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Optiplex 7010 boot from USB
Dear all,
I am using Microsoft MDT to image computers, i have created a media resulting in an ISO file. I have burned the ISO to the USB stick using rufus http://rufus.akeo.ie/
I can install my image on all the laptops i have tested Latitude E4300, E4310, E6230, E6320, E5400
When i try with an Optiplex 7010 (USB boot is enabled in the bios, Bios is version A12), the USB stick looks like it's not detected at all, no errors, it just boots straight to disk even if i tell the boot sequence to boot to USB.
The USB key is formatted using NTFS and the Optiplex is set to BIOS Legacy mode.
Any ideas what my problem is?
speedstep
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March 26th, 2014 09:00
WINPE is not supported here.
This is a $Paid microsoft support question.
(http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool)
F12 Booting and Legacy and Legacy USB operation must be enabled in BIOS.
Front ports don't always provide enough(500Ma) USB power.
Rufus is not supported here
https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/FAQ
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March 25th, 2014 11:00
Pressing F12 is exactly what i did, i selected the USB boot, but it continues with booting from the hard disk.
I have tried all USB ports available with no luck.
I have upgraded the BIOS to A16 also but no joy.
RoHe
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March 25th, 2014 11:00
Have you tried putting USB first in the boot sequence in BIOS setup?
RoHe
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March 25th, 2014 11:00
With that USB stick connected to the 7010, reboot and press F12 before Windows starts to load. See if you can choose USB boot from that menu.
Have you tried different USB ports? It's possible not all USB ports are recognized during boot, before Windows loads....
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March 26th, 2014 01:00
yea tried that already...
speedstep
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March 26th, 2014 07:00
LEGACY, DOS, MBR, FAT, FAT32, SYSLINUX, USB FLOPPY Booting isn't allowed on UEFI systems in secure boot mode. They are not supported on Class 3 systems, because these operating systems assume the presence of legacy BIOS INT10 support in the firmware, which is not available in a Class-3 UEFI implementation.
Only with CSM Legacy mode is this allowed.
UEFI Class 3 systems DO NOT HAVE CSM/LEGACY and therefore will ONLY BOOT 64 bit windows 8. Operating systems earlier than 64 bit Windows 8.0 will not boot on these systems. 32 bit versions any version will never boot on such systems because class 2.3.1 bios prevents that.
USB GPT NTFS Partitions are the only bootable partitions for UEFI when they have 64 bit windows 8. MBR NTFS partitions are not bootable as this was removed from UEFI Class 2.3.1
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March 26th, 2014 09:00
Legacy USB is enabled, i use F12 at boot time and select USB.
I have tried the back ports without any luck
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March 26th, 2014 09:00
I stated that i boot the system in legacy Mode not UEFI.
The boot image is WinPE5.
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March 26th, 2014 10:00
I will try the following article later on: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2013/04/02/microsoft-deployment-toolkit-2012-update1-media-deployment-usb-drive-for-uefi-computer.aspx
Might work with a FAT32 boot drive.
Thanks
theflash1932
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March 26th, 2014 14:00
I have used USB to manually install Windows 7 and 8, and to run WinPE for a network install ... this is NOT a systematic issue with the 7010.
Start with the basics to eliminate the issue:
Create a plain jane Windows installation USB ... from a Command Prompt:
diskpart
select disk 1 (use list disk to make sure you get the right disk)
clean
create partition primary
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d: should be your Windows DVD, e: should be your newly formatted USB)
exit
Make sure you can boot with this. If you can, then you can eliminate rufus or your MDT ISO as the issue.
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March 27th, 2014 05:00
This tool fixed my issue:
(http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool)
Thanks @SpeedStep