FAQ

1. What can be added to the USB disk with WinSetupFromUSB?
2. Does it support multiple sources of the same type?
3. My internal disk is not shown during first (Text mode) part of Windows XP (2000, 2003) setup
4. There is error 0x0000007B on blue background (BSOD) at start of XP (2000, 2003) Setup
5. Program does not display my USB disk
6. Are customized Windows sources supported?
7. What do the advanced options do?
8. My system won't boot from USB
9. Is (U)EFI supported?
10. How do I add another Windows or Linux source?
11. When adding NT6 (Vista and above setup or PE based utility) ISO occupied space on the USB disk is 150-220 MB more than my source
12. Is the program free and may it be freely redistributed?
13. XP/2003/2000 Setup is very slow when copying files at Text mode phase
14. How to report bugs or problems with the program?
15. How to remove already added sources?
16. How to edit boot menu names?
17. I am unable to add Linux/Other grub4dos ISO because it cannot be de-fragmented
18. Why I cannot boot other sources in UEFI mode, only Windows ones?
19. Is Windows Secure Boot supported?

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  1. Hey dev,
    I have tried alot install win 7, win8.1 or Acronis True Image 2014 Using ver.1.5 or1.6 beta but it stoped at black screen and all my pc stoped so i unplug flash and restart pc it’s work fine..so what’s go on ..?
    i have tried install with Flash 8g and 16g with NTFS, align and copy BPB – some times without BPB

    win8.1 iso : Windows 8.1 [G2] AIO 12in1 With Update ESD en-US May 2015
    my pc info : http://txt.do/z2co

    It’s work fine with using tool rufus-2.1

    so plz hlep in my problem

      • I dont know what do you mean about put it in FAQ page..?! coz it’s already in faq page.if not plz be more clear how ro do that.

        where can i find that log file and details you need .? Plz be more clear

        all i know i have problem in install windows using your tools ..and i gave you above a link for my info to check if my pc is the problem

  2. Is there a tutorial or thread that will resolve the error “waiting USB disks to initalize”? I get this every time and followed these instructions over and over. Can someone please point me to the right place? Thank you

    • Try using USB 2.0 port and/or adjust usb port settings in bios.
      Windows is not seeing the usb disk and this is most likely the reason.

      • I’ve tried every usb port on the machine. And I see nothing in the bios about usb port settings. Any other tricks?

        • What is the exact model of the usb disk/stick?
          What is the exact model of the machine you are booting it on?
          What Windows version?

  3. It’s a 4GB Sandisk drive. I’ve also tried a SONY 4GB Drive. The PC is a Dell Optiplex 780 Desktop Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz CPU 4GB RAM 250GB HDD. I am attempting to install Windows 7.

    • Have you added usb/chipset drivers to the source? Is it vanilla Win7?
      I have a few optiplex 780 I can test on tomorrow, bear with me.

    • Just tested USB stick SanDisk Extreme 32 GB, prepared with 1.6 beta1 in Fat32 and Win7, on Optiplex 780 and everything worked just fine.

        • Try vanilla source and you will find out.
          You should always first test vanilla sources when having similar issues.

  4. this works perfectly for USB 2.0 devices, but when using USB3.0 it does not work, is their a solution for USB3 support

    • Buddy, I cannot understand what exactly you need to do and what is failing for you, apart from the issue with QEMU and USB 3.0 stick, which I have no clue how to resolve apart from updating QEMU which is quite tricky process, given how unstable QEMU could be on Windows platforms and the time spent in finding version which supports most of the sources tested. So consider having working QEMU as a bonus.

      Now, what exactly are you booting on USB 3.0 and is failing for you (Windows 7/8/10, XP, Linux or what?) and on what hardware is it failing?
      What exactly is failing? What is the error message?

      Do you think one line questions like “this works perfectly for USB 2.0 devices, but when using USB3.0 it does not work” bring any useful information so you can be helped?

  5. Is this going to work with GPT partition scheme? I am trying to create all in one windows 10 installer (home and pro each with both 32 and 64 bit editions) and need be UEFI\GPT bootable. Any suggestions?

    • You do not need the USB disk to be GPT for UEFI boot. FAT32 and MBR would be fine to install in UEFI mode and GPT on the target disk.

    • I am afraid this source won’t be supported soon as it requires major rewrite due to the non-standard file locations.

      You still can put it on USB as a single source, using the previous versions of the program, 1.0 beta8 for example, which place the source unmodified on the USB disk as is, using FAT32 for EFI compatibility.
      It has to be the first source of this type, and any other source of the same type has to be placed using 1.5 or later versions for multiboot.

  6. Hi Sir,

    I used old version to upload windows 10 to my usb stick and it makes some problems .. later I found the new version that support windows10.
    now at EFI boot screen there is empty line refer to old windows 10 so my question is how can I delete this fake choice and remove it from efi screen

    • Edit \efi\microsoft\boot\bcd with the included BootIce or the free VisualBCD, or if brave with the command line bcdedit.

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