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Make a bootable USB installer for Windows XP, Vista, 7 with WinToFlash
The default options make it easy to roll a silent Windows install, or you can flip the custom switch and specify the exact setup parameters you want to use.
The handy app also has one more trick up its sleeve: moving Windows Preinstall environments. PE discs can be extremely handy for troubleshooting and repairs, and being able to painlessly zap them over to a USB flash drive means not having to burn a new copy every time someone's haggard old optical drive decides to chew up your CD.
WinToFlash is a free download and is totally portable. It's an excellent tool to add to your USB-related utilities.
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Subscribe to commentsbnaughty18Jun 20th 2010 10:18PM
thanks for this! your the best! are you an alien. :) just kidding! thanks again!
sharfuddinmdJun 23rd 2010 7:16AM
Hi
My name is sharfuddin i want to install windows xp throw usb drive kindly provide the link
sharfuddinmdJun 23rd 2010 7:21AM
Thanx
BiswaJul 10th 2010 5:38PM
Very useful. Thanks for the post!
ChristianJul 13th 2010 7:04PM
Yes this language is Russian , Kire , and I dont khnow what kind of problem do you have with it...? And about the app ... , I´m going to try it , and i hope it works. :) I Thank you before that Lee , and i´l let you khnow if there are any problems with the prog. (I´m not good with Engl. , so sorry for my gramatical mistakes ) :)
KawsarJul 21st 2010 6:05AM
i try to make my usb as bootable with this software. but when it is formatting my usb suddenly it took a windows restart and after restart i cant found my another drive except c: drive. :'(
i have try to recover by using system restore program but it couldnt help.
please help me to regain my other drives.
BugMeNotSep 28th 2010 8:45PM
me and I
saimauliOct 6th 2010 2:08AM
can u please give me win2003 full soft with key (Bootable
peterNov 9th 2010 2:54AM
Unfortunately, I'm not having any luck like you guys. I keep getting an "NTLDR is missing, press a key to restart" error when booting with the usb key that I created using this tool. I tried different versions of this tool, still no luck.
I also tried using another usb key, no luck. There's nothing wrong with my usb keys because I'm able to create a bootable GTparted on it. I really am frustrated at this point. One other thing for me left is to try to make the usb key on my friend's Win XP machine (I have a Win 7 64 bit machine I've been using to create the bootable usb key).
By the way, the laptop I'm trying to restore is an Acer Aspire One netbook (no cd-rom drive).
peterNov 9th 2010 2:39PM
update: I created a new bootable XP USB key using another machine (Windows XP Home) in WinToFlash. I still get the same freakin NTLDR error. It seems this WinToFlash utility is not creating a bootable usb key afterall. I tried 2 legitimate WINDOWS XP HOME CDs. Help!
peterNov 9th 2010 2:57PM
Was able to create a WinPE boot disk on a usb key. I'm reformatting as I type and will be running a chkdsk and loading any missing ntldr files if necessary... my last resort would be to buy me a sata to usb adapter to hook up one of my dusty internal cd-rom drive to this Acer One laptop. i'll keep you updated as to what's happening.
peterNov 9th 2010 8:38PM
ok i solved my problem (or Wintoflash problem perhaps).
- created a usb key with xp home in it using wintoflash utility of course (set the format in advanced settings to Fat 16 CHS to assure no issues come up with format)
- copied the following files: ntldr, ntdetect.com, txtsetup.sif from the windows xp cd over to the usb key root dir.
- now that it's booting up and starting up the usb key, i was able to install windows xp with no CD DRIVE!! What a relief.
- now for the hardest part, I was still getting some kind of error that said "Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem", I FIXED THAT TOO... I edited the boot.ini using Bart PE (how did I create a bootable Bart PE on a usb key?... easy, I just used wintoflash utility, it has capability to create WinPE XP. So I edited the boot.ini and corrected the default values in it... setting the rdisk(1) to rdisk(0)... guess what it's now booting with no issues! All i have to do now is reinstall the other drivers...
- now if the stinking erecovery program (alt+f10) was working in the first place for this stinking acer aspire one aoa150 or zg5 model, then i wouldn't have to sweat blood and tears.
- wintoflash should have included those ntldr files in their utility...
peterNov 9th 2010 2:55AM
right after pressing enter at the "NTLDR is missing" error...
another error pops up... "bootmgr is missing"
peterNov 9th 2010 2:39PM
i was able to isolate the bootmgr error to the internal HDD on the laptop. The NTLDR error is isolated to the USB key.
Jani KhanNov 22nd 2010 7:48AM
Really appreciable soft...i was searching but now i got it from u.... thnks alot v nice... keep it up frnd to help us... :-)
silverfallDec 22nd 2010 1:33PM
Hi all,
I tried this to install windows XP.
But, when I boot from the USB drive it says,
"Searching for boot record from usb RMD-FDD – OK" and the computer sticks.
Please somebody help me to get through.
Thanks a lot in advance.
DILIP.700Jan 29th 2011 7:23AM
Make a bootable USB installer for Windows XP, Vista, 7 with WinToFlash
pervezyeaminFeb 16th 2011 4:01AM
verry good
akkiraj2009Mar 13th 2011 3:32AM
good