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Monday, April 19, 2021

Install Windows 2019 from USB

 https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2018/07/create-a-usb-drive-for-windows-server-2019-installation/


# Define Path to the Windows Server 2019 ISO $ISOFile = "C:\Temp\WindowsServer2019.iso"   # Get the USB Drive you want to use, copy the friendly name Get-Disk | Where BusType -eq "USB"   # Get the right USB Drive (You will need to change the FriendlyName) $USBDrive = Get-Disk | Where FriendlyName -eq "Kingston DT Workspace"   # Replace the Friendly Name to clean the USB Drive (THIS WILL REMOVE EVERYTHING) $USBDrive | Clear-Disk -RemoveData -Confirm:$true -PassThru   # Convert Disk to GPT $USBDrive | Set-Disk -PartitionStyle GPT   # Create partition primary and format to FAT32 $Volume = $USBDrive | New-Partition -UseMaximumSize -AssignDriveLetter | Format-Volume -FileSystem FAT32 -NewFileSystemLabel WS2019   # Mount iso $ISOMounted = Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath $ISOFile -StorageType ISO -PassThru   # Driver letter $ISODriveLetter = ($ISOMounted | Get-Volume).DriveLetter   # Copy Files to USB Copy-Item -Path ($ISODriveLetter +":\*") -Destination ($Volume.DriveLetter + ":\") -Recurse   # Dismount ISO Dismount-DiskImage -ImagePath $ISOFile