National Instruments CVS-1459 User Manual page 23

1. Insert the USB flash drive into a computer with a DVD drive running Windows, and wait
for the flash drive to be recognized.
2. Open a command prompt as an administrator.
3. Type
diskpart.exe
4. Type
list disk
5. Identify the drive number that corresponds to the USB flash drive.
6. Type
select disk
<Enter>. For example, in the following image, the USB flash drive is disk number 5. The
command is
select disk 5
Caution
7. Type and press <Enter>. This command deletes all data from the USB flash drive.
clean
8. Type
create partition primary
9. Type
active
10. Type
format fs=ntfs quick
11. Type
assign letter
letter not currently associated with any disk drives. For example,
12. Copy the contents of the reinstallation DVD to the root of the USB flash drive.
The USB flash drive is now bootable and will install Windows.
Reinstalling Windows
Complete the following steps to use the recovery media to install Windows.
1. Connect the bootable USB flash drive to one of the USB ports on the NI CVS-1459. Or
connect an external DVD drive to one of the USB ports on the NI CVS-1459 and insert
the recovery DVD into the external drive.
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and press <Enter>.
and press <Enter>.
, where
x
x
.
Following this process will delete all data on the USB flash drive.
and press <Enter>
free volume letter
is the drive number of the USB flash drive, and press
and press <Enter>.
and press <Enter> to format the USB flash drive.
, where
free volume letter
assign letter K
is a
.