First Windows PC Problems

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Hi I am having problems downloading Windows 10 OS on my new gaming pc. I am transferring from a mac and do not own a windows based system. I formatted a USB to start Windows 10 but when ai start up my pc it goes to Windows setup I select English, US, and US and hit next. It asks for a product key, I do not have one so I hit No product key. This then brings up a Code of Conduct page, I hit accept. I select Windows 10 Home. Then once I hit next, it says searching for drivers and can not find any. I do not have a hard drive. At the moment all I have for storage is a flash drive. How do I get passed the no drivers part? Any help?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, AidanO205 said:

Hi I am having problems downloading Windows 10 OS on my new gaming pc. I am transferring from a mac and do not own a windows based system. I formatted a USB to start Windows 10 but when ai start up my pc it goes to Windows setup I select English, US, and US and hit next. It asks for a product key, I do not have one so I hit No product key. This then brings up a Code of Conduct page, I hit accept. I select Windows 10 Home. Then once I hit next, it says searching for drivers and can not find any. I do not have a hard drive. At the moment all I have for storage is a flash drive. How do I get passed the no drivers part? Any help?

Windows will not install on a flash drive. You will need to get a HDD or SSD in order to proceed. 

 

The only time Windows can be installed on a USB is through Windows to Go, but that's an entirely different thing.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Please look at my reply on your original thread and please refrain from making duplicates of the same thread. Notified moderator to merge the two.

[keskparane]

https://au.pcmag.com/operating-systems-and-platforms/46896/feature/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive

[Enderman]

You need to have a storage drive like a HDD or SSD in the computer..

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 minute ago, keskparane said:

https://au.pcmag.com/operating-systems-and-platforms/46896/feature/how-to-run-windows-10-from-a-usb-drive

Right...you could also do that. But performance will be terrible because you'll be running the entire colossal Windows 10 Operating System off a dinky little USB drive. Either way, OP should just get a proper internal drive. 

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6 minutes ago, Enderman said:

You need to have a storage drive like a HDD or SSD in the computer..

After this should it work for free?

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, AidanO205 said:

After this should it work for free?

Yes.

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, AidanO205 said:

After this should it work for free?

yep, but with a water mark. Id get a ssd if you can, there much faster

[keskparane]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Right...you could also do that. But performance will be terrible because you'll be running the entire colossal Windows 10 Operating System off a dinky little USB drive. Either way, OP should just get a proper internal drive. 

Get a T5 for 540 MB/s, over twice as fast as a raptor HDD. Soon I hope to be playing with an X5, NVMe speeds on an external drive (requires thunderbolt port).

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, keskparane said:

Get a T5 for 540 MB/s, over twice as fast as a raptor HDD. Soon I hope to be playing with an X5, NVMe speeds on an external drive (requires thunderbolt port).

Dear god why... why would you do that. 

[keskparane]

3 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Dear god why... why would you do that. 

1 OS, 2 machines in different locations, no syncing required.

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Thanks guys