Copy-IsoToUsb

Creates a bootable USB drive from a Windows ISO.

Property	Value
Module	OSD
Platform	WinPE (amd64 / arm64)

Description

Formats a selected USB disk, mounts the ISO, and copies installation files to the USB volume. Supports FAT32 or NTFS, optional bootsect execution, and optional splitting of large install.wim files.

Syntax

Copy-IsoToUsb [-ISOFile] <String> [-MakeBootable] [-NTFS] [-SplitWim] [[-USBLabel] <String>]
 [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
-ISOFile	String	True	Full path to the ISO file to mount and copy.
-MakeBootable	SwitchParameter	False	Runs bootsect.exe against the USB drive after formatting.
-NTFS	SwitchParameter	False	Formats the USB drive as NTFS instead of FAT32.
-SplitWim	SwitchParameter	False	Forces splitting install.wim into .swm files during copy.
-USBLabel	String	False	File system label assigned to the USB drive.

Examples

Example

Copy-IsoToUsb -ISOFile 'C:\Temp\Win11.iso' -MakeBootable -USBLabel WIN11
Creates a bootable USB and copies the ISO contents.

Example

Copy-IsoToUsb -ISOFile 'C:\Temp\Win11.iso' -NTFS -USBLabel WIN11NTFS
Creates an NTFS-formatted USB and copies the ISO contents.

Related

• https://github.com/OSDeploy/OSD/tree/master/docs