Urgent, receive an Undetermined error while formatting while using Rufus for os 8.1 u

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  1. wako123

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    #1 wako123, Dec 19, 2016
    I was using Rufus to create a bootable 8.1 Windows OS USB, at the end of the formatting, I kept getting this undetermined error while formatting.

    How do I go about addressing this issue? Your help is greatly appreciated.
     
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    #2 Enthousiast, Dec 19, 2016
    You could try to only format the usb FAT32 and just extract the iso to it? It will be UEFI and Legacy BIOS bootable.
     
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    #3 dhjohns, Dec 19, 2016
    Yea, I never use Rufus. Windows has everything you need built right in.
     
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    #4 LatinMcG, Dec 19, 2016
    if it has been diskpart clean'ed it wont boot legacy as it would be missing the MBR .. it works if the MBR on usb is still present.
     
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    #5 dhjohns, Dec 19, 2016
    I use diskpart. List disk, select disk #, clean, create part pri, sel part 1, format fs=fat32 quick, assign, active. Then exit diskpart, and just copy files over from image. Boot to thumb drive.
     
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    #6 wako123, Dec 19, 2016 (OP)
    what do u mean by just extract the ISO to it? U mean cut and paste the ISO into the USB straight? And then just start installing on the new com?
     
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    #8 T-S, Dec 19, 2016


    We all know you are allergic to good SW :D
     
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    #9 Enthousiast, Dec 19, 2016
    Not needed SW, you mean? ;)
     
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    #10 T-S, Dec 20, 2016


    Not needed for poor people who install just w10.

    Happen that others have to install anything from hybrid linux images to any win version to some older windows to dos bootable drives, still needed today for many purposes, and rufus does all of them, reliably and with just one or two mouse clicks.


    That said is not the invention of the hot water knowing that any partition is already bootable since nt 3.51
     
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    #11 Enthousiast, Dec 20, 2016
    Not needed for win vista >>> 10. We are in the windows threads.