Create LiteTouch Bootable USB for UEFI or BIOS
November 30, 2024•467 words
This is what I use for creating a litetouch bootable USB. I use this for "imaging" a system with MDT with custom applications for each build instead of deploying with a captured image.
1. Run CMD as an admin. Type "diskpart". Run "List Disk". Check to see if your USB drive is GPT. Your device will have a * under the GPT section if it is GPT. Note which disk your drive is, in my example, my drive is disk 1.
Disk### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 465 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 1 Online 28 GB 0 B *
2. Type, "Select disk 1", if your drive is gpt, type "convert mbr". If your drive is not gpt, skip the convert mbr command.
3. Type "Clean"
4. Type "create partition primary"
5. Type "select partition 1"
6. Type "format fs=fat32 quick"
6. Type "active"
7. Type "assign"
8. Type "exit"
9. Lastly, mount your litetouch iso and copy the contents to your freshly formatted USB drive.
Here is my session:
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 465 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 1 Online 28 GB 28 GB *
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> convert mbr
DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to MBR format.
DISKPART> clean
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> create partition primary
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> select partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> format fs=fat32 quick
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.
DISKPART> active
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
DISKPART> assign
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
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