Unable to boot via USB

alphadragon211 · Jun 19, 2018

I recently used the windows media creation tool and made a bootable USB. My problem is, the PC is not detecting the USB as a bootable media. I know the problem is with my PC because the USB worked as expected on my Laptop. I had installed the current OS on the PC only recently using the same USB stick and it worked fine then.

I'm using an INTEL DZ75ML-45K motherboard currently running Win 10. Any help would be greatly appreciated, TIA!

morgancomputers · Jun 19, 2018

Have you accessed your Bios and enabled/selected the Boot order and made USB the 1st option? I had the same problem with a HP Elitebook a while ago only to find that it was ignoring the USB. Once I have changed boot order to USB, CD, HDD and rebooted it found the Media drive and worked perfectly.

RARRAF · Jun 19, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GblKZO-smU its probably a bit different but you want USB at the top or maybe there is a boot from USB in the bios hammer the "delete" key

alphadragon211 · Jun 19, 2018

Thanks for your reply.
I have an option to select which device to boot from by double-clicking it in my BIOS. It then goes to a screen saying insert boot media and press a key to continue. This is why I know for sure that it is just not being recognized irrespective of the boot order.

morgancomputers · Jun 19, 2018

alphadragon211 :

In this case you should try using the media creation tool again on another USB drive, it could be the drive thats not completed properly if that happens then it wont be recognised as a bootable device so Windows will ignore it.

alphadragon211 · Jun 19, 2018

morgancomputers :

But the same USB drive worked on my laptop, when selected as the first bootable option, it goes into the Win-OS install dialog box. Do you still feel I should use a different USB drive?

morgancomputers · Jun 19, 2018

alphadragon211 :

Only as part of a process of elimination, 4 potential issues
1 - Its the bootable image on the USB
2 - Its the actual USB drive thats faulty
3 - The bios is not seeing the drive (possibly settings issue)
4 - The USB port you are using on the PC/Laptop your trying to restore is faulty ( I presume you've tried an alternative usb port to rule that out)

If you cant overcome the USB issue you could resort to the ISO file option and burn it off to a DVD and try that route?

alphadragon211 · Jun 19, 2018

morgancomputers :

alphadragon211 :

Only as part of a process of elimination, 4 potential issues
1 - Its the bootable image on the USB
2 - Its the actual USB drive thats faulty
3 - The bios is not seeing the drive (possibly settings issue)
4 - The USB port you are using on the PC/Laptop your trying to restore is faulty ( I presume you've tried an alternative usb port to rule that out)

If you cant overcome the USB issue you could resort to the ISO file option and burn it off to a DVD and try that route?

Ya, I understand. I did try different ports. Procuring a DVD is going to take some time, hence wanted to know if anything else is the problem. The reason I'm perplexed is that I did this not more than two weeks ago and it worked fine then. I will try the DVD option soon and will update. Please let me know if any other solution comes to mind. Thanks a lot!

geofelt · Jun 19, 2018

The motherboard has usb2.0
If you are using a usb3.0 stick, perhaps that is the cause of your problem.

alphadragon211 · Jun 19, 2018

geofelt :

The motherboard has 3.0 slots(in which I've tried), but I'm pretty sure the USB stick itself is 2.0.

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