Just select Diskimage and browse for the ISO file, then choose your USB drive.

We ran quick tests to install Windows Vista, 7 and 8 ISO’s to USB using UNetbootin and it seemed to work IF you format the flash drive to NTFS beforehand. Although a lot of people try to use it for installing the Windows setup onto USB, the program doesn’t officially support this and it seems a look around the internet reveals there are as many failures as successes. UNetbootin is a very popular tool for downloading and installing Linux distro’s onto USB.

USB install support for: None officially, Windows Vista, 7 and 8 worked for us. Both tools are entirely portable.ĭownload Universal USB Installer | Download YUMI The YUMI interface is slightly more complicated due to the multiboot options. All you have to do is select which Windows to install from the Step 1 drop down (near the bottom), locate the ISO and choose the USB drive to install to. These two tools are one of the few that is able to install Kon-Boot onto a USB. They both have options to install and also download a number of Linux operating system images and repair CD’s along with direct USB installer support for Vista, 7 and 8. The main difference is YUMI has support for installing multiple ISO images onto a USB flash drive and Universal USB Installer can install one ISO image at a time. Universal USB Installer and YUMI are similar programs from, looking and working in a similar way. USB install support for: Windows Vista, 7 and 8.

Unetbootin vs universal usb installer