SQL SERVER 2008 Release Candidate 0
has been released for some time and I have got numorous request about
how to install SQL Server 2008. I have created this step by step guide
Installation Guide. Images are used to explain the process easier.
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There are times when having a bootable USB flash with System Recovery
tools is useful, especially if you are a netbook owner. Creating and
using a USB flash memory stick with recovery tools is quite easy, if you
follow the steps described below.
First of all you need to insert the memory stick into a USB port on your computer. Open Windows Explorer, right click on the drive and choose Format.
NOTE: Before formatting your memory stick, don't forget to backup your files as the process will erase all its contents.
In the next window choose the NTFS format and click on Start. The other configuration options are not important, the defaults work just fine.
After you formatted the USB stick, create on it two folders named boot and sources, as shown in capture below.
The Recovery and Boot folders on your computer will contain the files needed to be copied on the memory stick.
The first folder is located at
'C:\Recovery'. This folder is used by Windows 7 to load System Recovery tools.
The Boot folder is located at 'C:\Windows\Boot' and its contents is used to boot the operating system.
Both folders are hidden by default. To view them, open Windows Explorer and access Folder Options. In the View tab check 'Show hidden files, folders and drive' and uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)'. Press the Apply button to enable the new settings.
NOTE: The
'C:' letter represents the drive where the operating system is installed. It can be different on your computer.
Next, you need to open the Recovery folder on your computer. By default it can't be accessed, even though you are logged on as Administrator. In order to open it, follow the steps described in the article Take Ownership and Change Permissions of Files and Folders and add 'Full control' permissions for your user.
How To Put System Repair Tools on the USB Flash
Now you have all the needed files to create the bootable memory stick. First open the Recovery
folder. You will notice a sub-folder with an automatically generated
name (series of numbers and letters) with a standard length of 32
characters. Open it.
NOTE: The folder name will be different from one PC to another.
Next you have to copy the file boot.sdi to the folder boot from the memory stick.
Then copy the Winre.wim file to the sources folder from the memory stick and rename it to boot.wim.
Now open the folder
'C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT' and copy the BCD file to the boot folder from the stick.
Go to
'C:\Windows\Boot\DVD\PCAT\en-US' and copy the bootfix.bin file to the folder boot from the USB flash.
Finally, go to
C:\Windows\Boot\PCAT and copy the bootmgr file to the root of the memory stick.
The structure of the newly created memory stick should be similar to the one from picture below. The boot folder contains the files: BCD, boot.sdi and bootfix.bin files, and the sources folder hosts only the boot.wim file. In the root directory of the stick you have to have the file bootmgr.
After you've completed all the steps from this tutorial I recommend
you to test the newly created bootable stick. Reboot your computer and
boot from the memory stick to check if it works properly. If it works,
you will get System Recovery Tools menu.
NOTE: In order to boot from a flash memory, the removable device has to be the first device in the 'Boot Device Order' section of the computer BIOS.
Conclusion
The option to create a system repair stick is a great insurance to
have in case your computer crashes. I'm hoping you will find this tip
useful, when needed. For more information about the recovery tools, read
the articles below. Also, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to
leave a comment.
Many of us face a lot of problem when we have to reinstall windows on
our computer or laptop. First thing we have to decide from where to
install windows? The options available are DVD or USB Pendrive. In the
latest new netbooks, mostly there is no DVD drive. So if you want to
install windows you have to go with the other option, i.e. USB Pendrive.
So here I give a brief and 100% tested tutorial on how to create a
Windows 7 Bootable USB Pendrive to install Windows 7 from USB Pendrive.
First thing, you should check whether your BIOS supports booting from
USB. Most of the computer/laptops support. But if your BIOS doesn’t,
then sorry, you cannot boot from a USB Pendrive.
Second thing, you need another computer with Windows installed with a DVD drive, to copy its contents later.
So let us start with the procedure now:
1) Run command prompt (cmd). This can be done by clicking start and
typing typing cmd in Windows 7. In Windows Xp, click on start and then
click on run. Type cmd and run. This will open the command prompt which
will look like this:
2) Then run diskpart utility from command prompt, by typing
‘diskpart’ on command prompt and pressing enter. This will run the
diskpart utility in a separate windows, which is shown in 2nd picture
below:
3) Now put in your pendrive in a USB port. Your pen drive must be
atleast 4 GB, 8 GB pendrive is best for this purpose. Now go back to the
diskpart console and type ‘listdisk’ and press enter. This will list
the various storage devices available. You can see the size column of
the disk and here we can see that ‘disk 2′ is our pen drive. Warning: In
your computer it may be some other number. In our case it is ‘disk 2′.
4) Then you have to type ‘select disk 2′ and press enter. Note: in
our case it is disk 2, in your case it may be disk 3, or disk 1 or any
other number. You can enter ‘detail disk’ to see the details of the disk
after selecting it to verify that you have selected the correct disk.
You can see these steps in the image below:
5) Then you have to run a series of commands. The commands to be run in the order are:- clean
- create partition primary
- select partition 1
- active
- format fs=fat32
These steps are shown in the image below:
6) The format step will take some time. You can have a tea or coffee
in the meantime and come back. After the format is complete you have to
run ‘assign’ command. And after this you can exit diskpart utility by
entering the ‘exit’ command. The steps are shown below:
- assign
- exit
- The image below shows all the steps taken from the first step:
7) After the format is complete, put in your original Windows 7 DVD
in your DVD drive, or if you have an .iso image of the DVD, mount that
image using any virtual drive software like Power ISO.
- Now go to My Computer, and open the contents of DVD Drive. Press
‘ctrl+a’ to select all contents and copy all the contents by pressing
‘ctrl+c’.
- Now go back to My Computer and open the USB Drive and press ‘ctrl+v’ to paste all the contents of DVD into the USB Disk.
When the copy finishes, you are done just remove the USB Drive safely and use it to install Windows 7 in your computer/laptop.
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