Cannot get bootable usb windows 10 2004 to work

Anonymous
2020-09-13T20:35:32+00:00

Have rest the computer yet again for the umpteenth time

Have had one advisor on here saying my pc might not be compatable but it is only 1 year old

Lenovo Ideacentre 310s-08asr amd a9-9245 radeon r5 compute cores 2c+3G

8Gb Memory

875Gb free on hard drive

Razer Chroma keyboard

Windows Defender used no 3rd party

Have installed windows 10 to a bootable usb device 16gb

bios set so that usb is primary boot device over hard drive

Reset computer

screen momentarily shows windows logo then there is a flicker and the normal lenovo boot screen is displayed

then computer tried the usb again and the same flicker and back to the lenovo screen again 

computer keeps this loop going until the usb is removed and computer then boot normally.

Previously tried windows update to no avail constantly getting error 0xc1900101 but using windows media creation tool I get 

error 0xc1900101-0x20017

Have run lenovo vantage and it reports system up to date

Have run lenovo system update and it updated the AMD onboard graphics driver, that reported no other updates are required.

Ran the AMD drivers and supported and that updated drivers and AMD software

System has Office, Canon drivers and software for TS8351 installed, Google Earth, Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird and IMVU installed. These proved not to be a problem as my 5 year old HP computer updated to 2004 without any problems.

Tried again and error 0xc1900101 occurred yet again.

The computer has been taken back to 1903 its original format and even with nothing added resulted in error 0xc1900101 and 0xc1900101-20017 using media creation tool.

Update troubleshooter this time reports an issue has been detected. When you look at the details it says "check for windows update issues"

Then says "resolve windows update issues - completed

Then WaaSMedicService

Issues remediated by: EnableUUPScanPlugin.

Then detection details

IsPostback_RCUpdates : IsPostback: False

WaaSMedicService: Issue found by: EnableUUPScanPlugin

IsPostback_RC_PendingUpdates: IsPostback: True

Service Status

Problem with BITS service: The requested service has been started. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2182

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-09-15T02:15:37+00:00

    Hi,

    You should not be trying to do an installation by hitting RESET first.. Maybe you misspoke and meant Restart...

    What your Device Manager says about USB Controllers is irrelevant.. When booting the machine is running off what is available in Bios and is not using Windows in any way.. Once the boot is started the installation media may use included Windows drivers, but not what is installed on the machine..

    Do you have a UEFI version of the flash drive appearing when you select F11 or F12 ?

    Did you allow RUFUS to use it's default setting for a UEFI Bios machine ? GPT\FAT32 ?

    Are you sure your machine is using UEFI Bios ? It should have an "EFI" partition if it is, and your normal Boot Device should be "WindowsBootmanager"..

    If you have set your flash drive to the first boot device and for some reason it is not bootable, you will in fact end up in a never ending boot loop.. Because the flash drive is plugged in, the machine never even tries the second boot device..

    As a side note.. I have recently become aware that some machines... Gateway and possibly Lenevo, require that the Bios be set to Legacy Bios to boot from installation media.. I would not tinker with that at the moment though..

    It is also possible that your "Secure Boot" and "Fast Boot" may need to be disabled if you have those settings.. Fast Boot in particular can block booting from anything other than the HDD as it's highest setting..

    You might try RUFUS again.. This is an image of my RUFUS window for UEFI Bios... It is probably an older version than what you are using.. I am not seeing the cluster size you mention, but that can be dependent upon the flash drive..

    This is what RUFUS should look like for Legacy Bios...

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  2. Igor Leyko 112.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-09-14T23:12:26+00:00

    Seems you need to ask a help from Lenovo support. Such flickering is not normal.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-09-14T22:48:19+00:00

    Have tried the Lenovo system update and that reports - No packages applicable to your system were found

    Lenovo Vantage reports - No updates are available. Your system is up to date.

    After that not sure what next to do.

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  4. Igor Leyko 112.4K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2020-09-14T22:04:30+00:00

    Seems this may be BIOS problem. Check Lenovo site for BIOS update.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-09-14T21:58:30+00:00

    Not sure if there is a problem with the usb drive as device manager shows USB Controllers show no problems

    AMD USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller - 1.0 (Microsoft) - properties = device working properly

    Generic USB Hub properties = device working properly

    Realtek USB Card Reader = device working properly

    Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller = device working properly

    USB Composite Device = device working properly

    USB Root Hub = device working properly

    USB Root Hub (USB 3.0)= device working properly

    Have used 2 different usb devices and both have done the same thing, tried the USB2 and USB3 slots and the same happens. 

    The second usb device was bought brand new boxed 2 days ago.

    Have used the MCT 2 or 3 times and the same thing happens.

    Before I changed the usb to no 1 in priority the computer ignored the usb and booted fro the hd, not it tries to start the windows installation with the windows logo, before there is a large flicker like a long horizontal bar before it goes to the lenovo boot screen and a pause before it tries to start the installation again and again goes lenovo screen and loops like this until the usb is removed.

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