthe\EFI\BOOT\folderandrenamethisfileBOOTX64.EFI(noticethe
reverseorderofefiandboot)
Thefilebootmgfw.eficanalsobeextractedfromaWindows7(orhigher)x64DVD.Itislocatedin
the2.7GBytelargearchiveInstall.wiminthesubdirectory\sources.Thearchivecanbeextracted
withanarchivingprogram.Thisfileislocatedinthesubdirectory"1"ofthearchiveat
1\Windows\Boot\EFI\.
Author:ArminOberneder
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