New notebook ,cannot boot from usb , please help

Turbodiesel1992 · Mar 23, 2014

Hello , i just bought a laptop yesterday , an ASUS ,X200CA , and i have been trying to get it, to boot from usb stick, but the problem is that in BIOS , under the boot section there is no option to boot from usb.I've read other posts , on forums saying that i have to change csm to enabled , but i dont have enable csm under boot section .I'm trying to install Windows Xp on the laptop , but on my desktop pc it works just fine . I really dont know what to do , please help .
P.S: Sorry for my bad english

Someone Somewhere · Mar 23, 2014

You'll probably need to disable Secure Boot, and enable Legacy Boot.

Turbodiesel1992 · Mar 23, 2014

The problem is that i dont have secure boot as an option in bios, but i have Legacy Boot enabled

Someone Somewhere · Mar 23, 2014

If it comes with Windows 8, it absolutely, positively MUST have a secure boot disable option. You're not allowed to ship PCs with an OEM install of Windows 8 without Secure boot enabled, and you're not allowed to prevent it being disabled.

You may be looking in the wrong place.

Turbodiesel1992 · Mar 23, 2014

Well it doesn't come with Windows 8 , all i get when i start the laptop is the Free Dos , if it did i would not have bothered to install Windows XP

Someone Somewhere · Mar 23, 2014

Asus's site says it comes with Win8 or Win8 Pro.

CSM is Compatibility Support Manager, another name for Legacy Boot.

I'd strongly suggest trying to get off XP - support ends in a few weeks, so there'll be a massive pile of malware turning up.

Turbodiesel1992 · Mar 23, 2014

It only has Free dos, and yes the Legacy Boot is enabled but i still dont have usb drive in boot section

Someone Somewhere · Mar 23, 2014

You may need to insert the drive (and reboot) before it lets you pick it to boot off.

B44DSH4H · Jun 7, 2014

Turbodiesel1992 :

It has but under Administrator/Password rights.

markstrelecki · Jun 8, 2014

I just received one of these Asus X200CA compact beauties and needed to boot from USB to preserve an image of the factory install. This is what I did to do that, and thanks to others in this forum and the ASUS forums for helping me bring it all together:

Have laptop powered OFF, and connect your USB bootable device to a USB 2 port on right side of laptop
Power on system and immediately be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, then Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, disable "Fast Boot" and under "Security" tab, disable "Secure Boot Control", save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, set "Launch CSM" to "Enabled" (Compatibility Support Manager, another name for Legacy Boot)
Save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu
Select USB device to boot from and press Enter

Although I used these settings with success, I'll likely return them to default before delivering system to user.

Mark Strelecki
ATLANTA, GA

Charan k · Jun 26, 2014

Turbodiesel1992 :

Hello , i just bought a laptop yesterday , an ASUS ,X200CA , and i have been trying to get it, to boot from usb stick, but the problem is that in BIOS , under the boot section there is no option to boot from usb.I've read other posts , on forums saying that i have to change csm to enabled , but i dont have enable csm under boot section .I'm trying to install Windows Xp on the laptop , but on my desktop pc it works just fine . I really dont know what to do , please help .
P.S: Sorry for my bad english

Charan k · Jun 26, 2014

Did you find any solution? i have the exact same problem

markstrelecki · Jun 26, 2014

To reiterate what I said, above:

Have laptop powered OFF, and connect your USB bootable device to a USB 2 port on right side of laptop
Power on system and immediately be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, then Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, disable "Fast Boot" and under "Security" tab, disable "Secure Boot Control", save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, set "Launch CSM" to "Enabled" (Compatibility Support Manager, another name for Legacy Boot)
Save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu
Select USB device to boot from and press Enter

MARK STRELECKI
Atlanta, GA.

RussITguy · Jul 27, 2014

The launch csm is not appearing anyway
my email REDACTED - SS

markstrelecki :

solo-men · Aug 16, 2014

Hope your problem is solved already.

I had bought this product a few days back and i was struggling with the same secure boot and other bullshit. Some of the solutions are not even doable as I can't see them under BIOS. But luckily today I was able to install WIN 7 ULtimate from bootable usb as follows-

1) Put your usb bootable in the usb 2.0 (I did not try usb3.0)
2) Start your system and keep on pressing ESC until a popup show up
3) This popup would have options to boot from. Probably your usb is on 2nd row. Select it and hit enter. Voila....
4) Now it would show the screen where it says -"press any key to boot from usb", something like that and done.

I guess it might help a few as at this page a lot of misleading solutions are there.

Ney Anwar · Feb 13, 2015

1. Log in as administrator.
2. Run msconfig
3. Choose "Boot" option
4. Then click "Advance options ..."
5. Checklist "debug" and "Debug port"
6. Under Debug port: choose "USB"
7. Put your Flashdisk on the rightside of laptop (closest to you) and check where the flashdisk drive position (D: or E: ... or else) as you can see it on windows explorer
8. Type the drive of flashdisk in "USB target name:" then click OK, and OK again. The windows will restart automatically.
9. While pressing Esc repeatedly, you will face boot option.

Goodluck!

AndresZapataQ · Nov 30, 2016

Thanks Mark!

markstrelecki :

I just received one of these Asus X200CA compact beauties and needed to boot from USB to preserve an image of the factory install. This is what I did to do that, and thanks to others in this forum and the ASUS forums for helping me bring it all together:

Have laptop powered OFF, and connect your USB bootable device to a USB 2 port on right side of laptop
Power on system and immediately be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, then Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, disable "Fast Boot" and under "Security" tab, disable "Secure Boot Control", save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, set "Launch CSM" to "Enabled" (Compatibility Support Manager, another name for Legacy Boot)
Save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu
Select USB device to boot from and press Enter

Although I used these settings with success, I'll likely return them to default before delivering system to user.

Mark Strelecki
ATLANTA, GA

Jacob_139 · Dec 9, 2016

This works perfectly!! Thanks, the bios menu on this laptop really had me confused.

markstrelecki :

I just received one of these Asus X200CA compact beauties and needed to boot from USB to preserve an image of the factory install. This is what I did to do that, and thanks to others in this forum and the ASUS forums for helping me bring it all together:

Have laptop powered OFF, and connect your USB bootable device to a USB 2 port on right side of laptop
Power on system and immediately be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, then Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, disable "Fast Boot" and under "Security" tab, disable "Secure Boot Control", save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu, Select BIOS Setup
Under "Boot" tab, set "Launch CSM" to "Enabled" (Compatibility Support Manager, another name for Legacy Boot)
Save settings and reboot
After screen goes black, be pressing Escape to access Boot Menu
Select USB device to boot from and press Enter

Although I used these settings with success, I'll likely return them to default before delivering system to user.

Mark Strelecki
ATLANTA, GA

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