Bootable USB

[jazz3d]

Hi Guys,

I have a question about Bootable USB keys. After watching a tutorial of how to create a bootable USB I created one for my computer which seems to work ok except for the create or delete partition at the beginning. Works fine from DVD I can delete my original partition and re-install fresh no problem but not from a USB. My question is it impossible to delete partitions from a bootable USB key or is something to do with my particular setup.  

Cheers,
Jazz3d

[Compton]

try zeroing the usb how to zero out UFD boot sentor usb drives

[Timster]

Is your thumb drive lockable?
Try to simply formating the drive before creating the disk

[jazz3d]

(09-03-2015, 03:10 PM)Compton Wrote:  try zeroing the usb how to zero out UFD boot sentor usb drives

Thanks Compton,
I have zeroed the thumb drive and remade Win 10 boot drive, cannot say yet whether it works but will let you know when the time comes to use it. Thanks again for the suggestion.
Regards,
Jazz3d

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(09-03-2015, 03:12 PM)Timster Wrote:  Is your thumb drive lockable?
Try to simply formating the drive before creating the disk

Hi Timster,
I have a Win 10 DVD as well and used that for the the formatting and fresh install so not a big problem but I am curious why bootable USB will not work on my system. I have tried Comptons suggestion and will try again when I next re-install. Thanks for your suggestion.
Regards,
Jazz3d

[Timster]

How old is your computer? Some older computers do not support booting from usb flash drive.

[jazz3d]

(09-05-2015, 12:13 AM)Timster Wrote:  How old is your computer? Some older computers do not support booting from usb flash drive.

It's five years old August just gone so that may well be the case. Not knowledgeable enough to find out I'm afraid so have to wait for next re-install. If it fails next time will admit defeat and stick with DVD.  
Regards,
Jazz3d

[Compton]

what's your computer model number

[jazz3d]

(09-05-2015, 12:04 PM)Compton Wrote:  what's your computer model number

It does not have a model number. I had it put together by a company called Overclockers UK about five years ago. The specs are listed below if that's any help.
Regards,
Jazz3d

System Model
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X58A-UD3R
Enclosure Type: Desktop

Operating System
Windows 10 Professional (x64) (build 10240)
Install Language: English (United Kingdom)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 21/08/2015 14:28:43
Boot Mode: BIOS (Secure Boot not supported)

Processor a
3.35 gigahertz Intel Core i7 930
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total)

Main Circuit Board b
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. X58A-UD3R
Bus Clock: 160 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. FH 01/06/2012

Memory Modules c,d
12288 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A1' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A2' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A3' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A4' has 2048 MB
Slot 'A5' has 2048 MB

Display
ATI Radeon HD 5570 [Display adapter]
DELL U2412M [Monitor]
HP LP2475w [Monitor]

[Compton]

its should be able to boot from usb

trying using a difference flash drive

what program are using to create usb installation?

[jazz3d]

(09-05-2015, 06:27 PM)Compton Wrote:  its should be able to boot from usb

trying using a difference flash drive

what program are using to create usb installation?

A program called Rufus and a Microsoft one whose name I forget both completed the bootable USB ok on two different USB's and both were unable to format SSD for fresh install. Hoping the zeroing of USB is the answer but not able to try it at the moment. It's not a major problem just puzzled why it did not work.
Regards,
Jazz3d