usb installation

Hello there, I have bought an ex-demo pc (that has previously run Windows 8. HP Pavilion 23 B090EA all-in-one desktop PC), and I am having a bit of trouble setting it up for my use. At first, I was running into the 'no boot disk detected or disk failed' and 'Getting media test failure, check...

Hi! I wanted to know if I had a windows xp iso file what would be required to boot and install it from usb? What kind of boot info files etc. Currently i have debian wheezy on the machine. Thanks

Have a brand new Lenovo Y50-70 running Windows 8.1. Wanted a Ubuntu partition so that I can run Kerbal Space Program in 64-bit. download 64 bit image of Ubuntu 14.10 and pendrivelinux's Universal USB Installer to burn it into a bootable USB. Go into BIOS and set it from UEFI to Legacy and to...

Hi friends I have dell with Windows 8.1, my system crashed, it's not starting, after dell logo, black screen is coming after some time error saying unexpected error due disconnection of external device, tried to boot through USB flash drive, it's not installing, what to do now? Pls help Sent...

I've tried for the past two days issuing everything I know to get a copy of Windows running on my computer. Things to know: -I'm planning on dual-booting with Linux. -It is a desktop. -I have access to a Linux machine that is currently running. -I have the Digital River copy of Home Premium x64...

I am now on my 4th time downloading this upgrade. When I ran it, it told me "Something went wrong..." and an error number 0x80004005. So I turned off virus scanning. I removed my dual booting and linux partitions. I made a bootable usb stick and rewrote the MBR, just in case. No change. I...

Hello, I installed Windows 8 with the program PWBOOT in USB disk drive and some of the apps in the metro Start Screen they didn't installed. Also the Windows store app is missing so I can't download the apps from the Windows 8 store. What should I do to bring em there? I also have a Windows 8...

Hello all, I decided to come here and try out the windows7forums and see if they want my company and helpful insight. I was banned from sevenforums for, you guessed it, no good reason. (They seem to have a track record of doing that.) I hope, as I have heard, that Windows7Forums will treat me...

I've never had this problem, but now I am and I'm stuck, been about two days and can't figure it out. I have a netbook or a notebook laptop. Samsung n-130 No disc tray, I have all the windows 7, windows vista and xp, and almost all linux Operating Systems When I get to installing on the hard...

Ok 3 days ago my laptop had a problem where it said no bootable device, insert bootable device and press any key. So i went on google so i did a recovery thing i put on my usb flash now then i went in system recovery and i did Startup repair, so by the morning it was finish so i restarted my...

I have Windows 7 installed (32-bit) and want to upgrade to 64-bit. My PC is 64-bit ready. I have read that to do this I need to do a clean install however when I boot up from the disc drive it says press any key to boot from DVD and when I do it just loads windows normally, it won't load in to...

It gets stuck at 0% and after 5 minutes or so it tells me the files are corrupt or missing, with an error code ending in 17. It's basically the problem here: Link Removed However, I've tried almost every solution. I used a different windows 7 set of files. I used a external hard drive to...

No Beta OS should ever be installed, except as, follows: 1. On a spare machine 2. Virtually 3. As a dual-boot. 4. Run from a USB stick Never as an Upgrade or replacement to an existing, current, non-beta OS. Never on a production machine. Nor, BTW, can one move from 1 Beta of an OS to the...

RESOLVED - Bad MEDIA/DRIVE. USB Install got me running. On a new PC (Asus P8Z68-vLX, Intel I5 2400, Corsair 4GB one stick Vengeance Ram) I can not install Windows 7 64 Bit. I get a black screen, with a cursor, and after brief (10 secs)time, I get fast system speaker beeps. It hangs there. I...

Ok, I am trying to boot from my flash drive and re-install windows 7 and I used the Windows 7 USB DVD download tool, I have the option to boot from the flash drive but when I do instead of loading windows and installing it, it comes up "Reboot and Select proper boot device or Insert Boot Media...

Hi ! Another 'lost' soul found his way to the forums. Pleased to meet you. So, Im doing a clean windows 7 install. Here are the facts: Disk is 2TB, partitioned into 3 (in this order): 1480GB, 300GB & 105GB. (Partitions also show in this order @ the point where you select what disk to install...

Alright guys. I guess I'll start with some system specs: ECS Black A780GM-A rev.1.1 Mobo AMD Phenom X4 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz 4GB G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-1066 250GB Seagate SATA AMD/ATi Radeon HD4850 512MB I want to start with, this isn't a new build, I've successfully installed Windows 7 x64 Ultimate...

I am trying to install windows 7 ultimate x64 on a new build, I am getting the error in thread title when it begins to install. I've scoured this forum to see what others had similar issues and tried the fixes. I tried with one stick of ram, tried re-burning the iso, i've used 3 different discs...

My issue, no matter what source, or what ram I use, Windows 7 will freeze during install at random points (Mostly during expanding windows files, however, also occurred before even selecting a partition to install on). When I say freeze, i mean the mouse is not able to be moved, and waiting...

I want to install Windows 7 ON (not FROM) a USB key (instead of disk) and run from it. But without VirtualBox or VM Player or something. Directly to the USB key. But how? ...so please help :(