Windows 10: I can't install Windows from USB drive

Discus and support I can't install Windows from USB drive in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I'm trying to install Windows on a brand new gaming PC I've just built. I've used Google to see if I can find an answer and I came across this post on... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by Invoked by Red, Jan 7, 2022.

  1. I can't install Windows from USB drive


    I'm trying to install Windows on a brand new gaming PC I've just built. I've used Google to see if I can find an answer and I came across this post on the Answers forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/we-couldnt-create-a-new-partition-or-locate-an/acdb1dae-01d9-44f7-846c-433e5addcfc2My problem is the accepted answer links to a YouTube video that doesn't work for me.I've tried typing in the commands and what have you but the drive names are different and I don't understand what it's telling me to do. Can someone help me install Windows? I didn't realise it'd be this diffi

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    Invoked by Red, Jan 7, 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, Jan 7, 2022
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  3. 7.62 Win User
    Installing Windows 7 via USB flash drive!

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

    Any suggestions?
     
    7.62, Jan 7, 2022
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  4. Lazzer408 Win User

    I can't install Windows from USB drive

    help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

    Any usb flash drive I plug into my computer isn't assigned a drive letter. The physical drive shows in the "safely remove hardware" but it doesnt show up in disk management. I have tried to populate the volume thru the safely remove hardware properties window and it does pop up in the list but it doesn't stay there. This isn't a format or assign a letter problem. It's more complicated then that. Maybe one of the services needed for usb drive management was disabled? Suggestions needed. btw external usb harddrives work fine.
     
    Lazzer408, Jan 7, 2022
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