HP 255 G8 does not list any USB devices either in the boot options or in BIOS

[slimmy0]

I was recently gifted this laptop and was wondering how I could install an OS on it, since the USB boot isn't working. I have enabled USB Boot in the BIOS options, as well as disabling Secure Boot, in case that would be an issue, and still, the only boot option I have is the ssd that came with FreeDOS out of the box.

I might be missing an option, but I have tried pretty much everything, even using different thumbdrives, and none of them get listed, neither in the F9 menu, neither in the BIOS.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

You seem to have done everything right.

Usually when a USB flash drive does not show up in the boot options menu, something may have gone wrong with how you created the Windows installation media.

See if this works...I don't know what operating system you plan on installing but download either the W10 or W11 ISO files from their respective links below.

When the media creation tool program asks you what you want to do, select the ISO file download option.

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)

3rd option for W11

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

Then use the free Rufus utility to transfer the ISO file to a USB flash drive so that it is bootable.

Set up Rufus the way you see it on the website illustration.

Partition scheme = GPT

BIOS = UEFI (non-CSM)

File System - NTFS

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way