This article guide how to create USB Boot UEFI-Legacy Multipurpose Hidden Partition. This 1click_Anhdv_boot tool also helps create boot for HDD Box external hard drive without data loss. Create a bootable usb with a hidden partition to avoid viruses and contain files larger than 4GB. Or you can easily integrate the Windows/Ubuntu into the USB.
How to create USB Boot UEFI-Legacy Multipurpose Hidden Partition
1click USB boot UEFI-Legacy Features
- There is an option to create a bootable usb with 2 partitions: 1 hidden boot partition and 1 NTFS partition containing data.
- Support creating boot for both USB and external hard drive HDD Box
- Support booting USB / HDD in both UEFI and Legacy standards.
- Feature to show hidden partition of bootable usb.
- Bootloader change feature.
- Features Copy some expansion packs such as: Kali Linux, Mini Windows 7 and 8.
- USB Boot error correction feature shows the wrong partition.
How to use 1 click create usb boot UEFI-Legacy
Download the tool 1 click usb Anhdv Boot and extract it with 7 Zip or Winrar. By default Anhdv Boot only includes Mini Windows 10 and Mini XP.
Note: After download the file 1click boot USB, you need to copy/move to a certain drive eg D/E, then extract the file. The file 1click boot USB must be located in a certain drive.
Temporarily disable anti-virus software, windows defender before extract because some files may be mistakenly identified as virus.
Next, run the extracted file One_Click_Anhdv_Boot_2021.bat
Enter 1 to use Vietnamese language or 2 to use English. If you run this usb boot creation tool for the first time, you will see some *.sys files being copied to your computer. The reason is 1 click Anhdv Boot uses Aomei Partition Assistant software to divide partitions for USB / HDD. Aomei will need to copy the driver to be able to run on your computer.
Next, identify and enter your USB partition number.
If the USB has a capacity of 8 GB or more, you can choose Y to create a bootable usb with a hidden partition. At this time, the USB will be divided into 2 partitions: 1 partition containing Anhdv Boot is hidden and 1 NTFS formatted partition appears to contain data.
There are some expansion packages that need to be copied to the hidden boot partition as listed in the image above. If you need to use any package, you need to enter more capacity for USB-BOOT.
For example in the image above, I use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS need to enter 3400Gb more, the boot partition will now have a capacity of 2150 (default) + 3400 = 5550MB. If you do not use any packages in the list, press Enter, the default boot partition has a capacity of 2150 MB.
A notice that all data on the usb will be lost, if you agree to continue to create boot for the usb, enter Y.
Depending on the type of USB, the speed of creating usb boot is fast or slow, please wait until you receive a successful notification! If the process of creating bootable usb fails, close all windows, restart your computer and do it again.
Now, you can boot to USB and install Windows or troubleshoot your operating system.
How to show hidden boot partition USB-BOOT
Run the tool One_Click_Anhdv_Boot.bat. After selecting the language and USB, the following options will be available:
Enter 3 to show the USB-BOOT hidden partition of the USB. You can copy the Mini Windows 7 and 8 expansion pack or copy the Kali Linux expansion pack | Ubuntu into the USB-BOOT ISO folder. In addition, this feature is also useful when you need to edit the boot menu.
If you want to hide the USB-BOOT partition again, enter the number 2.
If there is an error with hide/show the USB-BOOT partition just enter Y.
Above is how to Create USB Boot UEFI-Legacy Multipurpose Hidden Partition with 1click tool. There are more features and advantages or you can pay Premium package from the author: anhdvboot.com
Note: On UEFI devices, there may be a black screen USB boot error, caused by the tool 1click usb boot using the default Grub 2.0.4 (Grub2-204.7z). To fix it, you need to show the USB-BOOT partition again, find the file (Grub2-202.7z) and Extract -> Yes All. If you want to go back to Grub 2.0.4, the same goes for Grub2-204.7z Extract -> Yes All.
