Bootable USB will not boot in another computer

[patrickquino]

So I needed to format another computer and I did it with a USB because my CD/DVD drive was broken (it shows reading in My Computer but in the end it won't show anything except the insert cd thingy).

I made the bootable USB which I confirmed was working on the laptop I'm using to make it. I formatted it at FAT32 LBA, and not using the UEFI option (as I have read this caused many conflicts related on my own problem).

Like I said, I confirmed it was working on the laptop but when I inserted it on the PC and placed the boot order with USB-HDD as first priority, it didn't recognize anything. I tried going through the order and changed it to USB-HDD first, USB-FDD next then USB-ZIP after. Still, it didn't work. I booted to safe mode (because my computer was super slow which was the cause why I wanted to format it) to check whether the USB was working or not. It was working but it didn't show the "windows with the cd" icon. What do I do?

 

[Saga Lout]

Check in your BIOS to see if there's a setting named USB Legacy Support and if there is, make sure it's enabled. The system might not be giving power to the USB Ports until the operating system cuts in, which in your case, can't happen at that stage.

 

[patrickquino]

Check in your BIOS to see if there's a setting named USB Legacy Support and if there is, make sure it's enabled. The system might not be giving power to the USB Ports until the operating system cuts in, which in your case, can't happen at that stage.

I just checked under the integrated peripherals section or something and the USB Legacy was enabled.

 

[Saga Lout]

Back to the drawing board - is there another USB based option in the list of drives to choose at boottime?

 

[patrickquino]

Back to the drawing board - is there another USB based option in the list of drives to choose at boottime?

There's USB-HDD, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP and USB-CDROM in the BIOS.

 

[Saga Lout]

<stares at drawing board! 🙁

Is there a setting for a choice between IDE AHCI. If there is, try reversing it.

 

[patrickquino]

<stares at drawing board! 🙁

Is there a setting for a choice between IDE AHCI. If there is, try reversing it.

So I have decided to abandon the bootable usb option to format my computer and leaned on the external cd/dvd rom which I borrowed. Glad to say that the format was a success. I still don't know why the bootable usb didn't work because basically I have tried so many ways to get it to work. Anyway, thanks man for the answers. Appreciate it, my brother 😀

 

[Saga Lout]

Added to the list of life's mysteries. Good luck.