Hi everybody. I use to have my windows installation on USB instead of using CD/DVD’s along with all the apps + drivers i need for my pc. Started with various brands before, with capacities of 8,16,32GB USB 2.0 and recently moved on to a Sandisk extreme 64GB USB 3.0.
For my setup i use apps like Rufus, universal usb installer, yumi, even the windows 7 usb tool.
The problem is that with this new USB no windows installation can create / find partitions during the setup. Tried windows 7 32&64 bit, windows 8 32&64 bit, tried diskpart to create partitions on numerous pc.. Nothing works. Even tried various format types for the usb.
I am sure the above mentioned apps are not the problem, not the applications i use nor the windows setup files, because i repeat the same procedure with any of the other usb 2.0 i have and all work fine.
Is this a general USB 3.0 problem, so i should just stick to my USB 2.0 ? Or is it even just my own memory stick that has a problem?
**Just to note that i am trying to install using usb 2.0 and 3.0 ports onboard, no other extra cards or anything! Also, it’s clean installation on a single disk, set as primary, formatted and with no problems or various partitions on it! Also tried it on other PC’s and still not working! Linux installations work fine though..
Thanks in advance for your responses!
**Contacted Sandisk and what they understood from all i said is “that i need help to create a bootable usb” and they can be of no help on the subject 🙂