![]() ![]() ![]() Note: Before proceeding, please be aware that, this will destroy all the data on the drive!. Not only by ‘dd’, you can use these instructions for getting rid of ‘EFI’ partitions created by other tools too. Nevertheless, if you did not know this at the time you used ‘dd’ and looking for a way to get rid of it using Windows 8, then please follow the below steps. I personally don’t like this approach used by ‘dd’ (though it might have some advantageous), as it creates unnecessary complications, because you can still create a bootable USB flash drive, without having to repartition it this way, thus you will be able use it as usual (reformat, delete or add files etc). Not only in Windows, but some tools in GNU/Linux have also failed while letting me create a partition on this ‘unallocated area’ as well. Even other advanced tools like the ‘disk manager’ in Windows, though it properly recognizes the partition layout, won’t let you create a partition on the remaining ‘free space’ and use that space either. The thing is, other operating systems like Windows 8 will only recognize the ‘EFI System Partition’ (which is usually around 2-3MB) and the rest of the ‘free space’ will be unusable!. It will create a partition that is big enough to hold the data of that ISO file, followed by another special partition called ‘EFI System Partition’ that stores files related to booting etc and finally, the remaining space (if any) of the USB flash drive will be hold in, as an ‘Unallocated area’. However, when you use ‘dd’ on an USB flash drive, it will destroy this layout and will create a new partition layout. The command that is used to create that is called ‘dd’.īy default, almost all USB flash drives use a common partition layout (which of course can be changed) that consists of a single, primary partition occupying the whole space. In GNU/Linux, you can create a bootable USB flash drive using an ISO disc image of another distribution, by using the command-line. ![]()
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