Windows 10: Install dvd won't boot on older server

Sorry I haven't updated in about a week. I ended up installing Linux on this machine. I do still need to install win10, but life happens and this project has been moved to the back burner. I'll update again when I make some progress.

 

My desktop's MOBO is 6 years old. I have Win10Pro on it. My project was to make recovery/repair USB/CD so if need be I could boot in and restore an image. The process was to test the USB & CD after making to see if they would boot. Pressing DEL takes me to BIOS on my MOBO and pressing F8 takes me to the Boot Menu. Neither USB nor CD would boot. Nor could I get the F8 to Boot Menu to work nor occasionally the DEL. (did change the boot priority in the BIOS still no go).

Anyway long story short - I was getting the feeling that maybe my wireless usb keyboard was not working properly. So I dug out an old PS plug in keyboard.

Tried reboot with USB and CD using the plugin keyboard pressing F8 for Boot Menu and the Boot Menu came up and was able to select the USB or CD to boot from.

Either my wireless keyboard was faulty or the old MOBO could not read the input??????? Try a hardwired keyboard to select the MOBO boot menu?????

 

It's a good thought chideock, as older BIOS often only support PS keyboards and mice. My BIOS supports PS2 and USB inputs, and doesn't support USB booting. I do happen to be using a USB keyboard and mouse, but I have been able to boot with pre-windows7 install disks and other OS install disks. So I don't think that's the issue, but it can't hurt anything to try. In your case, unless your wireless keyboard was malfunctioning, you may need to upgrade your firmware. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll report back with the results.