How to Create MultiBoot USB Flash Drive

8/3/2019 How to Create MultiBoot USB Flash Drive

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How To Create MultiBoot USB Flash Drive (Windows 7 And XP)

1. Connect the USB flash drive to your Windows machine and move data present onthe USB flash drive to a safer location.

2. Download WinSetupFromUSB Zip file, extract the contents to desktop. Open thefolder, right-click on WinSetupFromUSB (.exe) file and select Run asadministratoroption.

3. Once the tool launched, select the following options:

# Removable

# Windows will be installed in \WINDOWS


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Also make sure that your USB flash is shown in USB Disk Selection box. Once you aredone with the above mentioned tasks, click RMPrepUSB button.

4. This will launch RMPREPUSB tool. In this tool, you will need to enable the belowmentioned options.


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A. Make sure that your USB flash drive is selected in the first boxB. Under Boot Options, select XP/BartPE bootable [NTLDR]C. Under File System and OverRides section, select Boot as HDD (C:2PNST),and NTFSoptionsD. Select File > USB option in Image Tools box

Finally, click Prepare Drive button to see a message from the tool. Click Ok button.Click Ok button on the next screen as well.


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5. Wait for a few minutes till you get a Command Prompt message saying OperationCompleted.

6. Close the PREPUSB tool.

7. Insert your XP CD/DVD into the optical drive. In the WinSetupFromUSB tool,clickBrowse button next to Windows 2000/XP/2003 Source box to browse to theXP installation files present on your CD/DVD. Alternatively, if you have the XPinstallation files on a local drive, you can browse to that folder.


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8. Click Go button and wait for a few minutes to see the following screen:

Click Ok button. Remove the XP CD/DVD from the optical drive and insert Windows7DVD.


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9. Select Vista/7 setup/PE/RecoveryISO option and browse to the Windows 7installation files folder. Finally, click Go button. Please note that this operation maytake hours. Dont close the application if you see Not Responding message in the titlebar.

10. Wait for the Done message before you click the Exit button.


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11. Now, its time to download another small file named Bootfiles from here. Extractthe contents to desktop. Copy menu.lst and winsetup.lst files to the USB flash driveand replace the old files with new ones. Click Copy and Replace option when you areprompted with the Copy File message.


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12. Your multi-boot USB flash drive is ready. Reboot your machine and start installingXP or Windows 7 from the USB.


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Note: When you select Windows XP setup in the boot screen, you will see two options:First part of Windows XP setupSecond part of Windows XP setup

You should choose the first part of Windows XP setup, but on the following restarts youchoose the second part of the setup.

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