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08-15-2021 09:26 PM
I would like to boot from a USB flash drive that I formatted & partitioned using RUFUS 3.15.1812. The flash drive has the free Norton bootable recovery tool. The file system is FAT32 & removable storage has a MBR partition.
When I go into BIOS (UEFI) by hitting the esc key I go into boot device options (F9) & I make sure that USB boot is enabled & when I try to select USB as the first place to boot from I cannot for some reason.
Please provide me with steps to boot from USB if possible I have the following BIOS version F.26 . Thank you in advance!
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08-16-2021 10:30 AM
At least on my PCs that are UEFI, the boot disk must be formatted GPT in order for it to be bootable.
When you use RUFUS to format a USB stick, it normally defaults to UEFI/GPT. You need to check that for the Norton stick.
IF that is the case, I don't know what else to tell you other than trying to create a UEFI bootable USB stick of Windows media and seeing if that boots. If that boots, then there is something wrong with the Norton stick.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
08-16-2021 10:30 AM
At least on my PCs that are UEFI, the boot disk must be formatted GPT in order for it to be bootable.
When you use RUFUS to format a USB stick, it normally defaults to UEFI/GPT. You need to check that for the Norton stick.
IF that is the case, I don't know what else to tell you other than trying to create a UEFI bootable USB stick of Windows media and seeing if that boots. If that boots, then there is something wrong with the Norton stick.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP