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.

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