[SOLVED] I can't install Windows 10 from USB Drive

[Tim03]

There are some days that I just fail to solve this problem for my Acer.

I want to install Windows 10 directly from USB and have followed all the necessary steps in this manualsome site), but is not finding the result.

Goes as far as Bios, but I just can not get inside the USB driver, it looks like they are empty.

Any ideas, please!


Thank you very much

Tim

 

[rgd1101]

tyr this instead

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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[Tim03]

tyr this instead

How To - Windows 10 clean install tutorial

If you are looking for the Windows 11 Clean install tutorial, you can find that here: Windows 11 Clean install tutorial (Click here) Otherwise, welcome to the Windows 10 Clean install tutorial This tutorial is intended to help you, step by step, to perform a clean install of Windows...

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I have followed all these steps carefully:

1. Windows ISO is downloaded
2. Via Rufus has switched to USB
3. But, the problem lies there, that when F2 clicked for navigation in the BIOS, I could not access the USB file.

 

[punkncat]

I have followed all these steps carefully:

1. Windows ISO is downloaded
2. Via Rufus has switched to USB
3. But, the problem lies there, that when F2 clicked for navigation in the BIOS, I could not access the USB file.

The only thing you should be having to do in BIOS is (possibly) to be selecting the USB as first boot device.

With the USB installed, and a blank destination drive hooked up ("c" drive) the usb installer will start and download all the information needed to install windows to that drive. Remove the USB with installer when/while it prompts for the first restart.

Microsoft make a tool to download and install the Windows directly to a USB. I recommend using it, as has @rgd1101 , above.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

If the system does not have uefi, you need to create a windows 10 iso, then create the usb t from Rufus, and select the option for mbr. Otherwise you won’t be able to boot from it. Came across this trying to install an ssd to an older pc.

 

[Tim03]

It seems so somehow