Windows 10: Pc from usb stick boats?

Hello,

I have tried to boot Windows 10 on my old computer. I created a bootable usb-stick with 16GB with the media creation tool of Windows, everything worked fine, no error messages. After I plugged the usb stick into my pc (Lenovo Ideapad 100), I went into the bios to change the boot order. But the usb stick is not displayed at all (see pictures). Since I am not a professional in this area I would be very happy about an answer.





























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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

 

Install Windows 10 from USB stick on legacy BIOS PC

I am struggling to install Windows 10 on an old PC (equipped with GA P35-DS3L motherboard, which has BIOS, no UEFI), from a USB stick.

Try 1:

1. Using Microsoft Media Creation Tool, create bootable USB flash drive
   
2. Boot to this drive (F12 at boot)
   

Result: Windows setup does not launch. Instead, BIOS throws error Invalid Partition Table

My guess: the Windows tool is simply not compatible with BIOS systems, as it creates a GPT instead of a MBR.

Try 2:

1. Download the ISO using Media Creation Tool
   
2. Create a bootable USB
   drive from this ISO using Rufus (checking the "MBR" option).
   

Result: setup launches successfully, but I cannot get past the "partition selection" step.

Whenever I select an empty space (or a valid partition freshly created on my system HDD), I get error: We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files.

I have also tried using diskpart to create a new primary partition (disk 0 clean create partition primary active format fs=ntfs quick assign).
The error was the same when trying to install Windows on it.

My guess: the USB stick might be confusing Windows, which would see it as a HDD and try to install on it (?)

I have tried with 2 sticks (one USB 3.0 and one USB 2.0), same results.

How can I solve this?

 

both USB 3 slot - front -in my PC Not read USB STICKS either 3.0 or 2.

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern as you are having difficulties in connecting the USB stick on a 3.0 port. As you have mentioned that this issue is with the front slot, then what happens when you connect the USB stick on the back slot?



Also, we would like to know the make and model of the PC/motherboard for further investigation.



Meanwhile, you may refer the steps as suggested in this article: USB
Device not recognized” when you try to access a USB external hard drive (Ignore method 1 & 2) and also suggest you to update the USB device and Chipset driver from the PC/motherboard manufacturer website.



We await your response.



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator