As you guys know that installing windows Vista and windows 7 from a USB is not a magic but making this process more simplified and adding some more windows family members to install from a USB stick is something worth reading.
WinToFlash
WinToFlash not only creates a USB boot for Vista and 7 but it also creates the installer for windows XP, 2003 and windows 2008 server too with few very easy steps.
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.
Another very good use of this application is to make all the troubleshooting application bootable from the USB so that not to burn the CD’s all the time to troubleshoot the PC. WinToFlash is a free download and is totally portable. It’s an excellent tool to add to your USB-related utilities. To download this marvelous application please use the link under given;
NoviCorp WinToFlash Bootable USB (2.2 MiB, 7,501 hits)
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Your so-called simplicity and ease-of-use is indeed there but the functionality isn’t…
works for sh!t, tried 3 different usb keys of different sizes, 3 different XP cds and images… none have booted
but thanks anyway
Azhar, thanks for posting my comment, I’m writing back to respond to your question. Indeed my system is USB boot capable and I’ve managed to run a couple of live CD linux distributions. The reason I decided to write back is because I did some more work on the system in question and tried yet another XP pro cd… an older disc with SP2. The others were slipstreamed with SP3 and most recent update.
Now from all this testing and dirt digging, I’ve arrived at the conclusion that nLite slipstreamed discs had a pretty big problem… they’re stripped of the recovery console and option to repair an XP installation. An alternative that works is Autostreamer (link @ http://www.softpedia.com/get/T.....amer.shtml)
There’s also something that is questionable at the time being as I’ve not been able to fully “test” out. I had BIOS updated the motherboard of this system but there was no significant mods in the update itself. I tried reverting to the previous BIOS that was on the motherboard but it did not have an effect on the whole XP install, from whichever medium used (CDs or USB). ATM, I’m doubting that it’s hardware related…
Next step is trying Win2Flash on an unmodified XP disc and I’ll let you know what happens.
Cheers.
Thanks for your nice and really interesting comment about my post on my blog. I will share your comments on blog to make myself remind that if I am writing anything I must take care of my wordings. There is a very basic and simple question in response of your comment given as under;
Is your system able to boot from USB drive?
You can check this thing from your computers BIOS or send me your system’s model number. I can check it and let you know the solution.
anyway, I am really glad to hear from you and like your valueable comments on my blog. This will surely give me more and more critic thinking.
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Yo Man!
That’s wonderful. Successfully installed “MS Windows XP SP3″ and “MS Windows 7″ using the given software (WinToFlash) and by following your simple steps
Good Work Azhar. You Rock. Thanks
Thanks, Mr. Aamir, I really appreciate your valuable comments about this post.
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many many thanks mr. amir for this.its really easy now i don,t need to connect a cd rom drive for my netbook.i already intalled and its working really well. thanks again.
Thank you very much. I installed xp sp3 on my dell inspiron mini from 4gb kingston flash disk easily.No problem..
But remember on boot screen to select firstly “1. TXT MOde Setup”.If not, welcome “hal.dll error”. After formatting and copied xp setup files, pc will restart. Select “2. GUI MOde Setup” now and after every reboot untill you see xp desktop welcome.
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I installed xp sp3 succesfully on my dell mini inspiron. On boot secreen dont forget to select “1. TXT MOde Setup” firstly. if not you will see “hal.dll” error. But after formatting and copying xp setup files, on every restart ,always select “2. GUI MOde Setup” untill you see xp desktop screen.P.S.: I won’t be held responsible for any use or misuse of what I write here.
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@Fredo
Yeah, this tool is working.
A+++++
Please , it says : incorrect path of windows files
the question is : from where i have to write the source of windows?
i have windows 7 source and i want to attach it to this tool…how?
thank u
Dr. Ahmed, thanks for sharing your problem with me. If you have a DVD of the windows 7 please download any ISO creation software to create an ISO from DVD to write it on your USB for USB installation. Then use this software and give the path of ISO file to write on USB. I hope this will help you.
Nice software…works fine…
Thanks .It worked well.fantastic……thanks again.
I tried to install windows XP SP3 on my SINGER Notebook – Intel Atom 1.66 GHz 1GB 160GB
Model No – SINX450W7. ( http://www2.singersl.com/singe.....=computers ).
I used the wintoflash software but when it was booting from flash drive,There was a error occur.It showed BLUE SCREEN and unable to continue process any more.
Please help me to install windows xp SP3 to my notebook.
Thank you…
Have A nice Day…!!!!!
Error message
A PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND WINDOWS HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT DAMAGE
TO YOUR COMPUTER
IF THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU’ VE SEEN THIS STOP ERROR SCREE,
RESTART YOUR COMPUTER. IF THIS SCREEN APPEARS AGAIN, FOLLOW
THESE STEPS:
CHECK FOR VIRUSES ON OUR COMPUTER. REMOVE ANY NEWLY INSTALLED
HARD DRIVES OR HARD DRIVE CONTROLLERS. CHECK HARD DRIVE
TO MAKE SURE IT IS PROPERLY CONFIGURED AND TERMINATED.
RUN CHKDISK /F TO CHECK FOR HARD DRIVE CORRUPTION, AND THEN RESTART YOUR COMPUTER.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
*** STOP: 0X0000007B (0XF78D2524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)
Thanks for contacting me for this issue. Please visit the under given URL to get proper help about this issue.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103
There are two possibilities of this error given as under:
There is a virus in your boot sector
There is some problem with your device driver or there is some hardware issue in your computer.
please refer to the URL given as under:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324103
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314859/
in this site I saw some note as follow
Limited OEM driver support is available with F6 during Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 setup
Note:- Mass storage controller drivers can be loaded only from floppy disks by using the F6 key. The F6 key cannot be used to load drivers that are stored on USB flash drives, on USB hard disks, or on other external storage devices.
Windows stater 7 already installed in my notebook, There is no any virus on it.And also I think there is no any hardware problem with it.I think Drivers is the problem according to microsoft site.Thank you very much for your concentration.
Have a Nice day
I got the solution,Problem is there is no any sata drivers with Windows Xp bootable disc.Therefore we have to make a bootable windows xp cd with supported sata drivers which included in motherboard driver CD.
To include the sata drivers to the bootable ISO of windows XP you have to use the nLite software
Then you can use this software or other software to make a bootable flash drive.
Thank you..!!
If you have any problem send me emails
Pancha, thanks for sharing this valuable information for the readers of IToperationz.com. Most of the users shared their problems due to this SATA driver and they thing that this software is not capable of doing on few system and I know that’s not the case, The Case is presented by you very perfectly. thanks once again.
readers please try to find SATA driver for windows XP to install on a SATA hard drive.
Hi Azhar,
Can u tell me what is windows file path in the tool? is it the the drive letter of the windows cd?
Also do i need to create iso from the cd?
This tool accept an ISO file and create a bootable USB to start windows installation. To create a bootable ISO image from a CD please use any ISO creation software like poweriso. Please let me know if you need some other help
U didn’t answer my first question that what path i need to give for “windows file path” in the tool?
It takes only folder and not file, so where to give iso file?
can you give me step by step process to do so.
Rahul, You need to browse for your iso file and give the folder where your iso file resides in Windows File path
Hi Azhar,
I tried that and its telling me “incorrect source of Windows files” when i press next.
When was the last u tried creating bootable USB using this tool?
what tool you are using for your bootable iso? I can create a bootable USB in just few minutes and I had created it before writing this comment to you. Here is another way to create a bootable USB, Enter your windows CD in your CD ROM and plug in your USB drive with your laptop or desktop. Now open your NoviCorp WinToFlash application and go to the menu where you have to select the windows source and the usb drive, click on the windows source files and go to your CD ROM drive, select the root of your CD ROM drive for windows source files, now go to the second option for your USB drive to be bootable and select the USB drive from the options, IN My Case my windows source file was in my F Drive and USB Drive Was H Drive, I think this will surely help you, Hope it will solve your problem.
If you still have some problem creating your bootable USB you can add me in your MSN and I can give you live support at azharalibuttar@hotmail.com, thanks for being in contact with me for IT support. I will appreciate more comments from your side
Didn’t work for me writing a 7 iso from XP… After rebooting, all I got was a newline followed by a “j” (or a “.” followed by a newline and a “J”). It may have something to do with the fact that I had ESET NOD32 installed (and couldn’t disable it, because I had lost the configuration password). Finally, I got my hands on an external DVD-ROM so I gave up trying to write the bootable flash drive.
Hi there,
My problem is same as Pancha.
Do you knwo where I can get the SATA drivers to include in the flash drive? Also How can I incorporate the drivers into the flash drive. I used Nlite software and went to the driver’s section and tried to load up a driver but alot files came up and wasn’t sure which one to pick?
Any help would be appreciated.
Check with your hard drive model and download a driver file from the appropriate website. like for seagate visit the seagate website and find specific driver of your hard drive provided by the company
@Ali,
You can find a sata drivers from ur motherboard cd.Then you can follow this link
http://www.getpcmemory.com/use.....ing-nlite/
If Ur processor is intel one, u can Download sta Drivers from following link
Download SATA Drivers (32 bit):- http://www.mediafire.com/?9t9t1u492q7mc12
Have a nice day..!!!
how to convert my bootable pen drive again to a non bootable pen drive
Please use the same software and format the drive. it will be back in normal position, thanks