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  1. HI,

    i would just like to say thanks.

    This is the most simple and effective app i have found so far regarding creating multiboot usb.

    Keep up the great work, and also think about some kind of donation system, i’m sure a lot of people would be eager to help.

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  3. Hi,
    i often forget “Second part of Windows setup/Boot first internal disk” after the Text Setup Part.
    I never had problems when i forgot it and in my case Windows XP Professional runs fine.
    Is it really needed and what exactly does it do ?
    Thank you for this great tool.
    Greets.
    Thomaz

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    • It just boots the first internal disk, present for convenience in case one boots off USB again making the installation somewhat unattended.
      No problem at all if you don’t use it.

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    • I am sorry, I don’t think I could easily add support such heavily modified sources.
      If you need single source on the USB, you could try 1.0 beta8 for example, as previous versions simply extract the ISO to the USB unmodified. Would need to use FAT32 if EFI is needed.

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      • thank for immediately answer my request, just for your information i think on future all in one(AIO) windows iso will be most popular.

        keep improving and spirit.
        thankyou verymuch

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        • There are AIO ISOs and there are other AIO ISOs, each modified in a different way. If there are all made in a similar way I could figure something out, but it seems they are not, as far as I am aware.

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  5. Hi
    Is there having any way so I can edit the menu of “Windows Boot Manager”. I tried number of time with different modified sources after that I got too much entry in the boot menu.
    Any advice and help will be appreciated
    Thanks in advance

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    • Edit \boot\bcd for BIOS boot and \efi\microsoft\boot\bcd for EFI using the included BootIce or get the free VisualBCD.

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  6. I have multiple OS(XP,WIN7x86, WIN7X64, WIN8X32, WIN8X64, WIN10X32, WIN10X64, Ubuntu) in my 160GB USB HDD, it works fine at the time I created. Now I try to use it to install my two PCs again. However, installation fails after windows setup files are loaded to the RAM. I tried on two PCs with difference system. Here are the observations: 1. Install XP, XP reboots itself after setup files loaded. 2. Install Win8 or Win10, it reboots when Windows Icon appear and says” your PC ran into a problem and will automatically reboot”. 3. Install Win7, after loading setup files, BSOD “unmountable_Boot_volume”.

    I reformat the USB Drive, re-do WinSetupUSB from scratch, I still have same problem when installing Windows. Any idea?

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      • I re-do everything in same USB HDD from Windows XP SP3 32-bit system (use WinSetupFromUSB_1-4.exe) and it is working fine. Previously I made from 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise by running WinSetupFromUSB_1-4_x64.exe. Maybe WinSetupFromUSB_1-4_x64.exe has some problem? I remember it hangs sometimes when I try to re-build the installation and I have to kill the process and start again.

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        • Or maybe there is another program on the Windows 7 which interferes with the process, like antivirus or something like this? 32 and 64 bit versions are the same, out of same source code, compiled in one go.

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  7. Hi, first of all thanks for your awesome application.

    Just one question, is there any way to remove added OS? In fact, I can manually delete the iso from the usb but grub (Or other) will of course not be updated.

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  8. When installing Ubuntu 13.04 or 14.04 with this method, it is necessary to fix the GRUB boot loader for Ubuntu after the system has been started and the USB drive removed. To do this run the following command from the terminal (ctrl+alt+t) after ejecting the USB drive:

    sudo grub-install /dev/sda && sudo update-grub

    I experienced this problem and found the answer here:

    https://askubuntu.com/questions/142004/cannot-boot-without-usb-stick-after-successful-install/142013#142013?newreg=f97242e860e043cc9b3f1a3002a01c3b

    Thanks for a great program. Saves me a lot of hassle when I’m updating or testing new products.

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    • Thanks for the tip. Mind you, this applies for many Linux distros and varies with the machine and the USB disk used (fixed/removable) where installer cannot reliably detect which one is the internal disk, so extra attention is required when setup is in grub setup stage. In the above example /dev/sda might need to be replaced with sdb or whatever name the desired internal disk got during setup.

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    • Try another USB port, if you have USB2 ports you need to use them ones. You might also have a look in BIOS/EFI manager and play with the USB settings.
      The message clearly means that Windows can’t see yet the USB disk and Setup would fail.

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  10. Hi guys.
    Thanks for your excellent apps.
    I’m trying to load an utility called MHDD, besed on MS-DOS.

    How can I do it?

    Thanks
    Emanuele

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