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Hello,
I made multiboot usb if many ISOs… Win10 32bit, Win10 64bit, Win8.1 32bit, Win8.1 64bit… etc…
My laptop is configured on GPT partition…
When I booted from usb and choose to install Win10 64bit… in the installation process I have to choose a partition but I can’t install because of GPT…
So I booted from DVD Disk of WIN10 64bit… and then it could install on the GPT partition…
I need help in:
Creating multiboot usb containing 64bit and 32bit of Windows ISOs… and can install on GPT or Legacy partitions…
What the process to do this successfully???
Thanks…
Did you boot in EFI mode, not legacy/BIOS?
When I boot in EFI mode, it won’t recognize the usb disk… only in legacy…
How can I prepare the usb disk to be recognized in EFI mode? Which option?
Thanks.
Have you looked at FAQs page?
I just used my seagate External 1Tb Hard drive. Its USB 3.0. It was partitioned with 128GB and the rest left for storage. The partition is active and I tested it fine after the first time setting up. I had windows vista 32bit win xp pro 32bit and knoppix. Restarted the pc and it booted right to the menu everything worked fine. I then continued to put files on it. After i was done i retested to get “No Menu” and so i did it a second time same way and same result. What is going on and how to fix without reinstalling it all. Thanks
Can you post the log files? Details are on the FAQ page.
Do you see exactly “No Menu” message or something else? Can you describe with details
Whelp finally found some time to do more investigating into my issue. I found that when i downloaded Linux Mint 32 and 64 both didn’t fully download off by a few 100 megs. It must of been one of them in there boot info or something. After I reinstalled and tested everything 2 by 2 by 2. It messed up after the Linux mint installs. Re-downloaded and reinstalled it all to have it all working great now. Now I have moved on to setting multi menu’s for each type of installers. And added a custom image to each menu. It would of been nice to have it documented on the site about how to do menus. But found it through google rather easy and setup wasn’t to much of a problem with a working example I could download from http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/grub4dos/sampleg4dosmenus
Thanks for trying to help me.
Hi Guys,
I have Created a disk to load multiple versions of windows, followed the tutorials, and it worked perfectly I had a couple of extra, iso’s I wanted to add, but when I load them they come up at the end of the windows boot loader menu, my question is, can I re arrange them (if so how) or do I have to arrange them in order as I set the disk up. Its not that Important, but it would just look better. Lastly, is ot possible to space the entries in the menu.lst better, a few more lines between entries, (have not tried just to add spaces as I did not want to mess it up).
Thanks
You could easily rearrange the menu editing menu.lst using a good editor such as Notepad++.
In the example below you can move Windows menu above Linux menu, e.g.
changed to
Gaps between entries could be added using :
or
In depth grub4dos tutorials:
http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/grub4dos
http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm
I try to add a windows 10 new image but when i try to install windows give me this error “could not mount virtual disk”
I think the problem is that the new image have windows 10 and windows 10 pro in the same image. any solution?
Can you provide the log files? Details in the FAQ page
Earlier fixes for this issue was to just use an older copy of the program. Do this because it just does a full dump of the iso instead of trying to pull out what it needs then dump the rest of the contents to drive. I never did it that way I just did individual iso’s for each type of windows 10.
example:
win 10 pro 32
win 10 pro 64
win 10 home 32
win 10 home 64
Yeah more room but not to much more and a little more work but again no issues like this and while using a 3.0 Hard drive it only took me 2 min for each to be added. 😉 You can also fix the menu if needed by using EasyBCD and editing the boot.bcd file located in the windows folder of the flash drive after you placed all the iso’s.
Can you provide the exact versions so I can test?
Delete the imdisk inside WINSETUP and add the old version of imdisk (imdisk from beta version of 1.6) inside WINSETUP directory.I had the same issue but got the solution by using the old version of imdisk.
Please could you tell me what I have to do to get working multiboot unattended windows install on fixed pen drive?
I’ve done the steps suggested but I must be missing something.
1. Unmount Winsetup\W8.1\boot.wim from winsetupfromusb created pen with Ntlite.
2. Copy to the temp folder unattend.xml and setup.cmd as per this post:
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/120444-how-to-install-windows-from-usb-winsetupfromusb-with-gui/?do=findComment&comment=986263
3. Apply changes and save to mount boot.wim, and copy unattend.xml in a folder in the pen root called as in te setup.cmd, in the example Win7x86.
Thanks a lot.
Is the usb disk fixed drive indeed or removable?
In the Bios shows as fixed.
It’s important how Windows sees it, not BIOS. Please post the log file when this disk was used. Details about the log file are in the FAQ.
Windows 7 sees it as Removable.
The installation works but not in unattended mode.
The log and cab:
http://www.datafilehost.com/d/2e69e983
Place the unattend.xml in the root of the USB disk named Unattend.xml or Autounattend.xml. Setup should see it and use it unless the source is modified and other file with higher priority is used or file itself is not properly formated. Compare :
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749415(v=ws.10).aspx
Do not mess with the source anymore.
If still having issues, place an empty text file named DEBUGME in E:\WINSETUP\W81\ and start setup.
Once setup is loaded there will be several windows setup log files copied to E:\WINSETUP\W81\. Exit setup gracefully, zip them all and upload them to datafilehost
When you said that what is important is how Windows sees it then I tested an autoattend.xls generator and then it worked!
Sorry I started with a wrong assumption. I will let it know to the Ntlite developer, thanks a lot.
autounattend.xml in root works, but is there a workaround for having different files for Win 10 and 11?
Can try adding Q-Dir file explorer in advanced options for each source. It starts before setup. Can rename autounattend files depending on what source is being installed.
Can also start setup manually from Q-Dir by launching CMD with /unattend:filename option. Check exact syntax olease.
Just an idea.
How can I run a script before setup loads just to change on the fly the autounattend.xml that is on the root? You know Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 have different xml options.
Thanks for your great work.
It could be done by grub4dos, but will be limited to BIOS boot. Why just not stick it to the root of the ISO or in \sources\ directory within it? It should be honoured just as if setup was started from a DVD if I am not mistaken.
Program by default, when cusomizing boot.wim, checks if \sources\unattend.xml is present and copies it as autounattend.xml to the root of the x: which is to ensure file is cached and used by setup, so that would be the safest way to do it.
MyCell: Why did you block booting with PLOP i removed this mssg from the menu.lst & it works fine now (My bios dont support booting from USB so i use a cd to load PLOP)
sorry MyCell: was entered in error
Well i have no idea what im doing wrong, but i have tried with 2 USB sticks now and as soon as the install finishes and i take out my USB i seem to brick it after using this program, the USB is not found anywhere after ive installed this, not in disk manager not anywhere.
What install? Can you see the usb on another computer? Program can brick usb disk as much as any other copy-paste program, it doesn’t have any super powers to do more.
Hi itaushanov,
Quick question: When using WinSetUpFromUSB to install Windows XP, is it possible to instruct the installation to set up the installed XP system WITHOUT a paging file?
Thanks,
Alex
I recall this was possible, I think some settings in winnt.sif or txtsetup.sif. You’d need to google a bit, don’t have an answer ready.
OK, thanks, will do some investigation.
One more question: I wanted to try installing Win XP Pro x64, but the SATA drivers for 2000/XP supplied with WinSetUpFormUSB are 32-bit only – do you know if 64-bit versions are available, and if so any chance you could integrate them into WSUFU? I wouldn’t know how to get them working otherwise!
Please go to the FAQ page, faq #3. Point 3 and 5 work for 64 bit systems. If you use 5 and add a SATA/RAID floppy image, you will have 2 additional boot options to load these drivers before starting the Setup. Try the first one and if issues, then restart and try the second one. In any case, first you must select one of these 2 options, then start Firts part of setup.
Hello, could you help me get windows 7 for my windows vista home premium 32-bit (although, 64-bit capable). I just realized that I cannot upgrade to windows 8, 8.1 or 10 without spending money. I need to step up to windows 7 so that i can then upgrade to windows 10 therein. Help me please!
Sorry, this is not something I can’t help with.