Windows 10 installation.

[Thephantom03]

Hi 

Im a 14 year old boy from sweden who just built his first pc. It has a i5 7400 and a gtx1060 if you're interested. However, today i bought a USB flash drive with windows 10 on it. I would like to install the os on my pc and i've tried pressing f7 but i cant seem to get it to boot. Am i doing it wrong? If i am could someone please tell me how to.

[NinJake]

Hi, we could tell you're 14 because your username ends in 03.

 

That aside, what motherboard do you have? It's normally f8 or f9 to access what to boot. f10, f2, or del are normally for actually accessing your bios/uefi.

[MadModder]

@Thephantom03 Read NinJake's response. He forgot to tag, or quote you.

For future reference, your motherboard make and model are more useful in this case, than your CPU and GPU info.

Try spamming the delete key. On most motherboards this will get you into the bios.

Check your notifications tab (the little bell symbol) to see if anyone has responded to your question.

If trying to alert a poster that you have responded, use a tag as I did above, or use the quote feature so they will be notified that you responded.

[Changis]

40 minutes ago, Thephantom03 said:

Hi 

Im a 14 year old boy from sweden who just built his first pc. It has a i5 7400 and a gtx1060 if you're interested. However, today i bought a USB flash drive with windows 10 on it. I would like to install the os on my pc and i've tried pressing f7 but i cant seem to get it to boot. Am i doing it wrong? If i am could someone please tell me how to.

please provide system specifications so we can help you better than just blindlyguessing what other hardware you have   in this case it can help us figure out exactly how to access the bios.

also, did you buy an original Windows 10 USB?

 

[Thephantom03]

39 minutes ago, MadModder said:

@Thephantom03 Read NinJake's response. He forgot to tag, or quote you.

For future reference, your motherboard make and model are more useful in this case, than your CPU and GPU info.

Try spamming the delete key. On most motherboards this will get you into the bios.

Check your notifications tab (the little bell symbol) to see if anyone has responded to your question.

If trying to alert a poster that you have responded, use a tag as I did above, or use the quote feature so they will be notified that you responded.

Thank you, and ive been pn here for a year now so i know how the site works.

[Thephantom03]

7 minutes ago, Changis said:

please provide system specifications so we can help you better than just blindlyguessing what other hardware you have   in this case it can help us figure out exactly how to access the bios.

also, did you buy an original Windows 10 USB?

 

I have a z170-a motherboard with an i5 7400, gtx 1060, a 1tb harddrive, cryorig c7 cooler and a s340 case.

[Thephantom03]

49 minutes ago, NinJake said:

Hi, we could tell you're 14 because your username ends in 03.

 

That aside, what motherboard do you have? It's normally f8 or f9 to access what to boot. f10, f2, or del are normally for actually accessing your bios/uefi.

A z170-a

 

[Changis]

2 minutes ago, Thephantom03 said:

I have a z170-a motherboard with an i5 7400, gtx 1060, a 1tb harddrive, cryorig c7 cooler and a s340 case.

on Z170-A you press delete to enter Bios.. just keep spamming delete when you boot..

also, where di dyou buy the windows 10 USB? if it is not an original microsoft USB, i would not trust whatever is on that drive, could be tracking software implemented etc 

[Thephantom03]

1 minute ago, Changis said:

on Z170-A you press delete to enter Bios.. just keep spamming delete when you boot..

also, where di dyou buy the windows 10 USB? if it is not an original microsoft USB, i would not trust whatever is on that drive, could be tracking software implemented etc 

I boight it from the local electronics store, elgiganten, a well known electronics store company here in scandinavia. And yes, it is made by microsoft as it says on the packaging.

[NinJake]

@MadModder You don't ever have to tag the OP, they get notifications regardless, as it is their post.

 

Phantom, any luck with booting your Windows 10 media?

[Changis]

1 minute ago, Thephantom03 said:

I boight it from the local electronics store, elgiganten, a well known electronics store company here in scandinavia. And yes, it is made by microsoft as it says on the packaging.

allright, that's good.. have just heard some stories of people buying bootleg win 10 on usb or dvd from someone local..

[Thephantom03]

6 minutes ago, NinJake said:

@MadModder You don't ever have to tag the OP, they get notifications regardless, as it is their post.

 

Phantom, any luck with booting your Windows 10 media?

No, i tried changing ro another monitor, changing usb ports, differnet keyboard, and i still cant get it to boot.

[NinJake]

When you spam the "del" key and get into the bios/uefi, do you see the bootable media? Sadly, as I experiment with lots of live linux USBs, they have a tendency to fail as a "bootable drive" but still hold and transfer data. So it may be that the USB simply isn't recognized as a "boot drive".

[Changis]

1 minute ago, Thephantom03 said:

No, i tried changing ro another monitor, changing usb ports, differnet keyboard, and i still cant get it to boot.

try resetting your bios.. it should stop the boot and give you the option to enter bios 

[Thephantom03]

3 minutes ago, Changis said:

try resetting your bios.. it should stop the boot and give you the option to enter bios 

And how do you do it?

 

[Changis]

Just now, Thephantom03 said:

And how do you do it?

 

check your motherboards manual. its best to learn it yourself so you can fix it in the future

[Thephantom03]

4 minutes ago, NinJake said:

When you spam the "del" key and get into the bios/uefi, do you see the bootable media? Sadly, as I experiment with lots of live linux USBs, they have a tendency to fail as a "bootable drive" but still hold and transfer data. So it may be that the USB simply isn't recognized as a "boot drive".

The problem is that i dont get into the bios, even though i spammed delete. Maybe i spammed it for too short. Any idea of how long you have to spam it?

[Thephantom03]

2 minutes ago, Changis said:

check your motherboards manual. its best to learn it yourself so you can fix it in the future

Ok

 

[NinJake]

1) Ensure keyboard is plugged in

        -if it's a newer keyboard... drivers might not be installed, if you have old keyboards try those too

2) Press power button on PC

3) Click Del key as fast as you can, or at least twice a second until you get into the bios. If that doesn't work, try again using F2.

 

If you can't get into the bios at all, then it's most likely your keyboard inputs aren't being recognized by the PC.

[Changis]

1 minute ago, NinJake said:

1) Ensure keyboard is plugged in

        -if it's a newer keyboard... drivers might not be installed, if you have old keyboards try those too

2) Press power button on PC

3) Click Del key as fast as you can, or at least twice a second until you get into the bios. If that doesn't work, try again using F2.

 

If you can't get into the bios at all, then it's most likely your keyboard inputs aren't being recognized by the PC.

it could be something like fastboot is activated.. resetting the bios should produce the "press f1 to enter setup" or similar failsafe message.
 

[MadModder]

@NinJake Sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

@Thephantom03 Sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

 

I think perhaps I should just mind my own biz from now on. What's the saying about "It's better to be silent and let people think your a fool, than open your mouth and......"

[NinJake]

Just now, MadModder said:

@NinJake Sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

@Thephantom03 Sorry, I wasn't aware of that.

 

I think perhaps I should just mind my own biz from now on. What's the saying about "It's better to be silent and let people think your a fool, than open your mouth and......"

No worries, now you know!

[Thephantom03]

1 hour ago, NinJake said:

1) Ensure keyboard is plugged in

        -if it's a newer keyboard... drivers might not be installed, if you have old keyboards try those too

2) Press power button on PC

3) Click Del key as fast as you can, or at least twice a second until you get into the bios. If that doesn't work, try again using F2.

 

If you can't get into the bios at all, then it's most likely your keyboard inputs aren't being recognized by the PC.

I am so happ right now and the feeling of getting your pc to work for the first time is amazing. I dont know how i could possibly thank you enough! You guys made my day! Thank you.

[Thephantom03]

58 minutes ago, Changis said:

it could be something like fastboot is activated.. resetting the bios should produce the "press f1 to enter setup" or similar failsafe message.
 

Thank you so much for getting it to work. I wish you a great day.

[NinJake]

Glad to hear it's up and running