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Prepare a Bootable Media

Before you run the process to create the BMR ISO image, prepare a CD/DVD or a USB stick. The CD/DVD or USB can be then used as a bootable or startup disk.

For CD/DVD

Make sure that you have a blank CD/DVD.

For USB Stick

To create a bootable USB BMR stick, the stick must be made active to enable it to boot a system. You can use the DiskPart command to make the stick active.

Follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt.
2. Type Diskpart and press Enter.
3. Type List Disk and press Enter.

   A listing of all detected disks is displayed. Determine which of the displayed disks is your USB disk.

4. Select the USB disk by typing Select Disk <n> ("n" is the disk number for the USB disk), and press Enter.
5. Type Clean and press Enter.

   The system displays "DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk."

6. Type create partition primary and press Enter.

   The system displays "succeeded in creating the specified partition".

7. Type select partition 1 and press Enter.

   The system displays "Partition 1 is now the selected partition."

8. Type active and press Enter.

   The system displays "DiskPart marked the current partition as active."

9. If necessary, format the USB stick with FAT32 or NTFS file system.

   Type format fs=fat32 quick or format fs=ntfs quick

The USB stick is now prepared and ready for use.