carlese Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Hi everyone, I'm starting this topic because I have a strange problem.. I created my personal Windows 8 ISO, with all the updates and office 2013 integrated, used wintoolkit and winreducer to remove the things I don't need and rebuilt my iso.. If i install my ISO in virtualbox as it is, everything is fine, but since I have to put it in a fat32 USB stick and my install.wim is 6.5GB, i have to split it.. i use the command:Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:C:\install.wim /SWMFile:C:\install.swm /FileSize:4096But when I try to install the new ISO, it gives me an error (Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation).. am I doing something wrong?Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825096.aspx In Windows® 8, Windows® Setup does not support installing a split .wim file. Cheers and regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlese Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Ok, I created an USB stick in NTFS and rebooted my PC, but when i try to boot from usb (USB-HDD or ZIP) i get the error "a disk error occurred press ctrl+alt+del to restart". I tried many programs to format my USB stick but no luck.. i then tried to put my USB stick in my notebook and it booted just fine, without problems..I assume it is a BIOS related problem, right?My specs:MoBO: GIGABYTE P43T-ES3G (REV. 1.3) BIOS F7 (F8 gives me problems with overclock)SSD: Samsung 840 Basic 250GBHDD: WDD 250GBBios setting: AHCI Edited April 4, 2013 by carlese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825096.aspx In Windows® 8, Windows® Setup does not support installing a split .wim file. Cheers and regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Kel, I think he said he understood that, so he kept the wim in one piece and tried to use a USB stick instead, I assume of the appropriate size, and he is still having problems, but only on his desktop PC. His laptop boots and installs just fine using the exact same USB stick. And I think he said that he tried both a USB stick and a USB HDD, if I understood him correctly. So if that is true, then it seems his conclusion that it is some kind of "BIOS related problem", might be correct. Whether or not I understood him correctly, if he can provide any more information it would probably be helpful. EDIT: It also seems this diecussion is being carried on in more detail here. Cheers and Regards Edited April 4, 2013 by bphlpt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlese Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Kel, I think he said he understood that, so he kept the wim in one piece and tried to use a USB stick instead, I assume of the appropriate size, and he is still having problems, but only on his desktop PC. His laptop boots and installs just fine using the exact same USB stick. And I think he said that he tried both a USB stick and a USB HDD, if I understood him correctly. So if that is true, then it seems his conclusion that it is some kind of "BIOS related problem", might be correct. Whether or not I understood him correctly, if he can provide any more information it would probably be helpful. EDIT: It also seems this diecussion is being carried on in more detail here. Cheers and Regardsyes, you understood correctly.. these are my system specs: MoBO: GIGABYTE P43T-ES3G (REV. 1.3) BIOS F7 (F8 gives me problems with overclock)SSD: Samsung 840 Basic 250GBHDD: WDD 250GBBios setting: AHCI I don't see how to fix this problem.. help me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Is this all Win8 problem? Can you boot from USB stick when Win7 setup files are on the stick? Or any other OS setup files? With the stick connected what are the options in BIOS for: Hard Disk Boot Priority First Boot Device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myselfidem Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 The OP solved the USB key issue: http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/162503-problem-with-split-installwim/page__view__findpost__p__1035430 Cheers and regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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