Windows 10: Problems installing Windows 10 from USB stick.

Hello.


I have built a desktop computer, and I am trying to install windows 10 on an M2 disk. I still have my system disk from the previous desktop, but as that is an HDD, I want to get rid of it to reduce ambient noise from the computer.


I have created a windows 10 install USB with the relevant tool.


When I boot the usb in UEFI mode, I get a screen with the "classic windows blue/cyan/teal" colour, and it stops. It reboots if I press escape.

When I boot the usb in legacy mode I get a black error screen the classic boot problem screen, with


The Boot Configuration Dara for your PC is missing or contains errors.

File: \Boot\BCD

Error code: 0xc000014c


I have also tried downloading an ISO and flashing the USB with this, but I was unable to get the installer to work in this either.


As a last ditch effort, just to see if windows 10 will even start on the machine, I tried connecting the old system disk, and it booted!


So then I tried using the reinstall-app from inside the windows 10 running on the wrong disk, to see if I was able to change what disk is supposed to be the system disk, but I am not able to see that option anywhere, and I am also unable to find an "advanced mode" or anything similar in the installer-app.


Am I missing something?

:)

 

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

 

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

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net