Windows 10 freezing on Just a moment... when installing.

[train21]

So I am trying to reinstall windows as I was on linux. My bios is out of date but whenever I use the updater to create a new USB recovery drive, it doesn't create the .bin in the folder. It keeps freezing and I have no idea what to do cause I want to install Windows 10 and it just doesn't work.

[WAWood]

@train21 

Doing BIOS updates is just one of several reasons why those of us who use both Windows and Linux maintain dual-boot machines -- because doing BIOS updates in Linux is near to impossible.

The HP BIOS update disk creation utility does not appear to work -- at least, if we are to judge by the posts we get here about it.

There is an alternative that MIGHT work -- read the information below to see:

This is an indirect method for creating a BIOS update boot USB stick -- which comes in useful if you can not boot your PC into Windows and you need to do a BIOS update.

Macrium Reflect (MR) is a free tool that can be used to image and restore PCs, but it also has an option to create Rescue Media (is disk or USB form) that can then be used to Repair your PC.

It is available from here: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

What I recommend is the following:
1) Download and install Macrium Reflect (MR)
2) Use the option to create a boot USB stick
3) Open File Explorer to point to the USB stick
4) Create a folder on the USB stick named Apps
5) Download the HP BIOS Update file (this is a self-extracting archive file)
6) Copy the HP BIOS Update file to the Apps folder on the USB stick

NOW, you have a bootable USB stick that also contains the HP BIOS update file

Boot your original PC from the USB stick. It will take a few minutes, so you have to be patient. Could be 3 MINUTES or longer -- it's slow.

The USB stick is designed to repair Windows problems, but you don't want to do that. So, when you get to the app, down at the bottom-left of the screen are three icons. The right-most is a file manager -- click that to open it. Then, find the HP BIOS Update file and double-click that. That will start the BIOS update process.

When it is done, remove the USB stick and reboot your original PC.