7.1 Appendix A: Steps to make USB/ M.2 2242 drive bootable:

i. Open a command prompt with administrator privilege.

ii. Run the following commands:

Step to create M.2 2242 bootable.

C:\Windows\system32> diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601

Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.

On computer: BIOS-8388

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt

-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---

Disk 0 Online 232 GB 0 KB *

Disk 1 Online 59 GB 1024 KB

Note: here disk 1 is the USBdrive2 that needs to be made bootable, please take care following step will remove all the data from the disk so select the correct Disk.

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> clean

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> create partition primary size

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> select partition 1

DISKPART> active

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick

DISKPART> assign letter=W

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> active

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick

DISKPART> assign letter=S

DISKPART> exit

M.2 2242 drive is now bootable.