Recent content by Ash9098

Well under boot option priorities I have selected the 'usb 2.0' - the only thing to choose from at this point - with the media file as 'BOOTMGR.EFI', like you said. I don't even have a hard disk drive so I have no clue why it thinks that.

Ah ha there is progress, I tried disabling secure boot and realised that legacy was automatically enabling. I disabled both, and got to the dell logo and no 'secure boot violation' message but instead got this: (see pic) Does this mean that my usb boot is probably whacked? In any case how do i...

Still getting 'secure boot violation' message with secure boot enabled and eufi selected as 'boot list option'.

Hey thanks for your reply! Tried that and it just ends up booting up with the windows logo, which as you said before indicates it not booting in uefi. Think I might be in for a trip to thw tech store!

Done and done! But now im making violations apparently!? Excuse the reflection in the image.

Yes i see the manufacturer logo and spinner dots. Thanks for your reply Neemobeer :) is it something wrong with my usb key perhaps? But now when it boots up to the install screen it shows the latter.

So I shouldn't be using legacy. If I 'add boot option' in UEFI in BIOS, and select usb 2.0, it then asks me to 'select media file' and shows everything thats on the usb.

Thanks bigbearsjedi, I don't know how big the specific bootdrive is, but my hard drive is 1tb and I also have a 32gb ssd on board. I made the install key on a 4gb usb last night using the tool you can download on the windows website. I'm still getting the can't install on GPT partition style...

Hi everyone, first time posting here, I'm trying to reinstall windows on my dell xps 15 from USB, but when I go to choose a drive to install on, they are GPT and need to be MBR, according to my tech friend. However, I can't access command prompt to change this through bios, and my hard drive is...