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Isaaccom
Steel Contributor
Mar 24, 2025

BSOD when booting from Windows installation flash drive

Hi everyone!

I have a Lenovo desktop PC with Windows 11. Everything is running alright, except I cannot boot to Windows installation flash drive. I can boot into Windows 11 and it's running fine, but I have noticed this issue with the bootable Windows installer not working and it seems like I won't be able to reinstall Windows in the future without fixing this error. I have checked the flash drive in another Windows 11 PC and it is booting there without issues. I can even boot into a Macrium Reflect recovery flash drive without problems on the Lenovo PC, it's just the Windows installation bootable flash drive that doesn't work. This is an image of the blue screen:

 

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    Jrueui
    Iron Contributor
    Mar 25, 2025

    Ensure that the USB drive is formatted correctly. It should be FAT32 for UEFI systems or NTFS for BIOS systems. If your Lenovo PC is set to UEFI mode, try formatting the drive to FAT32 and recreate the bootable drive.

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