Going back to Windows 10 from Linux

[10i]

So I need to install Windows 10 on a Lenovo g570 laptop, that has Manjaro installed.

I can get into the bios, but when I try to tell it to boot from the USB, I can't because the install disk that I created does not show.

This same flash drive installed Windows 10 onto an older Lenovo laptop, with 0 problems.

The flash drive in question was set up by downloading the windows 10 iso from microsoft.com and then burning that image to it.

Other flash drives show up, when I plug them in, but they have ordinary files on and cannot boot from them.

Have I missed anything stupid here? I can set the bios to use legacy or UEFI mode, it still does not see my install disk.

 

[w1z4rd]

How did you burn the image? Windows 10 install cant just dd onto a disk.

 

[Rickster]

You need to use https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Try UEFI 1st then BIOS.

 

[10i]

You need to use https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Try UEFI 1st then BIOS.

Thanks i will try this. I have the downloaded image, I used Windows 7 and (forgot which app) to make the install USB originally.
It worked 100% on a laptop old enough not to have uefi, so I thought I could use the same disk if I disabled uefi in bios

 

[|tera|]

You need to use https://www.balena.io/etcher/

Try UEFI 1st then BIOS.

It's not the correct tool for Windows installations.

Rather use Windows USB download tool.
The standard Microsoft Media Creation tool or Rufus. Any of those 3 are recommended.

Belena is for Linux images.

 

[Rickster]

It's not the correct tool for Windows installations.

Rather use Windows USB download tool.
The standard Microsoft Media Creation tool or Rufus. Any of those 3 are recommended.

Belena is for Linux images.

Belana you can use for windows ISO's too, also OP said he was using linux. He also didnt mention he has access to a windows machine otherwise i would have recommended Rufus.

 

[carnagelan]

Download Rufus. Burn the flash with UEFA mode. Set your bios for UEFA and turn security off.

 

[rambo919]

Or be smart and just disable UEFI if you can

 

[ponder]

Belana you can use for windows ISO's too, also OP said he was using linux. He also didnt mention he has access to a windows machine otherwise i would have recommended Rufus.

Thanks i will try this. I have the downloaded image, I used Windows 7 and (forgot which app) to make the install USB originally.

 

[JustAsk]

I can get into the bios, but when I try to tell it to boot from the USB, I can't because the install disk that I created does not show.

Don't do that. Choose "boot from hdd" then make your usb stick the first hdd.

 

[gregmcc]

Once a device has had the taste of Linux, it will refuse to go back to Windows

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Once a device has had the taste of Linux, it will refuse to go back to Windows

Natural defenses blocking the microsoft virus

 

[10i]

Don't do that. Choose "boot from hdd" then make your usb stickmm

Thanks I'm making a new install disk and trying this, uefi is disabled, but it still does not show the drives to boot from.

Natural defenses blocking the microsoft virus

 

[Fulcrum29]

 

[Rickster]

Thanks I'm making a new install disk and trying this, uefi is disabled, but it still does not show the drives to boot from.

Is the drive formatted in NTFS or FAT32?

If you press F9 or F11 before the bios does it list the USB?

 

[rambo919]

Sometimes there is a dedicated button to press on boot to goto the bootmenu.

Other times you have to set the flash as primary boot device in bios.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Thanks I'm making a new install disk and trying this, uefi is disabled, but it still does not show the drives to boot from.

Turn secure boot on/off and see what happens.

 

[rambo919]

Remember though, if you formatted the flash drive as UEFI you cannot use it to boot as bios and the other way around.

And if secure boot which is a seperate option to UEFI is on you cannot boot from a flash drive anyway.....

 

[SAguy]

My condolences... #thoughtsandprayers

 

[ArmatageShanks]

I had the same struggle a while ago.I couldn't manage to format a thumb drive to be bootable from Linux, tried several apps several fixes nada, just couldn't make it bootable with a windows iso, Linux ISO sure easy peasy.

Only way I could get it to work was ri instal VirtualBox on Linux, create a windows virtual machine mount the usb then use that to create a bootable windows usb.