[Update and Support] Rufus USB Tool

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  1. Akeo

    Akeo MDL Senior Member

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  2. Nonominator

    Nonominator MDL Novice

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    Thank you for updating this! :D
     
  3. fkar

    fkar MDL Recognized Advisor

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    Stop hovering to collapse... Click to collapse... Hover to expand... Click to expand...
  4. Akeo

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    That's because I only occasionally update the screenshot. Considering that each translation of the page has its own screenshot, and that I try to run a real life image creation before I capture it, if I were to update the screenshot with each release, I'd spend A LOT OF TIME doing just that. I'd rather work on something more useful... ;)
     
  5. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    Just wanted to say that I love this program.
    You've done a great job, bud.

    Been using it for over a year now, I think...
     
  6. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Thank you murphy once again for your assistance but I tried what you told me on that series of posts with no successful outcome. This is why I seeking Akeo's assistance. But you are welcome to help me once again with this.
    I edited my post as per your directions. We can continue on the other thread if you don't mind.
     
  7. Akeo

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  8. murphy78

    murphy78 MDL DISM Enthusiast

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    Ahh yes, the multiboot stuff...
    I stopped doing it in my releases for many reasons, but the overall error-prone nature of the modding was probably the biggest. When you "fix" one thing, you break another.
     
  9. galeman

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    Thanks Akeo for this fine and fast tool, but I really was confused with my first use of (latest 1.4.9) Rufus today.
    Because I never found this useful hint when our OS has *.wim larger than 4GB:
    Due to the large size of install7.wim, flash drive must be formatted in NTFS. And then, consequently, support for UEFI on the flash drive will be absent. :smartass:

    And also, I'm still not sure if the box for "Create extended label and icon files" should be checked, if I already have an autorun.inf file in my Windows.Seven.Black.20.x84.ISO?
     
  10. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    @Akeo

    Thanks for this great news!!!
     
  11. galeman

    galeman MDL Novice

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    Thanks Akeo, I've seen later that Rufus didn't overwrite an already existing autorun.inf from the ISO, that's right. :cool:
    But, my problem is my (old) MBoard M4A87TDEVO having no UEFI - or I didn't see. So I'm not sure how to set your
    Rufus for making bootable my 16GB Kingston USB for the image of Windows.Seven.Black.V.20.X64_Team.Os which
    has one *.wim file bigger than 4GB and therefore you must use NTFS formatting? Should upgrading of BIOS be better solution?
    Thanks Akeo. :confused:
     
  12. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Upgrading your BIOS will never provide UEFI technology. You actually need a new mobo for testing.
     
  13. galeman

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    Buahaaa... :grabbounce: But why my MB now doesn't install from my old bootable USB that I successfully used a year ago for some other tweaked Win7 that was also big about 8,5GB? :eek:
     
  14. Mr.X

    Mr.X MDL Guru

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    Come to my mind two possible causes among others...
    1. Corrupted boot files in your USB drive
    2. BIOS setup is not set to read your USB drive.
    :p
     
  15. Akeo

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    Just make sure 'Partition scheme and target system type' is set to 'MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI computer'. That's all.
    Unless your Windows installation deviates a lot from official Microsoft images (and was converted to isolinux instead of using Microsoft bootmanager which is the official method of booting Windows on a BIOS platform), it will use NTFS.

    Note that I have no plans to support non-official Windows installation media, such as AIO or multiboot ones. As I said before, if it works, great, if it doesn't you're on your own...
     
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  17. Akeo

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