Windows 10: My Windows 10 machine no longer supports USB as a boot option. Please help me fix it.

My Dell XPS 8930 suffered a major incident that took out Windows 10 Home, the boot SSD, and the HDD. I had to rebuild both drives using Partition Magic which was no big deal in and of itself and they work fine now. So with both drives freshly partitioned and formatted, and the SSD set to be the Active drive, I went about installing Windows 10 Pro — I own a product key for Pro.

The problem is that my Dell XPS 8930 used to have an option to boot from a USB drive, but it no longer does. So much for installing from an official Microsoft USB thumb drive.

I made a DVD with the Media Creation Tool on it and proceeded to install Windows but it failed with this error.

My two questions are:

1. 
   How can I make my machine boot to a USD drive, and
   
   
2. 
   What does that error code mean? I did search for it but there were a myriad of possible reasons, none of which seemed to apply to my situation.
   

Thanks in advance.

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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

 

usb device no longer accessible in Windows

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Windows 10 and USB partial support at system startup (fastboot option enabled)

Hi,

I realize the inconvenience you are facing with accessing the USB device on your devices. Do not worry we will help you with this issue.

Let us know

• Which version of Windows 10 is installed on your device?
• Are the devices in the organization are connected to a domain network/ Windows Server?
• Are you referring to the USB device when you say: hasp usb key? Confirm to us?

If not, try the below troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to run
Hardware and Devices troubleshooter as it checks for common problems and makes sure that any new device or hardware connected to your PC is installed correctly.

• Press Windows key from the keyboard, type
  Troubleshooting and select it.
• Click on view all option on the upper left corner of
  Troubleshooting window.
• Select the Hardware and Device
  options from the list.
• Click Next to run the
  Hardware and Device Troubleshooter.

Sep 2: I suggest you to connect different drive to the machines and check if the same issue persists.

Reply to the post with the required information for further assistance. We will be happy to help you.

Thank you.