File Submitter: wimb
File Submitted: 11 Aug 2013
File Updated: 13 Aug 2013
File Category: Tools
Win_Restore - on HDD or USB -
Restore of Windows XP/7/8 on HDD or USB
Download and Run Win_Restore_77.exe and Extract to simple path
In Win 7/8 OS Set User Account Control Off and Reboot
Run Win_Restore.exe in Windows 7/8/7PE environment.
For Restore of Windows XP then also XP environment can be used.
Source is Windows XP/7/8 VHD file or Windows XP/7/8 Drive (not running)
Target Drive is HDD or USB partition used for Restore of Windows XP/7/8
Add Drivers from makebt\drivers to system32\DriverStore\FileRepository is applied for Win 7/8 by using Dism.exe
Run first VHD_W7C_drivers.exe plugin to add useful extra drivers and copy to Win_Restore\makebt\drivers folder.
Download VHD_W7C_drivers from http://reboot.pro/files/file/322-vhd-w7c-driversexe-plugin/
For XP you can Install 130 extra MassStorage drivers to make Universal XP that can boot from USB on all hardware.
When WINDOWS\DriverPacks store with subfolder M (MassStorage) for support of SCSI- en RAID-controllers is found in XP Source,
then option MassStor will add CriticalDeviceDatabase registry and Services to allow booting on all hardware.
Possible Scenario's for Restore of Windows XP/7/8 on HDD or USB
- Restore Win XP/7/8 VHD file to HDD or USB Target Drive
- Clone Windows XP/7/8 Drive to NTFS USB Target Drive for booting from USB
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Credits and Thanks to:
JFX for making WinNTSetup2 to Install Windows 2k/XP/2003/Vista/7/8 x86/x64 - http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/149612-winntsetup-v2/
chenall, tinybit and Bean for making Grub4dos - http://code.google.com/p/grub4dos-chenall/downloads/list
karyonix for making FiraDisk driver- http://reboot.pro/topic/8804-firadisk-latest-00130/
Sha0 for making WinVBlock driver - http://reboot.pro/topic/8168-winvblock/
Olof Lagerkvist for ImDisk virtual disk driver - http://www.ltr-data.se/opencode.html#ImDisk and http://reboot.pro/index.php?showforum=59
Uwe Sieber for making ListUsbDrives - http://www.uwe-sieber.de/english.html
Dariusz Stanislawek for the DS File Ops Kit (DSFOK) - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/
cdob and maanu to Fix Win7 for booting from USB - http://reboot.pro/topic/14186-usb-hdd-boot-and-windows-7-sp1/
More Info on booting Windows XP/7/8 from USB:
http://reboot.pro/topic/9830-universal-hdd-image-files-for-xp-and-windows-7/ Or http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23553
Boot Windows 7 from USB - http://reboot.pro/index.php?showforum=77
Boot Windows 7 from USB - karyonix - http://reboot.pro/index.php?showtopic=9196
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