This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive.
Note the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive.Īt the command prompt, type select disk, where X is the drive number or drive letter of the USB flash drive, and then click ENTER. The list disk command displays all the disks on the computer. In the new command line window that opens, to determine the USB flash drive number or drive letter, at the command prompt, type list disk, and then click ENTER. Open a Command Prompt window as an administrator. Insert a USB flash drive into a running computer.
Restore or repair your server running Windows Server Essentials Restore a full system from an existing client computer backup
To create a bootable USB flash drive for use in recovering or reinstalling Windows on a PC instead of a server, see Create a recovery drive.įor additional scenarios in which you may want to create or use a bootable USB flash drive, see the following topics:
