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Hello, I need to create a vista repair disk
jraju:
Hi, Boggin.
I also had the same problem. Imgburn shows that it completed successfully. But when i tried to pass those to usb, i get error, such as not a valid iso file, not iso 9660. I checked then in the imgburn. It was written on udf format. One clue is you could try iso juliet udf format in imgburn.
Please tell the procedure,how you tried to boot thro usb. You have to give some command to create partition in the pen drive. I know that you would have done those things. If not, i will give you the method as learnt from surfing thro the nets .
I have tried windows usb tool, which lacks something. It also stops at the close, because of some needy files for bootable usb.
If it could immediately alert, it will be nice. But going thro the progress bar and at 99 percent , i got the error. windows cannot copy error.
Update: I even tried with AV disabled, but could not copy to usb
Boggin:
I successfully created a bootable disk using Windows USB/DVD burner - it went the full 100% and popped the disk player drawer when it finished, so for me that confirms it's a good ISO, unlike the disk player on this laptop.
I don't want to risk seeing if it will boot up on this Win 7 machine, so don't know if it will actually work.
I've only ever created one bootable USB and that was for Win 7 - more to see if it would work than have an alternative bootable media, but the USB needed to be formatted to NTFS before the Windows tool would "burn" the ISO and then it created it without any problems.
When I tried booting with the USB, I just changed the boot order to USB but had to wait for it to appear in the boot order next to the USB option before I hit enter and it booted up okay with it - didn't even get a prompt to press any key like you do when you use a DVD.
The file size in my Downloads folder for the ISO is 3,167,396KB but when I previously used ImgBurn it was showing as 3,23 something during the burn.
jraju:
Hi, Boggins,
have you been able to boot the win 7 using usb. Your saying is natural, the pen drive does not have any thing like alert as cd dvd when we try to install. So, it is natural once it is chosen, it directly loads the windows, first by copying files thro white bar.
If you are able to boot with it ok. But the problem is i also tried what you have tried but it stops at 99 percent. Did you check the format of file imgburn burnt? what was the file. Even i tried to convert the imgburn udf iso to iso 9660 format, but on using windows tool, you get error exactly at the finishing stage..
But after so much trial and error, i found the method. Even i tried another tool and it says some other errors. First we have to create a partition on the pen drive to make it work.It is a simple process. If you have succeded in iso, then ok. Otherwise, i will give you a different method. It was success for me. I have been able to run the win 7 after trials from dvd. The dvd player is not at all at fault, but the error message is the wrong one. If you still has trouble, i will give the details.
Boggin:
After getting the same error message when trying to burn another Win 7 bootable disk, I created one using ImgBurn and it wouldn't boot - it recognised the DVD but couldn't read anything on the disk as it said 4.38 GB free of 4.38GB.
For some reason or other it wouldn't boot up with a previously made bootable Win 7 disk that it would before but did with another.
The first one of those two worked fine on my other laptop - anyway, I've taken it in for repair under the extended warranty, so I'll see what they find.
jraju:
hello,
I found out the link. I have done without hope but i have succeeded in booting thro usb from old machine. But you are having options to boot from usb in bios priority menu and so there will be no problem for you. It involves no iso copying. copying the whole thing.
The method is
first insert your 4 gb or more pen drive . Go to elevated command prompt and type these commands. the following will be easy to understand
C:\Windows\system32>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7000
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer:----
Fistly type Diskpart and enter
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 3834 MB 0 B pen drive disk to be selected based on size
DISKPART> select disk 1
Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> clean
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> create partition primary
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> format fs=fat32 quick
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.
DISKPART> active
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
C:\Windows\system32>exit
. Then insert your dvd in to the drive.
open the installation dvd. Select all copy and send to pen drive.
It will work 100% without fail. If your cd drive is pucca. Moreover, while installing windows, you could be amazed at the speed in extracting from usb. Usb is safe and you need not bother about scratching.
The copying will take some time to copy 3 gb. insert the pendrive. Shut down and reboot. Then just select the priority to boot from usb in the bios, if you have. If that is not, please download plbt iso, a third party program, which will give you a screen menu from cd, if you boot from cd first,which will have usb as a choice menu. If you click that one, it will boot from pen drive.
Shane, it has taken about 3 to 4 days of surfing the net to get this wonderful solution. Enjoy boggins. Say whether you are succeeding in creating a bootable usb.
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