Bootable USB am I doing it wrong ?

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Trying to mount the ISO for HCI Memtest Deluxe onto a usb stick, I've tried a 32gb USB3.0 and a 16gb USB2.0 drive, neither will boot straight into memtest and I'm not sure why as they're showing up as bootable devices, I've also tried in both my USB2 & 3 ports, still same result. I'm using Rufus to mount the ISO and it says it has mounted but obviously something is wrong due to no boot and it will usually throw up "NTLDR missing" on the times it actually tries to boot and doesn't boot into my windows

I'm at a loss I've even tried using imageusbtool and again like Rufus it shows as completing but still doesn't work

In windows the drives will show up as CDRom and I can look inside and it seems like everything is mounted but obviously it can't be because it don't work.... Any help ?
 
Have you changed the boot order in the bios to make the usb drive the first drive to boot from? Otherwise it will just boot into windows.
 
Trying to mount the ISO for HCI Memtest Deluxe onto a usb stick, I've tried a 32gb USB3.0 and a 16gb USB2.0 drive, neither will boot straight into memtest and I'm not sure why as they're showing up as bootable devices, I've also tried in both my USB2 & 3 ports, still same result. I'm using Rufus to mount the ISO and it says it has mounted but obviously something is wrong due to no boot and it will usually throw up "NTLDR missing" on the times it actually tries to boot and doesn't boot into my windows

I'm at a loss I've even tried using imageusbtool and again like Rufus it shows as completing but still doesn't work

In windows the drives will show up as CDRom and I can look inside and it seems like everything is mounted but obviously it can't be because it don't work.... Any help ?
Either go into bios and manual select to boot from USB OR

fit F10/F2 to go to the boot order screen instead of BIOS & choose USB
 
How old is the motherboard? I've seen some older computers completely refuse to boot from USB 3.0 sticks, but happily boot from a USB 2.0 stick with the same files on it using the same preparation.
 
Have you changed the boot order in the bios to make the usb drive the first drive to boot from? Otherwise it will just boot into windows.
Either go into bios and manual select to boot from USB OR

fit F10/F2 to go to the boot order screen instead of BIOS & choose USB

Already tried both methods, even unplugged my main boot drive to ensure it didn't boot into that, when I use F11 to select boot both USB show as bootable options but clicking on them results in nothing happening

How old is the motherboard? I've seen some older computers completely refuse to boot from USB 3.0 sticks, but happily boot from a USB 2.0 stick with the same files on it using the same preparation.

It's 2 weeks old, MSI X570 Tomahawk

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

And then Chuck as many Isos as you like onto the usb stick

Will give this a try tonight, if it doesn't work then I'm wondering if maybe the actual ISO is corrupt and is missing something ?
 
I know it's not what you want, but have you tried using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool to make a bootable Windows 10 USB stick? If the created USB stick works using MCT, then it could either be an issue with your ISO or method.
 
Nevermind, I've finally got it working,the issue was trying to select UEFI version but scrolling down the list there's a non uefi option for the drive that allows it to boot
 
Im having the same exact problem you were having (created using rufus etc.) but I dont have a non uefi usb drive in the boot list. I disabled fast boot in windows/disabled hibernation, disabled fast boot in bios & disabled secure boot.
How did you get a non uefi option to show up in boot devices?
 
Im having the same exact problem you were having (created using rufus etc.) but I dont have a non uefi usb drive in the boot list. I disabled fast boot in windows/disabled hibernation, disabled fast boot in bios & disabled secure boot.
How did you get a non uefi option to show up in boot devices?
csm or legacy usb maybe?
 
Nope my kingpin just died and I can find a replacement so CSM is greyed out. Also I tried changing it from windows to "other os" to no avail
 
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