Installing Win7-Thin on USB, would not boot on other pcs


  1. ufodisko
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    Windows 7 32bit
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    Installing Win7-Thin on USB, would not boot on other pcs


    I installed Windows 7 Thin on my 16GB USB drive using this tutorial.

    It worked fine on the PC I installed it on but when I took the usb stick to boot it on another pc I kept getting this error



    File: /Boot/BCD
    Status: 0x000000f

    (photo is from a google search)

    So I'm guessing it's a boot sector error. I tried repairing it using Bootsect.exe /fixboot and /fixmbr but that did not help.

    so My question is, how can I use the same installation on multiple pcs? Is there a tool or something that would let me do this?
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  3. LMiller7
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    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
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    What you are attempting is not expected to work. First of all Microsoft has never supported installing Windows to an external drive, with the one exception of Windows 8 Enterprise edition. Secondly, when the OS was installed it installed drivers for the current hardware which are not appropriate for a different computer. What you are attempting may also be contrary to Microsoft's license agreement.
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