What is Reddit's opinion of WinSetupFromUSB?

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Incase anyone is wondering you can install multiple OSes onto a single USB and use that USB as a boot device to install/troubleshoot any of those OSes.

I've got Window 7 / 10 / Ubuntu / A recovery toolkit all on one 64Gig USB. Well....on two since I don't trust the one usb.

This tool is how I did it, may be other ways but this tool worked wonderfully.

I would download Windows XP ISO (check archive.org), then use WinSetupFromUSB to create a USB bootable installer.

With the flash drive inserted on that XP machine. Power it on, then get to the boot menu. If it's a Dell then spam the F12 key. If it's an HP either press ESC or F10. Or just Google how to invoke the boot menu on your particular machine. Then select the USB, then follow the message on your screen.

Absolutely. If your testing doesn't include the stuff you actually normally do, then you're simply foolish.

The only time I've ever found one bit of software hands down better than another for CPU/memory stability testing is Linux over Windows, actually. You can boot it off of a USB drive preventing data corruption to your internal files, P95 and many other stress testing programs have native versions along with Steam having plenty of high spec games (eg. Civ VI) along with Blender and Handbrake among other free programs cover most bases for what a overclocker would be really likely to do. On top of the potential to avoid data corruption, Linux (In my experience) tends to get more out of a CPU than Windows and is much more finnicky about stability. I've had 100% stable OCs under Windows fail under Linux testing on quite a number of systems.

Actually, using this program in combination with a 32GB Samsung USB3.0 Flash Drive has allowed me to make myself a great diagnostics USB. I've got installers for some common Linux distros, WinXP, Win7, Win10, Win10 Bloatfree Edition, UltimateBootCD and an arch linux based image that I made that includes all of the programs I like to stress test with. Works great, a co-worker built a Ryzen 7 based system recently and having that meant we could also set the OC up as part of normally setting the system up prior to installing Windows. Side benefit of it is that the USB3.0 drive is so damned fast that Windows 10 Bloatware Free does that first stage of installation (ie. The bit where it actually copies data from the Windows Media) in under a minute on my machine and a complete Windows install from having blank discs to booting into the desktop for the first time takes under 10 minutes.

If you can't burn a disc, you should try burning it to a USB. This tool has worked for me in the past. If you have trouble booting, you might have to switch the SATA mode in the BIOS from AHCI to IDE.

You can download Windows 10 ISO and create a USB install drive from it. The thing you get with your purchase is the activation key. Where you get your installation disk is not critical. Microsoft has a free utility for making a USB flash drive installer if you have access to a PC. You can create a Windows 10 installer USB on your macbook using the Bootcamp utility. You can also download WinSetupFromUSB for your MacBook to do this.

I've actually just recently done this. If you're just looking for Linux distros, then as /u/Zonged pointed out, check out YUMI. It works great! If you're looking to do Windows versions as well, check out this article which talks about WinSetupFromUSB. It works pretty well, and can do linux distros as well. I've got a 64GB stick with Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, as well as Linux Mint and Ubuntu, and they all run and install fine. If you want to add more than one version from the same category (like Windows 7 and Windows 8), you just add one, then after it's finished repeat the process and add another. Best of luck!

http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/

This is my favorite because it can boot both legacy and UEFI Windows as well as a plethora of other bootable software. I use it for everything and I've never had it not work for me. I have a 32GB flash drive with every relevant Windows OS, a massive amount of Linux distros, rescue disks, and ton backup and restoration utilities all in one.

better use WinSetupFromUSB

WinSetupFromUSB is a Windows program, which prepares multiboot USB flash or fixed disk to install any Windows versions since 2000/XP, boot various Linux and *BSD flavors, as well as many Windows, Linux, DOS based and other utilities. Since version 1.1 program can create USB disk with Windows versions which support (U)EFI (Vista x64 SP1 and later x64 versions), which USB disk can be used in both (U)EFI and Legacy BIOS modes.

http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/

yes, you can make a dualboot stick with winsetupfromusb, it'll actually install grub like a normal dualboot.

if you want to install a bunch of distros, you can(I've got win10+4 "normal" linux distros and a bunch of puppies)..

don't make all installs use the same boot partition, kernels will overwrite one another and entry B will boot entry A etc.

I only got a separate /boot for my main distro, rest I've only mounted /

(beware of mounting the same /home and using same login for each distro, might cause some issues with configs and whatnot)

I have two main ones:

A 64GB set up with http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/. On there, I have install ISOs for Win7 through 10, as well as PartedMagic.

I also have a Kanguru FlashBlu with write protect switch that I keep Emsisoft Emergency Kit on, for sticking in possibly infected computers. There's a few tools I generally have on there, like TreeSizeFree Portable, but generally will download a fresh copy onto a computer if I need anything beyond that.

http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/

Only Windows installers works with UEFI, other things only work on Legacy. I use it at work with all Windows isos, All in One System Rescue Toolkit, Gparted, memtest and other tools on portable SSD for two years and works without any problems.

Used NTLite to make ISO. Using WinSetupFromUSB I have W7, W10 and Linux Mint 19 all on 16GB USB stick. The handy thing of Linux is you can run a "live" version to use off USB as well.

This is an issue I have ran into several times, for some reason it is the USB copy of Win 7. You can try another tool to make the USB or find a USB CD ROM.. I have a USB CD ROM so I went that route every time. What tool did you use to make the USB? http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/ , or WinToFlash, or Flashboot..have worked for me in the past.

The installer won't work from safe mode, but from a USB installer it should. The BIOS needs to be configured to boot from USB. I use WinSetupFromUSB to make bootable USB devices, so give that a try: http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/

Also, what are the specs of the machine? Can you provide what Crystal Disk Info says about the hard drive: https://osdn.net/projects/crystaldiskinfo/downloads/69241/CrystalDiskInfo7_6_0.zip/

Backup everything beforehand though, since we will be wiping the drive clean.

My mistake try this, it's a long shot but it sometimes works. Basically use the utility just for the USB formatter it's like the Microsoft USB utility for ISO to USB but has a USB formatting option. Also try see if you can do error checking on the drive when you right click on the drive and go to properties.

http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/

? http://superuser.com/questions/424907/how-do-i-format-a-drive-as-ext4-on-windows-7

So you're only talking about the automatic installation choice? I think you're too worried about the manual one. I think it is pretty common that automatic one fails to do it, and actually, most of the time that is the one that screws up existing Windows installations. Check out some tutorials e.g. on Youtube before trying the manual one.

Even if you have just one USB stick, as long it has space, you can create multi-bootable USB with your desired nix distro and Windows on it at the same time >> WinSetupFromUSB. No need for a secondary stick or optical drive.

Alternatively, boot from the live USB and use GParted for the partitioning. That full GUI is much easier and safer than the tiny (at least on Ubuntu installations) screen in the installation wizard, changes are applied only after you confirm them and you get more information from the process.

Go here : http://www.winsetupfromusb.com

ASRock has a similar free tool as well (can't remember the name of it)

The Microsoft USB tool you're using is ridiculous and I totally agree with your dissatisfaction with it (why their tool insists on downloading the frigging ISO is beyond me).