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No matter what I do, my Lenovo Flex 2-14 doesn't seem to recognise my USB as an UEFI Windows bootable flash device, despite following this guide USB Flash Drive - Create to Install Windows 10 (Option 2), step by step.
I am using a Verbatim 16GB USD v3.0 with Windows 10.10586 x64 on it, and I tried from all three USB-slots on the laptop.
BIOS configuration is as following:
Configuration:
Wireless LAN: Enabled
SATA Controller working mode: AHCI
Hotkey Switch: Hotkey Mode
Power Beep: Disabled
AMD Virtual Technology: Enabled
BIOS Bach Flash: Disabled
Security:
Adiminstrator password: Cleared
User Passord: Cleared
HDD Password: Cleared
Secure Boot: Disabled
Boot:
Boot Mode: UEFI
USV Boot: Enabled
PXE Boot to LAN: Enabled
Boot Priority Order: 1. USB HDD (..) 2. USB FDD (..) 3. ATA HDD: WDC WD200LPCX (..)
Exit:
OS Optimized Defaults: [Win 8 64bit]
The Boot Menu offers these options:
1. USB HDD: Verbatim STORE N GO
2. ATA HDD: WDC DW500LPCX
3. PCI LAN: EFI Network (IPv4)
4. Windows Boot Manager
5. PCI LAN: EFI Network (IPv6)
My pre-installed Windows 8.1 crashed and is not accessible in any way. I spent days now trying all kind of options back and forth, but I believe the above setup should be the right one.
Shouldn't option 1 of Boot Menu appear as something like "1. UEFI HDD: Verbatim STORE N GO"?
Anyone got an idea what is the problem here?
Hi, Panasonic. First thought is - can you confirm you selected FAT32 for the USB format in Rufus?
Hi Word Man,
Yes I can confirm I selected FAT32.
This is what Rufus looked like prior to pressing 'Start':
This is what properties of the USB shows:
Judging from this info:
Installing linux via usb with uefi on lenovo flex ... - Lenovo Community
It looks like the Flex will only boot a flash drive in legacy mode.
Thanks for bringing to my attention that thread over at Lenovo forum. It might seem to be some issues regarding Lenovo Flex and UEFI. I will have a deeper look within a few days and post here how the situation developes.Judging from this info:
Installing linux via usb with uefi on lenovo flex ... - Lenovo Community
It looks like the Flex will only boot a flash drive in legacy mode.
My wife's Acer never lists the thumb drive with the UEFI connotation, but does install in UEFI mode. I use diskpart, option 2 here, Done that way I can install in UEFI or legacy with that same thumb drive. I have 2 laptops with UEFI and 2 desktop PC's that are legacy BIOS.
There was a hardware problem with my computer.
Thanks guy for taking your time to look into this post!
Could you please elaborate how you came to the conclusion that your hardware caused this malfunction?There was a hardware problem with my computer.
Thanks guy for taking your time to look into this post!
And please, what hardware and in which sense? A hint to your solution would be great
My current setup is exactly the same and I cannot get Win8 nor Win10 to boot from a USB stick. I Used two sticks, but both fail to boot these. Out of curiosity I tried a stick with Win7 on it and it (kind of) worked. It boots to the installation screen, but then failes due to lacking driver support from Win7 (an error message appears) .
