How to Create a Bootable Backup/Restore USB drive on Windows Fiery Server
You can use the bootable USB drive to boot any Fiery (FS100 and later) for backup and restore functions.
Ensure that you have the following:
USB Flash Drive (between 2GB and 32GB in size)
Note: For best performance, please use reliable USB 3.0 devices.
Windows PC Computer setup environment
If you are creating the bootable USB flash drive for the first time, do the following:
On Fiery, or any PC, without any USB attachment, plugin the USB Flash Drive.
Open Command Prompt on Fiery server with administrator access and run diskpart command as follows.
Disk number selected in diskpart command may vary depending on existing hard disk drive configuration
in the host computer.
diskpart
list disk
select disk 1
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32 quick
exit
You can prepare the USB flash drive as a generic bootable Fiery system restore tool.
Insert the bootable USB drive into the slot as shown in the image.
Power ON the system.
Press the F11 key for the boot pop-up menu.
Select the name of the USB drive. For example, UEFI: SanDisk.
The Fiery System Installer menu appears within two minutes.
You can now perform back up or restore functions.