Problem Installing Windows 7 Using USB 3.0

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I have been trying to do a clean install using a USB 3.0 stick.
I have put the windows 7 .iso file using the microsoft usb/dvd tool and tried to do a installation but it kept getting stuck on the expanding files at a certain percentage(39%). It was stuck there for 30 minutes or more and the hard drive stopped reading the usb for some reason. So I tried again using a DVD this time and the installation worked perfectly. It was a little slower but it worked.

Did anybody else experience this? I tried to burn the usb stick using a 2.0 slot and a 3.0 slot but it kept getting stuck on the same location. Did I just receive a bad USB stick?

I don't know why it kept doing this. I got it to install using a DVD but I wanted to be able to put the windows 7 on the USB stick so I can have it portable. I wanted to know if it was common or if I need to get a new USB. It seems like the files are going in fine. I have used the usb to transfer files and it has worked flawlessly.

I am running
AMD a10-6800k cpu/gpu
Seagate Barracuda 1tb harddrive
Asrock FM2A88M-HD+ motherboard
LG Optical Drive
Corsair CX 430 power supply
Enermax Ostrog Case
 
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Get the drivers for your USB and chipset from the manufacturers support site. Insert your USB drive and copy the files over to a folder on the USB. I made a folder on mine called drivers). Make sure you have the raw driver, unzip the files if they come this way or whatever. You should get down to bare .sys files.
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Might need to add the chipset and/or USB port drivers to your USB stick, and then install the drivers during the Windows Installation (at the disk utility screen, there is a load driver option on the bottom left if memory serves me). I install from USB also, and have all the primary drivers in a driver folder on the USB should I need any out of the gate (and haven't had time to learn slipstreaming drivers yet).

Good Luck!
 
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I don't know how to add the chipset or USB port drivers to my stick. Can you possibly clarify what I might have to do?
thank you.

 
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Get the drivers for your USB and chipset from the manufacturers support site. Insert your USB drive and copy the files over to a folder on the USB. I made a folder on mine called drivers). Make sure you have the raw driver, unzip the files if they come this way or whatever. You should get down to bare .sys files.
 
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