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AmateurPCGuy
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I'm planning to utilize a 32GB USB drive for having multiple installers of OS and other utilities. The plan is to use either Grub4DOS or YUMI to put in the following:

  • Windows 10 x64 on MBR (my rationale for this is for old systems that do not support GPT but is good enough to have Windows installed)
  • Windows 10 x64 on GPT
  • Ubuntu Live Disk
  • MemTest86
  • Clonezilla
  • Maybe Hiren's Boot Drive thingy, if permitted.

Now, I'm certain that they'll work fine, but my problem is in the 2 iterations of Windows 10. Do I even need both of those instances or I just need to have the GPT variant and let Grub4DOS/YUMI handle it booting on an non-UEFI system?

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Yeah, you couldn't have both MBR and GPT without a bootloader anyway and since Microsofts loader for Windows only boots Windows you'd have to use a third party solution.

 

Might I recommend Clover, it supports all OSes included macOS but has a much nicer interface than Grub4DOS. Plus it's fully skinnable and highly modifiable.

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9 minutes ago, AmateurPCGuy said:

I'm planning to utilize a 32GB USB drive for having multiple installers of OS and other utilities. The plan is to use either Grub4DOS or YUMI to put in the following:

  • Windows 10 x64 on MBR (my rationale for this is for old systems that do not support GPT but is good enough to have Windows installed)
  • Windows 10 x64 on GPT
  • Ubuntu Live Disk
  • MemTest86
  • Clonezilla
  • Maybe Hiren's Boot Drive thingy, if permitted.

Now, I'm certain that they'll work fine, but my problem is in the 2 iterations of Windows 10. Do I even need both of those instances or I just need to have the GPT variant and let Grub4DOS/YUMI handle it booting on an non-UEFI system?

Not 100% sure about this, but im pretty sure if you can get into Grub4Dos or yumi, it should be able to boot to whatever, and you might not need gpt

 

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Here is a tool I used.  I bought a 128GB USB and have a BUNCH of ISOs on it.

https://www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator/

 

The tool allows you to add and remove ISOs at will.  Want to add a ISO after a week, no problem.  Need to remove one, go for it. Simple to use.

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