Trying to create/boot windows 7 installation USB

[hawk007]

5 minutes ago, asf said:

 

It's 64 Bit, i doubt the laptop supports UEFI. (it's an old laptop, there even isn't any driver support from Toshiba above windows 7)

 

To detect from Windows, Launch RUN type msinfo32, Enter then check the BIOS mode.

 

[straycat19]

Toshiba doesn't provide any manuals on that computer and most my searches for that model came up with no data found, which means it is really old.  Searching on that information on Toshiba's laptop support site just produced an error that said I got the information wrong.

 

When you start it do you know what key to press to choose the boot device?  Sometimes it is F12, other times F1, or some other key.  The A series laptops I was able to view specs on show 3 USB 2.0 ports and sometimes laptops will only boot from one USB port and not the others.  But before that we need to be able to designate the boot device, if your bios supports that function.

 

[jbleck]

can u remove the hard drive and check to see if it's not damaged? (put it in a portable case and connect it to your PC... if u have one around; if not then some other laptop).

if u do have another laptop then u can install windows from there and then switch it back in the original laptop... put the drivers on it too before u remove it.

[Ghazi]

@asf Go to BIOS and post a screen shot of the place where you select boot options like HDD, CD/DVD etc. The computer is not recognizing your USB device. It can be that it is not properly made to boot or the bios is not set to recognize it. If laptop recognizes usb and does not boot from it so its the fault of software that you used to write the iso to usb. Sometimes when I used poweriso or any other software the same would happen. But when I used same iso with Ultraiso it booted instantly

[LOQUILLO]

1 hour ago, asf said:

I have a writer and a reader but no DVD

Hi this is a joke or what, him said that don't have a buck for to buy a DVD disc for to burn iso file.

[LOQUILLO]

Now, I dunno what you wanna @asf, you said that need to create a USB drive boot for BIOS legacy, now I see in your news posts what your laptop have UEFI configurated by default, then mean that have Boot Secure = Enabled, then will be impossible what you boot using a USB drive created for BIOS legacy boot machines.

[Sylence]

You can try this and see if it solves your problem, plz let me know the results 

 

Preparing the USB Stick

In order to use DiskPart, open the command prompt as an administrator and then follow these instructions:

1. Enter the following command in the CMD window:
   • diskpart
2. With this command you can display the list of drives.
   • list disk
3. Now, identify your USB stick and enter the following command as a number (instead of "#"):
   • select disk # example
4. You can delete all existing partitions from the USB stick with this command:
   • clean
5. With this chain of command, a new partition is created, then selected, activated and then formatted to FAT32. A drive is subsequently assigned when the procedure is completed:
   • create partition primary
   • select partition 1
   • active
   • format quick fs=fat32
   • assign
6. Now you can exit Diskpart:
   • exit

after doing them open the Windows ISO file and copy all of its content to the USB drive

[LOQUILLO]

Hi @saeed_dcit's here:

 

[asf]

1 hour ago, hawk007 said:

 

To detect from Windows, Launch RUN type msinfo32, Enter then check the BIOS mode.

 

Here you go, (sorry for the Hebrew)

Spoiler

 

 

1 hour ago, straycat19 said:

1. Toshiba doesn't provide any manuals on that computer and most my searches for that model came up with no data found, which means it is really old.  Searching on that information on Toshiba's laptop support site just produced an error that said I got the information wrong.
2. When you start it do you know what key to press to choose the boot device?  Sometimes it is F12, other times F1, or some other key.  The A series laptops I was able to view specs on show 3 USB 2.0 ports and sometimes laptops will only boot from one USB port and not the others.  But before that we need to be able to designate the boot device, if your bios supports that function.

1. The error was most probably because you searched the american site, i also gad that problem until i found out that the laptop originated from Switzerland, you could try to look at the Swiss site.
2. i was able to see it in the Boot menu (F12) but once i chose it i arrived to that screen.

Spoiler

 

 

54 minutes ago, jbleck said:

can u remove the hard drive and check to see if it's not damaged? (put it in a portable case and connect it to your PC... if u have one around; if not then some other laptop).

if u do have another laptop then u can install windows from there and then switch it back in the original laptop... put the drivers on it too before u remove it.

N/A

 

 

54 minutes ago, Ghazi said:

@asf Go to BIOS and post a screen shot of the place where you select boot options like HDD, CD/DVD etc. The computer is not recognizing your USB device. It can be that it is not properly made to boot or the bios is not set to recognize it. If laptop recognizes usb and does not boot from it so its the fault of software that you used to write the iso to usb. Sometimes when I used poweriso or any other software the same would happen. But when I used same iso with Ultraiso it booted instantly

Here you go please...

Spoiler

 

 

14 minutes ago, LOQUILLO said:

Hi this is a joke or what, him said that don't have a buck for to buy a DVD disc for to burn iso file.

You are right, but lats not forget my main question is, why a laptop that is able to boot via USB get's stuck somewhere in the middle.

 

 

9 minutes ago, LOQUILLO said:

Now, I dunno what you wanna @asf, you said that need to create a USB drive boot for BIOS legacy, now I see in your news posts what your laptop have UEFI configurated by default, then mean that have Boot Secure = Enabled, then will be impossible what you boot using a USB drive created for BIOS legacy boot machines.

No it doesn't support, the line was a mistake, sorry my bad.

 

 

 

Thanks again for all trying to help me 

[Sylence]

2 minutes ago, LOQUILLO said:

Hi @saeed_dcit's here:

 

 

oops sorry I was scrolling too fast 

[asf]

10 minutes ago, saeed_dc said:

You can try this and see if it solves your problem, plz let me know the results 

Spoiler

 

 

Preparing the USB Stick

In order to use DiskPart, open the command prompt as an administrator and then follow these instructions:

1. Enter the following command in the CMD window:
   • diskpart
2. With this command you can display the list of drives.
   • list disk
3. Now, identify your USB stick and enter the following command as a number (instead of "#"):
   • select disk # example
4. You can delete all existing partitions from the USB stick with this command:
   • clean
5. With this chain of command, a new partition is created, then selected, activated and then formatted to FAT32. A drive is subsequently assigned when the procedure is completed:
   • create partition primary
   • select partition 1
   • active
   • format quick fs=fat32
   • assign
6. Now you can exit Diskpart:
   • exit

after doing them open the Windows ISO file and copy all of its content to the USB drive

 

 

 

 

as you can see it was already posted, and i also already answered for that, have a look please below.

 

4 hours ago, asf said:

This is what i get

 

[LOQUILLO]

Hi @asfgo again, your machine when is running windows 8, can to read USB sticks very easy or it is slow.

[asf]

5 minutes ago, LOQUILLO said:

Hi @asfgo again, your machine when is running windows 8, can to read USB sticks very easy or it is slow.

Are you referring to my computer that i'm right now using? if yes then the answer is the response is normal.

[LOQUILLO]

you has checked if the USB stick that you wanna to create the Windows boot installer is recognized very fast or it's slow

[asf]

1 minute ago, LOQUILLO said:

you has checked if the USB stick that you wanna to create the Windows boot installer is recognized very fast or it's slow

Normal

[Sylence]

5 minutes ago, asf said:

 

 

as you can see it was already posted, and i also already answered for that, have a look please below.

 

 

 

that bootsect message..it's because EFI-based disks don'thave an MBR.

 

This article is pretty useful for your case 

http://superuser.com/questions/676249/clean-install-of-windows-7-pro-64-bit-on-a-uefi-laptop-with-gpt-partition

[LOQUILLO]

I can to think that the problem is the way that you are doing or creating the USB drive boot is bad, or maybe the iso file is damaged.

My work is tech service for computers, then this problem your I see very strange, for me the error is the way in that you are creating the USB drive boot. For me other isn't the problem, you are the problem.

[asf]

1 minute ago, LOQUILLO said:

I can to think that the problem is the way that you are doing or creating the USB drive boot is bad, or maybe the iso file is damaged.

Could, but as the file was verified against MSDN hashes strongly recommends that that's not the case

 

Only what could be is that i did edit it, i removed the EI.cfg with UltraISO and saved the file on top of the old one, do you think that makes the problems?

 

[LOQUILLO]

Using Rufus I can to create USB drive boots one for UEFI support and other for BIOS legacy sypport, and alls them working very good.

[straycat19]

Let's go about this another way.  It may seem a little odd if you aren't use to this but this became a standard at my organization years ago and I still carry a couple hundred ISO files on my sticks to install various OSes and run special software utilities, etc. 

 

Have you ever heard of easy2boot?  Go to easy2boot.com and on that page just below the two videos is a box 'Are you new to Easy2Boot?'.  Read the article on creating the drive and then the one on adding the payload files.  Once the drive is created you just copy your ISO file into the correct directory and boot from it, choose the OS you want to install and it runs.  Pretty simple and not difficult.  Please take a look at it and if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them.

 

[jbleck]

use a moded windows 7 ISO... Windows 7 AIO DUAL BOOT 18in1 ESD en-US Dec2015 {Generation2}

[LOQUILLO]

Just now, asf said:

Could, but as the file was verified against MSDN hashes strongly recommends that that's not the case

 

Only what could be is that i did edit it, i removed the EI.cfg with UltraISO and saved the file on top of the old one, do you think that makes the problems?

 

Bingo, it's the problem, there are the problem, this iso file is unbootable.

years ago I had used this tool for remove ie.cfg file.
Maybe need use one new version, I dunno, but check firts if it is working for you.

eicfg_removal_utility.zip

[Sylence]

3 hours ago, asf said:

 

Did all that

 

 

 

Here is a picture that i took of the screen when it didn't want to boot (sorry for the quality)

 

 

 

3 minutes ago, LOQUILLO said:

Bingo, it's the problem, there are the problem, this iso file is unbootable.

 

@LOQUILLO yes I think you're right, the problem might be ISO file itself and the file he deleted from it, because where he gets the error is at "Windows boot manager" not at the bios/UEFI page.

 

[LOQUILLO]

When a baby don't have the experience for to do the job of an old with experience, then here start the problems.

Hi @asfmaybe the problem is solved, right now.

The iso file is DAMAGED

[asf]

Just now, LOQUILLO said:

When a baby don't have the experience for to do the job of an old with experience, then here start the problems.

Hi @asfmaybe the problem is solved, right now.

1. It's no the first time that i did this so i don't consider myself a baby....
2. I am testing now, will update if succeeded or not.

Thanks