Can't boot Win 7 from USB ,please help me!

[inspiron7]

Hi all!

I created a bootable Win 7 USB drive with Rufus,and the USB works fine if it is opened in This PC (Win 10) ,but when I try to boot from it gives me the following error:

"Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk"

Please help me to fix this error and install Win 7!

P.S Before this,I had Win 10 installed on my Samsung 840 Evo SSD,but I wiped the drive with Samsung Magician.

Thanks to all in advance!
Best regards!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

I created a bootable Win 7 USB drive with Rufus, and the USB works fine if it is opened in This PC (Win 10), but when I try to boot from it gives me the following error:

"Disk Boot Failure, Insert System Disk"

Please help me to fix this error and install Win 7!

[1] What BIOS have you got, is it Legacy - MBR or UEFI - GPT?
[2] Have you got the USB as the first boot option?
[3] Where did you get the ISO to create the Win 7 installation?

I hope this helps!

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,



[1] What BIOS have you got, is it Legacy - MBR or UEFI - GPT?
[2] Have you got the USB as the first boot option?
[3] Where did you get the ISO to create the Win 7 installation?

I hope this helps!

First of all,thank you for replying!

1.About the BIOS, my motherboard is Foxconn G31MXP,and I can't find if the BIOS is UEFI or LEGACY


2.About the booting order,I have set the USB to first place to boot from

3.About from where I have downloaded the ISO file,I downloaded it from Microsoft

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

1.About the BIOS, my motherboard is Foxconn G31MXP, and I can't find if the BIOS is UEFI or LEGACY.

Have a look in Disk Management.

2.About the booting order, I have set the USB to first place to boot from

Good.

3.About from where I have downloaded the ISO file, I downloaded it from Microsoft

It could possibly be a corrupted ISO download. Can you remember where exactly?

I hope this helps!

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,



Have a look in Disk Management.



Good.



It could possibly be a corrupted ISO download. Can you remember where exactly?

I hope this helps!

After the wiping of the SSD ,my PC now is without OS,so I can't see in Disk Management!

I redownloaded the ISO for 2 times,but it didn't work.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

After the wiping of the SSD ,my PC now is without OS, so I can't see in Disk Management!

When you formatted the SSD I assume that you deleted the Recovery Partition as well!

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,



When you formatted the SSD I assume that you deleted the Recovery Partition as well!

Yes,exactly!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

I re-downloaded the ISO for 2 times, but it didn't work.

OK.

Have you got your Product Key [On a laptop, it will either be on a sticker on the bottom, or in the battery compartment]?

NOTE: The light blue text below are links to the relevant websites and programs, just click them!

Download the latest and last Windows [Final] > Windows 7 SP1 [build 7601] > Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 ISO [build 6.1.7601 - July 2009] file from TechBench [make sure you select the correct language and bit type]. It is recommended that you download the Win 7 Ultimate SP1 ISO because all versions of Win 7 can be made available from it. This is achieved by creating a folder on the desktop and then unzipping the ISO into it using 7-Zip, and then delete the ei.cfg file in the sources folder. Alternatively, you can run the eicfg_removal_utility against the downloaded ISO. If the version of Windows you are installing is Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate, then there is NO need to remove the ei.cfg file as instructed above.

I hope this helps!

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,



OK.

Have you got your Product Key [On a laptop, it will either be on a sticker on the bottom, or in the battery compartment]?

NOTE: The light blue text below are links to the relevant websites and programs, just click them!

Download the latest and last Windows [Final] > Windows 7 SP1 [build 7601] > Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 ISO [build 6.1.7601 - July 2009] file from TechBench [make sure you select the correct language and bit type]. It is recommended that you download the Win 7 Ultimate SP1 ISO because all versions of Win 7 can be made available from it. This is achieved by creating a folder on the desktop and then unzipping the ISO into it using 7-Zip, and then delete the ei.cfg file in the sources folder. Alternatively, you can run the eicfg_removal_utility against the downloaded ISO. If the version of Windows you are installing is Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate, then there is NO need to remove the ei.cfg file as instructed above.

I hope this helps!

My PC is without OS at the moment!

How can I make the BOOTABLE USB to work?

Please help me!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

My PC is without OS at the moment!

How can I make the BOOTABLE USB to work?

Please help me!

Have you not got access to a bootable computer with Internet connection?

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,



Have you not got access to a bootable computer with Internet connection?

No no

 

[inspiron7]

I am writing from my cell phone!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

Have you not got access to a bootable computer with Internet connection?

No.

How can I make the BOOTABLE USB to work?

You need a bootable computer with Internet connection to have any chance of resolving this!

 

[inspiron7]

Hi inspiron7,







You need a bootable computer with Internet connection to have any chance of resolving this!

I'll do everything you told me and report!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

I'll do everything you told me and report!

OK.

That is obviously only the first part of the solution.

Once you have downloaded the ISO, you will need to burn it to a DVD or USB.

NOTE: The light blue text below are links to the relevant websites and programs, just click them!

Whichever of the above options you use, you will need to burn the ISO [you can't just copy and paste it because it won't work] to a DVD or USB.

To burn the ISO to a DVD [please see above], you can use the Windows 7 built in ISO burner.
To burn the ISO to a USB, you can either use Rufus 3.3 or Rufus 3.3 Portable.

I hope this helps!

 

[inspiron7]

i inspiron7,



OK.

That is obviously only the first part of the solution.

Once you have downloaded the ISO, you will need to burn it to a DVD or USB.

NOTE: The light blue text below are links to the relevant websites and programs, just click them!

Whichever of the above options you use, you will need to burn the ISO [you can't just copy and paste it because it won't work] to a DVD or USB.

To burn the ISO to a DVD [please see above], you can use the Windows 7 built in ISO burner.
To burn the ISO to a USB, you can either use Rufus 3.3 or Rufus 3.3 Portable.

I hope this helps!

Yes,I'll do everything you are telling to me!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

Yes, I'll do everything you are telling to me!

Please let me know how you get on!

 

[inspiron7]

Thanks to all of you for the great advices,this time the WIN 7 ISO worked perfectly ,maybe I had to change the partition type from GPT to MBR,that's all.

The PC works perfectly now!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi inspiron7,

Thanks to all of you for the great advices,this time the WIN 7 ISO worked perfectly ,maybe I had to change the partition type from GPT to MBR,that's all.

The PC works perfectly now!

Excellent, thanks for letting us know .