Win 10 Install from USB @ 3.1

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Im looking to buy a win 10 license for a new pc with X99-a usb 3.1 motherboard..the pc wont have am optical, but i will have access to an optical drive.

given that
a) the usb option for product license seems more expensive than oem at least
b) the microsoft product may not be 3.1
c) i can buy a 3.1 usb stick for peanuts
d) i can make my own win 10 usb @ 3.1 for no more cost
e) i wont ever want the 32bit version..

i will probably go for the cheapest win 10 pro 64bit license and make my own..

Have i missed anything?

thanks
 
I've installed the Windows 10 technical preview from a USB 3.0 stick/port no problems. Used Rufus to format and apply the ISO with no problems.

As long as Windows 10 has the native drivers for your USB 3.0 chipset you shouldn't have problems.

Windows 7/8 (Not 8.1) used to have problems on my motherboard (Asrock Z77) but worked fine with a 2.0 port.
 
Win 8.1 wouldn't work in my USB 3 ports, but worked on my USB 2 ports (using a USB 3 memory stick). Gigabyte Z97X-SLI mobo.

*what I should have said was the memory stick wasn't detected in my USB 3.0 ports.
 
I have had issues with Windows 7 and 8.1 when imaged onto a USB3 pendrive (Kingston HyperX 32GB). The install would get to the point of partitioning the HDD and bring up some error. Whether connected to USB2 or USB3 port doesn't matter.
In all cases, as soon as the same image was put onto a USB2 drive (Sharkoon EC4 4GB), it installed no issue.

To be honest, the speed of the drive will not really make any noticeable difference to the install of the O/S and USB2 drives are so cheap, I would get one of each to save the hassle.
 
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fobose said:
Win 8.1 wouldn't work in my USB 3 ports, but worked on my USB 2 ports (using a USB 3 memory stick). Gigabyte Z97X-SLI mobo.

*what I should have said was the memory stick wasn't detected in my USB 3.0 ports.
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I found that onboard USB3 ports were fine, but the ones connected to headers were not. Gigabyte board as in sig.
 
im having fun and games at the moment, trying to install win 7 from usb onto SM951 in uefi mode....lots of help on internet...but havent got there yet..

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win7 usb uefi install is a bust on asus x99 and sm951..lost 3 hours of my life...win10 installed in uefi mode 1st time, as per internet help. think uefi booting/installing is a bit of dark art with regards to hardware compatibility. sure enough 3.1 socket cant be used until drivers are slipstreamed or at least made available during install. install was a 5 minute affair and boots are <10 seconds.
 
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dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\temp\boot.wim /index:2 /mountdir:c:\temp\mount
dism /image:C:\temp\mount /add-driver /driver:C:\temp\drivers /recurse
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\temp\mount /commit

if you want to slipstream drivers for hardware support during install phase, see above

Assuming youve already created your default bootable usb drive using eg. rufus.

Copy boot.wim from 'sources' to c:\temp.
create a folder 'mount' in 'temp' and mount boot.wim
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:C:\temp\boot.wim /index:2 /mountdir:c:\temp\mount

add your drivers to the mount point with
dism /image:C:\temp\mount /add-driver /driver:C:\temp\drivers /recurse
(where c:\temp\drivers has a copy of your drivers - i think itlooks for inf files and copies all files referenced in inf to the mount point.)

commit your changes back
dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:C:\temp\mount /commit
copy updated boot.wim back to sources and overwrite.
 
and after all that effort it made bugger all difference in os build time on my kingston 3.1 32gb :-), still satisfying to know how to do it for more important drivers in future..
 
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