Windows 10: Having trouble installing windows from a USB drive

Discus and support Having trouble installing windows from a USB drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I'm trying to do a clean install on my computer. I plugged in my new SSD and unplugged all my drives from their SATA cables. I installed the media tool... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by HakaiEM, Feb 20, 2019.

  1. HakaiEM Win User

    Having trouble installing windows from a USB drive


    I'm trying to do a clean install on my computer. I plugged in my new SSD and unplugged all my drives from their SATA cables. I installed the media tool to a USB, not problems there. When I plug in the USB and try to boot from it, my computer goes to the MSI motherboard screen and gets about two dots into the loading wheel before freezing and turning off my mouse and keyboard. The USB is in an active format and I tried clearing the mobo's CMOS but nothing seems to help.

    :)
     
    HakaiEM, Feb 20, 2019
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  2. thraxed Win User

    Installing windows off of a USB stick

    Step By Step from vista:
    From admin cmd prompt

    1. diskpart
    1a. list disk
    2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

    xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

    And that's it, boot off your usb disk
     
    thraxed, Feb 20, 2019
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  3. theseeg Win User
    HELP PLEASE!!!! Trouble installing windows from USB on ASUS P9X79

    lol yeah ive done that ive got it to boot off the usb the problem is after that read the message im getting at the win 7 install screen
     
    theseeg, Feb 20, 2019
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  4. 7.62 Win User

    Having trouble installing windows from a USB drive

    Installing Windows 7 via USB flash drive!

    USB drive doesnt show up, even after a format through windows (XP)

    Any suggestions?
     
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