Solved Bootable USB not working

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matharoo

matharoo

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I've used Rufus to write a Windows ISO to a usb drive. After I change the Primary Boot Device to Removable in the BIOS, it starts up but gets stuck at "Verifying DMI Pool Data...". Where did I go wrong?
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jmarket said:
Hey there matharoo :)

I see you put Solved. Did you figure it out? :)
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Hey jmarket. Yes I did, by changing the Flash Drive Type from "Floppy" to "HDD", and then booting it through the Hard Disk menu instead of Removable Devices. I am still confused as to why "Removable" didn't work. Could it be another USB device (headphones/gamepad/speakers/keyboard/mouse) interfering? I'm just curious.
 
I have ran across this issue on some systems. The only thing I could surmise that it was the size of the USB drive.

Example on one system no matter what setting I use to get it to boot to an USB drive smaller that an 32 GB will never happen. If I use the same setting and boot to an USB drive 32 GB or larger no issues.
 
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What size is the USB drive you are using?
matharoo said:
Could it be another USB device (headphones/gamepad/speakers/keyboard/mouse) interfering? I'm just curious.
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Try it with just the USB stick there and see what happens?
Could be like in Post #4 it has to be over X GB for it to be recognized.
BIOS up date if there is on may correct that. Being careful to select the correct on or you will have a nice paperweight.
 
Rustys said:
What size is the USB drive you are using?
Try it with just the USB stick there and see what happens?
Could be like in Post #4 it has to be over X GB for it to be recognized.
BIOS up date if there is on may correct that. Being careful to select the correct on or you will have a nice paperweight.
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It's 16 GB.
The issue is old, I even forgot what it was. Lol. I no longer need help with it, but if you want the discussion to go on, sure, why not? :)

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jmarket said:
If you no longer require assistance on this issue, we shall mark it as solved :) Does that suit you?
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Thanks, I actually didn't find that option here on Tapatalk or else I would've done that. :) Sorry for the inconvenience.

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