Here is an incomplete list of some of the supported sources tested with WinSetupFromUSB.
Since new sources are added frequently, please check again for updates.
Tests are usually performed on a NTFS formatted USB flash disk, including the Linux based ones. If there are additional steps needed to get a source going or another file system is needed, there will be a note.
Please leave a comment if you have tested another source, with a description and link to it, or if you have a request for a new one.
Windows 2000/XP/2003 Setup option, multiple sources are supported:
- Windows XP, any architecture (32 and 64 bits), any Service Pack (SP), any version (Home, Professional etc.)
- Windows 2000, any SP, any version
- Windows 2003, any architecture, any SP, any version
Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO option, multiple sources are supported::
- Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, any architecture, any SP, any version
- Windows 10 Technical Preview– if using it with WinSetupFromUSB version 1.4 and earlier, make sure to use the advanced option “Custom menu names for Vista/7/8/Server Source” and set folder and boot menu names.
- Windows 10 – single and dual ISOs created by Microsoft Media Creation Tool or downloaded from Microsoft. Dual ISOs made by the same tool (x32 and x64 in a single ISO) are supported since version 1.9.
- Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019 any architecture, any SP, any version
- Windows Thin PC – Windows Thin PC 90 day evaluation
- Symantec Norton Ghost 15.01
- Windows Defender Offline , 32 and 64 bit versions, select to save as an ISO file when creating the startup media
- EaseUS Todo Backup WinPE emergency disk
- ESET SysRescue
- Avast Rescue Disc
Norton Bootable Recovery Tool
UBCD4Win/WinBuilder/Windows FLPC setup/BartPE option:
IA64/Itanuim versions are not tested.
Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO option, multiple sources are supported:
Note- if there are problems starting or installing Debian/Ubuntu from USB hard disk take a look at this tutorial
Use Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO option unless other specified
- Avast Rescue Disk – Use Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO option
- AVG Rescue CD
- Avira Rescue System
- Bitdefender Rescue CD
- Comodo Rescue Disk
- Dr. Web LiveCD
- eScan Rescue Disk – Use Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO option
- ESET SysRescue – Use Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO option
- F-Secure Rescue CD
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk 10
Norton Bootable Recovery Tool– Use Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO option- Panda SafeCD
- PC Tools Alternate Operating System Scanner – copy AOSS.iso from /ISO/ directory to the root of the USB disk, delete /system/stage3 in /ISO/AOSS.iso if disk space is concern
- Sophos Bootable Anti-Virus
- Trinity Rescue Kit – please refer to Linux / *BSD / *nix, Others tab
- Vba32 Rescue
- Windows Defender Offline – Use Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / Server 2008/2012 based ISO
Use Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO option
- Acronis True Image, Disk Director boot media
- HDD Regenerator 2011
- Memtest86+ – v5.01 – use the ISO file in the zip archive as source
- MS-DOS – 7.1
- Paragon Hard Disk / Partition Manager etc. bootable media
- UltimateBootCD – 5.20, 5.26
You may see this link interesting to support UEFI with NTFS usb https://github.com/pbatard/uefi-ntfs
Thanks, but I am aware, just not interested currently since FAT32 works juat fine and large file limitation is taken care of in case of Windows ISOs
For XP sources NTFS is fastest FS, please add UEFI:NTFS, thanks!
Don’t think I will spend any more time on XP. It’s mid 2017, XP is long gone and flash drives cost very little. If one so much need to install XP and use NTFS, can always use another stick. Multipartition USB hard disk or stick if it is of fixed type (many recent are, flipping the bit also works) is also option, have the first partition FAT32 and the rest NTFS. Plenty of workarounds and options…
Adding UEFI:NTFS is not in the to-do list yet, I see no reason to spend time I don’t have anyway, to add it as FAT32 limitations for > 4 GB files are already handled by spliting these.
OK, nevermind 🙂 I have formatted pendrive under Rufus 2.14 with option: Boot UEFI:NTFS. Later I installed XP, 7 and 10 with WinSetupToUSB1.7 without formatting. Works with BIOS as well as with UEFI. Thank you for WinSetupToUSB!
Yet another workaround 🙂
Windows 10 build 15063 is not set
Can’t really understand you without any details
New versiyon 1.8 🙂 ??
Support multilingual
Any try a SCCM OS deployment Boot ISO? cant get it to work with this process.
Was it added using Windows7/10 option? Does it boot? How far does it go? What’s the error message?
Por favor, você pode adicionar suporte para UEFI , como as ferramentas rufus fizeram
Use FAT32. Please read FAQ
How do I put Kon Boot 2.3 so that it will work on uefi devices. please help;.thanks
Can take a look here:
https://www.aioboot.com/en/kon-boot/
Although this will remove windows uefi boot. To have both, you can add some efi boot manager first, like refind I think it was, then add to it entry for grub2 which will boot konboot and another entry for windows boot manager. Can’t guide you with details.
In addition:
http://rmprepusb.blogspot.com/2014/03/adding-konboot-to-easy2boot-with-uefi.html
i used the pro to inst w xp
its very good pro
thanks alot
when I went to prepare the pendrive appeared this message “insufficient access rights” what can be done to solve this problem?
That’s the first time I see something like this reported, can you send screenshot of this error along with the log file?
How do I use winsetupfromusb to boot up with a 3GB+ iso file? What’s file system to use with usb drive? FAT32 or FAT16? Thanks
FAT32. Could also use NTFS if don’t require UEFI boot.
support for Windows Server 2016?
Haven’t tested, but seeing no reason why it should not. You can definitely try and let us know.