Hey all,
So I just built my first pc ever with the help of some friends and it's all set up and running fine. I tried to boot up windows 7 from an .iso on an external hard drive (usb) and now my troubles have begun.
I have two computers now- a macbook laptop & my new PC. I downloaded a legitimate .iso on my macbook (SHA1 hash checked it and all of that stuff, it was way over my head but I figured it out) so I know the .iso is safe. It's a mirror from that german site that hosts the old digital river files.
Anyways, I took the .iso (windows 7 pro 64bit) and I opened boot camp assistant on the macbook. I clicked the option to make a windows 7 or later install disk or something and let it process. It reformatted my usb external HD and said it was now bootable. I ejected it, plugged it in to my new computer, and turned it on. It asked me to select which device to boot from, I selected the usb drive.
This is my issue. After selecting the USB drive, the screen goes black with a small white line that blinks. Nothing happens. I tried changing boot priority in the BIOS a bunch of times, still I get the black screen. I can't seem to find a solution anywhere. I have googled for hours at this point and cannot find a thing.
TL;DR: booting off of USB iso, get black screen with blinking white line
This is cross posted at: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4qn2bh/black_screen_when_booting_first_time_builder/
So I just built my first pc ever with the help of some friends and it's all set up and running fine. I tried to boot up windows 7 from an .iso on an external hard drive (usb) and now my troubles have begun.
I have two computers now- a macbook laptop & my new PC. I downloaded a legitimate .iso on my macbook (SHA1 hash checked it and all of that stuff, it was way over my head but I figured it out) so I know the .iso is safe. It's a mirror from that german site that hosts the old digital river files.
Anyways, I took the .iso (windows 7 pro 64bit) and I opened boot camp assistant on the macbook. I clicked the option to make a windows 7 or later install disk or something and let it process. It reformatted my usb external HD and said it was now bootable. I ejected it, plugged it in to my new computer, and turned it on. It asked me to select which device to boot from, I selected the usb drive.
This is my issue. After selecting the USB drive, the screen goes black with a small white line that blinks. Nothing happens. I tried changing boot priority in the BIOS a bunch of times, still I get the black screen. I can't seem to find a solution anywhere. I have googled for hours at this point and cannot find a thing.
TL;DR: booting off of USB iso, get black screen with blinking white line
This is cross posted at: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4qn2bh/black_screen_when_booting_first_time_builder/
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