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

Let me know if you know of one.
Thanks.

"Cameo" <> wrote in message
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> Let me know if you know of one.

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-mu...t-usb-creator/

On 11/12/2011 5:56 PM, Seth wrote:
> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-mu...t-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.

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).

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"Cameo" <> wrote in message
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> On 11/12/2011 5:56 PM, Seth wrote:
>> http://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-mu...t-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.

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".

On 11/12/2011 8:24 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
> 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.

On 11/12/2011 8:44 PM, Seth wrote:
>
> 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.

Cameo wrote:

>On 11/12/2011 8:24 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
>> 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.

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)

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)

"Cameo" <> wrote in message
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> On 11/12/2011 8:44 PM, Seth wrote:
>>
>> 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,

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.

> 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.
>