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PartImage Bootable USB Drive Creation Procedure

Using PenDriveLinux

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This procedure is for making a USB drive (such as 6J6178) into a bootable USB software
update/restore drive.

Duplicating PC
- Just about any PC, running Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7 OS, that has a USB 2.0 port.
NOTE: the screen shots in this document were created using a PC with the Windows 7 OS.

Files needed on duplicating PC:


Note: these are available from the PLI archive, part # AA0107. Put them in the same directory on
the duplicating PC.
- Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.5.exe - A.K.A OpenSource PenDriveLinux application.
- binary-hybrid.vXX.iso - Where XX is a version number.
- This word document. (9J9585)

Process
- Log on to duplicating PC.
- Insert the USB drive into a USB port
- Right click the USB drive in File Explorer and select “Format…”

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- In the Microsoft Format dialog, select FAT32 as the File System, then select Start

- Selct OK on the warning dialog:

- IMPORTANT: When the format completes, safely remove the USB drive from the PC’s USB
port.
Then reinsert the USB drive into the PC USB port. This will ensure the Windows OS will
refresh the USB drive structure correctly.

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- Go to directory containing Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.5.exe executable and the binary-
hybrid.vXX.iso file
- Launch Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.0.5.exe
- NOTE: On Vista or Windows 7 you may see the following Microsoft UAC dialog, select YES.

- The License Agreement will show; select “I Agree”.

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- Now we follow the on screen Steps. So select the drop down box for Step 1:

- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the drop down box to select “Try Unlisted Linux ISO (New
Syslinux)”

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- In the Step2: area; Select the “Browse” button – this will bring up a file browsing dialog, select
the ISO you downloaded from PLI, then select OPEN..

- In the Step 3: Area; Use the drop down box to select the drive letter of your USB drive.
BE CAREFUL HERE to make sure you pick the right drive letter for your USB drive!!
- In our example, our USB drive was I:, yours may well be something different!

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- Select the "Create” button

- Click "Yes" on the warning dialog

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- Depending on the speed of your USB drive it may take a while for the process to complete,
you will see dialog boxes like these while the bootable USB drive is being created.

- When the installation of files to the USB drive completes, the last line in the status window will
indicate the Process is Complete. Select “Close”.

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- Verify it has the following directory structure:

- The drive is now ready for the DryView’s hard drive image files to be copied to it. These files
will be in PLI under different part numbers for the various DryView products. The procedure is
to download the ZIP file from the applicable product’s PLI part, unzip the contents to a
directory on your PC, and copy the resulting MoBoMatch1 file and PartImage1 directory to the
root directory of the USB drive. (If the ZIP file included any additional files/directories, copy
them also.)
Your USB drive will now have the following directory structure:

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