So I'm trying to install Windows7 from usb on an Asus EeeBook E202 small netbook, and it just won't boot from USB at all (USB is set to first in boot order). If I start the setup from Windows, it crashes with a 'Windows setup cannot find a location to store temporary installation files. To install Windows, make sure that a partition on your boot disk has at least 686 MB of free space' error.
Can this be because I only have AHCI mode in BIOS?
http://imgur.com/a/TmjLx
If yes, what should I do? Thanks for the help!
Can this be because I only have AHCI mode in BIOS?
http://imgur.com/a/TmjLx
If yes, what should I do? Thanks for the help!
I just purchased an Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A-DH51 with Windows 8. I want to wipe the drive and do a clean install but USB is not listed as a boot option in the BIOS. Does this mean it is not possible?
Mar 09, 2017 instalation netbook asus e202s with flashdisk on USB 3. Instal windows 7 On ASUS E202S with flashdisk Edo Irawan. Cara mengganti Keyboard Asus E202s - Duration. I have Asus X552E with windows 8. But i want to install windows 7 it not working. I did a USB bootable and went into the BIOS i then change the boot sequence and started but it didnt boot from the USB, I want help. Please help i want to use windows 7. Windows 8 is shit on laptops trust.
Here is a photo of my BIOS options.
This is the only option I get when I click Add New Boot Option. Not sure if I can add USB here.
***** Update *****Asus tech emailed and said: 'Unfortunately with Windows 8 you can not boot from bios.'
Chace FieldsChace Fields
16 Answers
I just went through the same pain... but I found a workaround.
- Plug in your USB drive
- Turn the Zenbook on
- Enter UEFI (BIOS) through pressing ESC or F2
- In 'Boot' tab: 'Disable Fastboot' (*)
- Press F10 to save & exit
- Immediately press ESC or F2 again
- In 'Boot' tab: your USB drive should be listed - change the order
- Press F10 to save & exit
- Your Zenbook should now boot from the USB drive
- profit
(*) = and 'Enable CSM' if you want to boot in legacy mode
If that does not help, you might need a more recent firmware version.
Just in case you run into more trouble while trying to install Windows onto your GPT SSD - this post might be very helpful: http://www.hodgin.ca/2012/10/02/creating-a-uefibios-windows-7-usb-and-installing-to-gpt-partitions/
mediafingermediafinger
We just got a few of these in at work and they are a right PITA to wipe and clean-install windows with, especially the usb-3 only ones.
To enable booting to a USB device you need to set secure boot to disabled (in the security tab of the bios) and enable CSM (on the boot tab of the bios)
You can then select a USB boot device.
If you are trying to install windows 7 on a USB3 only zenbook, your next headache will be windows setup failing, from either a bootable USB memory stick or a USB DVD drive. This is because the bios loads the windows boot image, but when the windows setup program starts it doesn't have USB3 drivers and can't read the setup files.
To get around this you need to create a customized windows setup, on either a USB memory stick or a DVD. You need to download the USB3 drivers from asus, extract the driver files (from the folder containing the .sys and .inf files) and use dism.exe to load these into a windows boot image. There are tutorials on how to do this on the net, the one I used was here:http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/32302-How-to-install-Windows-7-from-a-USB-3-0-Thumb-Drive-(FAST-installation!)
John SinclairJohn Sinclair
- Power on
- F2 to enter BIOS
- Tab to Boot
- 'Secure Boot' -Disabled
- 'CSM + UEFI' selected in OS Mode Selection
- F10
- Hold F2 to Enter BIOS
- Check boot -> Boot Priority to see if connected USB is listed
I use sandisk Cruzer.
Daniel CrawfordDaniel Crawford
I hit this same issue. However, if you plug in the USB stick before you boot, the choice will turn up. You can then save and boot away.
IN THEORY.
I tried to boot onto an Ubuntu USB - I see the grub loader but nothing happens after that. But that's a different issue :-)
Last note: Once you remove the USB stick, it will disappear from the options. Next time you want to bot from USB (or a USB DVD, whatever), you'll need to do this again.
EDIT 12-12-12: OK, I managed to get this working with Ubuntu. What I needed to do was turn off the 'Secure Boot' option in UEFI/BIOS. Once I did this, it was pretty smooth sailing. Ubuntu installed and all was well with the world once more.This page here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI was the best help I found.
Note: Disabling secure boot also meant that I had no issues at all getting both a USB and USB CD-ROM to appear in the boot menu on startup (hitting ESC). You do need to have them plugged in on boot (as it happens so fast), but messing around with the boot order as I mentioned previously became unnecessary.
As always, YMMV - this worked for me, I hope it helps you.
Annoyed ChipperAnnoyed Chipper
This thread helped me a lot. I'll add my 2 cents:
Asus R509C with Windows 8 pre-installed:
- USB device is plugged in
- F2 to BIOS
- Switch to 'Boot' and set “FastBoot” to Disabled
- Switch to 'Security' and set 'Secure Boot Control' to Disabled
- F10 to save and exit and immediately press F2 to BIOS
- Only then could I switch to 'Boot' and set “Launch CSM” to Enabled
- F10 to save and exit and immediately press F2 to BIOS
- Now select a boot option. My USB option didn't say USB, it was just [ 8.0.7]
- F10 to save and exit - booted right to USB
Bob ProbstBob Probst
Those are not BIOS setup screens, they are UEFI setup screens (which is the successor of BIOS). Note that UEFI cannot per se boot from media that are made bootable for a BIOS (like install media for most operating systems or rescue systems, which were released at a time where UEFI was not yet available, like last year or so) unless you enable CSM (compatibility support module) support.
So, either you have a boot media that is UEFI bootable (maybe in addition to bootable via BIOS), then you just have to attach it and it should be possible to select it in that menu, or your media is 'only' BIOS bootable, then you have to enable CSM support and reboot and go into the BIOS setup of the CSM module to configure booting it from there.
mihimihi
I just had this same problem with exactly the same symptoms on an ASUS K56CA that I unboxed yesterday, and boy I am glad I did not come to this thread first. Lots of good advice, but none of it (would have) helped me!
Try a different USB stick. I was using a U3 16GB stick that never had problems booting on any BIOS-based computer, and I could never get it to show up reliably in the boot menu. (Once it appeared in F9 menu, only after I had removed it during boot.)
I switched to a 2GB '24x' PNY Attache I had lying around, with no embedded U3 partition, and it showed up immediately when I had any EFI-supporting image copied to it. Unfortunately I still was not able to boot from the USB. (Grub would load, but no love after selecting any choice from the boot menu.)
Finally I was able to boot Ubuntu using a DVD media with the same image written to it. The helpful folks in the
#ubuntu /freenode
IRC channel informed me that you do not need a special image secure-linux-12.10-anyfoo.iso
as the Ubuntu guide instructs, just use an up-to-date 12.10 amd64 image and it will have included EFI booting support.For me, after all this, it happily showed up in either F9 or ESC menu for alternate booting.
KingdonKingdon
I found this: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-access-the-bios-on-a-windows-8-computer/ - this might help you out but I am still having issues booting to a device...
chrischris
- Enter the BIOS setup menu by pressing and holding F2 key when powering on.
- Switch to 'Boot' and set “Launch CSM” to Enabled.
- Switch to 'Security' and set 'Secure Boot Control' to Disabled.
- Press F10 to save and exit.
- Press and hold ESC key to lunch boot menu when the notebook restarts.
El JacaréEl Jacaré
All recent hardware supports booting from a USB drive. Look for 'boot' in the contents index and flip through those pages 8^).
Ярослав РахматуллинЯрослав Рахматуллин
I just got 5 of these for my company and am having the same issues. The first thing I want to do is take a full backup using Acronis Snap Deploy and I cannot boot into the software via USB Thumb Drive, it sees the drive but doesn't boot to it.
I also tried hooking up an external Sony DVD drive and it doesn't even see it in the boot options, which is even worse. I called support and they are useless. They guy pulled out a Zenbook and goes 'it works for me!' Wonderful.
Next I tried building a Windows 7 Thumb Drive, which the computer notices in the Boot Menu but does not boot to it, goes right into the Asus Windows 8 startup logo. What am I doing wrong? Did you find a resolution to boot to USB? I have BIOS version 214.
BTW, all devices and attempts were tried on a Dell Optiplex 980 and successfully booted to the device...
chrischris
Strangely, despite all proposed answered my USB drive was still not appearing.
The usb drive finally appeared just after I hit Ctrl+Atl+Del after boot. It re-boots, I hit Esc, and the Usb-Drive is now in the menu list available for choice.
It was as if the booting sequence was too fast for my Usb drive.
It worked for me.
Stephane RollandStephane Rolland
If your USB drive does not show up, try a different drive.
I couldn't get it to boot from USB DVD on two different model Zenbooks. It wound up being a compatibility issue with the DVD drive. A new DVD drive booted just fine.
Tim McCoyTim McCoy
I had only two options when assigning to boot priority 1 and 2 - they were (a) CD/DVD and (b) hard disk. USB was not an option.
My solution so as to allow booting from USB was:
- Ensure USB key is connected first and power on PC
- Within BIOS go to 'Disks' and attempt to change value. Hopefully 'USB' appears here now - if so select it.
- Still within BIOS go back to boot priority assignment and now 'USB' will appear as a selectable value/option.
Your BIOS can now boot from USB.
NOTE:My BIOS had only two boot priorities - I was using USB and CD/DVD. Therefore I had to reverse the change mentioned above, i.e. change the hard disk within BIOS back to the hard disk, and then within boot priority no 2 assign it to the hard disk. So that PC would boot from the hard disk.
ryanryan
Boot from USB on APTIO SETUP UTILITY for a 2012 American Megatrends BIOS
- Enter the BIOS setup menu by pressing and holding F2 key when powering on.
- Switch to and set to Enabled.
- Switch to and set to Disabled.
- Press F10 to save and exit.
- Press and hold ESC key to launch boot menu when the Unit restarts.
FrançoisFrançois
- Get USB
- Install Linux/Ubuntu on USB
- Insert into PC
- You will see the USB option
- Install Linux on PC.
- Then Install Windows in the same USB
This is when In my Scenario, No DC/DVD drive, Only Guest Access and limited BIOS access.
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