The Build Console Boot Media Creation Wizard enables creation of a bootable USB pen drive for use when PXE boot services are not available or supported.


Issue

  • WinPE Boot Media Wizard reports an error when formatting the USB pen drive:


Requirements

  • Imaging Toolkit 12.0.7 or later


Procedure

Complete the following steps to wipe the USB pen drive before running the WinPE Boot Media Wizard:

  1. Open an Administrator command prompt on the Build Console machine.
  2. Run diskpart then enter the following commands.
  3. list disk and note the number of the USB pen drive.

    NOTE:Be very careful when selecting the disk number to ensure you correctly identify the USB pen drive.

  4. select disk <number>
  5. clean
  6. exit to return to the command prompt
  7. Launch the WinPE Boot Media Wizard and select the USB pen drive


The WinPE Boot Media Wizard will complete successfully.