Win10 USB Install : Blinking cursor at boot. (boots other USB sticks just fine)

[Sokonomi]

I am trying to install windows 10 on my old Samsung Q310 laptop, unfortunately the USB installer doesn't want to play ball. BIOS detects the stick and I am able to prioritize it, but when it posts, it just gets stuck on a black screen with a blinking cursor.

To make sure the machine is ok with booting to USB, I created an UBCD stick with rufus, and that seems to boot just fine.

Unfortunately booting from USB is my only option. Does anyone know how to get past this problem? Is there perhaps a way to boot with UBCD and then just copying files onto the C:\ drive for the initial install?

 

[rssbailey]

You might try legacy mode in bios!

 

[Colif]

It could be the USB stick you have put ISO on itself, try another one and see if it gets any further.

 

[Sokonomi]

I've tried the official Microsoft bootstick tool, it gets a little further but ends up in a boot loop after 'starting devices'.

 

[Peter Martin]

Are you sure that laptop even supports windows 10

 

[Sokonomi]

Are you sure that laptop even supports windows 10

The fact that Samsung offers windows 10 drivers for this laptop seem to suggest so.

 

[Peter Martin]

Well it would seem that it doesn’t in fact. Can you try a different USB stick. 8 GB USB drives are pretty cheap

 

[Sokonomi]

Ive managed to get a working stick that gets past this problem, though now theres another problem im trying to deal with;
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3772460/win10-usb-installation-stuck-reboot-loop.html