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Tacotardis42:
Hello all! I'm trying to run a bootable USB on my windows 7 emachines, and when I select it as a boot option it gives me a blank screen with a flashing line that looks like it's awaiting input, like in command prompt. If I click anything, it makes a beeping noise (From computer itself, not plugged into speakers) and if I hit Ctrl alt delete it reboots. The USB is confirmed to work on other computers. I have done a proper power reset, and I have run Windows repair in safe mode. I have not checked, but I am almost positive I have BIOS and not UEFI. What can I do? P.S Merry Christmas! :cheesy:

Boggin:
It would be best if you booted to the BIOS to see if you have UEFI/Secure Boot and there is an option to enable Legacy USB.

Have you also tried a different USB port ?

When you plug the USB in within Windows, does AutoPlay open for you to view the files ?

Tacotardis42:
I'll try a different usb port, and I'm pretty sure I only have bios because I have two options at starup, F12 for boot options (let's me choose boot device such as usb, cd/dvd etc.) and del for setup that I have never tried. It does not autoplay. How do I double check uefi\bios? P.S The Windows\Panther folder is empty, so that's not an option, and it has run a live usb before, so I know it can.

Tacotardis42:
I have verified that is indeed BIOS. On another note, in the setup options (I decided to check there) It  has quick boot, and quiet boot as options. They are both enabled. As far as I can tell they have nothing to do with secure boot, right?

Jethro Bodine:
I make a lot of bootable USBs and most work perfectly first time  , but every now and then I get one that
works on one machine but not another.
You have BIOS and not UEFI  ,  so that's unlikely to be the problem .

My usual fix is simply to choose a different tool for making the USB .

There are plenty of good free ones to choose from .... Rufus , Unetbootin ,  LiveLinux , Pendrive Linux and others .
Or you could go for the one with the most catchy name .... Win32DiskImager , which is actually pretty good  ,
and it works fine with 64-bit images as well !

There are always the odd few ISOs that won't play nicely with certain specific tools .
I just never bothered to find out the reason why  ..... one more  DFK/DFC .

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