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Uefi bootable USB flash drive windows 8. Nuances of access to UEFI

Hello.

Who would not say what, but popularity optical discs is falling rapidly: not even all computers and laptops have a drive for them. And, probably, this is not surprising: after all, an ordinary flash drive that fits into any pocket can easily replace them.

It is also more convenient to use a USB flash drive to install Windows (there is a USB port on any computer!). But for this it must be written down / prepared correctly.

In this article I will consider all the typical questions related to the creation of installation flash drives: programs for this operation, step by step settings before recording, the process of creating flash drives with multiple OS (multiboot), UEFI flash drives. But first things first...

Note!

You may find useful an article on how to download an ISO image with Windows 10 OS [officially and legally] -

There are quite a few programs of this kind. To cover all of them in one article is a thankless task, and not even necessary. I will give below those programs that I have used (and still use) myself many times when writing my bootable media.

Approx. : how to use this or that program will be discussed in the second part of this article.

Table number 1 (main)

Program name / site address Description Screenshots
UltraISO

One of best programs for working with ISO-images of discs. Allows you to edit them, extract files from them (or add), write images to a USB flash drive / disk, etc.

In general, an indispensable program for working with the ISO format, and I have repeatedly recommended it in my articles (and in this format, by the way, almost all Windows operating systems are distributed).

 (main window of the program)
Rufus

Small free utility, capable of creating almost any bootable flash drives, memory cards, etc. Allows you to prepare, including flash drives for UEFI.

Another advantage of the utility: it works somewhat faster than other counterparts.

Note: there is both a portable version (does not need installation) and a classic one. Works in all Windows OS: XP, 7, 8, 10.

 (Rufus settings for writing a bootable flash drive)
One of the most famous programs for writing bootable media. Allows you to create bootable media with OS: Windows 2000, XP, 7, 8, 10, etc.

The program also allows you to create multiboot flash drives (i.e. on which 2-3 or more Windows OS and at boot you can choose which one to install).

In general, an indispensable software if you have to create installation media from time to time.

 (setting before burning a flash drive)
WintoFlash Simple and convenient program to create bootable media. In the process of creating and configuring you will be accompanied by a wizard: the whole process goes in steps, which is very convenient if you have never used such programs before.

Possibilities:

  • Recording a USB flash drive with OS Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008/7/8/10;
  • Choosing a bootloader for a USB drive: GRUB or Standard;
  • Image support: ISO, RAR, ARJ, ZIP, 7z, CAB, DMG (many similar utilities only support ISO!);
  • Ability to write recovery discs or mini-OS (for example, BartPE, etc.) to a USB flash drive.
 (WintoFlash main window)
Windows 7 usb dvd download tool Simple and handy recording utility bootable USB drives from Microsoft itself (so it could not be omitted from this review ).

You can write a bootable USB flash drive with the following Windows OS: 7, 8, 10.

The entire recording process is divided into several steps: choosing a flash drive, choosing an image, confirming, recording ... By the way, there is nothing superfluous in the program: the design is in the style of minimalism. In general, I recommend!

Among the shortcomings: it is not always possible to write an ISO image from Windows to a 4 GB flash drive (the program asks for 8, although other similar utilities write this image to the same USB flash drive ...).

 (the first step is choosing an ISO image)

Helper programs

A small free * imaging program (supports a huge number of different formats: ISO, MDS / MDF, CCD, etc.). After installing this program, you will see in "my computer" virtual drive(their number can be increased) in which you can open any of the images. For a computer, it will all look as if you opened a real CD / DVD disc in the drive.

In addition to opening images, you can also create them from various disks. In general, an irreplaceable program on the PC (especially with the development and popularization of disk images).

* Note: in addition to free version, on the developer's website you can find a paid one (with advanced functionality).

Analogue Daemon tools, has the same functions: creating and opening images, support for protected disks, etc. Alcohol 120% is paid version programs, there is a free one - Alcohol 52%.

Basically, you can work with both Daemon Tools and Alcohol. The choice is a matter of taste!

Step-by-step creation of a bootable USB flash drive

Windows XP

Once one of the most popular operating systems from Microsoft. Now, of course, its popularity is falling, and yet a fairly large number of PCs run on this particular OS. Therefore, I decided to include it in this article ...

WinToFlash

In my opinion, the easiest way to write a bootable USB flash drive with Windows XP is to use the WinToFlash utility. The fact is that a wizard is built into it, which will guide you through all the hardships ... (by the way, the Lite version is enough for work).

After starting the utility, click on the green checkmark (screen below) - " Windows Installer to USB Transfer Wizard".

WintoFlash - Getting Started with the Wizard

The next step: you need to specify the path to the image file with Windows XP and select the USB flash drive to which this image will be written.

Actually, in the next step, the program will warn you that all information will be deleted from the disk and will offer to continue. Agree and wait until all files are copied to the USB flash drive.

To help! I have more detailed instructions for working with WinSetupFromUSB -

This program is somewhat different from the previous one. Firstly, there is no wizard here who will guide you through the steps (you need to enter all the settings yourself), and secondly, there is no support for the Russian language ...

First, insert the USB stick into the USB port and run WinSetupFromUSB and the administrator name.

  1. select the inserted USB flash drive;
  2. click the "Auto format it with FBinst" checkbox, the file system is NTFS;
  3. specify the path to the folder with the Windows XP distribution kit (the ISO image can be unzipped with WinRar programs, or open it in Daemon Tools (links to programs are presented above));
  4. the final touch - press the "GO" button.

In the next step, the program will warn you that all data on the USB flash drive will be deleted during the process of writing data to it. Just confirm it.

If the flash drive has been successfully registered, you will see the "Job Done" window.

Windows 7, 8, 10

In principle, the same utilities can be used to write these OSes - the whole process is identical. I'll show you the whole process step by step using several utilities as an example.

Windows 7 usb / dvd tool

Despite the fact that this utility is designed for Windows 7, you can use it to write to a USB flash drive with Windows 8/10. Because This program is the simplest (it couldn't be easier) of all and the whole process of recording an image in it consists of only 4 steps, I recommend it first of all.

Step 1: specify the ISO image with Windows OS ("Browse" button, when the image is specified, click "Next").

Specify ISO file

Step 2: select a device to record on. In this case, you need to choose either USB device, or DVD. We choose the first one.

Step 3: select the letter of the drive to which the recording will be carried out (i.e. indicate the desired flash drive, because several of them can be connected to the PC ...).

Step 4: recording process. When the message about the successful completion of the operation (Bootable USB device created successfully) is shown, you can restart the PC and check the USB flash drive ...

As you can see above, the whole process is extremely simple and not replete with anything superfluous.

UltraISO


Rufus

Update article from 24.01.2019: Added screenshots of version 3.4. Also on my blog there was an instruction for working with Rufus 3.4 -

UEFI flash drive

UEFI is new standard, new interface(so to speak). It is intended to replace the "old" BIOS. One of the main tasks of UEFI is to protect your computer from boot viruses that are loaded together with (or before) the Windows OS boot (sorry for the tautology).

Therefore, in new computers / laptops, if you connect a USB flash drive created in the classical way to their USB port, the PC will not see it! In order for this flash drive to become visible: you need to switch UEFI to Legacy (the spelling may differ slightly, depending on the BIOS / UEFI version) and turn off Secure Boot.

In the same part of the article, I will consider a couple of ways how you can create a bootable UEFI flash drive (so that you do not have to turn off Secure Boot protection in the BIOS). So...

Method # 1 - using the WinSetupFromUSB utility

First, run the utility as administrator (how to do it: right-click on the executable file, then select in context menu desired function).

  1. Select the USB flash drive (be careful, all data on the USB flash drive will be deleted during recording!);
  2. Click the "Auto format it with FBinst" checkbox and select file system FAT 32 (do not touch the rest of the checkboxes);
  3. Next, select the ISO image file with Windows (in the example below, I chose Windows 8);
  4. Press the GO button and wait for the process to complete.

Configuring WinSetupFromUSB for writing a UEFI flash drive.

Method number 2 - using the Rufus utility

Rufus - great utility for recording different types bootable media. All settings are performed in one window, everything is simple and fast.

You also need to run the utility from the administrator (screenshot below).

Rufus 3.4 - creating a USB flash drive for UEFI (GPT)

Multiboot flash drive (multiple OS on 1 flash drive!)

On a USB flash drive, you can write not only one version of Windows, but several at once! For example, imagine you have an OS on one flash drive: Windows XP 32 bit, Windows 7 64 bit, Windows 8 64 bit and Windows 10 64bit. In which case, you do not need to carry with you a bunch of flash drives with different OS - with one single one, you can immediately install the desired one. Below I will consider in detail how and what is done ...

To create such a USB flash drive, you need the following:

  • multiple ISO images with the right systems(e.g. Windows XP and Windows 7). By the way, it is better to take the Windows XP image with integrated SATA drivers, otherwise you will get a "blue" screen during installation on new motherboards;
  • Daemon Tools or Alcohol (if you want to add Windows 2000, XP to the USB flash drive): programs that can open an ISO image (ie you will see a virtual drive in "my computer", since this is not an ISO image, but a regular disc inserted into a CD-Rom. Presented in the first part of the article) ;
  • 8-16 GB flash drive (the more OS you are going to burn, the more spacious the flash drive should be);
  • program (presented at the top of the article).

Step-by-step instruction creating a multiboot flash drive

  1. Run the program WinSetupFromUSB as administrator... To do this, just go to the program folder, select the executable file and right-click on it, then select "Run as administrator" from the context menu.
  2. Next, in Daemon Tools, open the image with Windows 2000/2003 / XP OS (those who will not write these OS to a USB flash drive can skip this step).

    The Windows XP ISO is open in Daemon Tools.

  3. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port;
  4. Next, you need to set the following parameters: 1) specify the inserted USB flash drive (in my case, drive "E: \"); 2) Check the box "Auto Format it with Fbinst", select the NTFS file system (if you plan to create a USB flash drive for UEFI - choose FAT 32); other checkboxes by default; 3) specify the virtual drive in which the ISO image with Windows XP / 2000 is open; 4) specify the ISO image with Windows 10 (in my case, this OS was chosen for a multiboot flash drive); 5) press the "GO" button - start recording the flash drive. All numbers are illustrated in the screenshot below.

  5. Next, the program will ask you whether to start recording exactly. By the way, it is important that all data on the flash drive will be deleted!
  6. Then the program will ask again - the answer is yes.

    Warning 2 - click "Yes".

  7. Further, if everything went well, at the bottom of the window you will see a "green bar" - the program has started working. The recording time depends on the flash drive, the selected images, the speed of your USB port, PC boot, etc. On average, 5-20 minutes. for recording multiple OS. At this time, it is better not to touch the computer and not run resource-intensive tasks on it: games, video / graphics editors, etc.

  8. When the USB flash drive is written, you will see the inscription "Job Done". In principle, the USB flash drive can already be used, it now has 2 Windows XP and 10 operating systems! The screen is below.
  9. To add another OS, for example, Windows 7 - just insert the USB stick again into the USB port, run WinSetupFromUSB (as administrator). Then: 1) select the desired flash drive (note: on which we previously recorded 2 OS) ; 2) specify the ISO image with the added Windows OS; 3) click the "GO" button. Note: please note that you do not need to check the box next to "Auto format it with FBinst", as we did before!

  10. When another OS is added, you will see a regular window - the job is done. Now the flash drive has 3 OS: Windows XP (32 bit), 7 and 10 (64 bit).
  11. If you want to add another OS, for example, Windows 8, you need to do step 9 again (see above). In principle, this way you can add quite a lot of OS to your USB flash drive (so to speak, provide all the options) ...

Checking a multiboot flash drive

To check the created USB flash drive in operation, you need to do the following:

  1. Go to the BIOS and queue the USB flash drive (you can use the BOOT Menu). In more detail about which buttons to move in Bios and call Boot Menu described here:
  2. Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port and restart the computer;
  3. A window should appear as in the screenshot below: for example, I selected the line Windows NT 6 (this is to select the installation of Windows 7, 8, 10).

After that, if you have 2 or more "new" operating systems, you will see a list with all of them. Choose desired option and continue with the installation. The screen is shown below, the flash drive is working!

On this positive note, I am finishing the article, for additions, as always, I will be grateful.

In order for the UEFI system to boot from a USB flash drive, the latter must be formatted in the FAT32 file system. Official Microsoft utility to create bootable flash drives, windows 7 USB / DVD download tool, formats the drive in a file NTFS system, accordingly, a system with UEFI in native mode will not boot from such media.

Let's try to independently prepare a USB flash drive and fill it with the windows 7 distribution kit. What we need:

  • USB (v2 or v3) flash drive with a capacity of at least 4 GB
  • 64-bit distribution of windows 7 (32-bit versions of Microsoft OS on UEFI systems will not be loaded). The distribution kit can be in the form of an installation DVD disc or ISO image file

How to create an installation USB flash drive with windows7 for UEFI system:

After completing all the described manipulations, you have a USB flash drive in your hands, with which you can install windows 7 on a UEFI system in native mode. More process windows installation 7 on a system with UEFI and all the pitfalls we will consider in the next article.

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How to make a bootable windows flash drive or UEFI disk

On computers that have a new UEFI interface instead of the usual BIOS, it is advisable to install windows in EFI mode to improve performance operating system... To install windows in EFI mode, you will need an image of a 64-bit operating system windows 7 SP1 or later. Wherein system disk on which windows will be installed in EFI mode, should not be partitioned in the usual MBR form, but converted to GPT format. This is done in 64-bit windows versions using the Diskpart utility.

Option 1. Create a USB stick for installing windows in EFI mode.

1) Create a bootable USB drive (flash drive) for installing windows 7.

The bootable USB flash drive must be formatted with the FAT32 file system to be recognized as a UEFI boot device. The USB flash drive must be at least 4 GB in size. To create a windows 7 flash drive in EFI mode, you cannot use the Windows 7 USB / DVD Download Tool from Microsoft. This utility formats the installation flash drive to NTFS and UEFI does not recognize it.

Connect the USB stick to the USB port. - In the Start menu, in the search bar, enter cmd.exe, and right-click on the found object. In the context menu that opens, select the Run as administrator item. - We enter the commands one by one. After entering each of them, press the Enter key ↵.

here - # is the number of the USB stick obtained in the previous command. Next, the commands will completely clear everything on the selected disk.

clean create partition primary select partition 1 active format fs = FAT32 assign exit

Unpacking the image installation disk(ISO file) and copy all data from it to the flash drive.

Note: To create boot disk can be used UltraISO program, which immediately creates an installation flash drive formatted in the FAT32 file system.

2) On the flash drive, open the *: \ efi folder (here * is the letter of the flash drive with the windows 7 installation files). 3) Create a new folder inside this folder named boot. (*: \ efi \ boot). 4) Copy the entire contents of the *: \ efi \ microsoft \ boot folder to the *: \ efi \ boot folder. 5) Using an archiver (for example, 7-zip) open the file *: \ sources \ boot.wim or *: \ sources \ install.wim. 6) Go to the archive in the folder *: \ sources \ boot.wim \ 1 \ windows \ Boot \ EFI \. 7) Copy the bootmgfw.efi file from the archive to the USB flash drive, into the folder you created *: \ efi \ boot. 8) Now you need to rename the copied file bootmgfw.efi (*: \ efi \ boot \ bootmgfw.efi) to bootx64.efi (*: \ efi \ boot \ bootx64.efi)

Ready! Now the *: \ efi \ boot \ folder should contain all the content copied from the *: \ efi \ microsoft \ boot folder and the bootx64.efi file obtained from boot.wim or install.wim. Note: For some motherboards, you additionally need to copy the bootx64.efi file to the root of the flash drive either with the same file name or with the shellx64.efi name.

Option 2. Create a DVD for installing windows in EFI mode.

1) Download the archive from Microsoft program CD / DVD Premastering Utility and unpack it to any folder. 2) Copy the oscdimg.exe file to the C: \ windows \ System32 folder. 3) Unpack the installation disk image (ISO file) into a temporary folder. 4) In the Start menu, in the search bar, enter cmd.exe, and right-click on the found object. In the context menu that opens, select the Run as administrator item. 5) Enter the command to create an ISO file of the installation disk image:

oscdimg -lWin_7_x64_UEFI -m -o -u1 -pEF -e -bD: \ Win_7_x64 \ efi \ microsoft \ boot \ efisys.bin D: \ Win_7_x64 D: \ Win_7_x64_UEFI.iso

where the following options are used: -l - Specifies the volume label. Don't use spaces. -m - Ignore the limit maximum size image. -o Optimizes storage using MD5 hashing algorithm for file comparison. -u1 - Creates an image that has both UDF and ISO 9660 file systems. ISO system 9660 is written using DOS-compatible 8.3 filenames. The UDF file system is written using Unicode filenames. -p - Specifies the value for the platform identifier in the El Torito directory. For presentation UEFI systems the identifier is EF. Don't use spaces. -e - Disables floppy disk emulation in the El Torito directory. -b - Specifies the El Torito boot sector file to be written to boot sector or disk sectors. Don't use spaces. D: \ Win_7_x64 - Specifies the location source files... D: \ Win_7_x64_UEFI.iso - Specifies the path to the file being created ISO.

6) Press the Enter key ↵. 7) We write the created image to a disc using the UltraISO utility.

Features of installing windows in EFI mode.

If you overclocked something from your components, it is better to restore the settings to standard values... - In UEFI / BIOS, set the value to AHCI for SATA mode and enable ACPI 2.0 if disabled. - If the device does not boot from the device, then in the UEFI / BIOS install the USB flash drive first in the boot queue. - If you have both USB 3.0 ports and USB 2.0, it is recommended to plug the flash drive into the USB 3.0 port for a successful installation. USB 2.0 sticks can also be connected to USB port 3.0. Copy the drivers for the USB 3.0 port to your USB flash drive.

1) Connect the USB flash drive to the USB connector and restart the computer. 2) When the computer boots up, press the key to call the Boot Menu. Depending on the manufacturer motherboard is F8, F11 or F12. 3) In the list of devices, select "UEFI: [name of your device]".

If installing on a blank, unpartitioned disk, go directly to step seven. When installing on a disk with existing partitions and using the old MBR, not GPT, do the following:

4) After downloading to the installation windows screen press the combination ⇑ Shift + F10.

5) We enter the commands one by one, pressing after entering each of them the Enter key ↵.

diskpart list disk select disk #

Here # is the number hard disk on which windows will be installed. It will be returned by the previous command. Next, enter the commands for complete cleaning the entire selected disk:

clean сonvert GPT exit

6) Close the command window and continue installing windows. 7) Specify the drivers for the USB 3.0 port if you connected a USB flash drive to it. 8) In the window for selecting a disk for installing windows, select the item Unallocated disk space and click the Create button. After that, 3 partitions will be automatically created (EFI system partition (ESP), backup partition Microsoft (MSR) and mainstream windows partition.) 9) Select the main partition and continue installing windows in EFI mode, like a normal installation.

Note: If the installation was successful and the system does not boot, then in the UEFI / BIOS set “ windows Boot Manager ”first in the download queue.

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How to create a bootable UEFI flash drive

Good day.

On new computers and laptops, many users are faced with the impossibility of booting from an installation flash drive with windows 7, 8. The reason for this is simple - the appearance of UEFI.

UEFI is a new interface designed to replace the outdated BIOS (and in the meantime to protect the OS from malicious boot viruses). To boot from the "old installation" flash drive, you need to go into the BIOS: then switch UEFI to Legacy and turn it off Security mode Boot. In the same article, I want to consider the issue of creating a "new" bootable UEFI flash drives ...

Step by step creation bootable UEFI flash drive

What do you need:

  1. directly the flash drive itself (at least 4 GB);
  2. an ISO installation image with windows 7 or 8 (the image needs the original one and is 64 bits in size);
  3. free utility Rufus (Official site: http://rufus.akeo.ie/ If anything, then Rufus is one of the simplest, most convenient and quick programs to create any bootable flash drives);
  4. if the Rufus utility doesn't suit you, I recommend WinSetupFromUSB (Official site: http://www.winsetupfromusb.com/downloads/)

Consider creating a UEFI flash drive in both programs.

1) After you download Rufus - just run it (no installation required). An important point: you need to run Rufus as an administrator. To do this, in the explorer, simply right-click on the executable file and select this option from the context menu.


Rice. 1. Run Rufus as administrator

  1. device: specify the USB flash drive that you want to make bootable;
  2. partition schema and type system interface: here you need to select "GPT for UEFI computers";
  3. file system: select FAT32 (NTFS is not supported!);
  4. then select the ISO image that you want to write to the USB flash drive (I remind you if that is windows 7/8 in 64 bits);
  5. check three boxes: quick format, create bootable disk, create extended label and icon.

After the settings have been made, press the "Start" button and wait until all files are copied to the USB flash drive (on average, the operation lasts 5-10 minutes).

Important! All files on the flash drive will be deleted during such an operation! Do not forget to save all important documents from it in advance.

Rice. 2. Configuring Rufus

1) First, run the WinSetupFromUSB utility with administrator rights.

2) Then set the following settings (see fig. 3):

  1. select the flash drive to which you will burn the ISO image;
  2. check the "Auto format it with FBinst" checkbox, then check a few more checkboxes with the following settings: FAT32, align, Copy BPB;
  3. windows vista, 7, 8 ...: specify the ISO installation image with windows (in 64 bits);
  4. and lastly, press the GO button.

Rice. 3. WinSetupFromUSB 1.5

Then the program will warn you that all data on the flash drive will be deleted and will ask you to agree again.

Rice. 4. Continue deleting ..?

After a few minutes (if there are no problems with the flash drive or ISO image) - you will see a window with a message about the completion of work (see Fig. 5).

Rice. 5. The flash drive is recorded / work done

By the way, WinSetupFromUSB sometimes behaves "strange": it seems that it is frozen because there are no changes at the bottom of the window (where the information bar is located). It actually works - don't close it! On average, the time to create a bootable USB drive is 5-10 minutes. It is better not to launch other programs at all while WinSetupFromUSB is running, especially all kinds of games, video editors, etc.

This, in fact, is all - the flash drive is ready and you can proceed to the next operation: installing windows (with UEFI support), but that's the topic of the next post ...

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Creating a bootable UEFI flash drive with windows

Almost all modern computers and laptops do not come with the old system BIOS, already with the new one - UEFI. Unlike its predecessor, it is more "smart" and intelligent. It is very easy to determine what is being used by you. Firstly, if your computer was preinstalled with windows 8 or 8.1 and when you turn it on, the operating system starts immediately, and the usual BIOS polling of controllers and a system test is not carried out, this is UEFI. Same if set SSD disk and at the same time the operating windows system 8 or 8.1. Although it is worth noting that the presence of this novelty does not deny the possibility of installing older systems as in normal mode and in compatibility mode - legacy. In this post, I will talk about three easy ways to create a bootable UEFI flash drive to install windows 7 or windows 8 on a computer or laptop.

The first and easiest way is to copy the installation files

So far, this can only be done with windows 8.1, with windows 10 that has not yet been officially released and on latest versions Ubuntu and ArchLinux. The procedure is as follows: Download the operating system distribution kit in ISO format.

We unpack it to any folder on the disk using an archiver. 7zip is great at working with ISO images:

We format the USB flash drive to the FAT32 file system. To do this, go to "My Computer", right-click on the USB drive:

Select the file system and click on the "Start" button. After that, it goes to the folder with the unpacked Windows image and just copy everything that we unpacked directly to the USB flash drive:

The trick is that the installers of the new operating systems are already optimized for UEFI. It remains only to boot from it and check the performance.

Method two - using the Diskpart utility

This option is used to install windows 7 on a computer or laptop with UEFI. The first step is to run the command windows string... To do this, press the key combination Win + R and in the Run window that opens, enter the command: "cmd":

Click the OK button. Now, at the command line, launches the utility for working with partitions:

A list of disks with numbers available in the system will open: select disk 《Disk_number》 I think it is clear that at this step you need to specify the number of the USB-media obtained from the list. For example, select disk 2, as in my case. We clear it completely:

Create a section:

create partition primary

We select it:

select partition 1

Making the section active:

We format in FAT32:

We automatically assign a letter to it:

But that is not all. Find the efi \ microsoft \ boot folder on the USB stick and copy it all to the efi folder. As a result, the efi \ boot directory should appear. Now you need to find the file: bootmgfw.efi. To do this, you need to unpack the 7zip archiver or WinRar archive sources \ boot.wim. The required file will be located in the sources \ boot.wim \ 1 \ windows \ Boot \ EFI \ folder.

Copy the bootmgfw.efi file to the efi \ boot folder and then rename it to bootx64.efi. Ready. We made a bootable UEFI USB stick with windows 7.

Method three - using special programs

Some programs for creating bootable USB drives are able to do this for UEFI as well. One of these is the free utility Rufus. Install and run the program:

We set the partition scheme and the type of system interface: - "GPT for computers with UEFI interface" if you are using a GPT partition. - "MBR for computers with UEFI interface" if Legacy mode and MBR partition table are used. Next, we set the FAT32 file system, feed the program an image of the operating system and start the recording process installation files to the USB drive by pressing the "Start" button.

After 10 minutes you will have a ready-made installation flash drive.

More and more devices are starting to be released not with bios, but with uefi. Therefore, many users are thinking about how to make a bootable drive for this option. This article will tell you how to create a bootable USB flash drive for such a firmware. These methods are suitable for versions from Windows 7 and newer, while they must be x64, for 32-bit this method will not work. To boot from such a drive, on the device itself in the firmware you need disable secure launch(Secure Boot) and enable Compatibility Support Module... All this is in one place, in the same place where you choose the order of devices to launch.

Create a UEFi flash drive using the system

All actions can be performed without resorting to third party applications... To do this, run command line with administrator rights, you can do this through the start. After that, the following operators should be entered in it: diskpart, and then list disk.

In this list, all drives connected to the computer will be presented. The user needs to find the one that he is going to make bootable and remember its number. In the future, this number will be denoted by the letter N. After that, you need to enter into the console following operators:

These teams will allow completely erase the disk, create and format the partition, and mark it as active and assign a letter to it.

Copying Windows files to a USB flash drive

After the steps taken, you will need to move all system files to a new drive. You do not need to transfer the image, but the unpacked files, how to do this will be written later.

If you have Windows 7 on your computer

In this case, everything is simple. Should be completely unpacked Windows image and move all files to a flash drive. You can also use one of the utilities that can read images, open the OS through it and copy files from there.

After that, you need to move the directory efi \ Microsoft \ boot, to the very first folder of this path - efi.

Then, it's worth extracting the file sources \ install.wim... In the unpacked directories, follow the path 1 \ Windows \ Boot \ EFI \ bootmgfw.efi, and copy the last file.

It needs to be renamed to bootx64.efi, after which, it should be moved to bootable media to folder efi /boot.

If you are creating a UEFI USB drive on a Windows 10, Windows 8, or 8.1 computer

In this case, everything is much simpler. First, you should right-click on the disk image and select " To plug". After that, you should open the mounted image and select all the data. After that, click RMB again and send it to the drive.

This completes the creation of the flash drive.

Creating a bootable UEFI flash drive in Rufus

This is a free utility that will help you create desired drive... The application should be downloaded from the official website and launched; it does not require installation.

In the second paragraph, you need to choose interface and partition diagram... In chapter " Create boot image ", You should specify the path to the system image. The rest of the settings can be left as standard or set to those that the user considers necessary.