Microsoft 365 Endpoint AdministratorDeploy Windows client (25-30%)Hard
A technician needs to create a bootable USB drive for deploying Windows 11 to multiple new devices. The USB drive must contain the Windows 11 installation media. Which command-line utility is natively available in Windows and commonly used to prepare a USB drive for this purpose, including partitioning, formatting, and making it active?
- ABCDBOOT
- BCHKDSK
- CFORMAT
- DDISKPART
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Correct answer: D. DISKPART
DISKPART is a powerful command-line utility used to manage disk partitions. It can be used to select a disk, clean it, create partitions, format them, and mark a partition as active, which are all essential steps for creating a bootable USB drive for Windows installation.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. BCDBOOT is used to create or repair the boot environment files on a system partition, but it doesn't prepare the disk itself.
- B. CHKDSK (Check Disk) is used to verify the file system integrity and fix errors on a disk, not to prepare it for OS deployment.
- C. FORMAT is used to format a partition or volume, but it doesn't handle partitioning, selecting the disk, or making it active.
DISKPART
A command-line disk partitioning utility included in Windows that allows users to manage hard disk drives, partitions, and volumes, including creating, deleting, formatting, and assigning drive letters.
- Used for advanced disk management.
- Essential for preparing bootable media.
- Commands include `clean`, `create partition primary`, `format fs=fat32 quick`, `active`.
- Requires elevated privileges to run.
Memory trick: DISKPART partitions, formats, and activates the USB for booting.