Windows 10: Unable to Install Win10 on tablet using USB - Boot Fail?

I was a bit confused, that is all. What happens? Where do you get to in the install?

I see from your picture you have set rufus to UEFI - you could try creating it as mbr partition scheme as shown in point 7 here USB Flash Drive - Create to Install Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums perhaps if you are not able to install.

Please update your specs also with your HP model number - that might help if someone has the same.

 

Here is my model # HP Pavilion x2 K3N13UA#ABA

 

If this is your machine: HP Pavilion 13-p120nr x2 PC then you have a legacy BIOS boot, not UEFI.

HP is soooo backwards - they have the UEFI diagnostics, but that does NOT mean UEFI boot. They touted having UEFI sine 2009, but.... only some machines actually use it to boot. Most HP boxes only have the diags, which can be put on a stick.

Rufus settings: MBR for BIOS or UEFI & NTFS should work.
DVD install media is always my preference, no issues with UEFI/BIOS since the File System on a DVD is UDF.

 

What happens when I restart is that the pc just boots to the normal Win8.1. The light on the usb drive flickers like it tries to read it but then it just goes to normal boot screens & then win8. I also tried when the pc is on going to control panel then recovery options then choosing the 3rd option restart pc and boot from usb drive when I try this way is when I get the Boot failed message.

 

Very helpful reply. I'm going to try the middle choice 'MBR partition scheme for UEFI computer'. When I tried NTFS with 'MBR for Bios or UEFI comp' it didn't work. The tuff part is the pc has no dvd drive & I don't have a portable plug in DVD drive.

 

Did you try remaking the USB as MBR?

 

Yes I tried with MBR for Bios or UEFI and NTFS.

 

Try option two the diskpart method, UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows It's my preferred method. The bootable thumb drive created with that method can be used to install in UEFI mode and legacy BIOS. My laptops are UEFI and my desktop PC are legacy BIOS.

 

Yes I tried all the options with Rufus. I thank you for the suggestion.

 

I've just read some information on Secure Boot option with in HP Bios setup and people say this should be disabled. Does anyone know if this could be the reason?

 

Yes, from the note in the tutorial

 

The famous rocket scientist's instructions roll around in my head............
"before you can get where you ain't, you got to know where you is"
Have you checked the ISO and the drive.............. both good I assume, so we know where we is???

 

This is the answer! I needed to disable the secure boot. Thanks Dude!

 

Well Roger I certainly know where I is and that is up sh***'s Creek without a paddle and doo doo up to my neck.

I have just upgraded to the March release and I can not get anywhere. get to second stage of post ( identify SATA drives) then the screen goes black for about 2 minutes then I see the win 10 installation release in bottom right, and the mouse curser which can move around the screen and there it sits. have tried recovery startup repair, refresh, and even reinstall all with same result. Except just tried new install from DVD and got error message " the windows installation failed cleared the error message and guess what yes back to black screen.

Hope someone can offer a solution before I commit suicide.

More in hope than anything *Sick*Sick*Sick

Keith

P.S. also tried windows 10 repair disk from Neopost and UEFI Repair both with same result. Maybe I need to format all 6 drives and start again *Sad*Sad*Sad*Sad

 

I'm lost so I have to find out where I is*Huh
You seem to be having a private party so let's go back to the beginning.
You have an O/S running................. what version?
You downloaded the upgrade..................... 10041?
10041 upgrade took me over 11 hours to download and install. Others had similar or worse results. That mother takes patience*Sad
If time won't solve your problem.............. you have a DVD?
If you can't install from the DVD the DVD could be corrupt or your drive is not accepting what it's being offered.
I've had both types of problems so lets start with the DVD.............. where did you get it? did it boot the machine OK?
any error messages?
Drive problem?
If you have made several attempts to install there may be several 450mb partitions on the drive and setup can't find C:/.............. your boot drive? A format ordinarily cleans the drive for an install. I've had two drives that wouldn't take an install. Reason...... format did not remove those reserve partions???? yeh, why??
Dunno, but one drive had three 100mb Reserve partitions and another had two.
I had to use AOMEI Partition Assistant to remove those partitions and then the installs proceeded as advertised.
So, you need a clean drive and a clean DVD to make it work.
I don't know where you stand at the moment............... can you get into Disk Management to see what's there for partitions?
Can you check the DVD?
If your problem lies elsewhere like the UEFI BIOS I can't help. No experience at all with these newfangled configerators*Smile
Once we get some parts to work with maybe we can build something.
*Biggrin