Bootable Usb Flash Drive - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DE sl Commissioning Manual

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6.11 Bootable USB flash drive

6.11 Bootable USB flash drive
Usage
You can generate a bootable Service Center (Emergency Boot System) based on Microsoft
Windows PE on a USB flash drive as preventive measure against a defect.
The Ghost image for the creation of the bootable USB flash drive is on the installed NCU-
Basesoftware at: D:\Eboot\eboot.gho
Requirement
● The Windows 7 Service Desktop is active
● You have a USB flash drive (e.g. SIMATIC PC USB flash drive)
Procedure
To create a bootable USD flash drive, proceed as follows:
1. Connect the USB flash drive to a USB interface of the PC system.
2. Start Symantec Ghost, for example, by entering Ghost32.exe in the search bar in the
start menu.
3. In Symantec Ghost, select the "From Image" command from the "Local > Disk" menu.
4. Select D:\Eboot\eboot.gho as the source and the USB flash drive as the destination.
Result
The Emergency Boot System is installed on the USB flash drive and the data medium is
renamed to "EBOOT". The Service Center on the bootable USB flash drive can now be used.
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