Finally. I've just managed to install Windows 10 on the new PC.
I borrowed another USB drive and here's what I did:
- Downloaded the latest Windows 10 ISO (1903).
- Formatted the USB drive to NTFS with an allocation unit size of 8192.
- Used Rufus to mount the ISO on the USB drive.
- Enabled...
Etcher didn't work. It told me I needed a specialized software like Rufus to burn Windows 10 ISO on the USB drive. I went ahead with the process anyway but Etcher failed to validate the drive after mounting the ISO on it; it gave me some "checksum" error. Tried booting from that drive but the...
The USB stick I'm using is a 16GB SanDisk drive. It's quality. Has served me well for years I don't think going for a cheaper drive would help.
CSM Boot appears to be disabled by default. The Only NVMe option I see is enabling RAID, which isn't relevant.
No numeric code. The error message pops up and then I'm given the option to browse available devices and their content or cancel the installation process. The USB installation drive is listed but when I manually choose it another message appears saying basically "no drivers found".
I'm certain...
I'm having a problem installing Windows 10 on a new PC I just finished building. Windows keeps giving me the dreaded error "a media driver is missing" after I attempt to install. I'm using a USB drive to install the OS. I tried virtually every known solution out there:
- Use a USB 2.0 drive and...
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