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
kaspersky now = http://rescuedisk.kaspersky-labs.com/rescuedisk/updatable/2018/krd.iso
Thanks, corrected.
Hello, can you add support for Memtest86 UEFI v7.5 Free (https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm),
some of the newest Asus laptop (and probably other brand) don’t have legacy support anymore.
I second that…I have some Intel Compute Sticks which can only handle UEFI boot (that is until I can get someone to mod the firmware for me).
It would GREATLY expand the usefulness of your program because Legacy/CSM BIOS officially dies on devices shipping next year. Very sad but true!!!
As mentioned, until a new boot manager supporting UEFI and having similar functionality as what grub4dos offers is found, there will be no easy or even hard way of supporting all the various Linux ISOs under UEFI.
Booting all kinds of Linux ISOs under BIOS mode, is only possible because of the unique grub4dos feature, which allows to boot just about any isohybrid Linux distro.
grub4dos was entirely developed using BIOS functions and won’t be rewritten from scratch for UEFI, at least that’s what I have been reading. Until grub2, as the closest boot manager, eventually implements similar functionality, we are stuck.
The other way around is to still use grub2 and create specific code for every Linux distro, which is crazy given the amount of distros and the constant changes with every other version. That’s hardly possible to keep up even for a full time paid job, let alone free project for spare time.
Bitdefender and Kaspersky Rescue Disk 18 are not working on my Winsetupfromusb 1.8 x64 on Win10. The ISO’s appear on the ISO folder but not on the Grub4DOS menu.
Need to boot in BIOS/compatible mode
I am. I can actually get to the menu with Windows 7 8.1 10 Setup but the rescue ISO’s are not showing up anywhere.
That’s likely the UEFI boot menu, where only Windows sources are supported. Please triple check that you are booting in BIOS mode, boot menu must be in teal background.
Could not get it to do anything, need understandable instructions that make since.
What I would like to do it put all my HP, Dell, etc ISO on single usb drives.
Have you looked at the tutorials page? Should be really straightforward, no idea where you get stuck.
Could you please include support for Ubuntu Linux 14 and 16. I will try with current version of the tool.
Have you tried them first?
Does this program do a quick format or a full normal format?
Quick, if you mean the auto-format option.
So it won’t overwrite anything, right?
Not sure what you have in mind. It won’t overwrite/zero ALL sectors, but will surely wipe amd rewrite enough of them to make all previous contents inaccessible.
Alright, so it’s safe and can be used constantly right?
Safe in what terms? If you have wear and tear in mind, then yes, should be fine. If you have secure wiping all previous contents then maybe, recovering files might be quite hard, but no idea if impossible.
Alright, thank you for that. And yes, I did mean safe by the drive possibly becoming unstable if used constantly. Final question, can it be used constantly?
Yes. With good quality USB stick you should have no issues. Bad quality cheap drives tend to fail easily, regardless how are formatted and used.
Alright, I am really sorry about all the questions. I am just worried and I don’t want it to fail. So basically, I can format it however many times I want, correct?
As long as your mouse doesn’t get stuck on the auto-format option indefinitely 🙂
Is that a yes or a no? lol.
That’s relax and use within reason, any misuse of anything may lead to issues.
Alright, thank you for all your help! (:
i use different iso files with different version of winsetupusb but after boot it says imdisk files needed and asking for path same thing happens in 7,8.1 and 10 windows now what to do need help
Are imdisk files in place? Could it be an antivirus program interfering where it should not?
Дякую за чудовий програмний продукт. Ідеально працює multi-USB в форматі Legacy. На свій multi-USB HDD записав Win 7SP1x32x64, 10 (1803, 1809)x32x64, LTSBx32x64, LTSCx32x64 та шість чи вісім USB_ISO_Antivir + Windows defender offlinex32x64
Does the program support the latest releases of Parted Magic and SystemRescueCD? Because i installed them using the ‘Linux ISO’ option and it seem that they are working fine.
I guess you got the answer yourself 🙂
It’s been quite a while since I did extensive test for most famous distros and it’s impossible to keep up with updates. Best way is just to try. Most likely the majority if not all Linux distros on ISO hybrid images will work just fine.
I tested also Boot Repair Disk, Puppy Linux (tahrpup), ESET SysRescue CD and they seem to be working fine. But i had problem with Hiren Boot CD 15.2. In the end of creating the iso WinSetupFromUSB showed message that it ‘could not defragment’, and after that HIren Boot CD couldn’t boot. Is the defragmantation the reason for this? The usb has 1.43GB free space so i don’t know why it won’t defragment it.
Likely the remaining disk space is not contiguous, hence WinContig which is used internally, can’t defragment it. Google a bit about defragmentation, it’s good knowledge to have.
Besides, Hiren BCD is not Linux distro, and I made any efforts to support it since it’s warez.
I freed some space from the usb drive, delete the hiren boot cd iso file and remove hiren boot entry from menu.lst and tried again. But in the end WinSetupFromUSB stuck on ‘defragmenting’ so i have to kill the process, it couldn’t abort it. I guess WinSetupFromUSB won’t work with Hiren Boot CD’s.
I don’t know why you think Hiren Boot is warez. Version 15.2 contain only free software: https://www.hirensbootcd.org/hbcd-v152/
Again, if there is no enough contiguous space file won’t be defragmented. You have no guarantee where chunks of the files you deleted were placed. And again, it’s WinContig used for the defragmentation. Can find the executable file in WinContig directory. There is nothing like XXX file can’t be defragmented. Any file can, as long as WinContig can find suitable contiguous space.
Just for you information, only certain versions of Hiren’s BootCD are illegal, usually found on torrent and warez sites.
The original latest one (v15.2) contains only free software, and is therefore warez-free.
I recommend supporting the official Hiren’s BootCD.
Latest HBCD 1.0.1, which seems got rid of all the illegal software, works just fine in both UEFI and BIOS mode, just use the Vista/7/10 ISO option. Older versions, including 15.2, still have copyright software, Mini XP for example.
I want to create Windows 10 bootable usb but the .iso file is 5 GB. What formatting i should choose: FAT32 or NTFS? If i choose FAT32 it shows a message that says that the file is too big for FAT32 and will be split in parts.
Either will work, the message is informational, not an error. With NTFS you can’t boot in UEFI mode.