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  1. Posts : 307
    Windows 10
       #210

    Using the Diskpart utility, how do I create a bootable USB stick (BIOS/UEFI) containing a customized edition of Windows 10 v1511?

    Thanks

    Bye
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  2. Posts : 3,367
    W10 Pro x64/W7 Ultimate x64 dual boot main - W11 Triple Boot Pending
       #211

    When the Threshold 2 update was first out that was a 4 in 1 iso downloaded for both flavors of both editions when going to boot live. On the new laptop here I have basically the same problem of not being able to boot live from a flash drive and seeing the UEFI option greyed out in the bios setup ruling Legacy booting out. A live Linux stick failed to boot when tried as well.

    I did however get that changed from the constant need to hit the "FN" key along with the second key designated to switch a function to the "F1-12" keys to be able to call up the boot device menu unlike the laptop it replaced. Couldn't even get into the bios on the old one. I would rather not need to carry the 10 dvd I got on Black Friday around with me when paying someone a visit where an alternative 10 key as well as Recovery Drive would be something on the idea of what balubeto is asking there.
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  3. Posts : 27,162
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #212

    The 2.7 Beta of RUFUS can be downloaded at Major Geeks, the final is due this month according to the version history

    o Version 2.7 (2016.02.??)
    2 Add Thai translation, courtesy of Sippapas Wangsri
    3 Add Drag and Drop support, courtesy of SeymourApps
    4 Add a retry for most write operations
    5 Update UEFI:NTFS, ms-sys and Grub4DOS to latest
    6 Dual sign Rufus with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
    7 Fix 2nd line of SHA-256 being hidden on some platforms
    8 Fix shutdown prevention issues
    9 Additional small fixes
    10
    rufus/ChangeLog.txt at master · pbatard/rufus · GitHub
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  4. Posts : 27,162
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #213

    RUFUS 2.7 final is out:

    Version 2.7 (2016.02.14)
    • Add Thai translation, courtesy of Sippapas Wangsri
    • Add Drag and Drop support, courtesy of SeymourApps
    • Add a retry for most write operations
    • Update UEFI:NTFS, ms-sys and Grub4DOS to latest
    • Dual sign Rufus with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
    • Fix 2nd line of SHA-256 being hidden on some platforms
    • Fix shutdown prevention issues
    • Additional fixes & translation updates

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  5. Posts : 1,871
    W10 pro x64 20H2 Build 19042.610
       #214

    I've just put W10 (clean install) onto a friends PC but initially had problems creating the USB drive. I used 'isotousb' to create the bootable drive and it seemed to complete OK, but then came up with an error message right at the finish saying that the drive had failed to create successfully. I tried again from scratch, this time using the Windows Media Creation Tool and that to seemed to go OK until the very end when it reported an error.

    Both attempts were using a TDK 4Gb drive which should be enough (I picked just the x64 version) yet both failed.

    Third time lucky, I used an 8Gb drive and that worked first time. I wonder if the latest build has crept up in size ?
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  6. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #215

    Yeah, it would be more helpful if they would give a more descriptive error/failure message.
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  7. Posts : 1,871
    W10 pro x64 20H2 Build 19042.610
       #216

    Indeed :) Anyhow, it all worked out OK in the end. Another satisfied customer (I hope).
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  8. Posts : 27,162
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #217

    RUFUS 2.8 is out now: Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

    Changelog


    • Version 2.8 (2016.03.22)
      • Enable listing of non-USB card readers (EXPERIMENTAL)
      • Major speed improvement for checksum computation
      • Fix UI flicker during progress actualization
      • Fix computation of FAT size for Large FAT32 (with thanks to Ady)
      • Syslinux improvements
      • Update GRUB to 2.02~beta3
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  9. Posts : 255
    Win 10 64bit
       #218

    A couple of questions Shawn:

    I've made a usb drive that has both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture on it. Presumably during use there is an option to choose the appropriate architecture?

    I chose both architectures because I'm going to look at the laptop of a friend who is having problems upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and I suspect the laptop will be 32-bit where mine is 64-bit, and wanted to have just one usb drive for both. But I'm wondering whether your Option 3 would be better for a Windows 7 laptop?

    And are there benefits to ALSO creating a recovery drive for Windows 10 or will this usb suffice? I have seen that it can be used for a repair install but am confused (as usual) about the difference between recovery and repair.

    If I were to also create a recovery drive, I would want this to work on more than one laptop so would want to leave the option about system files unticked (hope that makes sense). What would I lose by doing this?

    Thanks
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  10. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #219

    Hello Maggy,

    If you were to do a clean install or upgrade with the 32/64-bit USB, you will be prompted to select which version you want to use like at step 4 below.

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...n-install.html

    A Windows 10 installation USB will also include WinRE, so there's no need to also create a recovery drive.
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