pbatard
commented
7 years ago Most likely, the issue is with missing USB 3.0 or other modern disk drivers. While the DVD-ROM version of Windows may not need those, when you are installing Windows 7 from USB on a modern computer, you should bear in mind that, for instance, Windows 7 has no native support for USB 3.0, so if you are booting from an USB 3.0 port, the installation process will fail.
To make it work, you may have to go to your computer's manufacturer website and see if they provide the drivers you need for Windows 7 installation, as well as a method of injecting them into the bootable USB. I would also encourage you to contact your manufacturer, as I doubt this is a Rufus issue and there's very little advice I can provide to help when this issue is hardware specific.
But my first recommendation, to validate that this is indeed an issue with obsolete or non-existing Windows drivers would be to try with Windows 10. If Windows 10 doesn't produce the same issue, then you'll have your answer.
And yes, contrary to what many people like to believe, there does exist valid reasons for Microsoft to release new versions of Windows, and these have to do with being able to support installation on recent hardware. If you plan on sticking with Windows 7, you should be mindful that, just as you have found, the installation may not work at all on recent hardware.
Joseph22a
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Logbutton in Rufus and copy/pasted the log into the line that says<FULL LOG>below.Rufus version: x.y.z- I have NOT removed any part of it.Additionally (if applicable):
#button (at the bottom of the Rufus interface), to compute the MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 checksums, which are therefore present in the log I copied. I confirmed, by performing an internet search, that these values match the ones from the official image.Issue description
Friday-08-September-2017 Problem:
USB drive is not booting to install Windows 7. (Rufus 2.16.1170 Portable)
The boot process hangs (stops).
The message were the boot hangs is "Windows is loading files…" While showing above message, the USB light continues to Blink (On, Off, On)
Details:
Rufus 2.16.1170 Portable was used to put ISO data on USB drive.
The ISO is: Win7_Pro_SP1_English_COEM_x64.iso
3.09 GB (3,320,903,680 bytes)
the above ISO is from web site
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
The computer works Ok, because the computer boots fine from CDROM drive with Windows 7 CD, and this CD installs Windows 7 correctly.
Log file done.
Some variables are:
Questions:
What is the corrective action?
Since computer is working fine with CDROM boot, what steps to take to isolate problem, so computer boots from USB?
What steps to take to Divide and Conquer the problem?
How to get Windows 7 to install from a USB drive?
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