Windows 10: Windows 10 won't boot after fresh installation on Asus Vivobook F510UA

I feel like I am running out of options here.

I have an Asus Vivobook F510UA-AH51 with a newly installed Crucial M.2 SATA model MX500 (CT250MX500SSD4). I removed the originally installed SATA hard drive and am only running the installation with a single stick of RAM (the original). I downloaded Windows 10 v1803 64-bit ISO from Microsoft VLSC and created a bootable USB using Rufus with the following options:

. Don't mind the ISO used in the picture, I tried v1709 after I thought maybe it was an issue with 1803 but I had the same results.

I can boot just fine with UEFI option for the USB. Installer runs without issue. Before attempting to install, I press Shift+F10 and run diskpart to "clean" the drive. Then I select the single unallocated volume and click NEXT to install. No errors are presented during installation, and the laptop is restarted to continue installation...except that it never gets past that. Upon reboot, if I leave my USB installer, it automatically reboots to the USB installer. If I press "Escape" to show boot options after the POST, I only see "Enter Setup" for the UEFI. Once in the UEFI, I can still see the SSD shown (it is disk1) but when I go into the boot menu, it says "The system cannot find any bootable devices".

I have done this installation with all permutations for the following settings:

Fast Boot: Enabled/Disabled
CSM Support (I believe this is the Legacy/UEFI setting: Enabled/Disabled
Secure Boot Control: Enabled/Disabled

I have even tried clearing the Secure Boot Keys and defaulted the entire UEFI settings, saved, rebooted, then tried installing with the same issue. Crucial lists this SSD as a compatible part and I believe it is working, but something about the hardware or settings I am using or the way the USB installer is working...maybe even the EFI version is off or not 2.0...I don't know. I've even tried a different USB drive and I get the same issue.

One thing to note is that for the Secure Boot mode, I can't change any settings to "Other OS" or "UEFI". I do see a "Platform Mode" that changes from Setup to User but I can't change that settings manually - it changes based on whether or not the default Keys are installed for secure boot.

I appreciate any and all help in advance!

:)

 

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

 

windows 10 slow boot

I was having a slow boot issue on my Windows 7 install a little while back. It would take about 30 - 40 extra seconds to boot up for whatever reason.

I would try following these steps, while this didn't solve my issue, it did increase Read/Write to where it should be.

http://www.disk-partition.com/kb/tips-ssd-optimization-windows7-1.html

Looks to be similar to this: https://www.back2gaming.com/focus-story/ssd-optimization-for-windows-10-windows-8-and-8-1/


In the end, I had to reinstall my Windows 7 entirely to fix the booting issue. It was taking around 35 seconds to boot, and after the fresh install it takes about 7 seconds to boot.

 

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