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October 26th, 2021 12:00
Problem Installing Windows 10 to Dell OptiPlex 7050
I have a Dell OptiPlex 7050 MT Quad-Core i7-6700 3.40GHz with 64GB of RAM and a new Samsung 2TB Evo Plus M.2 Drive installed. (So Windows has NEVER been installed on the M2 drive)
I'm booting the Windows 10 Installer from a Scandisk USB thumb drive created with the Microsoft Media Creation tool.
On boot, the Windows Logo Appears with a spinning circle.
This appears for a few seconds and then the machine reboots.
Again, and again, and again.
I've tried swapping the RAM, using a HDD instead of the M.2. Nothing works.
I'm guessing its a BIOS settings combination but I have tried several and haven't had any luck.
Anyone have any useful ideas ??
Thanks
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speedstep
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October 30th, 2021 12:00
F2 Bios Sata Operation must be AHCI
F2 Bios Secure boot must be OFF.
The drive will not be seen when its in raid configuration.
The USB flash drive must be on USB 2.0 connection, FAT32, 16 or 32 gigs.
F12 Boot must be UEFI GPT not Legacy MBR.
redxps630
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October 30th, 2021 13:00
Re: On boot, the Windows Logo Appears with a spinning circle.
This appears for a few seconds and then the machine reboots.
this suggests while your pc tries to load installation file from the usb, it fails and crashes constantly. So is it due to the flash drive usb, the pc thumb drive interface, or the pc itself minus the thumb drive? You can help yourself diagnose and narrow the suspect list. For quick test, use the same thumb drive on another desktop pc to attempt Win 10 install. If on the other desktop it also crashes, ahah, the thumb drive is defective. If it proceeds smoothly to installation window, thumb drive is good. In the latter case, try a different USB port of 7050 in case one port is not reliable. If pc crashes on thumb drive on all available USB ports, then find another usb drive that you can erase and make a simple bootable usb out of using the Dell way, try boot from that. If PC still crashes from the simple bootable usb, something wrong with the PC. At that time can you boot the pc from a hdd that has Windows 10 already installed? Well before going further try these steps and see if you make some progress.
How to make a bootable usb the Dell way. https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000145519/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-flash-drive-using-dell-diagnostic-deployment-package-dddp