Any Win7 utility to create bootable USB stick from bootable ISO image?

[Cameo]

Let me know if you know of one.
Thanks.

 

[Seth]

Let me know if you know of one.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

 

[Cameo]

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

Thanks. That's an easy one to use but I would prefer one without the
multiboot; just booting directly into the OS or rescue image without the
extra choices up front. As if I was running an ISO image burned into a CD.

 

[G. Morgan]

Cameo wrote:

Let me know if you know of one.
Thanks.

Just do steps 1 & 2 here:
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

Then copy the contents of the ISO to the thumb drive, you can use Winrar
to extract the contents of the ISO (do not copy the .iso file itself).

--

"I don't like to discriminate against terrorists based on nationality.
If you declare war on the United States and you want to kill us,
We're going to kill you first, period."

October 19, 2011 - Ali Soufan (Colbert Report)

 

[Seth]

Thanks. That's an easy one to use but I would prefer one without the
multiboot; just booting directly into the OS or rescue image without the
extra choices up front. As if I was running an ISO image burned into a CD.

Then just manually prep the USB key with DISKPART and copy the ISO contents
over. A quick Google will show how to use DISKPART to prep it as bootable.

I prefer the multiboot as I have many utilities (bootable Win7 installer,
some live Linux distros, GPARTED, etc...) all on one USB key instead of
needing multiple to make up a respectable "toolbox".

 

[Cameo]

Just do steps 1& 2 here:
http://kmwoley.com/blog/?p=345

Then copy the contents of the ISO to the thumb drive, you can use Winrar
to extract the contents of the ISO (do not copy the .iso file itself).

That link assumes that everybody wants to create a USB stick to boot
Windows from. Actually, I am looking for a more generic solution to be
able to "burn" any bootable ISO image into the thumb drive, whether a
Windows rescue disk or a Linux distro. Actually many Windows based
programs, such as Acronis, use Linux based rescue ISOs.

 

[Cameo]

Then just manually prep the USB key with DISKPART and copy the ISO
contents over. A quick Google will show how to use DISKPART to prep it
as bootable.

I prefer the multiboot as I have many utilities (bootable Win7
installer, some live Linux distros, GPARTED, etc...) all on one USB key
instead of needing multiple to make up a respectable "toolbox".

OK, I'll try it.
By the way, in the midst of experimenting with this, I came up with
another puzzle.

My HP laptop gives me a choice of 3 different USB boot options (besides
the usual ones):
USB Hard Drive,
USB Floppy,
USB Diskette on Key.

However, every time I make a bootable USB thumb drive, it can only boot
as a USB hard drive. It's no big deal, but I wonder what it would take
to get it booted as either one of the other two USB boot options. What
is the difference among the three USB boot options? Is it due to the
drive letter assignment of the USB drive? It is drive G right now.
That's what my Win7 picked when I created the first bootable USB stick.

 

[G. Morgan]

Cameo wrote:

That link assumes that everybody wants to create a USB stick to boot
Windows from. Actually, I am looking for a more generic solution to be
able to "burn" any bootable ISO image into the thumb drive, whether a
Windows rescue disk or a Linux distro. Actually many Windows based
programs, such as Acronis, use Linux based rescue ISOs.

Not really, once you install a bootloader onto the stick you can simply
delete everything in the root and replace it with whatever bootable .iso
you have, just decompress them first (windows based). The stick remains
bootable even after you delete the contents.

If you want to make your own custom PE boot disk, try www.reboot.pro


--

"I don't like to discriminate against terrorists based on nationality.
If you declare war on the United States and you want to kill us,
We're going to kill you first, period."

October 19, 2011 - Ali Soufan (Colbert Report)

 

[G. Morgan]

Cameo wrote:

My HP laptop gives me a choice of 3 different USB boot options (besides
the usual ones):
USB Hard Drive,
USB Floppy,
USB Diskette on Key.

However, every time I make a bootable USB thumb drive, it can only boot
as a USB hard drive.

That is the correct setting.

--

"I don't like to discriminate against terrorists based on nationality.
If you declare war on the United States and you want to kill us,
We're going to kill you first, period."

October 19, 2011 - Ali Soufan (Colbert Report)

 

[Seth]

OK, I'll try it.
By the way, in the midst of experimenting with this, I came up with
another puzzle.

My HP laptop gives me a choice of 3 different USB boot options (besides
the usual ones):
USB Hard Drive,

Proper choice

USB Floppy,

These days floppy drives are all USB based. If you don't have a USB floppy
drive, ignore this. Disable it is BIOS is seeing it gets your OCD riled up.

USB Diskette on Key.

Just guessing, but maybe an IMG file on a non bootable USB key? Like when
doing a BIOS update from USB it doesn't need to be bootable cause the BIOS
knows how to read it.

 

[GlowingBlueMist]

Not really, once you install a bootloader onto the stick you can simply
delete everything in the root and replace it with whatever bootable .iso
you have, just decompress them first (windows based). The stick remains
bootable even after you delete the contents.

If you want to make your own custom PE boot disk, try www.reboot.pro

You might give UNetbootin a try. It is set to be able to automatically
download and install many distributions directly to a Flash drive.

You can also tell it to install the ISO of your choice that you have
already downloaded.

You can find it at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

 

[Cameo]

Proper choice
Aha!


These days floppy drives are all USB based. If you don't have a USB
floppy drive, ignore this. Disable it is BIOS is seeing it gets your OCD
riled up.

Darn, I should have thought of that!

Just guessing, but maybe an IMG file on a non bootable USB key? Like
when doing a BIOS update from USB it doesn't need to be bootable cause
the BIOS knows how to read it.

Interesting. Thanks for the detailed reply.

 

[nitroman84]

It may be a little too late for you, but here is a program I wrote that has the ability to create a Windows 7 bootable usb from an extracted .iso image. Hope this helps.