guillermo.dev Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 The title says it all.I've got one usb flash drive (16GB, FAT32) and a USB 160GB hard drive (2 partition, one of them NTFS and the other FAT32 IIRC), and the program does not list any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) You should have a USBPrep.txt log in the W7T Folder, please attach it Better yet...1. Close W7T2. Delete that log3. Plug in both USB Flash and HDD4. Open W7T > USB Prep Tool5. Attach USBPrep.txtP.S. Does it work if one of them is plugged in by itself i.e. just the flash OR just the HDD?EDIT: I have added detection where if there is a USB device plugged in but it is NOT listed, it will notify the user and also report it to me (USBPrep.log) so i can fix it for the next release. Edited November 10, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 I guess the text in Spanish won't be a problem:Microsoft Windows [Versi¢n 5.2.3790](C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.X:\Unattended\Herramientas creacion\W7 Toolkit>Diskpart /s C:\T.txtMicrosoft DiskPart versión 5.2.3790.3959Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation.En el equipo: X64El disco 0 es ahora el disco seleccionado.WDC WD3000HLFS-01G6U4Id. de disco: 35CF6827Tipo: ATABus: 0Destino: 0Id. de LUN: 0 Volumen ### Ltr Etiqueta Fs Tipo Tama¤o Estado Info ----------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Vol. 5 C Sistema NTFS Partici¢n 30 GB Correcto Sistema Vol. 6 D Programas NTFS Partici¢n 249 GB Correcto El disco 1 es ahora el disco seleccionado.Hitachi HDS721010CLA332Id. de disco: FFD4DEBATipo: ATABus: 0Destino: 1Id. de LUN: 0 Volumen ### Ltr Etiqueta Fs Tipo Tama¤o Estado Info ----------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Vol. 2 X data NTFS Partici¢n 700 GB Correcto Vol. 3 Q P NTFS Partici¢n 150 GB Correcto Vol. 4 I Windows86 NTFS Partici¢n 81 GB Correcto El disco 2 es ahora el disco seleccionado.Seagate FreeAgent Go USB DeviceId. de disco: A4B57300Tipo: USBBus: 0Destino: 0Id. de LUN: 0 Volumen ### Ltr Etiqueta Fs Tipo Tama¤o Estado Info ----------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Vol. 0 G FreeAgent D NTFS Partici¢n 128 GB Correcto Vol. 1 E XPInstall NTFS Partici¢n 21 GB Correcto X:\Unattended\Herramientas creacion\W7 Toolkit>exit----------------------------------------------------------------------------The USB Flash drive is not listed here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 (edited) Which drive letter is the USB HDD listed in here? Very strange that it does not listed USB Flash? does Windows detect it? is it formatted?EDIT: Do you have MSN, WLM, or any sort of online messaging system?EDIT2: Can you also please attach screenshots of your USB HDD and USB Flash properties like the example below Edited November 10, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Legolash2o Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'm guessing E and G is the USB HDD, Windows thinks it a local disk and not removable.I'm guessing H is the USB Flash?what language is your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I think it's Spanish language! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 I'm guessing E and G is the USB HDD, Windows thinks it a local disk and not removable.I'm guessing H is the USB Flash?Yes!I think it's Spanish language! Yes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 I've made it so it will show your USB HDD, but i have a question to ask...If i make the disk itself 'active' will that be enough to make it boot from a partition you have your Win7DVD on OR do i have to mark that partition as active as well?At the current moment W7T USB Prep does not support multiple partitions and will just make the disk itself active and not the selected partition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 I've made it so it will show your USB HDD, but i have a question to ask...If i make the disk itself 'active' will that be enough to make it boot from a partition you have your Win7DVD on OR do i have to mark that partition as active as well?At the current moment W7T USB Prep does not support multiple partitions and will just make the disk itself active and not the selected partition.I'm afraid I can't answer your question. As far as I know, partitions can be active or not, not disks. What is the command you run to make the disk active?Do you run bootsect.exe /nt60 at any time by the way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) W7T uses diskpart...No i don't why? what does it do?EDIT: It now uses that bootsect command.EDIT: W7T USB Prep now supports partitions Edited November 11, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) W7T uses diskpart...No i don't why? what does it do?EDIT: It now uses that bootsect command.EDIT: W7T USB Prep now supports partitionsHum... What? Why? ThanksUSB prep works now with the USB HDD with 2 partitions. However, the USB flash drive is still not recognised under XP. Under 7 (VMWare), it is.I tried it on the second partition and it's stuck at "Preparing USB..."Edit: I think it wasn't stuck, there was a msgbox that I didn't see. Edited November 11, 2011 by guillermo.dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) do you know how to use diskpart? is your USB Flash listed under that.Hang on, is XP your main OS or Windows 7? Does your USB Flash show if you click 'USB Prep Tool' AFTER you have inserted your usb flash. Edited November 11, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 do you know how to use diskpart? is your USB Flash listed under that.Hang on, is XP your main OS or Windows 7? Does your USB Flash show if you click 'USB Prep Tool' AFTER you have inserted your usb flash.My main OS is XP. I used 7 inside a VMWare machine. The USB flash is not showed in the prep tool list.Sorry, don't know how to use diskpart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 whilst your flash usb is in1. open command prompt2. type in 'diskpart'3. type in 'list disk'4. Take printscreen5. type in 'select disk x' (replace x with whatever number the usb flash is listed as. It's usually at the bottom6. type in 'detail disk'7. Take another print screen8. Close the command prompt window and attach the two print screens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 It's not listed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Is it just that USB flash device or do none of your other ones not work either? EDIT: Apparently XP's diskpart does not show flash drives, not sure if there is a workaround. Edited November 11, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 try the following:Copy diskpart from Windows 7 and replace the one in XP (make a backup first)make sure you copy the diskpart.exe.mui from the en-us folder to the XP system as well (in a en-us) folder and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 try the following:Copy diskpart from Windows 7 and replace the one in XP (make a backup first)make sure you copy the diskpart.exe.mui from the en-us folder to the XP system as well (in a en-us) folder and try again.It won't run the app. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 why what happens, you have to make sure you also copy the mui file so...Windows 7\Windows\System32\en-us\diskpart.exe.muiWindows 7\Windows\System32\diskpart.exeXP\Windows\System32\en-us\diskpart.exe.muiXP\Windows\System32\diskpart.exeAlso try copying your language files too (spanish mui) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 why what happens, you have to make sure you also copy the mui file so...Windows 7\Windows\System32\en-us\diskpart.exe.muiWindows 7\Windows\System32\diskpart.exeXP\Windows\System32\en-us\diskpart.exe.muiXP\Windows\System32\diskpart.exeAlso try copying your language files too (spanish mui)I know that... In fact I just run diskpart from a partition with Windows 7 that I installed today. It says it's not a valid Win32 Application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Make sure you're not copying an x64 version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) I am running an x64 OS. The 32 bit version won't run neither. Edited November 11, 2011 by guillermo.dev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legolash2o Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 (edited) Then i'll have to remove XP support for the USB Boot Prep Why are on even on XP? lol Edited November 11, 2011 by Legolash2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillermo.dev Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Then i'll have to remove XP support for the USB Boot Prep Why are on even on XP? lolThat's a bit radical, don't you think? I'll test 2 other USB flash drives I have around. You could also use WMI (I think) to list the drives and partitions.In any case, I think it could work on non-flash drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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