Solved USB boot not working

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Nii388

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Hi,

I have Dell XPS L321X with windows 7 professional. I have created a Windows 10 bootable USB using Rufus. I want to reset my laptop and install windows 10 using this USB. The windows 10 installer is not booting up with the USB. I have USB storage device selected on boot priority order. I receive the message "Operation System not found" during usb boot. I have tried Youtube videos to find a fix for this issue but the advanced setting they are advising to make in the BIOS are not possible in my BIOS setup. I have attached images of my BIOS to show what I can and cannot change in the setup. Could someone please help me with this.

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Nii
 

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I use the Windows Media Creation Tool to make a bootable image of Windows on to a UISB stick.
I'd recommend that option first.
And of course, leave your Boot Priority Order as is, with UISB Storage first.
 
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Bruce said:
I use the Windows Media Creation Tool to make a bootable image of Windows on to a UISB stick.
I'd recommend that option first.
And of course, leave your Boot Priority Order as is, with UISB Storage first.
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Thank you so much for the advice. Windows media creation tool worked!! I want to sell this laptop and want to wipe all the data, such that it is not restored again. I am thinking of using dban bootable usb drive to do this. However, I would need to use rufus to do so. Would rufus still be OK to create a bootable dban drive to do this? After wiping the data i would use the win 10 bootable drive to reinstall windows. Wondering if i am on the right track?
 
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