This blog post covers how you can create a bootable USB media drive to install on a physical server. This blog post will not use any third party tools, it only uses build in tools which you can find on Windows 10 or Windows Server.

Apr 25, 2005 - A. To create a bootable Windows 2003 CD-ROM, you first need to. Alternatively, you can use a pre-extracted Windows 2003 boot sector file called. CD-ROM (e.g., NRMSFPP_EN for Windows 2003 Standard Server).

Depending on your system you will need it to install it on a BIOS system or a UEFI based system, which is slightly different since UEFI will use GPT disks and BIOS will use a MBR disk. Getting ready to create a USB Drive for a Windows Server 2019 Installation First you will need to have all prerequisites in place. • Download the Windows Server 2019 ISO File • A USB Drive with at least 8GB size Windows Server 2019 USB Thumb Drive for UEFI (GPT) systems To create the USB drive to install Windows Server 2019 on a UEFI (GPT system, you basically do the following steps: • The at least a 8GB USB drive has to be formatted in FAT32 • The USB needs to be GPT and not MBR • Copy all files from the ISO to the USB drive This is it, and here is how you do it. First plugin your USB drive to your computer. Open a PowerShell using the Run as Administrator option. You will need to change the path of the Windows Server 2019 ISO and you will need to replace the USB Friendly Name in the script.

REMINDER: The following commands will wipe the USB Drive completely. So backup everything before you run through the PowerShell. James bond quantum of solace.