Making a basic Boot USB stick.

Title says it all. I used to have a link to how to make one, been a lonnnng time for this. I got a basic USB stick, just need:

Files I need?
Procedure?

I lost a partition on my backup HD and going to try and get it back.

Going to try this proggy, any better ideas?
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/332-free-data-recovery-backup-restore.html

I would suggest using YUMI, which pretty much automates the process.

I like Recuva for file recovery. I've had good luck with it a few times.
http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Here's a little article on making a usb boot drive.
http://www.cybernetman.com/kb/index.cfm/fuseaction/home.viewArticles/articleId/162

thideras said:

I would suggest using YUMI, which pretty much automates the process.

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+1. Extremely useful tool.

Okay, I DL YUMI. It has so many options, which is best for a partition that disappeared off my backup HD? I can see the HD in properties, used/free space is 0/0/0/0, meaning ack.

The physical HD can be found, it show up in bios. I can still see the System reserved partition on it in W7. It's a pretty old drive, 3 years +.

I only use the HD por the pics folder and W7 backups.

It looks like I lost the partition. My only concern is it had my family etc pictures going back many years. I'd like to get those back. But first I need to get the partition back.

I'm running TestDisk 6.14 right now, deep analysis. I need to read the documentation more. Boy it's like being back in the DOS days, LOL.

I just used Testdisk tonight to restore a partition, actually. That is the first thing I reach for.

This gives a pretty good run through on how to restore the partition.

Thanks thideras, I'll take a read of that too.