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Whether this is a bug that exists with the particular DVD image I utilized, or whether I needed to use an OEM version of the operating system instead of a Retail version, I could not tell.

#UNIVERSAL USB INSTALLER NOT FINDING ISO ISO#

When I attempted to create a USB installer of my Windows 7 Professional Retail DVD, which was converted to an ISO beforehand, the files would indeed copy over, but I could not boot the flash drive properly. Unfortunately, I did run into issues getting in the USB Windows Installer section of the tool. For added convenience, a persistent file storage area can be added so that, if you are in a Live USB session and want to save documents, for instance, you will be able to save directly to the flash drive without running into read-only restrictions that obviously plague burned discs.įrom a Windows user’s perspective, drives are also formatted as FAT32, making it easy to sneaker-net files over as needed without requiring fancy Ext* file system drivers. Depending on the distro that is selected from the menu, the entire job from start to finish can take up to five to ten minutes, depending on the size of the ISO and the speed of the flash memory.ĭuring my tests, every single supported OS I threw at the utility easily created a working bootable drive that I could use on my computer.

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If you didn’t download the ISO beforehand, Universal USB Installer offers an option to grab the file for you before beginning the creation process. Whenever you want to create a bootable Linux installer stick, simply plug in your thumb drive, start the utility and select your favorite distro along with drive and format options, then click Create to begin the process. This utility even purports to do USB stick style installers for Windows Vista, 7 and 8, in case you want to skip the disc on those as well. If you have a thumb drive handy that is at least 4GB or larger in size, Universal USB Installer can come to the rescue with its special superpower: the ability to write ISO files of popular Linux distributions to a thumb drive for booting and installation onto the destination hard disk.

Bottom Line: When you need a Linux distro written to a USB thumb drive in bootable fashion and you want to avoid using burnable discs, Universal USB Installer for Windows is excellent for providing an easy way to go about doing this without learning tricky commands.

Supported OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8.

Universal USB Installer Product Information: Not only is this a waste of money, but discs are not particularly fast when compared to solid-state media.

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Whether I’m going to perform a clean install or merely use the Live boot portion to give the OS a test drive, there’s one thing I don’t really like to do, and that’s buying DVD-Rs and burning ISO images to them, only to then turn the disc into a new coaster for my drink when I get bored of it. Matt Nawrocki shows you just what you need for a bootable Linux distro written to a USB thumb drive.Īs an IT guru, I like to play around with multiple Linux-based operating systems. I admittedly am not a pro, nor do I think I’m a novice - but I feel this should be easier.Review: Universal USB Installer for Windows

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I have also tried using Unetbootin for Mac (dmg doesn’t mount for whatever reason), Rufus which is Windows specific and Terminal prompts which I gave up halfway through on.

The same error occurs under each format with multiple ISO files. Everything is carried over to the USB except for the Sources folder from the ISO.įYI I used my Mac (running Mavericks) Disk Utility to format the USB successfully to FAT32, in addition to trying it in NTFS through another app. Here is my issue.after the ISO is mounted and I copy the files over to the USB, the copy fails with an error saying that the “privacy.rtf” file can’t be copied because there is a file of the same name in the destination which is not case sensitive? At this point the copying stops.

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I’m using a Mac to create the USB containing my Windows 10 ISO (I’ve actually tried two different ISO files). I’m trying to do a clean install of Windows 10 on my Lenovo U510 Ideapad via USB boot. Help Redditors! I’m hoping you guys can help me figure out an issue I keep running into.

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