OS dirrectly to HDD

[Caylon Wilkins]

So I have a used asus notebook, Something happened to the old HDD, so I'm trying to install a new one.

Fortunately I can get a free OS through my school.

Unfortunately The notebook isn't recognizing the boot stick I made.

 

I have a PC and extra sata connections, so if it's possible to load anything to the notebook hard-drive through there.

 

is there's a way to install the operating system directly to the hard drive, then reinsert the hard drive into the notebook?

 

The PC is a 64-bit system, the notebook is 32.

The OS on the old HDD was Windows 7 before it broke I'm trying to install 8.1.

[Benjio]

You will run into problems if you install Windows on a different computer than the one you will be using it with. Are you sure you created the bootable USB correctly? Otherwise, you could try a different flash drive.

[Vacsol]

Make sure you're making the bootable stick correctly.

use a tool called Rufus, it's an open-source tool for making bootable USB sticks from ISOs

[Caylon Wilkins]

Got it

 

The BIOS had a boot from USB option, but strangely recognized the USB as a second HDD.