Hi all. My brother recently had a motherboard failure and our local PC shop sourced and fitted a refurb Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5-B3.
I have since tried to use a boot USB to install Windows 10 but it seems to ignore it and go straight to the 'Preparing Repair Diagnosis' Windows screen. I have used the USB twice before on other machines so know it works. I've also set the boot order and know it 'should' be looking at that first.
But no matter what I do it will always end up back at that screen. I'm slightly confused why it shows a Windows screen when the 3 HDDs (blank SSD I'm trying to install to, 2 file-filled HDDs) don't have a Windows install.
While I don't think I should be in that menu at all I have tried to select options there but all of them fail / don't start. If I select boot from media it does actually show the USB but does nothing when I click it. Just restarts machine and within seconds I'm back at the 'Preparing Repair Diagnosis' screen.
Could someone give me some other steps to try to help get me to the Windows install screen?
Thanks in advance. Hadley
I have since tried to use a boot USB to install Windows 10 but it seems to ignore it and go straight to the 'Preparing Repair Diagnosis' Windows screen. I have used the USB twice before on other machines so know it works. I've also set the boot order and know it 'should' be looking at that first.
But no matter what I do it will always end up back at that screen. I'm slightly confused why it shows a Windows screen when the 3 HDDs (blank SSD I'm trying to install to, 2 file-filled HDDs) don't have a Windows install.
While I don't think I should be in that menu at all I have tried to select options there but all of them fail / don't start. If I select boot from media it does actually show the USB but does nothing when I click it. Just restarts machine and within seconds I'm back at the 'Preparing Repair Diagnosis' screen.
Could someone give me some other steps to try to help get me to the Windows install screen?
Thanks in advance. Hadley