Tutorials

 

  1. (EN) How to add multiple Windows XP / 2000 / 2003 sources and Kaspersky Rescue CD
  2. (EN) How to add multiple Windows NT6/10 (Vista, 7, 8, 10, Server 2008/2012) sources and Ubuntu Desktop with persistence
  3. (EN) How to figure out what type the source is and which option to use
  4. (EN) How to start Debian and its derivatives from USB hard disk
  5. (RU) WinSetupFromUSB инструкция по использованию
  6. (RU) Мультизагрузочная флешка с помощью WinSetupFromUSB
  7. (ES) Cómo instalar Windows XP, 7, 8/8.1 desde el mismo PenDrive
  8. (ES) WinSetupFromUSB Guide – Maravento
  9. (HU) Multiboot USB eszköz készítése
  10. (PL) Instalacja Windows XP z pendrive
  11. (VN) Hướng Tạo USB Chứa Nhiều Bộ Cài Đặt Windows

248 thoughts on “Tutorials

  1. To let a flash drive with WinXP booting, my BIOS is waiting for NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM and probably some others.
    Should WinSetupFromUSB provide them or should they come from a third party?
    The matter is I cannot see them after working with WinSetupFromUSB.
    Please, do mention at what stage NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM are created.

    • Assuming it’s XP Setup you added.
      BIOS loads MBR, which loads grub4dos, which loads setupldr.bin when the first stage of setup is selected, or ntldr if the second stage, then both these files load ntdetect.com. The last 3 files come from the Windows setup source.

      If you are having issues, better provide more details what you are trying to achieve, what you have done so far and what exactly happens.

      • I deemed WinSetupFromUSB is as much sophisticated as to provide all the necessary boot files on a flash drive, not only the boot records themselves. Maybe, I was mistaken.

        Now, I can see the BIOS messages NTLDR not found and the like.

        Can WinSetupFromUSB also provide NTDETECT.COM, sif, etc. files necessary for the flash drive to boot?

        Or else these should come with any WinPE cut-off version, say, sized 50-200 Mb and even more as a precondition?

        I sought for making a flash drive with WinPE to boot.

        • Supplying Windows files is surely neither possible, nor allowed, let alone how many different versions exist.
          Program is to transfer an already made source to USB and that source needs to have all required boot files. Program can’t act as PE builder, that’s well out of its scope I am afraid.

  2. Can’t even include the mount for Windows 10 (32 & 64bit) in this program? Or can it be included as one of the previous Windows?

    • I am afraid it’s not supported, due to the heavy customisations in this source. One way of doing it is to use WinsetupfromUSB 1.0 beta 8, but you won’t be able to have any other Windows 7/10 sources on the same USB.

    • This likely has nothing to do with the program and without additional details is hard to guess what’s happening.

      Most likely you booted in BIOS/compatible mode, but the INTERNAL disk is partitioned as GPT.
      Either boot in UEFI mode if possible, or convert it to MBR partitions if possible.

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