Win 10 install frozen

[wackywobbler]

Hey I am trying to install windows 10 from a USB because it asked for it during my motherboard BIOS when turning on my PC for the first time. I think it's frozen for the last line and I am wondering if it's risky to just press the reset button and try again?

 

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I'm not really sure where you're coming from. Your BIOS shouldn't be asking you to install Windows from a USB or asking to install any OS in general. It'll ask for a boot device, but not ask to install an OS.

 

Can you show us a picture of what's on screen when your system is halted?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Nothing bad will happen if you reset it. What stage are you stuct on?

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, wackywobbler said:

Hey I am trying to install windows 10 from a USB because it asked for it during my motherboard BIOS when turning on my PC for the first time. I think it's frozen for the last line and I am wondering if it's risky to just press the reset button and try again?

 

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice

I can be dangerous, but at some stages, it won't be. My Windows 7 install on a disk got stuck. I waited 2 hours, then I restarted it. The next moment, no signal went to my screen. I removed and replaced all the components, one for one, didn't work. I tried the motherboard in another PC, no avail. I think my motherboard got bricked (don't know how from a Windows install). I used another motherboard, the next moment, the monitor came on. It matters where it's stuck.

[wackywobbler]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

I'm not really sure where you're coming from. Your BIOS shouldn't be asking you to install Windows from a USB or asking to install any OS in general. It'll ask for a boot device, but not ask to install an OS.

 

Can you show us a picture of what's on screen when your system is halted?

Wait it could be the motherboard drivers. The comp is connected by LAN and I had the win 10 USB in and it asked what operating system I wanted before it froze so I assumed it was to do with win 10. 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

6 minutes ago, wackywobbler said:

Wait it could be the motherboard drivers. The comp is connected by LAN and I had the win 10 USB in and it asked what operating system I wanted before it froze so I assumed it was to do with win 10. 

 

Do you even have Windows installed? I've never had a "Easy Driver Installer" feature within the BIOS of my machines but I would assume if you don't have Windows installed, that's why it's stuck. Because it's trying to install Windows drivers on a machine that doesn't have Windows.

 

Restarting it shouldn't cause any damage.

[wackywobbler]

4 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Do you even have Windows installed? I've never had a "Easy Driver Installer" feature within the BIOS of my machines but I would assume if you don't have Windows installed, that's why it's stuck. Because it's trying to install Windows drivers on a machine that doesn't have Windows.

 

Restarting it shouldn't cause any damage.

I reset it and it seems to have worked and has gone straight into normal windows install. I just wanted to know if it was dangerous to reset so thank for the all the info. It was a big help