Were you able to get your USB key up and running with Media Wizard or the process detailed here? In the past we have seen some problems with Media Wizard making a USB key bootable. Usually this is due to U3 software being installed on the USB key. If your USB stick has U3 technology, you will need to first uninstall it. http://u3.sandisk.com/launchpadremoval.htm. If your USB key is still not bootable you can perform a format of the disk then re-run Media Wizard.
Open an elevated command window and run the following commands: (As you mentioned earlier this will only work on Windows Vista and higher. If you do not have access to a Vista or higher OS you can run the commands from the SmartPE by hitting Shift + F10 to open a command prompt.)
Diskpart
List Disk (determine which disk is your USB stick, probably disk 1 if you only have 1 hard drive)
Select Disk 1 (use the correct disk number here)
Detail Disk (ensure you have your USB drive selected)
Clean (this destroys all data)
Create partition primary
Active
Format fs=ntfs quick
Assign letter e: (any drive letter that works is fine)
Exit
Re-run Media Wizard to create the bootable USB key
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Hi Wally,
Were you able to get your USB key up and running with Media Wizard or the process detailed here? In the past we have seen some problems with Media Wizard making a USB key bootable. Usually this is due to U3 software being installed on the USB key. If your USB stick has U3 technology, you will need to first uninstall it. http://u3.sandisk.com/launchpadremoval.htm. If your USB key is still not bootable you can perform a format of the disk then re-run Media Wizard.
Open an elevated command window and run the following commands: (As you mentioned earlier this will only work on Windows Vista and higher. If you do not have access to a Vista or higher OS you can run the commands from the SmartPE by hitting Shift + F10 to open a command prompt.)
Thanks,
Erik