Issues in installing windows 7 with usb stick

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  1. darthvader2204

    darthvader2204 MDL Novice

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    Hi guys I am having trouble with installing windows 7 using a USB stick. To create win7 bootable drive I have the diskpart approach, widely available on youtube .
    Now when I insert my usb and set bios to boot from usb I get the BOOTMGR is missing error. I have attached the snapshot of the same.
    This error does not come when I try to boot from cd drive (however that approach is giving some other issues :confused:).
    Can someone please help me with this issue.
     

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  2. pisthai

    pisthai Imperfect Human

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  3. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    however if u are trying EFI install .. NTFS dont work.. that MS tool does NTFS.

    i use YUMI usb tool.
     
  4. MrMagic

    MrMagic MDL Guru

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    EFI install? As in a normal BIOS ?

    Yes it works fine with a normal EFI BIOS and a UEFI BIOS
     
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    pisthai Imperfect Human

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    That will works with an UEFI BIOS but a normal one!
     
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  7. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    rotfl what the fkuc is a normal UEFI bios.?? lol
    i think u mean legacy not UEFI secure mode.

    so NO IT WONT WORK IN UEFI SECURE MODE IF ITS NTFS (this is why win7 has the hidden 100 mb fat partition )
     
  8. MrMagic

    MrMagic MDL Guru

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    Well MS USB-Win7-Tool has worked for me with EFI and UEFI, so I guess I have never had any secure mode enabled on all those boards
     
  9. LatinMcG

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    #11 LatinMcG, May 12, 2013
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    it worked.. but no EFI mode.. only legacy boot.

    bios might be EFI.. but it was set to Legacy boot likely.

    lets say u have a win8 pc u want to install 7 x64 on it.. it wont boot usb unless u change it to legacy boot in bios.. or make usb fat32 and have the efi64 file
     
  10. MrMagic

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    Ah ok, I am yet to encounter one of these locked up PCs, my boards have always come as a custom board from eBuyer etc, I never buy a pre-built PC, I build my own :)
     
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    #13 pisthai, May 13, 2013
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    Seems I need to explain that a NORMAL BIOS isn't an UEFI BIOS, it's just and BIOS without EFI/UEFI! I had NOT written "normal UFEI bios"!
     
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