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Windows Not Booting From USB

Xaptik
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I have the Windows 10 iso on a USB formated with Fat32. When I try to boot from it, it says to insert Boot Media. I'm not sure why.

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Try a USB 2.0 port, and confirm on another computer that there are actually files on the USB.

 

Also make sure it's first in the boot order.

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Did you extract the ISO file? What software did you use to prepare the USB flash drive?

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12 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Try a USB 2.0 port, and confirm on another computer that there are actually files on the USB.

 

Also make sure it's first in the boot order.

I've done all that. Do I need to double click the iso and copy the folders labeled "boot", "efi", "sources", "support", and the files "autorun", "bootmgr", and "setup" onto the USB instead of the raw iso?

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16 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Did you extract the ISO file? What software did you use to prepare the USB flash drive?

So I do have to copy the extracted iso? I used cmd to clean and partition the usb

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59 minutes ago, Xaptik said:

formated with Fat32

have you force formatted it FAT32? it should be NTFS

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42 minutes ago, Xaptik said:

So I do have to copy the extracted iso? I used cmd to clean and partition the usb

No. you did good. Some people just copy teh ISO file, and think the system will read the ISO file, that is why I asked.

 

Make sure that your flash drive is formatted as FAT32.

Also, keep in mind that, in some cases, for some reason, either the way the drive was configured (that can be fixed, but a pain), or the controller on the USB flash drive, doesn't allow to be bootable.

 

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53 minutes ago, Xaptik said:

So I do have to copy the extracted iso? I used cmd to clean and partition the usb

you can't just copy the files to the drive

you have to burn the iso to the usb stick with a program like rufus

https://rufus.akeo.ie/

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I extracted the iso onto the USB and it booted right up. Thanks for your help, guys.

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