BIOS/UEFI settings for installing windows 10 onto a fresh drive

[nic.deuser]

Hello, I just bought a new 240gb SSD because my old HDD was crippled by a virus. I'm trying to boot from the usb to begin instlling windows on my new SSD but I can't get it to boot. I have the boot sequence set as: SSD>UEFI: USB, Partition 1. I have also tried booting with the order reversed to no avail. I know the USB itself works as I just burned the ISO file via Media Creation Tool last night. Is there a step in the BIOS/UEFI setup that I'm missing? Do I need to partition the new drive before attempting this clean install? Let me know if there are any additional details I can provide, I will appreciate any ideas anyone might have on resolving this and will actively check back throughout the day. Thanks!

 

[Peter Martin]

have you tried booting on the usb from a different computer to test integrity of the usb as valid boot device?

 

[nic.deuser]

have you tried booting on the usb from a different computer to test integrity of the usb as valid boot device?

Thanks for the quick reply! I've used this USB in the past as a bootable device, but I deleted the contents of it and reinstalled the ISO file last night. So I guess I haven't tried to boot from this configuration of the USB until now. I don't have access to another non-apple computer at the moment but I'll phone a friend as soon as possible and report back.