

Setup.exe started from Windows 10 or above For more information, see Windows Setup Automation Overview.Įnables kernel debugging over an IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port while Windows is running and during the WindowsPE configuration pass of Windows Setup. Beginning with Windows 10, version 1607, you can use a setupconfig file as an alternative to passing parameters to Windows Setup on a command line. E copies all subfolders, /H copies all hidden files and /F displays all source and destination file names as it’s copying.The following command-line options are available for Windows Setup (setup.exe). You can either do this from Windows using Ctrl+C+ Ctrl+V, or from the command line using xcopy. Copy the entire contents of the ISO to your flash drive Where E:\ in this case is my flash drive’s letter. My ISO is mounted as G:\, so I’ll navigate to G:\boot and run: C:Windowssystem32> G: Navigate to the mounted image and install a bootsector This will exit diskpart, but leave the command window open. To format it, we’ll use the NTFS file system and run a quick format: DISKPART> format fs=ntfs quick If you’re really curious, run list partition to check. Since we know there is only one partition, we can just run this: DISKPART> select partition 1 Create a partition DISKPART> create partition primary

Make sure you want to do this! If you are sure, run: DISKPART> cleanħ. The clean command marks all data on the drive as deleted and therefore removes all partitions and volumes. Run clean WARNING: This deletes all data on your drive In the example above, my flash drive is disk 2 so I’ll run: DISKPART> select disk 2Ħ. Select your flash drive by running select disk #įind the item that corresponds with your flash drive and select the disk. You’ll see the something similar to this: DISKPART> list diskĥ. This will open and run the Diskpart command line utility, which allows you to manage disks, partitions and volumes.Ĭ:\Windows\system32> diskpart 4.

Hit Windows Key, type cmd and hit Ctrl+Shift+Enter. Insert a usb drive at least 4gb in size 2. And who uses DVD’s anymore? Download the Windows 10 preview ISO from here: Steps 1. I’m writing this because I can, for some reason, never remember how to use Diskpart.
