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11-23-2018 11:27 AM
Hello Hp Community.
My issue is that when i tried to load windows 7 it says WIndows failed to start and that but when i plugin a windows usb to boot from it is not booting into it and when is press F9 or F10 it doesnt go into the bios or that it just goes back to the WIndows Boot Manager Screen.
Please Help me
Thank you for reading.
Regards
Marcus
a member of the HP Community.
11-23-2018 12:09 PM
Hi, Marcus:
In order to boot W7 from a USB flash drive, you need to enable legacy mode in the BIOS and disable secure boot.
W7 is not compatible with secure boot.
See this link for the BIOS settings to change...
https://www.support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03736054/
Also boot from the notebook's USB2 port.
W7 doesn't have the USB 3 drivers to install.
11-23-2018 12:13 PM - edited 11-23-2018 12:14 PM
Does the USB flash drive you made boot on another PC?
If it does, unfortunately I don't know why it won't boot from your notebook with those settings.
There should be a legacy usb device to boot from showing up under the F9 list.
You don't need it to go into the BIOS.
You should be able to tap the ESC key at the beginning of the HP welcome screen to get the menu of options.
Then select the F9 boot options menu.