ok, but I still don't know what I gotta do to make the latest version behave as it should

 

rollback to 5.3.5

or wait for next version to roll out, for that matter.

Yes, the second policy for HiberbootEnabled has no effect and will be removed.
The first one seems to be different between windows versions.

WinNTSetup 5.3.5.2

- fixed crash with no source selection
- removed policy for HiberbootEnabled

thanx jfx, I will try it out and let u know how it went.

well, first install with new version, everything went spick&span. Attaboy, jfx!

Edited July 3, 20242 yr by Antonino

Thanks for the very useful option to use Setup without selecting sources install.wim.

It allows to Add Drivers and Tweaks e.g. Disable Windows Defender on existing Windows Installation e.g. Windows_To_Go in VHD 

 

Edited July 4, 20242 yr by wimb

hello again, good ol'wimb! long time no c. now pls tell us how to achieve the above: Add Drivers and Tweaks, Disable Windows Defender on existing Windows Installation and Windows_To_Go in VHD. could these things not be accomplished in the same way with the previous version of winntsetup?

 

Edited July 3, 20242 yr by Antonino

Do not use minwin, use the contents of the folder during installation

15 hours ago, Antonino said:

hello again, good ol'wimb! long time no c. now pls tell us how to achieve the above: Add Drivers and Tweaks, Disable Windows Defender on existing Windows Installation and Windows_To_Go in VHD. could these things not be accomplished in the same way with the previous version of winntsetup?

Existing Windows Installation can be modified with Additional Drivers and Tweaks by using Setup without having install.wim selected as Installation Source.

I was not aware of this useful option and the previous version crashed on this point as Sonic mentioned earlier.

Hey there, it's been a while since I used WinNTSetup myself, so I'm a bit rusty.

I'm trying to install Windows 7 using WinNTSetup. I created a known-good ISO file a few years ago with Integrate7. I'm attempting to install it on a single formatted partition marked as active, but I keep encountering an error (shown in the second picture). I'm unsure how to fix it.

Note: Inside the sources folder of the ISO, I noticed there are two files called "install.swm" and "install2.swm". Could these be causing the problem?

 

Edited July 4, 20242 yr by KittyMaster

2 hours ago, KittyMaster said:

Note: Inside the sources folder of the ISO, I noticed there are two files called "install.swm" and "install2.swm". Could these be causing the problem?

Dunno, maybe a Windows 7 related problem. Try older version like 4.25.

Maybe the SWM file is broken, try apply with image.exe.

50 minutes ago, JFX said:

Dunno, maybe a Windows 7 related problem. Try older version like 4.25.

Maybe the SWM file is broken, try apply with image.exe.

Thanks for the reply. I selected the ISO file via WinNTSetup, which automatically mounted and displayed Z:\sources\install.wim in the GUI. The ISO is known to be working, so I doubt the SWM file is broken. Looks like I reported a related issue a few years ago: MSFN Board.

For now, I'm back to testing basics by installing the stock, original Windows 7 SP1 x64 ISO.

Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 English x64 = 36f4fa2416d0982697ab106e3a72d2e120dbcdb6cc54fd3906d06120d0653808 (Official ISO)

My Host OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64 Updated (2024/June)
My Motherboard: ASRock Z390
WinNTSetup: v5352 (Latest)

I've two issues.

1st issue:
Use bootsect.exe to update the bootcode : ALL results in following

Use bootsect.exe to update the bootcode : BIOS worked.

2nd issue:
I've placed the correct x64 files from Win8 backported drivers as instructed, but USB3 still didn't work:

WinNTSetup.log File

I cannot find my WinNTSetup.log file. I have searched the following locations:

• Host OS: C:\Windows
• Target Installed OS on a different drive: C:\Windows
• Inside the WinNTSetup_v5352 folder

Can you help me locate the log file and provide any guidance on the issues I'm experiencing?

 

Edited July 4, 20242 yr by KittyMaster

OMG. I wrote a lot above, but when I clicked "Submit Reply," it showed a "No Permission" error. I pressed back and tried to post again, but it ended up posting my earlier draft. The forum software is really frustrating. >_>

EDIT: Please read the previous post. I added some more information.

Edited July 4, 20242 yr by KittyMaster