bootable usb

Mobo: X570 Aorus Master BIOS Version: F39d CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x RAM: Corsair RGB 16 x4 3200mhz DDR4 Hello, I want to install a fresh pair of Windows 11 on my PC, I used Rufus to make the bootable drive, (and formatted as GPT, UEFI, and NFTS) but when I plug the bootable USB in my motherboard, and...

Hi there. Recently, I bought an Intel i7 7700K CPU. When I tried installing it, I got no video out. I assumed this is because my motherboard (ASUS H170 PRO GAMING) doesn't recognize it. My BIOS firmware is from 2016 (as I never needed to update it) and the i7 7700K is one of the last CPUs that's...

I have a Blue Skull 17544-1 motherboard (it has three HDD slots and one SSD slot) I had a 1TB WD Blue SSD (M.2 2280) and a random HDD that came with the prebuilt PC The SSD failed and my OS (Windows 10) was installed on it. So, I bought a new SSD from the same company but with less storage...

Downloaded the Windows 11 iso and used Etcher to mount it on a USB 2.0 stick with more than adequate space. Does not boot when I plug it into my PC. Its the first in the boot list, I’ve screwed around with security settings and nothing works. I’ve read somewhere that W11 does not support USB...

Basically, I want to copy my C drive (128g M.2 SSD) which has my Windows OS, other files, etc. to my external USB hard drive and then restore that onto a new larger 1tb M.2 SSD I recently purchased. My motherboard only has one M.2 slot, I assume I could just copy my C drive (OS) to external...

I downloaded windows 11 insider preview buils 22000 (beta channel) iso. Then i plugged in my 8gb Kingston usb and opened rufus then started to create bootable usb, suddenly rufus says an error that undetermined error while formatting. I tried many times and stil says that error. Then I tried...

I am trying to boot windows from a usb. The usb has the windows media creation tool installed using the rufus software. The usb is formated as nfts. The bios is the old blue gigabyte bios. Im <Mod Edit> tired of this pls use simple instructions.

Hi folks, I'm in a bit of a predicament here, and I'd like your advice! I'm planning on upgrading my Thinkpad X1 Carbon 5th Gen's storage from 256GB to 1TB. The issue is that this model only has one M.2 port, so copying directly from one drive to another is not an option. I have an external...

I'm installing XP Sp3 on a friend's computer, clean install. I used a disk I've had for a while that apparently had some corrupt patches due to scratches and in turn caused a blue screen during install. Now I can't even get a boot disk to read in the drive. I went to a USB and installed a...

Hey Guys, I just got a 2.5" inch 240GB Sata SSD (WD Green) for my OLD hometheatre PC with H55 Mobo and i3 540 with GT710, enough for movies/streaming on my TV. The question is that I wanna do a clean installation of Windows 10 on the new SSD and I cannot seem to boot into the setup using my...

it happened after my pc suddenly turn off by itself when playing games (because previously, i overclocked it and i think my psu shut the pc down). i've plugged in an installation media and after i selected "generic usb" in boot settings, it bring me to a blue screen with this message: Recovery...

Hello, I need to perform a clean install on my Acer aspire e15. I have a Windows bootable usb plugged in. I've selected custom install. I've backed up my documents View: https://m.imgur.com/a/sigAI3E There's the screen I'm at. I don't know what to delete from here Thanks

So, I have this system consisting of old components listed below. CPU : Intel Xeon E5450 (Core 2 Quad Q9650 LGA 775 equivalent if I'm not mistaken) Motherboard : ASUS P5Q-VM (Latest bios version from ASUS website installed) RAM : 4 sticks of Kingston 2GB DDR2-800 CL5 1.8V. (The short stick...

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. Didn't seen an OS section. I've been trying to make a bootable USB for tails for a couple of days now and here is everything that i have tried. Tried using Rufus to make a bootable USB with a Tails ISO that i got directly from the tails website. I...

I'm having a problem with reinstalling Windows XP Professional 32-Bit, I need to make a bootable usb but my only viable attempt ended on a black screen with some kind of a corrupt image. I'd be very grateful if someone can provide information on where to download a Windows XP 32-Bit iso and link...

My laptop is running on Windows 7. I want to test Windows 10 before upgrading my system. I have decided to install Windows 10 in a bootable USB flash drive and run it. My question is that after I change the boot sequence and run Windows 10 in my laptop using USB then will it cause any harm to...

I have a desktop running Windows 10. I own an empty HDD, and a USB preloaded with Windows 8 (and I have activation key). I would like to install Windows 8 on the external HDD so that when it is plugged in, I can choose to either boot from Windows 8 or Windows 10. Do I need to format my...

Hi, So basically I have been trying to install Windows 10 from a USB (used previously for a friend on his AMD computer) onto a new PC. When I try and install windows I get the error message "A media driver your computer needs is missing". I have tried to boot from different USB ports (I only...