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March 6th, 2025 02:39

What is difference between bootable USB running MS-DOS vs Dell bootable USB

Rufus lets you create a bootable USB that runs MS-DOS OS

Dell has a way to create bootable USB

but I wonder whether the Dell way boots into some light version of OS?

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A MBR (Master Boot Record) boot sector does not contain a specific "file" but rather a small piece of executable code called a "bootstrap loader" which is responsible for identifying the active partition on a hard drive and loading the corresponding operating system bootloader from that partition; essentially, it's the code that initiates the booting process by telling the system where to find the OS to load. 

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g:  ( "g" is DVD drive letter)
cd boot (changes to boot directory)
G:\boot bootsect /nt60 d:  ("d" is USB drive letter)

Bootsect.exe updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between Bootmgr and NT Loader (NTLDR).

bootsect /nt52 E:

Applies the master boot code that is compatible with NTLDR to <DriveLetter>. The operating system installed must be older than Windows Vista.

bootsect /nt60 E:

Applies the master boot code that is compatible with Bootmgr to <DriveLetter>. The operating system installed must be Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, or newer.

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When installing Windows, the operating system environment used is called the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE), which is a lightweight version of Windows designed specifically for deployment and troubleshooting, allowing you to prepare a computer before installing the full Windows operating system

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