Jump to content

USB won't work trying while trying to install OS

Faisy
By Faisy
in Operating Systems
 Share
Posted

I've been trying with a bunch of different OS's but for some reason, the laptop I'm trying to install the OS on won't detect my 16GB USB 3.0 drive. If I use my 4GB USB 2.0 drive it detects it easily however, OS's like Windows and Cloudready require an 8GB or larger drive. I've tried disabling secure boot and using legacy to no avail. I don't know if it's because the drive is USB 3.0 because 3.0 is supposed to be backwards compatible but at the moment only the 4GB wants to work :(

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

try using a program like rufus to find and wipe the drive.

QUOTE/TAG ME WHEN REPLYING

Spend As Much Time Writing Your Question As You Want Me To Spend Responding To It.

If I'm wrong, please point it out. I'm always learning & I won't bite.

 

Desktop:

Delidded Core i7 4770K - GTX 1070 ROG Strix - 16GB DDR3 - Lots of RGB lights I never change

Laptop:

HP Spectre X360 - i7 8560U - MX150 - 2TB SSD - 16GB DDR4

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

How old is the laptop? I have an old computer somewhere that only detects flash drives formatted to FAT. That means I can only use an older flash drive for it to work.

 

CPU - FX 8350 @ 4.5GHZ ▒ GPU - Radeon 5700 ▒ Mobo - M5A99FX Pro R2.0 ▒ RAM - Crucial Ballistix 16GB @ 1600 ▒ PSU - Corsair CX600M ▒ CPU Cooler - Hyper 212 EVO ▒ Storage - Samsung EVO 250GB, WD Blue 1TB

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
Posted
  • Author
On 5/3/2020 at 9:35 AM, DarkEnergy said:

How old is the laptop? I have an old computer somewhere that only detects flash drives formatted to FAT. That means I can only use an older flash drive for it to work.

The laptop is from 2014. It's an HP Pavilion x360 11n-038ca. I found a solution though. I modified the following tutorial a bit and was able to install Chrome OS on the laptop.

Basically I put Linux Mint on the 4GB drive that works and then I put the Chrome OS files on the 16GB drive and installed by opening the ChromeOS directory I created on the 16GB drive in Terminal. I have perfectly working Chrome OS now except for Bluetooth support. Thought I'd share how I did it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Operating Systems

×