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  1. dslgirl
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    SIW2
    Thanks ,
    I made 3 different usb drives, all different ways,
    going to try all tomorrow and hopefully 1 will work, will let you all know
    thanks Again everyone,
    My pc is uefi, csm capable, with fast boot disabled.
    So please which settings should I have used in Rufus
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  3. Brink
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    dslgirl said:
    SIW2
    Thanks ,
    I made 3 different usb drives, all different ways,
    going to try all tomorrow and hopefully 1 will work, will let you all know
    thanks Again everyone,
    My pc is uefi, csm capable, with fast boot disabled.
    So please which settings should I have used in Rufus
    You can use the steps in option 2 for Rufus to create the USB.

    It will depend on if you have CSM disabled (UEFI) or enabled (Legacy BIOS) for which will be used with the USB for the clean install of Windows 7.
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  4. SIW2
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    My pc is uefi, csm capable, with fast boot disabled.
    I dont think you need rufus. I just format the usb stick as fat32 using disk management then copy the installation media onto it.
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  5. dslgirl
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    Brink , SIW2
    Thanks ,

    i will find the copy to usb info in the forums,
    I'm going to try both ways , really want this to be done, lol

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    hi guys,
    I don't have bootmgfw.efi anywhere ,
    this is what i have
    USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create-image.png

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    should i download and copy bootmgfw.efi or ?
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  7. SIW2
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    When you install win7 from your usb stick, it will create a folder called EFI on the target disk in the esp partition.

    Inside that will be another folder called microsoft.

    Inside that will be another folder called Boot.

    Inside that will be bootmgfw.efi

    "esp_partition\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi"

    What are you trying to do?

    If you have csm support, you dont need uefiseven that I linked earlier.
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  8. dslgirl
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    SIW2
    I just formatted the usb stick as fat32 using disk management then copy the installation media onto it.
    per notes above "esp_partition\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi"
    I don't have bootmgfw.efi anywhere on the usb drive, should i download it and put it in there
    i will post my screen shot of booting , and my BIOS so you can see what i did wrong please
    and thanks again
    USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create-img_20211206_143440695.jpg

    USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create-img_20211206_143518049.jpg





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    It wont let me upload the rest of the pics,
    arghhhhhhhh
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  9. SIW2
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    I don't have bootmgfw.efi anywhere on the usb drive
    You do.

    It is in boot.wim and install.wim.
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  11. dslgirl
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    SIW2

    Thanks,
    i didn t find them on the usb after i copied to it,
    so just wondered,
    thanks will try to boot usb again,
    Thanks
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  12. dslgirl
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    USB Windows 7 Installation Key Drive - Create-img_20211221_131305229-2.jpg
    Well I sent the extracted iso to my usb drive, now I get this error ,any help would be appreciated
    Thanks
    PS its a sata seagate hard drive ? if that matters
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