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mad_tekee
Nov 02, 2025Copper Contributor
Cannot Boot from Windows 11 USB Installation Media
So the story is a long one. I updated one of my Windows 10 PC's successfully to Windows 11 using the Rufus tool and all was well. What I hadn't noticed was that the previous Windows 10 install had ...
ArkansasQuapaw
Nov 13, 2025Iron Contributor
Is there any error message when booting from the USB?
mad_tekee
Nov 13, 2025Copper Contributor
Thx for your response. There were no error messages. As you see below I have finally resolved the issue. It was due to a faulty data hard drive in the system which affecting the SATA bus. (Quite a weird problem).
When I removed that drive it booted from the USB drive created on Media Creator.
Basically I stripped all hardware out of the system and added items back in one by one to isolate the problem.