Windows 8 Can't install from USB drive - Reboot and select proper device

antox99 · Sep 2, 2015

Hi hiii! Ok so i have win 8 but somehow my explorer.exe file got damaged...so i decided to install another windows... a friend of mine gave me the ISO files of win 8.1...i downloaded the windows USB/DVD tool and made my 8gb pendrive bootable with win 8.1 but when i tried to boot my laptop with it got the "reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key" mesage....i already changed the priority of the booting to "removable device" instead of "hard drive" or "cd/dvd" but it wont recognize it still...i tried another pendrive...and still have the same error...dunno what can be causing it..can someone help me?

Josephur · Sep 2, 2015

Does your BIOS have UEFI, does it have a legacy OS install mode?.. could be many reasons.

antox99 · Sep 2, 2015

how can i check that?...im sorry im not much of a computer girl but i can follow instructions lol

antox99 · Sep 2, 2015

Josephur said:
Does your BIOS have UEFI, does it have a legacy OS install mode?.. could be many reasons.

how can i check that?...im sorry im not much of a computer girl but i can follow instructions lol

Nimit · Sep 3, 2015

antox99 said:
how can i check that?...im sorry im not much of a computer girl but i can follow instructions lol

Press F12 while your PC is taking a boot then @Josephur can help you.

Josephur · Sep 3, 2015

Yeah really need to see BIOS options..

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