Installed new harddrive but cant load windows in it

[brandsmseries]

Trying to install os on new harddrive . It jumps and gives me this information
Free dos language
(FreeCom version 0.04-pre2 XMS_SWAP(AUG 20 2006

 

[Saga Lout]

What media are using for an installation and where did you download the ISO? A genuine Windows download wouldn't throw that message to prepare the machine for an installation.

If that is the case, save you time because its chances of passing Microsoft's Activation process are very thin.

2006 would have been Windows Vista and that's not worth the time it would take to get it running.

 

[brandsmseries]

Am using a bootable flashdrive. The os i did download is from microsoft verion 1803

 

[brandsmseries]

The pc is able to detect the flashdisk. I have been using it but its this particular pc thats not picking it

 

[Saga Lout]

It looks like the BIOS isn't "seeing" the flashdisk and is looking at the wrong, non-bootable drive. Did you make the drive bootable by using Rufus?

 

[brandsmseries]

Yes the flash is bootable. I did boot it using rufus and i have been loading os with it in several computers

 

[Saga Lout]

If it's ignoring a properly bootable device, it may be because there's something further up in the queue. Can you look in BIOS and make sure it's set to use the flash drive.

If BIOS has a setting named USB Legacy Support, make sure it's set to Enabled. If it's not, there is no power to the USB Ports until the Operating System cuts in.