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Computer not booting confirmed working USB
Tacotardis42:
I'll try my best to answer! It is just one boot disk, as far as I know my computer is not using usb 3.0 ports (I think?) and I don't think I have usb options in bios but I'll check tommorrow.
Jethro Bodine:
I'm not certain exactly what it is you want to do.
All of those tools I mentioned perform essentially the same task .
There very few options for the user apart from choosing the ISO , choosing the destination drive (eg a USB stick )
choosing which format ( if formatting is needed ) and in some cases , adding a persistent file.
From memory , I think Rufus offers a few more options (boxes to tick ) but that's about it.
If you want multiple , bootable ISOs on the same stick then YUMI is what you need.
If you want to modify / customize Grub4dos there is a tool at Sourceforge called "GRUB4DOS Toolbox "
That's about the extent of it .... maybe it's of some help to you.
PS - Good advice from Julian in his post above .... USB 3 is best avoided for this type of thing
also , Thumbdrives that come with built-in security ( ie encryption ) can sometimes be troublesome.
jraju:
Hi, Tacko
The pointer by Julian that is it usb compatible bios settings is a must for booting from usb. In older machines, you may have bios settings. Please go to bios , boot order menu and find if there is option to boot from usb/pendrive. If those options are not present, then you have no choice but to use other tools to boot from usb. It is not usb 2.0 or 3.0 port, It will boot if you have this option to boot from usb in your boot priority device settings. Check and report
Boggin:
--- Quote from: jraju on December 27, 2015, 05:45:58 am ---Hi, Tacko
The pointer by Julian that is it usb compatible bios settings is a must for booting from usb. In older machines, you may have bios settings. Please go to bios , boot order menu and find if there is option to boot from usb/pendrive. If those options are not present, then you have no choice but to use other tools to boot from usb. It is not usb 2.0 or 3.0 port, It will boot if you have this option to boot from usb in your boot priority device settings. Check and report
--- End quote ---
From the opening post, Taco was able to select it as a first boot option, but for AutoPlay not opening when plugging it in within Windows tends to point to another problem - could be a problem in the USB Controllers in Device Management that the machine isn't seeing it.
Tacotardis42:
--- Quote from: Boggin on December 27, 2015, 10:25:49 am ---
--- Quote from: jraju on December 27, 2015, 05:45:58 am ---Hi, Tacko
The pointer by Julian that is it usb compatible bios settings is a must for booting from usb. In older machines, you may have bios settings. Please go to bios , boot order menu and find if there is option to boot from usb/pendrive. If those options are not present, then you have no choice but to use other tools to boot from usb. It is not usb 2.0 or 3.0 port, It will boot if you have this option to boot from usb in your boot priority device settings. Check and report
--- End quote ---
From the opening post, Taco was able to select it as a first boot option, but for AutoPlay not opening when plugging it in within Windows tends to point to another problem - could be a problem in the USB Controllers in Device Management that the machine isn't seeing it.
--- End quote ---
In regards to that, my computer can run the usb perfectly fine, and I can access the files on it, but since autoplay doesn't open when it's plugged in, would that still indicate the USB controllers are at fault? And also, changing the boot order to my flash drive first, hard disk second, did nothing. It just skipped the flash drive and went straight to the hard disk. This did not not happen before. The usb still works properly.
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