WinSetupFromUSB 1.9 is not frozen. It uses a background process called fbinst and parted . The progress bar in the main window will only jump to 100% once everything is done. The black window will close when finished. This can take 10–20 minutes. Be patient.
Defeated, Alex slumped into his chair. That’s when his mentor, an old sysadmin named Greta, slid a dusty USB drive across the desk. winsetupfromusb-1-9
WinSetupFromUSB 1.9 does not need installation. It’s a portable executable. Run it as Administrator (right-click → Run as Administrator), or it won't see your USB drives properly. Step 2: The Sacred Choice (Selecting the USB Drive) Alex saw a drop-down menu labeled "USB disk selection and format tools." His 8GB drive appeared as [H:] (Generic USB Flash Disk). WinSetupFromUSB 1
Alex returned with his tea just as the black window vanished. The main program said "Job done." Alex ejected the USB drive, plugged it into Old Rusty, and powered it on. He pressed F12 for the boot menu and selected "USB HDD." The black window will close when finished
Then a black DOS-like window popped up, and text started scrolling. It looked broken. It looked like the program had frozen.
This tool will completely erase the target USB drive. Double-check the drive letter. If you pick your main C: drive by mistake… well, let’s just say Greta warned him with a grave look. Step 3: Preparing the Canvas (Formatting) Below the drive selection, there was a checkbox: "Auto format it with FBinst" and a choice of FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS.
His ancient netbook, affectionately named "Old Rusty," had given up the ghost. Its hard drive was corrupted, and its CD-ROM drive had stopped working years ago. Alex needed to install Windows XP on it (because Old Rusty was too weak for anything newer), but he had no DVD, no external drive, and the netbook refused to boot from a simple USB stick made with the usual tools.