Windows 10: How do I boot from my USB stick?

Discus and support How do I boot from my USB stick? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Usually setting the Boot Order in BIOS is obvious but not sure with mine. Which do I select? How can I determine for certain whether Windows did boot... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by jwblue, Apr 29, 2019.

  1. jwblue Win User

    How do I boot from my USB stick?


    Usually setting the Boot Order in BIOS is obvious but not sure with mine. Which do I select?

    How can I determine for certain whether Windows did boot from the USB stick?

    (Opening the image in a new tab will put it the correct way. Not sure why it is upside down here. Sorry about that.)


    How do I boot from my USB stick? [​IMG]


    :)
     
    jwblue, Apr 29, 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, Apr 29, 2019
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  3. NavyLCDR Win User
    USB stick previously used as a boot stick for Killdisk not recognized


    Try method 2 under Windows 7 8 10 here:
    Free to Remove Readonly Attribute in Windows

    Method 2: Clear readonly status with Diskpart

    In Windows 10, 8, 7 OS, you are also able to run Diskpart in Command Prompt to clear read-only attribute on any partition on your computer. You can follow the tutorial below:

    Step 1. Open Command Line and type Diskpart
    Step 2. Type list disk
    Step 3. Type select disk (disk number)
    Step 4. Type attributes disk clear readonly


    How do I boot from my USB stick? [​IMG]


    Then try Clean
     
    NavyLCDR, Apr 29, 2019
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  4. Lazzer408 Win User

    How do I boot from my USB stick?

    USB boot for bios update

    Did the first step. It already doesn't work. Note the capacities and drive letters M:/N: The HP utility is about to format my raid-1 volume containing my 2 750gb drives. It thinks it's the usb stick. I can not select any other drives in the HP utility. My 512mb usb stick is U:.

    Any other suggestions?


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    Lazzer408, Apr 29, 2019
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