Preparing a usb stick for boot – Microsoft Surface 3 User Manual
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6. The Replicate to Linked Deployment Share dialog box displays a progress bar on the Progress screen as
replication is performed.
7. The Confirmation screen is displayed to report successful replication. Click Finish to close the Replicate to
Linked Deployment Share dialog box.
The custom image, drivers, applications, and task sequence for deployment of Surface Pro 3 devices should now be
present in the offline deployment share.
Preparing a USB Stick for Boot
To prepare your USB stick to be bootable, it must be partitioned, formatted, and the partition set as active by using the
Diskpart Command-Line Utility, as shown in Figure 5.18.
Figure 5.18: Partitioning and Formatting with Diskpart Command-Line Utility.
To prepare a USB stick, follow this procedure:
1. Plug your USB stick into the computer. You can use any computer to perform this task, for example your
workstation or the production deployment server.
2. Open Command Prompt or PowerShell as an Administrator.