Booting from a USB


  1. sikm
    Posts : 38
    windows7
       New #1

    Booting from a USB


    I'm about to reinstal Win7.

    I have a Gigabyte 965p-ds3 mb and have created a bootable USB using Windows 7 USB DVD Download Tool.

    To boot from the USB I need to change BIOS and my 4 USB options are: USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM and USB-HDD.

    I've stepped through all of those and at no point is the USB detected.

    Any ideas what else I can try?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       New #2

    You shouldn't have to change BIOS, leave it as you normally have it. I have mine set to boot the hard drive first.

    Use the one time Boot Menu key, often F12 though it varies with the manufacturer, to bring up the Boot Menu where you can select the USB flash drive to boot from. The flash drive has to be installed when you boot or it won't be seen.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. Slartybart
    Posts : 6,458
    x64 (6.3.9600) Win8.1 Pro & soon dual boot x64 (6.1.7601) Win7_SP1 HomePrem
       New #3

    Does the Flash drive show in an Explorer window (Computer)?

    Is the USB port 3.0? Do you have the 3.0 driver for the mobo (if it needs it)

    Easy test - try another USB port.

    One last question - are you installing UEFI?
    If you are, then the media you created will not do the trick. A Win7 UEFI install requires FAT32 file system, the Windows download tool formats the Flash drive as NTFS.

    See: UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) - Install Windows 7 with
    which links to
    UEFI Bootable USB Flash Drive - Create in Windows
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. sikm
    Posts : 38
    windows7
    Thread Starter
       New #4

    bios setting


    Thanks all problem now sorted I hadn't changed the boot priority device.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
XP Not Booting
in Installation & Setup

hi to the forum its been a long time since i visited.i only seem to call when i'm in trouble.i have a windows xp sp3 home desktop computer which is not booting from start or at all.what i mean is i pressed f10 recovery while starting and it asked to insert cd rom which i presume is recovery disc...
PC not booting.
in Graphic Cards

Hello everyone, I come here to look for help because I've noticed that if I boot my PC and I have my monitor turned off the computer won't boot, it doesn't even turn my keyboard lights on, and if I turn the monitor on it shows a no output message. Would like to know if this is related to my...
Hi, I just got a ASUS G75V series and updated it to windows 7 professional with Intel core i7. I was able to work with it and everything was fine until I had to install XP because some softwares are not compatible with Win 7 x64. I have Win 7 on drive C: and windows xp on drive E: which in...
HDD not booting up
in BSOD Help and Support

Hi, I'm running Win7 on my PC 24/7, and I suspect that some of my SATA ports are failing. It takes 1-2s in the AHCI detection menu during the bootup to detect my HDDs when plugged into certain SATA ports. My boot HDD, a WD Caviar Black 2TB, was plugged into a suspected failing port, and when...
Booting twice
in BSOD Help and Support

I have W7 Home and at start up first time each day (only) the boot screen appears, followed quickly by a blue screen that is too fast to read and a second boot screen comes up. this is followed by an error screen that says Windows failed to start, a recent h/w or s/w problem may have cause the...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 14:30.
Find Us