WinNTSetup v5.4.2

[Sonic]

6 hours ago, KittyMaster said:

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

Windows 7 do not support EFI boot , choose BIOS.

6 hours ago, KittyMaster said:

I cannot find my WinNTSetup.log file.

it's in Windows\Logs\WinNTSetup\

[yaschir]

Hi, @JFX!

Turkish language file for WinNTSetup v5.3.5.2 is ready. Could you please add it?

Best Regards.

 

Turkish language file for WinNTSetup v5.3.5.2.zip

[JFX]

On 7/4/2024 at 5:18 PM, KittyMaster said:

I've two issues.

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

Windows 7 in UEFI mode is a bit picky about partition layout. It only support GPT.

 

On 7/4/2024 at 5:18 PM, KittyMaster said:

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

The backported driver were update and are now signed with SHA-256.
So this method does not work, unless you find the older drivers.

[belivakov]

Good autounattend generator, include Defender management and more:

https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

Edited July 10, 2024 by belivakov

[Antonino]

Attaboy! Just what it takes. Why don't we customize it to the way(s) that most suit one's liking?

 

Edited July 10, 2024 by Antonino

[ibay770]

Great work man! Thanks for this awesome tool! Is it possible to add features to convert wim/iso 2 vhd and vice versa? Also, itd be nice if we could boot the wim/iso with qemu from winntsetup as a test run. Thanks in advance

[hhui]

5.3.5-5.3.5.2, an error message "Access to wimgapi is denied" appears. I tried copying wimgapi.dll to \Tools\x64, but it still happens. How can I fix this? Currently, I can only use 5.3.4 to avoid this problem.

[JFX]

@ibay770 WinNTSetup has reach EOL status.

You could use it's command line options to automate these steps.

 

@hhui Access denied error is very common with wimgapi or Dism, WinNTSetup already use Trusted Installer rights to overcome some of them.

You could try wimlib (top right window icon --> WIM API --> wimlib) for apply instead.

[hhui]

I have selected wimlib but still getting the error. I don't know why.

[JFX]

Than maybe something is wrong with the WIM files you have.

[hhui]

7 hours ago, JFX said:

Than maybe something is wrong with the WIM files you have.

I installed three versions of Win11 and none of them worked. I gave up and just used 5.3.4.

Edited July 19, 2024 by hhui
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[arss1]

Hello I need help.
 I have an old laptop fujitsu siemens amilo m14255
cd rom doesn't work
need to install Windows XP
I tried to boot from USB. I tried different programs - Rufus, WinSetupFromUSB. FAT16, FAT32, NTFS. Tried different settings. Etc.
 Well, most likely because of the old BIOS I get the error "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key"
Then from another computer I tried to write Windows to a hard drive using WinNTSetup. I installed Windows in virtualbox and copied it along with the bootloader. But I get the error "error loading operating system"

 

Addition to the above, everything worked. Thank you.

When I had two partitions 100 MB (asset) and the rest - it didn't work. I divided the bootloader and installation files into two partitions.

But when I merged 2 partitions into 1, and installed the bootloader and installation files on one partition, it worked.

Edited July 24, 2024 by arss1
Addition to the above

[Antonino]

U sure U can't install it with winntsetup?

[Antonino]

Eureka! this is a list of folders I have discovered to be necessary
for wifi functionality:

\Windows\AppReadiness
\Windows\bcastdvr
\Windows\DigitalLocker
\Windows\Logs
\Windows\Offline Web Pages
\Windows\Panther
\Windows\Panther\setuperr.log
\Windows\IdentityCRL
\Windows\LanguageOverlayCache
\Windows\Installer
\Windows\L2Schemas

so, if u want to keep wifi functional, do not brute-force delete
and/or zerobyte them.

[Antonino]

well, I do not know exactly what I did, but a concoction of shenanigan's version and memstechtips' standard version led me to adopt the following autounattended.xml. should anyone be interested in pruning and/or optimizing it, to the benefit of os vhd smallness and functionality after an a-priori purge, pls be my guest. as my knowledge of xml is almost inexistent, it is hard to expect any better than this from me, but I am willing to learn, still to the benefit of os smallness and functionality.

autounattend.xml

Edited July 28, 2024 by Antonino