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Quarter 2
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING
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Module 2: Prepare Installer

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Module 2: Prepare Installer
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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About.................................................................................................i

What I Need to Know..........................................................................................................ii
How to Learn from this Module..........................................................................................ii
Icons of this Module...........................................................................................................iii

What I Know..................................................................................................................... .iv

Lesson 1:
Bootable Installer Preparation
What I Need to Know..................................................................................1
What’s In ....................................................................................................1
What’s New ...............................................................................................2
What Is It....................................................................................................2
What’s More ..............................................................................................3
Lesson 2:
Creating Bootable DVD Media
What I Need to Know..................................................................................4
What’s In ....................................................................................................4
What’s New ...............................................................................................5
What Is It ...................................................................................................5
What’s More ..............................................................................................7
Lesson 3:
Creating Bootable USB Media
What I Need to Know..................................................................................8
What’s In ....................................................................................................8
What’s New ...............................................................................................9
What Is It ...................................................................................................9
What’s More ..............................................................................................13
Lesson 4:
Creating A Custom Windows Installation
What I Need to Know..................................................................................14
What’s In ....................................................................................................14
What’s New ...............................................................................................15
What Is It ...................................................................................................15
What’s More ..............................................................................................22
What I Have Learned..................................................................................................................................23
What Can I Do...............................................................................................................................................23

Summary...................................................................................................................................................... 24
Assessment: (Post-Test) ........................................................................................................................ 25
Key to Answers........................................................................................................................................... 27
References................................................................................................................................................... 29
What This Module is About

This module contains information and suggested learning activities on Computer

Systems Servicing. It includes training materials and activities for you to complete.

Completion of this module will help you better understand the succeeding module on
Computer Systems Servicing.

This module consists of learning activities supported by concept notes in the What’s
New section. Before you perform the learning activities, read the What’s New section
provided to ascertain to yourself and your teacher that you have acquired the knowledge
necessary to answer and/or perform the activities of that particular learning outcome.

Upon completion of this module, submit your portfolio to your teacher for the
checking of your achievement of knowledge and skills requirement of this module.

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 What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, the learners shall be able to:

1. Create portable bootable devices in accordance with software manufacturer

instruction

2. Prepare customized installers in accordance with software utilization guide and end
user agreement

3. Carry out installation of portable applications in accordance with software user guide
and software license

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

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Icons of this Module
What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson.

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.

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 What I Know

Assessment: (Pre-Test)
Multiple Choice
Direction: Select the best answer for each question. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. What disk partition utility in Windows can be used to create a bootable USB?
A. Rufus B. Diskpart C. ISO D. RT Seven Lite
2. What button in CDBurnerXP should be clicked to start the burn process?
A. OK B. Burn C. Burn disc D. Start
3. Which command in Diskpart follows the command “active”?
A. list disk B. exit C. clean D. format fs=ntfs
4. Which is the first step in creating a bootable USB using Rufus?
A. Look for the Windows Image File (ISO) and select it.
B. Click the Start button. When prompted with a Warning: ALL DATA… Click OK.
C. Right-click the Rufus Application then select Open to launch the program
D. Plug in the USB Drive to any USB Port in your personal computer.
5. Which of the following commands in Diskpart can cause an error?
A. format fs=ntfs quick C. dispart
B. sel par 1 D. clean
6. Which is NOT an advantage of using RT Seven Lite?
A. It cuts installation time in half.
B. It can set default themes, fonts, wallpapers, and logon screen
C. It saves space by removing apps and services that are not needed.
D. It removes malware in the computer.
7. In what task or section in RT Seven Lite can we select multiple drivers?
A. ISO-bootable B. Customization C. Integration D. Tweaks
8. Which contains a disk image that is identical to the boxed product that you would
purchase at any software retailer?
A. Diskpart C. Bootable Installation Package
B. Bootable device D. ISO
9. Which is NOT a possible use of a bootable USB flash drive?
A. Use a recovery system to repair your PC
B. “Clean” reinstallation of the operating system
C. Store an image of the operating system
D. Use as installer for applications
10. What does the Diskpart command “clean” do?
A. It marks the current partition as active.
B. It assigns a drive letter to the USB flash drive.
C. It delete all files from the USB flash drive.
D. It creates the main partition.
11. Which Diskpart command displays all available storage devices in the computer?
A. select disk 1 C. show disk
B. create partition primary D. list disk
12. Which file format can support any file size?
A. GPT B. FAT32 C. NTFS D. MBR
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13. Which is NOT a requirement in making a bootable USB drive?
A. Windows Diskpart
B. USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of storage
C. ISO image of the operating system
D. Antivirus
14. What does NTFS mean?
A. New Transfer Files System C. New Technology Files System
B. New Transfer Files Service D. New Technology Files Service
15. Which is the file extension of a disc image file?
A. .dvd B. .img C. .iso D. .disc
16. What task or section in RT Seven Lite should be selected if you want to remove a
Windows feature?
A. Integration B. Tweaks C. Components D. ISO-bootable
17. Which software tool can be used to download Microsoft Updates?
A. RT Seven Lite B. Autopatcher C. Rufus D. Diskpart
18. Which mode in ISO-bootable task should be selected if you want to burn a disc?
A. Burn Image B. Burn C. Burn Disc D. Direct Burn
19. Which statement about FAT32 file format is TRUE?
A. It can support any file size. C. It can support files up to 4GB only.
B. It is limited to Windows OS only. D. It can support files up to 2GB only.
20. In Rufus, in what section can you check the USB flash drive?
A. Boot selection B. Volume label C. Device D. Status

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 Lesso Bootable Installer
n Preparation
1

What
After learning II Need
Whathow Need
to to to Know
assemble
Know a basic desktop PC, you need to know the technical
requirements to prepare the software installers both for system and application software.
There are different procedures on how to prepare installers depending on the storage
media and installation package. It is important to familiarize these procedures to avoid
software malfunction, hardware failure and file damage.
In this lesson, you will learn about the basic requirements that you must strictly
adhere to in order to create a functional bootable device.

What’s In

Before doing the tasks to be undertaken, reflect on the given question in this short
exercise.

Exercise:

What is the difference between a hardware and software?

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 What’s New
What I Need to Know

ACTVITY 1: Word Search

Direction: Locate the given words in the grid, running in one of eight possible directions horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally.

BOOT DVD ISO

INSTALLER POWERISO DISKPART

P Q R I S M O D P P X
S O N E F I O V O E C
M R W B L K N D W T G
D I N E N L E S D Y T
E J D Y R M A R R Q Y
R K S T E I U T A N I
G B O O T A S S S M L
J S W T R E D O Y N O
D I S K P A R T D V I

What Is It

The software installer package of an operating system from the market is usually inside a
CD or DVD. There are times when we come across situations where there is no CD or DVD
drive in a computer so there is no way we can use that CD/DVD to install or re-install that
operating system.

Having a bootable version of Windows on a DVD and USB drive can be very useful in times
when we need to install an operating system. A DVD installer can be used whenever the
version of BIOS of the computer doesn’t allow for USB installers. A USB installer can also be
used whenever there is no available CD or DVD drive in a computer.

ISO Image File

A file with an .iso file extension is a virtual copy of a CD or DVD, with the same
file structure and the same data. ISO copies are referred to as "images" of the original.
Therefore, the ISO is a perfect copy of what would be on an original Windows CD or
DVD.

Bootable Device

A bootable device is a kind of storage hardware, such as a hard drive, USB flash
drive, CD, or DVD which contains necessary boot files and drivers for loading the
operating system.
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Bootable Installation Package

The bootable installation package

contains a disk image that is identical to the
boxed product that you would purchase at any
software retailer. This image may be burned
directly to physical media to produce a
bootable installation DVD. Once copied to
physical media, this package may be used to
install an Operating System on any compatible
hardware, with or without an existing
Operating System installed.

Requirements In Making a Bootable Device

To create a bootable disk, you’ll need the following:

1. Your computer must have an optical read/write drive

2. A blank DVD or CD that will become your boot disk
3. A software utility that will create the boot media (ex. Acronis Disk Director,
CDBurner, PowerISO)
4. An ISO file of the OS you want to install or use to repair

To create a bootable USB flash drive, you’ll need the following:

1. Access to Windows DiskPart or a third-party equivalent (ex. Rufus, Windows

USB/DVD Tool)
2. USB flash drive with at least 8GB of storage
3. An ISO file of the OS you want to install or use to repair

What’s More

ACTIVITY 2: Identification

Direction: Choose the correct answer from the box given below.

.ISO Bootable Installation Package

PowerISO Bootable Device

Diskpart

1. It is a kind of storage hardware, such as a hard drive, USB flash drive, CD, or DVD which
contains necessary boot files and drivers for loading the operating system.
2. It is an example of a software utility that can create a bootable CD or DVD.

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3. It is the file extension of a disc image file.
4. It is a disk partition utility in Windows that can be used to create a bootable USB.
5. It contains a disk image that is identical to the boxed product that you would purchase at
any software retailer.

Lesso Creating Bootable

n DVD Media
2

What
What II Need
Need to Know
to Know

When you need to reinstall Windows operating system, there is no need for you to
spend an entire day installing updates, drivers, and necessary software along with it.
There are specific requirements and procedures on how to create a bootable DVD.
These procedures depend on what kind of software utility you want to use.
In this lesson, you will learn how to create a bootable DVD installer for a Windows
operating system.

What’s In

Before doing the tasks to be undertaken, reflect on the given questions in this short
exercise.

Exercise:

1. What are the examples of bootable device?

2. What is an ISO image file?
3. What are the requirements to create a bootable DVD

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 What’s New

ACTIVITY 1

In this activity, write your ideas about DVD inside the rounded rectangles.

DVD

What Is It

You can make an installation CD or DVD using burning software on your computer
and a CD/DVD burner. However, the procedures to follow to produce an installer from an
ISO image vary greatly from computer to computer depending on the operating system and
disc burning software used.

It is possible to use optical discs (CDs and DVDs) to create both minimal boot media
and full installation media. However, it is important to note that due to the large size of the
full installation ISO image (between 4 and 4.5 GB), only a DVD can be used to create a full
installation disc. Minimal boot ISO is roughly 300 MB, allowing it to be burned to either a CD
or a DVD.

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LAUNCHING THE CD/DVD BURNING SOFTWARE

The instructions below use Windows operating system and CDBurner XP as CD/DVD
Burning software.

CDBurnerXP is a free burning utility that works on both Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Procedures:

1. Double-click the CDBurnerXP

application icon. From here you will get
this little pop up. This image lets you
select the project that you wish to start.
Click on the “Burn ISO image” option
then click OK. This will take you to the
main screen of CDBurnerXP.

2. In the next dialog, select a file using

the button. Under the Device
dropdown list, the DVD will be selected
automatically.

Note: Usually, you specify Finalize

disc and Disc at Once for ISO
images.

3. Click the Burn disc button. This will

start the burn process. Just wait for it
to be completed. After that is finished
you have completed the burn of the
ISO file with CDBurnerXP.

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 What’s More

ACTIVITY 2

Direction: In the table below, identify the six (6) steps on how to burn an ISO image into the
DVD using the CDBurnerXP software. Write the correct order of steps on your answer sheet.

Tick the Finalize Disc checkbox. Click Burn ISO Progress.

Click Burn Disc. Click the button with three dots.
Select an ISO file. Click Convert to ISO.
Click Burn ISO Image then click OK button. Click Cancel.
Select Burn ISO options. Select Disc at Once.

ACTIVITY 3

Direction: Design your own CD/DVD burning software. Draw its user interface on a clean
sheet of bond paper. Write down the step by step procedure on how to burn an ISO image
into the DVD using your software.

Rubric:

Criteria 2 pts 4 pts 6 pts 8 pts

Organization The end product The end product The end product The end product
is distractingly is somewhat is acceptably is exceptionally
messy or very organized in organized in organized in
poorly designed. terms of design, terms of design, terms of design,
layout, layout, layout,
flow, visual flow, visual flow, visual
hierarchy, and hierarchy, and hierarchy, and
focal focal focal point.
point. point.
Originality The end product The end product The end product The end product
shows little shows little shows some shows a large
original thought original thought, original thought. amount of original
and design but design Work shows thought. Design
elements show elements are some elements are
little innovation. innovated. new and some creative and
Design are copied innovated design innovated.
and pasted from elements.
other people’s
work.
Neatness/Accurac The end product Some of the end Most of the end The end product’s
y contains product’s design product’s design design is neat,
numerous is is clean, accurate,
design errors, neat, clean, neat, clean, simple, and
misspellings, accurate, simple, accurate, simple, contains no
and /or and and misspellings or

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 grammatical contains some contains only grammatical
errors. misspellings or minor errors.
grammatical misspellings or
errors. grammatical
errors.

Lesso Creating Bootable

n USB Media
3

What
What II Need
Need to Know
to Know

Microsoft Windows used to be installed by disc, CD- or DVD-ROM, or the floppy disc
– and optical data carriers are also gradually disappearing from the scene. Instead, the
operating system is either preinstalled on the system partition of a new computer or laptop,
or you acquire Windows directly online, complete with a digital license, and download it
yourself.

But if you need an external installation medium, many people nowadays use a
bootable USB drive. It’s quicker and more compact that an optical data carrier, and so is
perfectly suited for setting up (or resetting) a system.

In this lesson, you will be introduced to the different methods on how to make a
bootable USB flash drive.

What’s In

Before doing the tasks to be undertaken, reflect on the given questions in this short
exercise.

Exercise:

1. What is a USB flash drive?

2. What are the available storage capacity of commercial USB flash drive
nowadays?

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 What’s New

ACTIVITY 1

Directions: Choose two (2) among the options what are the possible uses for a bootable
USB drive. Write down your ideas about the answer you have chosen.

Store an image of the operating “Clean” reinstallation of the

system operating system

Upgrade an old operating system Store back up files such as

to a new one documents, pictures, and videos

What Is It

If you don’t have access to a CD/DVD drive, you can still install an operating system
with the use of a bootable USB drive. You can boot to the USB drive by setting it as the first
boot device in the BIOS setup menu.

BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

A bootable USB drive is any USB drive that contains an "image" or exact copy of an
operating system.

POSSIBLE USES OF A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

1. Boot after a PC emergency

2. Use a recovery system to repair your PC
3. Store an image of the operating system
4. Upgrade an old operating system to Windows 10
5. “Clean” reinstallation of the operating system
6. Use a “portal operating system” on a foreign computer

HOW CAN YOU MAKE A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

Most commercial USB drive models are only loaded with a single file system like
FAT32 or exFAT file system. They don’t have the master boot record or MBR that is required
for booting most PCs. To make a USB drive bootable, you have to do it on your own.

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Note:
You can legally download various versions of Windows from Microsoft. Note, however, that
you need a license for the activation and legal use of the operating system, which you can
get online in the form of a product key. Without this official confirmation, your user rights are
strictly limited after 30 days. This means: You will have no more personalization options or
updates support, but instead will receive warning messages that remind you to activate
Windows as soon as possible.
REQUIREMENTS IN MAKING A BOOTABLE USB DRIVE

 Access to Windows DiskPart or a third-party equivalent

 USB 3.0 with at least 8GB of storage
 An ISO file of the OS you want to install or use to repair

FILE FORMATS

When you are creating a bootable USB drive you have two file format options:
1. FAT32 (File Allocation Table)
2. NTFS (New Technology Files System)

FAT32 can only support files up to 4GB and most of the Windows OS 8/8.1/10 will require
around 3.83GB or more in bootable drive. In a typical 4GB USB drive, you get around
3.72/3.73GB usable space. Hence FAT32 is not recommended.

FAT32 can be used if you are installing Windows XP as it requires around 650–750MB. It is
read/write compatible with a majority of recent and recently obsolete operating systems,
including DOS and Windows XP, Mac OS X, and UNIX-descended operating systems
including Linux and FreeBSD.

NTFS format is widely used because it can support any file size. So you can easily install OS
with large file size.

Also, Linux OS requires FAT/FAT32 format media as Linux does not support NTFS format.
Therefore, NTFS format is limited to Windows OS only.

You can make a USB drive bootable through any of these methods:
1. Create a bootable USB with external tools
2. Creating bootable USB drive with the Windows utility program DiskPart

A. Make a bootable USB drive with the Windows utility program DiskPart

You can use Command Prompt in Windows to create a bootable USB drive on all
operating systems. It is important to be careful in typing the each command line to avoid
errors along the process.

Procedures:
Note: The words in bold are the actual commands that must be typed in the
command prompt.

1. Insert the USB drive into your computer’s USB port. Make sure that it is recognized by
your computer.

2. Search for the “cmd” application in the Windows start menu, right-click on the item,
and select “Run as administrator” from the context menu. This opens a small window

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 with white text on a black background. You may also use the keyboard shortcut
Window logo + R to run the command prompt.

3. Type the command “diskpart” and confirm your input with the enter key (you’ll also
do this after every other entered command). This starts the storage device manager.

4. Enter the command “list disk” to display all available storage devices. It starts with
Disk 0 and the succeeding Disk Numbers depend on how many drives are detected
in your computer.

5. You can recognize your USB by its storage capacity, and it’s usually listed as “disk
1”. In the system partition, “disk 0” is usually your PC, so a hard drive or solid state
drive in your computer.

6. Based on the assumption that your USB has the label “disk 1”, enter the command
“sel disk 1” to select it (or the corresponding “disk 2”, etc.).

7. Enter the command “clean” to delete all files from the USB.

8. Enter the command “create partition primary” to create a main partition.

9. Select the newly created main partition by typing the command “sel par 1”.

10. Activate the partition with the command “active”.

11. Format the USB with the command “format fs=ntfs quick”.Formatting may take a
while. You can track its progress in the percentage bar

12. As soon as the process is finished, enter the command “assign” to automatically
assign a drive letter (for example “E:”) to your USB.

13. Enter “exit” to close DiskPart, and then “exit” again to close the command prompt.

In the command prompt, it should look something like this:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart
Microsoft Dikspart version 10.0.10240
Copyright <C> 1999-2013 Microsoft Corporaton.
On computer: GOCOBOOK
DISKPART>list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn GPT

------------ ----------------- ------------ ------------ ----- -------
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0B *
Disk 1 Online 7632 MB 0B

1 DISKPART>select disk 1
2 Disk 1 is now the selected disk
3 DISKPART> clean
4 Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
5 DISKPART> create partition Primary
6 Diskpart succeded in creating the specified partition.
7 DISKPART> select partition 1
8 Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
9 DISKPART> active
10 Diskpart marked the current partition as active.
11 DISKPART>format fs= ntfs quick
12 100 percent completed

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13 Diskpart successfully formatted the volume
14 DISKPART> assign
15 Diskpart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
16 DISKPART> exit

To finish the process, you just have to copy the Windows ISO file to a bootable USB stick
through:
 Basic drag-and-drop (or copy-paste)
 Drag all setup files from the installation disc into the USB drive (use the folder options
to display all of the hidden files first)
 For a source media with the drive letter “D:” and a USB drive with the letter “G:”, the
corresponding command would look as follows: “xcopy D:\*.* G:\*.* /S /E /F” (all of
the spaces are intentional).

Just in case there is an error message in the command prompt after typing a command, just
re-type the correct command. Probably the reasons behind that are misspelled words and
incorrect placement of blank spaces.

B. Create a bootable USB with external tools

There are many freeware programs suitable for all operating systems (including
Linux) that can take over the tasks of the otherwise manual device management. Some of
the most popular are Rufus, WinUSB, and UNetbootin. Each of these tools is made up of a
single, very small file that you can download directly and start without installation.

I. Bootable USB with Rufus

Rufus supports UEFI (“Unified Extensible Firmware Interface”), a new mainboard

firmware that replaced the old BIOS and can already be found on almost all newer
computers. Just follow the procedures below to create a bootable USB device using
Rufus.

Procedures:

1. Insert the USB Drive to any USB Port in your PC.

2. Double click the Rufus Application to launch the program.
3. Once it is open, make sure the USB Drive you inserted can be seen under
Device.
4. On the Boot Selection Menu, Click Select.
5. Browse for your Windows Image file in your PC.
6. Click Start. When prompted with a Warning: ALL DATA… Click OK.
7. When the status bar reached 100 percent or Ready, click Close.

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What’s More

ACTIVITY 2

Test I.
Directions: Read and analyze the Diskpart commands from Line 1 to Line 16. Write down
the line numbers that contain errors. Please note that extra spaces should not be considered
as errors.

DISKPART>list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn GPT

------------ ----------------- ------------ ------------ ----- -------
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0B *
Disk 1 Online 7632 MB 0B

1 DISKPART>select disk 0
2 Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
3 DISKPART> clean
4 Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
5 DISKPART> crete partion Primary
6 Diskpart succeded in creating the specified partition.
7 DISKPART> select partition1
8 Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
9 DISKPART> active
10 Diskpart marked the current partition as active.
11 DISKPART>format fs= ntfs quick
12 100 percent completed
13 Diskpart successfully formatted the volume
14 DISKPART> asign
15 Diskpart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
16 DISKPART> exit

Test II.
Direction: Re-write Lines 1 to 16 using the correct commands on your answer sheet.

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ACTIVITY 3

Directions: Arrange the steps in creating a bootable USB using Rufus. Write 1 for the first
step, 2 for the second step, and so on.

_____1. Click the Start button. When prompted with a Warning: ALL DATA… Click OK.
_____2. In Rufus, make sure the USB Drive you inserted can be seen under Device.
_____3. Plug in the USB Drive to any USB Port in your personal computer.
_____4. Look for the Windows Image File (ISO) and select it.
_____5. On the Boot Selection Menu, click the Select button.
_____6. When the status bar reached 100 percent or Ready, click Close.
_____7. Right-click the Rufus Application then select Open to launch the program.

Lesso Creating a Custom Windows

n Installation

What
What II Need
Need to Know
to Know

Installing an operating system is a time consuming process. Having control over

what goes with your Windows installer, like the necessary drives, updates, and apps,
can save much time during installation and can save space on your computer’s hard
drive.

In this lesson, you will walk through the procedures in customizing Windows
image that will include any required updates and drivers and allow for full customization
of the Windows 7

What’s In

Before doing the tasks to be undertaken, answer the given questions below.

1. What do you call the virtual copy of a CD or DVD, with the same file structure and
the same data?

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 2. What are the storage media that can be used as Windows installer?

What’s New

ACTIVITY 1
Directions: Choose your ideal settings in your computer. Check on either the YES or NO
column. Copy and answer on your answer sheet.

PERSONALIZED SETTINGS YES NO

1. Nature wallpaper
2. Offline games
3. High resolution display
4. Wi-Fi ready
5. Has two (2) user accounts only: Administrator and Standard

What Is It

What’s More
Windows operating system comes with programs, features, and services that take
up unnecessary space which can slow down your computer. If you want a lighter version
of Windows, you can create and customize your own installer using RT Seven Lite.

RT Seven Lite is a configuration tool that lets you edit your Windows install disc. .
You can remove Windows features you don’t want, add drivers you know you’ll need,
add or remove items from the Control Panel and right-click menu, and more.

Advantages of using RT Seven Lite

1. It cuts installation time in half.

2. It cuts out all the unnecessary apps and services and makes the computer run
faster—perfect for old or low-powered hardware.
3. It saves space by removing apps and services that are not needed.
4. It adds drivers such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi drivers to the install disc.
5. It can set default themes, fonts, wallpapers, logon screen, system sounds,
screensavers to be included in the customized operating system.

Requirements for Creating a Customized Operating System

1. RT Seven Lite software

2. Windows 7 operating system installer ISO or DVD (x86 or x64)

Procedures:

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A. Getting Started

1. Insert the Windows 7 DVD installer

in the DVD drive. If you have an
ISO file, make sure it is in the local
hard disk.
2. Launch RT Seven Lite. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

3. Select the ISO. RT Seven Lite will

start to extract the ISO image and
starts loading your Windows 7
operating system to start
customization. Once the image is
loaded, you will see the list of
operating system images present.
Select the image you want to
customize and click OK button.
(Figure 2) Figure 2

4. See the Task section. It should be

enabled once the image is loaded.
(Figure 3)

Figure 3

5. Select the Task section and you

can see options that you can do
with RT Seven Lite. RT Seven Lite
provides some ready-made preset
setting which you can simply select

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 (Safe or Tweaked or Advanced) option and commit the action as below. (Figure
4)

Figure 4
B. Integrate Windows 7 Updates
1. Download the Windows updates
and put it in a folder. There are
different ways that you can
download Windows 7 updates on
your PC.
a. Use a 3rd Party tool called
AutoPatcher to download
Microsoft Updates. (Figure
5)

Figure 5

b. Use a 3rd party tool called WSUS

Offline Update to download
Microsoft updates. (Figure 6)

Figure 6

c. Use a 3rd party tool called

Windows Updates Downloader
to download all Windows 7
updates in .msu format. (Figure
7)

Figure 7

2. Enable Integration task in RT Seven

Lite as you see in Figure 8.

Figure 8
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 3. Select the Updates tab under Integration section and click Multiple Updates
button and select the folder where you saved the updates (Figure 9). RT Seven
Lite will now retrieve all the updates from the folder you selected and asks you to
select the list of updates to be integrated. Just use the mouse to select updates or
press CTRL + A in keyboard to select all. Click the Apply button. (Figure 10)

Figure 9 Figure 10

C. INTEGRATE DRIVERS INTO WINDOWS 7 SETUP

You can integrate drivers for your PC into Windows 7 setup. Download driver collection
from the internet and put the drivers in a folder

1. Enable Integration task in RT Seven

Lite as you see in Figure 11.

Figure 11

2. Select the Drivers tab under Integration section. Click “Select Multiple drivers”
button and select the folder where you saved the drivers as you see in Figure 12.
RT Seven Lite will now retrieve all the drivers from the folder you selected and
asks you to select the list of drivers to be integrated. Just use the mouse to select
updates or press CTRL + A in keyboard to select all. Click Apply. (Figure 13).

Figure 12 Figure 13
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D. REMOVE UNNECESSARY COMPONENTS FROM WINDOWS 7
Not all the components in Windows 7 are necessary for everyone. You can
remove these unnecessary components.

1. Enable Components task in RT

Seven Lite as you see in Figure 14.

Figure 14

2. Go to Features removal section and you

can see two sections as shown in Figure
15.

Figure 15

Permanent Removal: You can see 7 Major nodes in tree structure namely Accessories,
Drivers, Language packs, Multimedia, Network, Services and System.

Default Features: Right side section shows you the complete list of windows default
features which you can see after windows installation from Control Panel. You can either
Enable or Disable a windows feature but this will not remove permanently from windows.

If you want a windows feature to be removed permanently then select it in left side which
is labelled as Permanent Removal. If you just want to enable or disable a windows
feature then select it in right side which is labelled as Default Features

3. Expand each major nodes by clicking the “+” symbol. (Figure16) Once you
finished the selection, click Apply button and commit in log section to start
Removing Windows applications or Enabling and disabling Windows
features. (Figure 17)

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 Figure 16 Figure 17

E. APPLY TWEAKS TO WINDOWS 7

1. Enable Tweaks task in RT Seven Lite.

(Figure 18)

Figure 18

2. Select those tweaks which you want by clicking on each tab. Click on Apply
button after you are done with Custom Registry.

The Tweaks section contains 10 different tabs, all of which contain different types of
changes you can make to your system. (Figure 19) Here are a few:

 Control Panel: You can remove

shortcuts from the Control Panel,
as well as add a few other useful
ones, like a shortcut to the
Registry, Group Policy Editor, and
more.

 Desktop: This tab tweaks specific

parts of the Windows desktop and
taskbar, such as changing how fast
menus open and close, what the
taskbar buttons look like, and what
the Shut Down button does in the Start menu. Figure 19

 Explorer: This section deals with adding and removing shortcuts to My

Computer, the context menu, and tweaking Explorer’s display view. There are a
lot of shortcuts enabled in this section so disable the ones you don’t want.

F. MAKE YOUR WINDOWS 7 INSTALLATION UNATTENDED

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 RT Seven Lite has the ability to make Windows 7 installation unattended. All the
settings and inputs required will be done ahead in the Unattended task.

1. Enable Unattended task in RT

Seven Lite. (Figure 20)

Figure 20

2. Go to Unattended section and you can see “General, OOBE, Regional,

Runonce and Hard Disk configurations” tabs. Go through each tab thoroughly
and enter the necessary inputs.

Here are a few things you can do in the Unattended section:

 Enter the Windows 7 Product key or skip otherwise
 “Accept EULA” License agreement between you and Microsoft
 Choose Windows setup language
 Set Computer Name, Full Name, Organization Name
 Create user accounts and set them as Administrator or Guest accounts
 Set Display resolution, Refresh rate and Color depth:
 You can set Network location (Home, Work and Public)
 Set Windows updates settings (Recommended Settings, Install Selective
(or) important updates only, Do not install updates)

G. CREATE AND BURN YOUR DISC IMAGE

1. Go to the Log section and click the Commit button. It will make all your changes
in the temporary folder you created on the desktop. This could take some time
depending on the number of settings and customizations you have done.

2. Go to the ISO-Bootable section to create your disc.

Modes:
a. Direct Burn – burns a disc
b. Create Image – makes an ISO
c. USB Bootable - creates a bootable flash drive

3. Give the volume a name, and tweak your burn settings, if applicable.
4. Click the Make ISO button in the bottom left-hand corner. When it’s done, you’re
ready to install your custom version of Windows.

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 Figure 21

H. TEST YOUR WINDOWS 7 CUSTOMIZED SETUP DISC

The last step is to test your customized Windows 7 Installation Disc or bootable
USB Flash drive in a virtual environment such as VirtualBox or VMware Player to make
sure everything works.

What’s More

ACTIVITY 2

Direction: Answer the following questions. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

1 – 5. What are the settings you can set ahead in the Unattended section of RT Seven
Lite? List five(5).
2. What tab tweaks specific parts of the Windows desktop and taskbar, such as
changing how fast menus open and close?
3. What mode in ISO-Bootable section makes an ISO?
4 – 6. What are the third party tools that can be used to download Windows updates?
7 – 13. What are the seven (7) major nodes under Permanent Removal?

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14. What configuration tool lets you edit your Windows install disc?
15. Aside from the RT Seven Lite software, what else is needed to create a customized
operating system?

ACTIVITY 3

Direction: Identify in what task or section the following settings can be done in RT
Seven Lite. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Options:
Integration Unattended Log
Tweaks Customization ISO-Bootable

1. Set Computer Name, Full Name, Organization Name

2. Select Multiple drivers
3. Apply Multiple Updates
4. Create Disc Image
5. Add and remove shortcuts to My Computer

What I Have Learned

What will you gain out of developing the skills on how to prepare an installer?

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______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

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What I Can Do

List down three (3) tasks you can do to develop and/or enhance your skills in preparing
DVD and USB installers of Windows operating systems.

1. ____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY

In creating OS installers, there are two popular storage media that can be
used from which the computer can boot: DVD and USB flash drive. These storage
media becomes bootable with the aid of software such as CDBurner XP, Rufus, and
Diskpart. There are still a lot of freeware in the internet that can be used for that
same purpose.

Installation time can be cut down by customizing the Windows installer. The
procedures might be quite long and complicated, but through following each step

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thoroughly, one can reap the benefits out of it like saving storage space in the
computer, making the computer run faster, and having updated drivers.

Assessment: (Post-Test)

Multiple Choice
Direction: Select the best answer for each question. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. What disk partition utility in Windows can be used to create a bootable USB?
A. Rufus B. Diskpart C. ISO D. RT Seven Lite
2. What button in CDBurnerXP should be clicked to start the burn process?
A. OK B. Burn C. Burn disc D. Start
3. Which command in Diskpart follows the command “active”?
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 A. list disk B. exit C. clean D. format fs=ntfs
4. Which is the first step in creating a bootable USB using Rufus?
A. Look for the Windows Image File (ISO) and select it.
B. Click the Start button. When prompted with a Warning: ALL DATA… Click OK.
C. Right-click the Rufus Application then select Open to launch the program
D. Plug in the USB Drive to any USB Port in your personal computer.
5. Which of the following commands in Diskpart can cause an error?
A. format fs=ntfs quick C. dispart
B. sel par 1 D. clean
6. Which is NOT an advantage of using RT Seven Lite?
A. It cuts installation time in half.
B. It can set default themes, fonts, wallpapers, and logon screen
C. It saves space by removing apps and services that are not needed.
D. It removes malware in the computer.
7. In what task or section in RT Seven Lite can we select multiple drivers?
A. ISO-bootable B. Customization C. Integration D. Tweaks
8. Which contains a disk image that is identical to the boxed product that you would
purchase at any software retailer?
A. Diskpart C. Bootable Installation Package
B. Bootable device D. ISO
9. Which is NOT a possible use of a bootable USB flash drive?
A. Use a recovery system to repair your PC
B. “Clean” reinstallation of the operating system
C. Store an image of the operating system
D. Use as installer for applications
10. What does the Diskpart command “clean” do?
A. It marks the current partition as active.
B. It assigns a drive letter to the USB flash drive.
C. It delete all files from the USB flash drive.
D. It creates the main partition.
11. Which Diskpart command displays all available storage devices in the computer?
A. select disk 1 C. show disk
B. create partition primary D. list disk
12. Which file format can support any file size?
A. GPT B. FAT32 C. NTFS D. MBR

13. Which is NOT a requirement in making a bootable USB drive?

A. Windows Diskpart
B. USB flash drive with at least 8 GB of storage
C. ISO image of the operating system
D. Antivirus
14. What does NTFS mean?
A. New Transfer Files System C. New Technology Files System
B. New Transfer Files Service D. New Technology Files Service
15. Which is the file extension of a disc image file?
A. .dvd B. .img C. .iso D. .disc
16. What task or section in RT Seven Lite should be selected if you want to remove a
Windows feature?
A. Integration B. Tweaks C. Components D. ISO-bootable
17. Which software tool can be used to download Microsoft Updates?
A. RT Seven Lite B. Autopatcher C. Rufus D. Diskpart
18. Which mode in ISO-bootable task should be selected if you want to burn a disc?
A. Burn Image B. Burn C. Burn Disc D. Direct Burn

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19. Which statement about FAT32 file format is TRUE?
A. It can support any file size. C. It can support files up to 4GB only.
B. It is limited to Windows OS only. D. It can support files up to 2GB only.
20. In Rufus, in what section can you check the USB flash drive?
A. Boot selection B. Volume label C. Device D. Status

ANSWER KEY
I. LESSON 1
Activity 2
1. Bootable device
2. PowerISO
3. .ISO
4. Diskpart
5. Bootable Installation Package

II. LESSON 2
Activity 2

1. Click Burn ISO Image then click OK button.

2. Select Burn ISO options
3. Click the button with three dots.

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 4. Select Disc at Once.
5. Tick the Finalize Disc checkbox.
6. Click Burn Disc.

III. LESSON 3
Activity 2

Test I

1. Line 1
2. Line 5
3. Line 14

Test II.

1 DISKPART>select disk 1
2 Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
3 DISKPART> clean
4 Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
5 DISKPART> create partition Primary
6 Diskpart succeded in creating the specified partition.
7 DISKPART> select partition1
8 Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
9 DISKPART> active
10 Diskpart marked the current partition as active.
11 DISKPART>format fs= ntfs quick
12 100 percent completed
13 Diskpart successfully formatted the volume
14 DISKPART> asign
15 Diskpart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
16 DISKPART> exit

III. LESSON 4

Activity 2

1 – 5. Any of the following:

 Enter the Windows 7 Product key or skip otherwise
 “Accept EULA” License agreement between you and Microsoft
 Choose Windows setup language
 Set Computer Name, Full Name, Organization Name
 Create user accounts and set them as Administrator or Guest accounts
 Set Display resolution, Refresh rate and Color depth:
 You can set Network location (Home, Work and Public)
 Set Windows updates settings (Recommended Settings, Install Selective
(or) important updates only, Do not install updates)

2. Desktop
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 3. Create Image
4 – 6. Autopatcher, WSUS Offline Update, Windows Updates Downloader
7–13. Accessories, Drivers, Language packs, Multimedia, Network, Services
and System
14. RT Seven Lite
15. Windows 7 operating system installer ISO or DVD

Activity 3

1. Unattended
2. Integration
3. Integration
4. ISO-Bootable
5. Tweaks

PRE – TEST / POST TEST

1. B 20. C
2. C
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. D
14. C
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. D
19. C

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