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Thanks Ilko, I was already aware to format the stick using NTFS. I was using FAT32 for now since from what I understood, NTFS increases drive wearing from write operations... so for testing purposes, I was using FAT32 Ahhh! thanks!! I was using this option purely to test whether if the multi-setup options worked. (also was very attractive to use without introducing more drive wear and save time) Anyway, I followed your instructions and have it working perfectly now. Thank you Ilko really, you're a star! Btw... at what stage in the Windows x64 setup do the compressed files get deleted? Is it after selecting the partition and formatting the drive? Thank you!

Funny... after a couple of days lurking around in the forums, I never realised WinSetupFromUSB even existed! Anyway, had a little more time today and started from scratch again using Ilko's fine creation. I managed to get the x64 installation running, but I'm still having problems when I try to get XP SP3 and x64 to play nice together. My procedure is as follows: Execute WinSetupFromUSB 0.1.1 Select Windows XP SP3 as source Format drive FAT32 Check 'Copy setup boot files only' Click Go I then tested the USB stick to boot my machine. Setup enters fine. Execute WinSetupFromUSB 0.1.1 again Select Windows XP x64 as source Check 'Copy setup boot files only' Click Go Dialog box 'Folder $WIN_NT$.~BT exists' opens -- YES to rename to .BKP, NO to delete, Cancel to return to menu I select Yes to rename. I return to boot my machine with USB and everything seems fine, but when selecting XP SP3 to install, it looks like the SP3 setup is pulling the files from the x64 install. That is, when I put my USB stick into a 32-bit machine, XP SP3 cannot load the setup fully. (Error is: Ntkrnlmp.exe Could Not Be Loaded. The Error Code Is 7) Thing is, I can get the x64 setup working by itself without other Windows installations on USB... but ultimately, I'd like to use this for more than just one-off installs! I'm still very new to multi-booting and USB installs and still need a lot more understanding in these subjects. I'm definitely going to investigate Wimb's links and do more background reading on PE while I'm at it! Btw, what other MS OSes are one-off installs without the PE environment? Just the 64-bit OSes? Thanks again

Wow! I wasn't expecting a reply so quickly I'll look into it. Thanks! Btw, just wondering... could Vista or Windows 7 beta be put alongside the Windows XP 32-bit install too?

Hello everyone First I'd like to thank everyone involved in the USB_Multiboot project, I wouldn't have gotten anywhere near where I am now without it. I'm trying to create a multi-boot USB stick consisting of: Windows XP Pro SP3 Windows XP Pro x64 SP2 I've used USB_MultiBoot_10 to successfully create the XP Pro SP3 installation, however I'm having problems with x64. (I also used USB_MultiBoot_10 - second run to build the x64 installation) I get the "NTLDR is corrupt. The system cannot boot." error when trying to install x64. I realise that setupldr.bin has a checksum built in and I already tried to replace a cracked setupldr.bin from geitonaki: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=58410 I don't know quite what to do at the moment. Can someone help or point me the right direction? Can these two versions of Windows co-exist on the same USB stick? I've also looked here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=58446&st=0 to try and build my own directories from geitonaki's batch file but I'm totally confused how to integrate the results of that batch to my USB stick contents. This is my directory structure and files on the root so far: (from the two USB_Multiboot_10 runs) $WIN_01$.~BT $WIN_01$.~LS $WIN_02$.~BT $WIN_02$.~LS INSTALL_PRGS_WPI btsec INSTALL_PRGS images INSTALL_DRIVERS grldr boot.ini menu.lst NTDETECT.COM NTLDR txtset01.sif txtset02.sif usbflash XAT01 XAT02 XPS01 XPS02 Any help greatly appreciated! Many thanks in advance