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Friday, September 20, 2013
How to create Windows 8.1/Win7 installation bootable USB for UEFI Install
The "Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool" is a very useful tool in making bootable U
SB from ISO file, but it doesn't work under UEFI system since the USB is in NTFS
and UEFI can only boot from FAT32. Here is the steps to make a bootable USB for
fresh clean install Windows 8.

Brief Steps: Format USB as FAT32 and Extract the ISO file to the USB
Detailed steps:
1. Format USB drive as FAT32 on a Win7/Win8 PC.
diskpart.exe
list disk (Find USB device)
select disk 1 (make sure this is a USB)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format quick fs=fat32
assign
exit
2. Copy Windows 8 x64 ISO content to USB.
Option#1: If you already have winrar installed then select the win8.1 iso and ex
tract to USB.
Option#2: Mount Windows8.1 .iso(In this example, it's H:) Note, If using Window
s 7, use your favorite ISO mounting software. Copy the content using xcopy <ISO
drive> <USB drive>, for example.
xcopy H:\* F:\ /s /e
Second option:
Rufus is a small utility that formats and creates bootable USB flash drives, but
not DVD discs. What makes Rufus different is that it offers 3 different partiti
on scheme to target the system type, such as those UEFI based computers. You can
make a bootable drive that can directly boot off on a UEFI computer without tur
ning the Secure Boot off.

For Win7 USB install make sure you meeting following requirement
Requirements:
64-bit Windows 7 ISO or DVD (If you want to install Windows 7)
To boot from an external UEFI USB flash drive, be sure to temporarily disable Se
cure Bootand enable CSM in your UEFI/BIOS firmware settings until the Windows in
stallation is finished.

HOW TO CREATE A UEFI WINDOWS 7 USB BOOT DISK

1) Download and install 7-Zip (get it here http://www.7-zip.org/download.html)
2) Extract the files from DVD or ISO file
3) Partition your USB Drive (optional) a. Open Command Window (CMD) as administr
ator b. diskpart c. list disk d. select disk NUMBER e. clean f. create Partition
Primary g. select Partition 1 h. active i. format quick fs=FAT32 j. assign j. e
xit
4) Copy files from DVD or ISO to USB Drive
5) Make a directory /efi/boot on the USB Drive
6) Go to /source/install.wim open archive with 7-zip a. In the archive go to /1/Win
dows/boot/efi b. Copy file bootmgfw.efi to /efi/boot on USB Drive
7) Rename bootmgfw.efi to bootx64.efi in /efi/boot
8) Copy Files from /efi/microsoft/boot TO /efi/boot
Posted by Manjeet at 6:19 AM