Make USB Flash bootable

installing Windows 8  or Windows 7 or Windows Vista  from USB Flash Memory

What is booting Window from USB Flash Memory? I think you know what is USB Flash. We can boot windows from USB Flash Memory without DVD Rom.
*Note: Size of USB Flash must equal or greater than size of windows that you want to install.
please see the instruction as below:

Please follow 9 steps:
1. plug in you USB drive -> Move all your files from USB Drive to other drive temporary in order to keep from losing data.

2. Command Prompt as Administrator fellow as below to run Command Prompt as administrator
-> type cmd in Start Menu search box or click on Start menu -> All Programs -> Accessories -> right click on Command Prompt -> Run as administrator

3. type as DISKPART -> press Enter

-> type LIST DISK as above picture and record number of Disk (Example: Disk 1) for your USB Flash Drive 1(My Flash Drive Disk is  Disk 1).
 

4. type select disk 1(for my Disk Drive is "Disk 1".If your USB Drive Disk number is "Disk 2", type select Disk 2. please, see previous step if you forget your Disk Number).  

-> type Clean ( delete everything such as all data and files from USB Disk )

-> type Create Partition Primary ( create a new Primary Partition with Default Parameter )

-> Select Partition 1 ( refer to new Partition created)

-> type Active (assign  Active for Partition which  is chosen to tell Disk Firmware that System        Partition is correct)

-> type Format FS=NTFS ( FormatPartition using NTFS File System. this point take 3 or 4 minutes or longer based on size of USB Flash  to complete.

-> type Assign ( provide one Volume in Windows for USB Drive )

-> type Exit ( Finish Disk Partition process )

5. put your Windows 8, 7, Vista in Optical Drive and record your DVD Drive Letter . For this ,  DVD Drive Letter is “F”  and USB Drive Letter is “H” (you can extract windows files from windows Image file to Virtual CD Drive to act as real Optical Drive if you don't have DVD Rom).

6. type  F:CD BOOT -> press Enter -> type cd boot -> press Enter ( "F" is DVD Drive Letter )

7. type bootsect.exe /NT60 H: -> press Enter( Update USB Drive to correspond to BOOTMGR
    Code of Windows but Code of Windows 8 & Windows 7 are the same)

8. Copy File frome DVD Windows8 or Windows7 or Vista to USB Flash Drive or Extract File from  
     window image file (*.iso) using WinRar to USB Flash Drive. 

9. setup boot priority for USB Flash( Removeable Device) in BIOS .
I don't detail about boot priority or enable USB boot option because of differences of BIOS.
Note: If your Flash is not Bootale after correct following above instruction , this mean that you can not define BIOS to Boot from USB Flash or your computer doesn't Support with Booting from USB Flash.

Resize Partition Manually

Shrink Volume means that creating the new Volume from Volume that has free space.

Window 7, 8, Window Server 2008 has the ability to resize the partition it is installed on.

The Way to Shrink is the same for Window 7, 8, Window Server 2008 so I show you only Window 7 as the sample.

Open Disk Management

It is located at Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.

1. Start Button ->  Right Click On Computer -> Manage

2. Click on Disk Management

3.  Right Click on Local Disk from which You want to resize

4. Enter the amount of space(Amount of New Space) to shrink in Mb (1Gb=1024Mb) -> Click Shrink

5. unallocate drive is created

6. Right Click on unallocated drive(8.45 GB) ->New Simple Volume

 7. Click New ->New..

8.Click Fish

It looks like this

Installing Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 or 2008

            Install Active Directory in Windows Server 2008 and 2003 are similar

-        Click start à Run à Type Dcpromo à Click Nex

- Click Next 

-  Choose Domain Controller for a new domain & Click next

 -        Choose Domain a new forest and Click next

- Choose No, Just install and configure DNS on this computer, and click next

- put DNS name for new domain. Ex: Angkor.edu.kh, and click next.

-        Chang Netbios Domain Name (no need to change)

Ex: ANGKOR

-        Here you can change Database and log folders(no need to change) click next.

-        this is sharing system volume(no need to change), click next.

-        Select Second option for not allow other user to view information on server, and click next.

-        Here is put password for login to our server and click next.

-        this summary of information about install active directory and click next. Please waiting a few minute, and click finish, and restart you server. Later on you will see you server had been promoted.

 Note: when you install Active directory you need folder of windows server 2003 is I386.

Windows Server 2008 Back up with figures

Windows Server Backup copies an entire disk volume to a .vhd file on a second local disk. After performing a backup, you can restore individual files or an entire volume. If Windows cannot start for example, if the system volume has failed, you can start the computer from the Windows installation media, restore the system volume from the backup, and have the operating system up and running in less than an hour.
I. add windows back up service

1. Start -> Server Manager

2.select Features -> Add Features

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II. Back Up Mantually

1. Start -> Administrative Tools -> Windows Server Backup

2.Action -> Backup Once...

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4. Custom

5. Select Local Disk(C:)

    (For this Instruction has only 2 Drives, so I can select only one because New Volume E: is the place to 

     store backup file. If you have more drives to backup it will appear for select)

6.Local drives

 (Local drives are the backup destination to store backup file)

7. Select Backup Destination for down box(Place to store backup file)

    (if Free space in backup destination is smaller than Backup item size, Backup will not go on)

8. VSS copy backup (Recommended)

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10. Close

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