How to set the BIOS priority to USB?

[whs]

I suggest you detach all the other USB devices so that that BIOS boot menu will only show the one stick from which you want to boot. Usually it's easy - you navigate to the stick with the up/down keys and hit enter. There may be a little message appearing on the left top in the next (black) screen that says: "Hit any key" - that's when you hit the space bar (or any other) to proceed. You have 10 seconds to do that after which the BIOS resumes the boot from your default device (which is probably the C disk).

 

[friwise]

When I enter the bios I have no USB on the computer.
I set USB HDD first and then I plug in the USB
What shall I have set second after the USB HDD?

 

[nate42nd]

Plug the USB in FIRST and it does not matter what comes second because you're going to cahnge it after it boots once. If you don't it will keep booting from the USB drive. You will not get things done that way. You just want to boot once so you can copy Windows files to the HD.

 

[friwise]

There are more than one USBs in the options list.
Which one shall I chose
There is one USB HDD one USB FDD one USB cd/dvd etc

 

[Jonathan_King]

There are more than one USBs in the options list.
Which one shall I chose
There is one USB HDD one USB FDD one USB cd/dvd etc

I would try the second one first. You will know immediately if it works.

 

[nate42nd]

Yes, if it does not boot to the USB, just reset and try the next one. Make sure it's plugged in so it will know to detect it.

 

[friwise]

some maybe important infos of my bios


F12 boot menu disabled
D2D Recovery enabled
Network boot enabled
Quit boot didabled

BOOT priority order:

1. USB key
2. USB HDD
3. PCI LAN: Network boot
4. USB FDD
5. IDE0:
6. USB CD/DVD ROM
7. CD/DVD


SHALL I CHANGE SOMETHING OF THEM?
I think they are the only changeable values

 

[nate42nd]

Now I'm confused.

If you have the option to "enable" a boot menu, you will want to change that to "enable"

Will it boot to the USB now? If not you might need to change the #2 to #1 (USB HDD) or #4 to #1 (USB FDD)

Normally the HDD (maybe IDE0) will have a "+" netxt to it and you can choose which HDD you want to boot from.

I am also wondering if your USB drive has been made "bootable" as per the instructions in the tutorial. If not, it will never boot. It must be bootable.

 

[computersplus]

overlooked

something is being overlooked here he could not boot from DVD either that leads me to believe there is something more going on here

 

[computersplus]

ISO

try using an ISO

 

[friwise]

You mean double clicking an iso file from windows?

 

[Jonathan_King]

You mean double clicking an iso file from windows?

No, you will need to first mount the iso. Use a tool such as ISO Recorder.

 

[nate42nd]

OR just follow the tutorial on how to create a USB install drive.

I think there are bigger problems here too. Sorry I could not help. I tried.

 

[computersplus]

Install

take the files you have and create an ISO and burn that ISO to DVD and try to boot again from DVD with ISO

 

[friwise]

Thanks everybody!!!
I have to leave now
I will try again tomorrow hopefully with more ideas

 

[gregrocker]

Open the USB flash installer or DVD installer from your desktop and try running Setup.

This will tell you if the ISO is intact. In fact, you can complete install this way if you want, over your current OS.

To verify ISO is bootable, install ImgBurn and select Verify Disk. Load ISO in using file icon. Make sure text on left side says "Bootable"

Now place DVD in drive and click Verify button to verify DVD against ISO. If not, burn DVD again at 4x speed with Verify.

Set DVD to boot first in BIOS boot order, before HDD. Look for prompt at bootup to start DVD.

If DVD will not boot, run Setup from DVD drive to install over OS.

 

[friwise]

Good afternoon everybody!!!!!

I have downloaded imgburn and I try to verify the iso.

BUT the dvd has no iso inside.
It has what you see in the attachment.

The second attachment shows what the imgburn sahows when I do verify

 

[computersplus]

ISO

use an ISO maker like magic ISO and create an ISO with those files and then burn the ISO to a DVD

 

[friwise]

I have downloaded the .iso already from MSDNAA as you can see in the attachment.

Moreover I burned the iso in a new empty dvd following the tutorial of imgburn and still after I chose install during the boot process appears that something is missing.

 

[computersplus]

Corrupt

files maybe corrupt did you verify checksum