Issue with starting the system
Issue with starting the system
and Boot (X. Clicking either one shows an error, even when I try to install. The install button is grayed out, making it impossible. I’m considering switching to another flasher like Ventoy, but I’m hesitant because some tools seem untrustworthy. I checked online for alternatives but didn’t find any helpful threads. Everything else seems normal—my components work, and the BIOS displays correctly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
KingSmylie
01-03-2016, 11:52 AM #1Hi there. I built my PC from the ground up recently. I’m facing an issue where my BIOS says the NVMe drive is connected, but when I try to boot, it only lets me use a CD or DVD. If I don’t interact at all, it brings me straight back to BIOS. Here’s what I know: I’m using an ASUS motherboard and flashed a USB stick with BalenaEtcher, choosing x64.iso as the ISO and the USB drive as the target. I have 16 GB of storage, which should be enough. My BIOS recognizes the NVMe drive with its large capacity, and everything seems fine. I followed the steps to format it properly—listing disks, formatting with select disk 0, clean, convert GPT, restarting—and still got the same problem. When I opened the boot menu, I was prompted to click a key if I wanted to boot from CD or DVD. Since I didn’t click anything, I returned to BIOS. On the boot menu, there’s an install driver option to view available hardware drivers. I saw two entries: USB Drive (C and Boot (X. Clicking either one shows an error, even when I try to install. The install button is grayed out, making it impossible. I’m considering switching to another flasher like Ventoy, but I’m hesitant because some tools seem untrustworthy. I checked online for alternatives but didn’t find any helpful threads. Everything else seems normal—my components work, and the BIOS displays correctly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
mikkelaksel
01-23-2016, 10:42 AM #2Ventoy is a highly reliable application with several benefits compared to Etcher. The main advantage is its ability to work on any operating system, enabling you to create a bootable USB drive that can host multiple ISO files along with various utilities. You can store them all on one USB and run them from there. When setting up a new OS, it's recommended to disconnect or remove all drives except the one you're booting from and the target drive for installation to avoid issues like this. Proceed with installing Windows and after rebooting, unplug the USB so it doesn't attempt to boot from it.
shanleighrose
01-26-2016, 03:43 AM #3The information suggests using an alternative operating system instead of Ventoy. There are other options available, though some forums mention compatibility issues with Ventoy. Renting a Windows laptop might be a viable solution.