The file structure of AIO (all-in-one) Windows Install ISOs or other non-standard Windows Install ISOs are often non-standard. This means they may fail to be recognised by the E2B grub4dos batch file or agFM and may fail to boot to Windows Setup (e.g. 0xc000000f error or similar). The WIMBOOT process assumes standard Windows boot files …
The standard Microsoft Windows 7 ISO does not contain drivers for modern USB 2 and USB 3 chipsets. This means that when you boot from E2B\agFM\Ventoy, etc. to Windows 7 Setup, the ISO file will not have been loaded as a virtual DVD because Win7 Setup cannot find the ISO file or even see the …
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Some Developer versions of Windows 10 and 11 do not contain wmic.exe. Please use a Release version of Windows or add wmic.exe plus associated files/folders from a full release version of Windows. To add wmic.exe from a release version, copy the C:\Windows\System32\wbem folder and subfolders (you will need Admin rights). You will also need to …
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If you UEFI-boot to agFM or Ventoy and use an XML file which automatically wipes the target disk and creates new partitions, then the XML file must create GPT partitions. Most of the sample XML files in Easy2Boot which wipe the target disk begin with ‘ZZDanger’ and create MBR\Legacy partitions and so are not suitable …
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Scenario: Your Windows PC\notebook will no longer boot to Windows from it’s internal hard disk\SSD. Procedure: Legacy or UEFI? Windows can be booted it two very different ways: Legacy or UEFI.To repair a Windows installation you must boot from the ISO or Recovery files in the same way that Windows was booted in. Many systems …
If you find that some systems give BSOD errors but other systems boot correctly when using the same USB drive, this is often an indication of a USB I/O communication problem (hardware issue) with the USB port. Example: Lenovo IdeaPad 300 notebooks Frequently, this can be due to signal integrity issues and occurs with high-speed …
An XML file can contain various ‘unattend’ settings for the install such as the Windows Edition (Home/Pro/Ultimate, etc.), Country, Language, disk partitioning details, core components, etc. The Home or Pro XML files provided by E2B contain generic Windows installation-only Product Keys which are used to force Windows Setup to install that particular Windows Edition. Most …
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