How to make a bootable USB pen drive

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  1. Tito

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    #21 Tito, May 11, 2011
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  2. stayboogy

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    i actually found PLoP earlier when i was investigating this .plop.at/en/bootmanagerdl.html

    tito, you're pretty darn resourceful, lol
     
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    Welcome buddy!!! :)
     
  4. WIND0WS 7

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    You say to format with FAT32 filesystem but isn't it s**t slow compared to FAT16 & NTFS?
     
  5. stayboogy

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    fat32 and exfat are the best filesystems thus far imho. it sux you can't have file sizes over 4gb with fat32 but that's what exfat is for. i don't know where you are getting that it's slow... your allocation unit size may be too high, and this will cause some issues but i'm not sure speed is one of them...
     
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    Nice thread this.
    I've managed with success to make a bootable USB drive for windows 7 & Linux Mint 9 using UltraISO.
    I've tried the same with Windows XP, but with no luck. Can anyone explain why this doesn't seem to work for me.
    Sorry if this has already been answered & thanks for your time :rolleyes:
     
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    Ultimate boot stick

    If you want a ready to use usb pendrive with the following software

    + AVG Rescue CD 120.110810
    + Avira AntiVir Rescue System
    + Kaspersky Rescue CD 10
    + Acronis True Image 13.0.14157 (Western Digital Edition)
    + Acronis True Image 11.0.8330 (Seagate Edition)
    + EASEUS Disk Copy 2.3
    + EASEUS Todo Backup 3.0 Free Edition
    + Paragon Backup & Recovery 2011 Advanced Free Edition
    + Redo Backup and Recovery 1.0.1
    + Dell Diagnostics Bootable CD Version 1394A0
    + Windows 7 Recovery CD 32 & 64 bit
    + Knoppix Live CD 6.7.0
    + Ultimate Boot CD 5.1.1
    + Hiren's Boot CD 14.1
    + MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 6.0
    + Parted Magic 6.6
    + Kon-Boot 1.0 32bit
    + Offline NT Password & Registy Editor 110511

    then you should have a look at this page:

    bootsticks.de.to

    or in english

    bootsticks.npage.de/welcome_english_66839593.html

    After you have downloaded the needed files und will only need to start one exe file an 5-10 minutes later your pendrive is finished.
     
  9. Tito

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    Reserved....​
     
  10. beach

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    Will any of these run without requiring Administrator rights? Or, is there a portable version or other method of achieving the same?

    I'm trying to make a bootable USB with the Win7 Ultimate x64 ISO file I've downloaded. I've attempted various programs, but I've been blocked by a demand for an Administrator password (which I don't have on this PC; Windows on my laptop won't start. :eek:)

    Thanks for any suggestions.
     
  11. Tito

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    Unfortunately no... :(
     
  12. beach

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    Thanks, Tito.

    A major hitch in my plans (which haven't been going well anyway).

    I don't know if anything can be made to work from it, but I can get to Command Prompt and see an inserted USB drive via Diskpart List Volume on my laptop (which won't boot Windows).
     
  13. Tito

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    Welcome buddy. :)

    Obviously... through Windows Recovery Environment ;)
     
  14. Tito

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    Added: Rufus, WiNToBootic, YUMI

    :)
     
  15. LQQL

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    Thanks for the guide. Helped me a lot!
     
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    Welcome buddy ;) :)
     
  17. Hannibal Lecter

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    Back to: AHCI Port 1 Device Error

    I replaced one broken Seagate HDD with a new one.
    After about a dozen unsuccessful attempts to install Win 7 from a DVD, I tried to install Win7 (downloaded from the Repository, Hash Checked) with a USB drive formatted by unetbootin, press F12 to get the boot menu and I get this window:

    American Megatrends

    DDR2 Memory Clock: 667 MHZ, Single Channel Mode
    Boot Selection Popup menu has been selected
    Initializing USB Controllers .. Done
    2048MB OK (256MB Shared memory Size used)
    USB Devices: 1 Keyboards, 1 Mouse, 6 Storage Devices
    Auto-Detecting AHCI Port 0 .. IDE Hard Disc
    Autodetecting AHCI Port 1 .. ATAPI CD_ROM
    AHCI Port 1 ST500DM002-1BC142 JC4B
    SMART Capable and Status BAD
    AHCI Port 2 HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N MN01
    Auto-Detecting USB Mass Storage Devices
    Device 1 Generic Compac HiSpeed
    Device 2 Generic SM/xD Picture HiSpeed
    Device 3 Generic SD/MMC HiSpeed
    Device 4 Generic MS/MS-Pro/HG HiSpeed
    Device 5 Generic SD/MMC/MS/MSP HiSpeed
    Device 6 : Kingmax USB2.0 FlashDi HiSpeed
    6 USB mass storage Devices found and configured

    AHCI PORT 1 Device Error

    Press F1 to Resume


    When I press F1 I finally get the boot menu and select #6 the FlashDisk

    I get a Blue page titled UNetbootin and one entry: Default
    At the bottom is a counter: Automatic boot in 10sec
    When the ten sec are up, it starts again at 10, ad infinitum

    There is one more line telling me: Press(Tab) to edit options.
    Using tab I get:

    >/ubnkern initrd=ubninit


    Where do I go from here?

    Thanks.
    I can understand that this gets on your nerves, but try to imagine how much it gets on my nerves….
     
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  20. ian82

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    thanks a lot! was looking for such a guide
     
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