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Discus and support Windows 10 installation on PC with BIOS supporting only FAT32 USB sticks in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hi,my laptop failed to boot error code 0xc000000d, no recovery media, so I tried several ways to reinstall Windows 10 image from USB.The BIOS of my... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by FabMaz, Sep 16, 2021.

  1. FabMaz Win User

    Windows 10 installation on PC with BIOS supporting only FAT32 USB sticks


    Hi,my laptop failed to boot error code 0xc000000d, no recovery media, so I tried several ways to reinstall Windows 10 image from USB.The BIOS of my laptop ASUS X53S seems to support only boot from FAT32 devices and not NTFS.Since the file in the Windows 10 installer is larger than 4GB I can't find a way to prepare a USB stick capable of the brand new installation.By the way, since I had a recent backup, I installed Ubuntu on the HD to see if I find any other way to install Windows, but without success.Any idea?

    :)
     
    FabMaz, Sep 16, 2021
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  2. thraxed Win User

    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
     
    thraxed, Sep 16, 2021
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  3. 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
     
    TRUELOVE95, Sep 16, 2021
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  4. CK011885 Win User

    Windows 10 installation on PC with BIOS supporting only FAT32 USB sticks

    Installing Windows 10 on New PC?

    I'm going to be building a new PC on Christmas and want to install Windows 10 on it. I have Windows 10 on my current PC, which I installed upgrading from 8.1 with the files on a USB. How do I go about installing a clean copy of Windows 10 on this new PC? I think I recall something about installing it once makes Microsoft recognize your hardware, but since this will be a PC I'm not sure what steps I need to take. Do I need to go 8.1 -> 10 or is there a method of going directly to 10?
     
    CK011885, Sep 16, 2021
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