Windows 10: How can I get Past the Bios screen with a USB stick containing Windows 10 for a new SSD?

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  1. TrevWoo Win User

    How can I get Past the Bios screen with a USB stick containing Windows 10 for a new SSD?


    I bought a prebuilt tower not too long ago and thought that it would be good to upgrade the ssd to a brand new one. I have followed the steps for the Windows 10 installation media for my usb and plugged in my new ssd. However, when I try to boot up my usb containing Win 10, it will not get past the bios screen and will forever loop. I even set the usb as number 1 priority in boot order and format the usb into Fat32.Here are the specs from amazon. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08FBK2DK5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1Here's the ssd I got. https://www.amazon.ca

    :)
     
    TrevWoo, Feb 22, 2022
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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 22, 2022
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  3. Windows 10 USB boot

    Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

    System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

    Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

    So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
    If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

    There is three options:
    Windows 10
    Windows 10 Home
    Windows 10 N

    Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

    System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

    Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
    That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks
     
    TRUELOVE95, Feb 22, 2022
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  4. How can I get Past the Bios screen with a USB stick containing Windows 10 for a new SSD?

    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, Feb 22, 2022
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