How to Create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive using YUMI Multiboot USB Creator

Most of users whose profession is installing operating systems, carry a bootable USB with recovery software, Antivirus scanners, Bootable Linux, etc. But the problem is that they need multiple USB Drives for each operating systems. Well, here is a solution: Use YUMI, a Universal Multiboot Installer. YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer), is the successor to MultibootISOs.

Using the tool you can create  Multiboot USB Flash Drive containing multiple operating systems, antivirus utilities, disc cloning, diagnostic tools and more. You can also uninstall images too.

How to create a MultiBoot USB Flash Drive :

1. Run YUMI and follow the onscreen instructions

2. Run the tool again to add more images to your Drive

3. Restart your PC setting it to boot from the USB device

4. Select a distribution to Boot from the Menu. 

According to its official website, YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) enables each user to create their own custom Multiboot UFD containing only the distributions they want, in the order by which they are installed. A new distribution can be added to the UFD each time the tool is run. If you run YUMI from the same location you store ISO downloads, they should be auto-detected, eliminating the need to browse for each ISO.

Windows 7 or Vista Installers will cause Ubuntu or any remix based on Ubuntu (I.E. Linux Mint) to hang during boot. A quick fix is to temporarily rename the Windows SOURCES folder found at the root of the USB device.

Create custom windows 7 installation disks with custom software

When your operating system gets fully crashed and plan to format your computer then you have felt a problem that every time you install operating system in your computer you have to install all your favorite software every time. Or suppose you are working in such a organisation  where you have to format many computers per day. Now problem is that you have to take out the every CD or DVD for installing your favorite software on your computer.

Have you ever imagine that if it will automatically install through the operating system CD/DVD only then how it will be helpful for you.

You can automate software installation through a third party software but most of the software are paid.We have done a lot of work in this project and we have got the result as i am describing in this article how to automate your software installation through the operating system DVD without any third party software and without technical knowledge you can do it.

Requirement for automate Windows 7 with custom software :

1. Windows 7 bootable DVD or ISO image.

2. ISO Editor software (I recommend free WinISO software through this article.)

Step by step guide : 

1. Download WinISO software and install it in your computer and run it.

2. Now create a image of your Bootable Windows 7, if not already created for you.

3. Now open your image file of Windows 7 in WinISO. (To open your image withing WinISO, go to File and click on Open File and locate the image file.

4. Now it will show your all files withing WinISO as you can see in above picture.

5. Now you create a new folder on your desktop and rename it as $OEM$. 

6. Open $OEM$ and create $$ folder within it. 

7. Open $$ folder and create a folder within it named SETUP.

8. Open SETUP folder and create a folder named SCRIPTS within it.

9. Now open SCRITPS folder and put all your software which you want to run automatically after just installing your Windows 7 operating system.

Note : Make sure that there should be not give spaces withing your executable file name. Suppose if You want to put software name like : Ashampoo Burning Studio.exe then its will not run, so you can rename it as Ashampoo_Burning_Studio.exe for feeling the blank spaces. As you can see in the below screenshot.

10. Not create a file within SCRIPTS folder named SETUPCOMPLETE.bat. (To create a  SETUPCOMPLETE.bat, file open notepad and rename it as SETUPCOMPLETE and save it as SETUPCOMPLETE.bat.)

11. Now edit SETUPCOMPLETE.bat and write 

@echo on

After that again write a line like :

%systemroot%\setup\scripts\Nero-9.4.26.0_trial.exe

%systemroot%\setup\scripts\PacketTracer52_setup.exe

%systemroot%\setup\scripts\activation.exe

Here, %systemroot%\setup\scripts\ is common for all software and after that put your software name with extension as we have highlighted. 

In my case Nero-9.4.26.0_trial.exe, PacketTracer52_setup.exe and activation.exe software name which i want to run after the complete installation of Windows 7 software.

12. Now your $OEM$ folder is ready to merge with Windows 7 iso image. 

13. Now got to WinISO where you have already opened your windows 7 image file.

14. Now open sources folder within WinISO.

15. Now drag $OEM$ folder from desktop within sources folder in WinISO.

16. Now you will see $OEM$ within sources folder.

17. If you have completed all the above steps then now you are ready to save your customized copy of windows 7.

Now burn your windows 7 iso image in DVD or pen drive and install windows 7. As soon as windows 7 will finish installing your all custom software will start installing in sequence. If you don't want to install any software then you can skip also during the installation process. 

Enjoy and share. If any problem just leave the comment.