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Why? Anything wrong with latest or any new features you need?

Either integrate in your source the appropriate mass storage (SATA) drivers, using nLite, manually or BTS driver pack, or switch SATA mode in BIOS to compatible/IDE if yu have such option. Please do a little search in the subforum when asking questions, this has been answered already numerous times.

Why don't you just put everything in the first partition and use the second for Linux or whatever you want? You should be fine to move all files from the first to the second partition, but still have to figure out why that error and next and more important, you have to integrate that or another filter driver into your source. Windows setup also needs to use such filter driver in order to see and use the second partition, right? I don't mind helping you in this, just asking is it worth the effort?

What version do you use? 0.X.X versions- put modified file in ~BT and ~LS\I386 folders. 1.X versions- put it inside the small ISO file in WINSETUP folders and in \WINSETUP\XP......\I386\. Or just put it in your source in I386 folder and rebuild the stick if cannot figure it out.

@Joshatdot I don't get the point and can't make sense of these reports, thanks for sharing, but is there some conclusion? NTFS on 0.x.x. versions is ways faster, have a look: On 1.x versions file system should not matter that much, except when preparing the stick. The difference between both versions is that in method used in 0.x.x versions Setup attempts to delete the files as they are copied, due to NTFS cache speed is much faster, in XP and 2003. In 1.X versions another method is used and files are not attempted to be deleted, hence NTFS does not improve speed during file copy stage in Text mode. As for the loading part up to the "Setup is starting" I really doubt there is sugnificant difference in speeds, plus it should not be that important whether Setup starts for 20 or 40 seconds, not a big deal. @daddo1980 Default Windows sees only the first partition on drives which are seen as removable. To be able to use the second partition you either need a filter driver which "fools" Windows into thinking that is a fixed(basic) drive, or if possible on that particular stick the removable bit could be flipped to fixed. Have a little search in the subforum, this has been discussed numerous times in depth.

JFX, nice tool, thanks

Well, lets try step by step: 1) Download the latest version 2) Extract all files somewhere using 7-zip, use 7-zip, other programs seems to incorrectly extract sometimes 7zip archives. 3) Run the program 4) Format the USB stick with the tools included, RMPrepUSB ot BootIce. 5) Put a checkmark on appropriate field 6) Press the "..." button to browse for your source in the same field. Select the root directory of I386, not I386 itself. 7) Press GO and wait until finished 8) Plug the USB stick wherever you want to install 9) Select to boot from USB 10) Carry on, read boot menus You could also keep the mouse over each element in the program, a tooltip with brief explanation will pop up.

Thanks Steve, quite useful explanation. Must have missed this post.

No clue on this one. I would ask in the unnatened Vista/7 forum.

Extract and replace with the attached.It will set the last boot menu (Start first internal disk) as default and will start it in 10 seconds if no key is pressed. If you need to start Setup again, you'll have to manually select Start Vista/7/2008 setup... And because it's a bit tricky to do that on netbook and the likes, the way around is an entry in winnt.sif, but user has to agree to Microsoft terms and conditions in order to use it.menu.zip

Please zip and attach menu.lst from root of the USB stick. Will add a few lines to it.

If you are using 1.0 versions winnt.sif is in \WINSETUP\xxxxx\i386\.

What's the error code on the blue screen? Something like 0x0000007B ? When exactly do you get it? First part completes fine, and the second part, the GUI mode bluescreens? What source are you using? What service pack? What is SATA mode set in BIOS?

It has also been discussed here:

a ) Not sure what your issue with autorun.inf is... b ) And please do not post in completely irrelevant topic, moved your post in a separate one

You may try to repartition and format the hard drive via disk management. Set an active partition too, preferably the first one. I have been playing a lot with 40, 80, 120, 160 and 250 GB hard drives connected through USBtoIDE/SATA adapter and never had issues, always used disk management in XP to partition and format them. You may also help and try latest RMPrepUSB and report the issue to the author if still occurs: http://sites.google.com/site/rmprepusb/documents/rmprepusb-beta-versions http://reboot.pro/7739/ Please let us know how it goes.

How large is install.wim in \sources folder? When you see this message press shift + F10, and type: diskpart list disk Is the USB disk listed? To quit diskpart type "exit".

You also need to extract or mount the ISO somewhere, select Vista/7/2008 setup option and click on browse button on the right to point the program to your extracted from ISO/mounted source. In this case do not use option 5 in RMPrepUSB. Or if you want to use just RMPrepUSB in option 5 select your mounted/extracted ISO, not the ISO file itself, nor the folder with ISO file in it.

Can you elaborate on this one, what do you mean? All methods in this subforum will get you to that screen...

Where is that setting in winnt.sif? Could you post winnt.sif in ~BT folder, hiding any sensitive information in it? And the original winnt.sif in your source. USB_multiboot10 has the limitation of unattended section in winnt.sif to be removed. There are ways to get around, or just use other solutions in the pinned topics which do not have this limitation.

The message comes from the bootsector on the internal hard drive and should have nothing to do with your source or tha fact you are installing from USB. How was the internal disk partitioned and formatted? You could be falling into this category: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931760 You might need to blank and repartition it. How large the internal disk is? Is it one only? How is it partitioned, how large the partitions are? In which partition you are installing Windows? Check for other clues: http://www.google.com/search?q=A+disk+read+error+occurred&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=%22A+disk+read+error+occurred%22+site%3Amsfn.org&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.1,or.&fp=2ce4b7de8d5212a Other clue- on some motherboards you may need to set in BIOS hard disk access mode to LBA, or AUTO, or LARGE, something like in here: http://forum.soft32.com/win4/disk-read-error-occurred-Press-Ctrl-Alt-Del-restart-ftopict182357.html

Hmm, there is no much you can do wrong when preparing, since you were able to boot, that's the main area where options matter, the formatting ones.What has been changed since your last attempt? Any SD cards forgotten, other USB mass storage devices? What that could be? Or maybe you have used PLoP menu?

It is not possible. Use the latest beta version and no files will be deleted.

PLoP is a boot manager and first in grub4dos boot menu entries, "EXPERIMENTAL - Start PLoP boot manager". Do not use it for now. Start from the USB stick, no USB-IDE disks, press "c" to enter grub4dos command prompt. Type: find /usbdrive.tagWhat's the result? Next type calc *0x475 & 0xFF What's the result? Now press escape to get to the menus and select Windows Setup-->First part of Setup. How far do you get? The USB stick has to be prepared with 1.0 beta7 version. Will not need to reinstall Windows, just a few more similar commands.

@Joshatdot Did you use PLoP? When the message "The system encountered an I/O error " appeared how many disks and mass storage devices did you have attached to the computer, CD cards, card readers etc. etc.? Did you start from the USB-IDE disk or the OCZ? I am losing you here.Can we run a few tests on this machine to figure out what's going on?