Eurotech Apollo - Formatting a USB Flash Disk Module; Transferring an Image

APOLLO Windows XP Embedded Quickstart Transferring a new image to the APOLLO
© 2007 Eurotech Ltd Issue E 40
Formatting a USB Flash Disk module
To transfer a complete Windows XP Embedded image, the USB Flash Disk module
must be formatted to use NTFS.
The following procedure erases everything from the USB Flash Disk module, so
make sure there is no useful data on the module before you begin.
To erase the flash disk module, follow these steps:
1 Boot your APOLLO from the DVD supplied, as described at the beginning of the
Preparing a new Intel USB Flash Disk module section, page 37.
2 Click on the START button, and select COMMAND PROMPT.
3 Once at the Command Prompt, type FORMAT E: /FS:NTFS and press Enter.
4 When asked if you wish to proceed with the format answer [Y]es and press Enter.
5 Once the format has completed, you can supply a name for the flash disk, or simply
press Enter.
Once the USB Flash Disk module has been formatted, you will need to transfer your
image onto it. See Transferring an image below, for an explanation of this procedure.
Transferring an image
Before transferring an image to the APOLLO, the Intel USB Flash Disk must be
partitioned and formatted. This can be done by formatting it as described in
Preparing
a new Intel USB Flash Disk module, page 37, and Formatting a USB Flash Disk
module
, page 40.
Once the device has been prepared To transfer the image onto the APOLLO, simply
copy the files using Windows Explorer. All the files and folders should be copied to the
root folder. For example, if your USB Flash Drive module appears as drive E, copy all
the folders and files in the StandardXPe folder to the E: drive.