Windows 10: Can i have a bios update and a windows installation media on a singular usb stick?

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  1. Can i have a bios update and a windows installation media on a singular usb stick?


    Im waiting for my pc parts to arrive, and im wondering if its possible to use a 32gb usb stick to install both a bios update and windows from it? Or will it somehow mess up bios or windows completely? The motherboard is ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS.

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    sahkoposti, Apr 2, 2023
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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, Apr 2, 2023
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  3. SaiZo Win User
    Is it possible to run Windows 7 from an USB stick?

    No. It will run only on the media center. He wants a 32Gb USB stick to be "sure" all updates, all programs (VLC, Winamp etc.) will fit. The stick will remain in the media center all the time. The local hardware guy suggested Windows 8, but I haven't even tested that as yet. The media center can have harddrives connected to it, perhaps it would fit an SSD, but since he has a 2Tb drive already.. Why get an SSD if it can be run from an USB stick?
     
    SaiZo, Apr 2, 2023
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  4. Can i have a bios update and a windows installation media on a singular usb stick?

    Install Windows 10 from USB stick on legacy BIOS PC

    I am struggling to install Windows 10 on an old PC (equipped with GA P35-DS3L motherboard, which has BIOS, no UEFI), from a USB stick.

    Try 1:

    1. Using Microsoft Media Creation Tool, create bootable USB flash drive
    2. Boot to this drive (F12 at boot)

    Result: Windows setup does not launch. Instead, BIOS throws error Invalid Partition Table

    My guess: the Windows tool is simply not compatible with BIOS systems, as it creates a GPT instead of a MBR.

    Try 2:

    1. Download the ISO using Media Creation Tool
    2. Create a bootable USB
      drive from this ISO using Rufus (checking the "MBR" option).

    Result: setup launches successfully, but I cannot get past the "partition selection" step.

    Whenever I select an empty space (or a valid partition freshly created on my system HDD), I get error: We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files.

    I have also tried using diskpart to create a new primary partition (disk 0 clean create partition primary active format fs=ntfs quick assign).
    The error was the same when trying to install Windows on it.

    My guess: the USB stick might be confusing Windows, which would see it as a HDD and try to install on it (?)

    I have tried with 2 sticks (one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0), same results.

    How can I solve this?
     
    Sébastien, Apr 2, 2023
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