How to boot windows 8.1 using a NTFS USB drive?

helloansuman

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Hi all,
This is my first post.

I have a Chinese tablet Chuwi v10HD with EUFI Bios which supports GPT Fat32 usb drives to install Windows 8.1.
Can anyone help me, how can I boot into a ntfs file system USB drive and continue my windows installation.

NB: I want NTFS as my install.wim file is over 5 GB and FAT will not support more than 4GB file.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Dism /Split-Image /ImageFile:X:\install.wim /SWMFile:X:\install.swm /FileSize:2500

you would just need to split your install.wim into smaller install.swm

Although windows setup does not support split wim files (.swm)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
you would be better off - doing a normal installation of windows..
then register your current 5GB install.wim as the recovery image.
then refresh the pc to apply your changes
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
you would be better off - doing a normal installation of windows..
then register your current 5GB install.wim as the recovery image.
then refresh the pc to apply your changes
Thanks a lot. This method sounds promising. Can you please tell me how to mount the install.wim as recovery. Steps or a link please.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
create a "RecoveryImage" folder on your C:\ drive ( C:\RecoveryImage ) and copy your install.wim into that folder
then run this command from command prompt(admin)

Reagentc /Setosimage /Path C:\RecoveryImage /Target C:\Windows /Index 1

then use the right charm bar to get into recovery and select the REFRESH option
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
create a "RecoveryImage" folder on your C:\ drive ( C:\RecoveryImage ) and copy your install.wim into that folder
then run this command from command prompt(admin)

Reagentc /Setosimage /Path C:\RecoveryImage /Target C:\Windows /Index 1

then use the right charm bar to get into recovery and select the REFRESH option
Thanks a lot I will try this and let you know the result. Really learned a lot from you sir. Thanks for your time. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
You should also be able to use Rufus, as it enables booting NTFS through UEFI, regardless of your UEFI system.
The steps are:
  1. Select your Windows installation ISO, by clicking on the disk icon
  2. In "Partition scheme and target system type", select "GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer"
  3. The file system should already be set to NTFS, but if not change it to NTFS
  4. Click Start ;)

If you do that, you should be able to boot your Windows image in UEFI mode, even as it contains a >4GB install.wim file.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair 4 GB DDR2 :(
    Graphics Card(s)
    Geforce GT610 1 GB
    Sound Card
    Embedded HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2005FPW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1x Intel SSD 330 180 GB
    2x Samsung HD103UJ in RAID1
    PSU
    Corsair 400W
You should also be able to use Rufus, as it enables booting NTFS through UEFI, regardless of your UEFI system.
The steps are:
  1. Select your Windows installation ISO, by clicking on the disk icon
  2. In "Partition scheme and target system type", select "GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer"
  3. The file system should already be set to NTFS, but if not change it to NTFS
  4. Click Start ;)

If you do that, you should be able to boot your Windows image in UEFI mode, even as it contains a >4GB install.wim file.
Thanks for the reply. My BIOS is not recognizing NTFS bootable USB. Only FAT32. :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
It doesn't matter what your BIOS can recognize. Rufus creates a FAT32 partition that loads an NTFS driver, so that it will be able to boot NTFS regardless of whether your BIOS natively supports NTFS or not.

Can you please at least try? I'm pretty sure you will find that it works just fine, and I'm confident that using Rufus is really the easiest method to install a Windows ISO that has a large install.wim file.

The only caveat is that you may have to temporarily disable Secure Boot for the install to work, but you can re-enable it aftewards.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Duo
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B Deluxe
    Memory
    Corsair 4 GB DDR2 :(
    Graphics Card(s)
    Geforce GT610 1 GB
    Sound Card
    Embedded HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2005FPW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1x Intel SSD 330 180 GB
    2x Samsung HD103UJ in RAID1
    PSU
    Corsair 400W
It doesn't matter what your BIOS can recognize. Rufus creates a FAT32 partition that loads an NTFS driver, so that it will be able to boot NTFS regardless of whether your BIOS natively supports NTFS or not.

Can you please at least try? I'm pretty sure you will find that it works just fine, and I'm confident that using Rufus is really the easiest method to install a Windows ISO that has a large install.wim file.

The only caveat is that you may have to temporarily disable Secure Boot for the install to work, but you can re-enable it aftewards.
Thanks I surely try again with rufus. Thanks for your valuable time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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