The 'list disk' command will show you the connected drives and with 'select disk', you can choose your USB stick. Note: Before you run these commands read the warning below! Launch a command prompt with admin rights and run the diskpart tool. After all, this is Microsoft software and there are not many options to integrate bugs in such a simple tool.Īnyway, here is what you have to do. So, I thought, I would write this post for those who might run into the same problems and think they need to buy another USB stick. Please check your USB device and the selected ISO file and try again.Īt least, my cheap stick wasn't the cause because everything worked perfectly when I manually did the job (hopefully without violating any Open Source laws). This message was the only thing that the Open Source tool could do for me: The funny thing is that WUDT even failed to perform this simple task with my no-name USB stick. I was somewhat disappointed to discover it does nothing else but copy the contents of a Windows 7 install DVD to a USB stick and make it bootable. Considering the upset in the media about this incident, I expected a luxurious tool that comes with lots of customization features. Microsoft was then 'forced' to release WUDT under GPLv2. You might have heard of the stir that Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT) caused last year when some Open Source watchmen recognized that the tool contained code that violated the GPL.

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