Windows 10: Installing windows from a bootable USB

Discus and support Installing windows from a bootable USB in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I have just finished putting together my new PC and I am struggling to install windows. I am using a Macbook to make my bootable USB. I have tried... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by xavierbarry, Jul 15, 2020.

  1. Installing windows from a bootable USB


    I have just finished putting together my new PC and I am struggling to install windows. I am using a Macbook to make my bootable USB.


    I have tried using a bootable USB made with Bootcamp assistant - the USB came up in bios but it would not boot into the windows install screen.


    I have tried using an older version of windows iso, as well as tried splitting the install.wim file, and using multiple different booting applications.


    I have only got 1 SSD attached to my PC and I have wiped it several times.


    I have changed the SSD to GPT


    I have tried formatting the USB to EXFAT, MD DOS FAT


    I have always selected the USB as the initial boot device


    all of my attempts have resulted in varying errors.


    The USB always shows up in BIOs but sometimes and I am sry I can't recall what resulted from each attempt I have spent many hours trying to do this and I'm going a bit insane it gives me the black screen with "Reboot and select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media".


    Other times it managed to open the windows install window and I get to the point of selecting the drive I want to install on. I have encountered several errors here. I'm sry that I cannot recall all the error messages, but the most common ones have been along the lines of "windows cannot prepare disk, restart the install." "the partitions on the disk selected for installation are not in the recommended order". "windows detected that the EFI system partition was formatted as NTFS. format the EFI system partition as FAT32 and restart."


    I have searched as many solutions as any sane man could and I have found nothing that has worked.


    Somethings that are odd: every time I try to proceed from "where do you want to install windows" and end up with an error I see that the drive I selected has been split into partitions. A recovery partition and 2 random ones with only 100mb of space and then a third partition with the rest of the SSD space on it. I have tried leaving the partitions, removing only the recovery partition or the partition with the rest of the memory on it. Nothing has worked. Interestingly when clicking "load driver" and the "browse" the recovery partition is always set to ":C"


    Please if you have any way of installing windows that you think might work or any solutions to the issue tell me, I would be grateful for any help

    My mother board is a B450-I, I have a ryzen 3700x CPU, and the ssd i am using is a 250gb crucial

    :)
     
    xavierbarry, Jul 15, 2020
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  2. Agility Win User

    Multi-bootable USB

    Hey guys from TPU, couldn't find any specific thread pertaining to the question asked on title. As mentioned, I'm trying to create a bootable USB, but with many specifics boots available.

    I've been trying to create one with multiple boot device including one that enables me to run Windows 10 directly on the USB Thumb Drive but to no avail.

    The list of bootable images i'm trying to create are

    1. Windows 10 (A full OS running from thumb drive)
    2. Windows 10 ISO (Bootable disk image for fresh install)
    3. MemTest86+

    Have tried YUMI or UUI from the website USB PenDrive Linux but as this is my first time, i don't know how am i screwing up or am doing it right.. Anyone got a rough idea on a step by step guide? Thanks!
     
    Agility, Jul 15, 2020
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  3. erocker Win User
    HELP PLEASE!!!! Trouble installing windows from USB on ASUS P9X79

    You have to select the option in the bios to boot from the USB drive. Did you take the steps to make the USB drive bootable?
     
    erocker, Jul 15, 2020
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  4. theseeg Win User

    Installing windows from a bootable USB

    HELP PLEASE!!!! Trouble installing windows from USB on ASUS P9X79

    lol yeah ive done that ive got it to boot off the usb the problem is after that read the message im getting at the win 7 install screen
     
    theseeg, Jul 15, 2020
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