BIOS USB stick Issue

[cooldude8530]

Ok so I recently built a new PC for someone and i was away to install windows 10 onto it when i noticed that the usb that i had inserted before i had turned it on was not showing in the bios boot menu so i tried it many times in every port until i attempted to use it in my PC where it doesn't show up either. I mean it wasn't much of a loss everything on it was backed up the day before such as the school files i had but i am more curious how to prevent it from happening with the one i just ordered as it must have been something i did or an extremely unhappy coincidence. (Is it possible for it to have been sent to much power)?

 

[R4lNM4N]

I've had bad power corrupt an external USB hard drive in the past. Also - magnets. If the flash drive got near anything magnetic, it could damage it as well. It could also have simply degraded on it's own. Flash memory does have a finite number of read/write operations. Also check the BIOS for "legacy" or "legacy USB" or "legacy boot" options.

One more...If it is USB 3.0 the BIOS/UEFI may not support it. (OS driver may be required for 3.0 or 3.1)

 

[cooldude8530]

Its only pfft 3.6 months old and is only used ocasionly, and its usb 2.0 so it is probably bad power corrupting it