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Hello guys!

i have a z600 i hope you guys can help me out with.
I bought the z600 with lubuntu on it, and i wanted to install Windows10 on the machine. But wasn't able to make the bootable usb work on the pc, so i installed windows the harddrive on another machine and updated windows. Then switched it back to the z600, but gets stuck at "attempting to boot from hard drive", its the same when i try to boot it from the Windows10 usb.
I've tryed out 3 different hard drives, and 2 different usbs no luck.
i've tryed to reset default settings in bios.
i've managed to boot it with Windows xp, Windows7, Windows7 installations disk and ofc lubuntu
Current Bios  version: v03.15
EDIT: i've tryed out both GTP And MBR partitions for win10. and both AHCI+RAID and IDE sata configuration.


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Hi:

 

The only suggestion I can offer if you can install W7 on the PC, would be to take the free upgrade to W10 if you can activate the W7 installation with either a product key you have or the product key on the PC's case.

 

Install W7 with the default drive controller setting of AHCI+RAID.

 

After you install and activate W7, plug the USB flash drive into your PC's USB port.

 

Do not boot from the flash drive.

 

Open the drive in Windows explorer and double-click on the setup application to begin the upgrade process to W10.

 

W10 should install and be activated after you connect to the internet.

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Hi:

 

The only suggestion I can offer if you can install W7 on the PC, would be to take the free upgrade to W10 if you can activate the W7 installation with either a product key you have or the product key on the PC's case.

 

Install W7 with the default drive controller setting of AHCI+RAID.

 

After you install and activate W7, plug the USB flash drive into your PC's USB port.

 

Do not boot from the flash drive.

 

Open the drive in Windows explorer and double-click on the setup application to begin the upgrade process to W10.

 

W10 should install and be activated after you connect to the internet.

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