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• Satellite A300 - Boot from USB Flash Drive

  Is it possible to make my laptop boot USB flash drive?
  I checked the BIOS settings, but could not find anything that allows the boot from USB.

  > So after 40 hours there is no one who can answer this question 'complex'... strange forum.
  Hay buddy, you have good sense of humor ;)
  Do you really believe that someone to sit here and wait for your non-complex question? ;)
  Anyway, this issue is so simple and you don't need to ask someone here. If you do not find option bootable BIOS to set USB peripheral device for me is logical that this will not work.
  Please check the BIOS settings.

• Can't boot from USB Flash Drive on Yoga 13

  I had a USB bootable with linux on it live and I tested it it works on another computer but I can't get my Yoga to boot from it. I wet to settings-> General-> advanced startup and then I clicked on the option USB but the computer is restarted, he said that there is no bootable USB devices. Someone able to boot from a flash drive?

  Hello and welcome,

  What linux distro do you use, and it is able to start on a UEFI system?

  I'm guessing here since I don't have a machine like yours, but I guess that BIOS refuses to see the USB if it doesn't have an appropriate structure of UEFI boot on it.

  You may be able to start the flash player by accessing the BIOS and setting the mode of inheritance.

  Z.

• NB100 - How can I reinstall OS from USB flash drive

  My laptop TOSHIBA NB 100 has no CD-DVD player.
  Operating system is Windows XP Home SP2.

  Operating system won't start.

  Laptop start not at all so I can't run any kind of test when I turn it on.

  The thank you screen come on it says launch safe mode, the networking of safe mode, safe mode comand prompt or start windows normally. But no matter who I chose, that it does not start it only goes to Windows and looks like its starts but then shows the blue Windows screen & stays there.

  So I want to reload Windows from my USB flash drive.
  The BIOS boot sequence is the USB HDD - FDD - FD - CD memory.

  What are the steps for loading Windows USB flash drive?

  If that does not work then I want to connect another laptop with Windows CD in the CD - DVD drive laptop.
  Will this work? The laptop will use the Windows CD in the drive of the laptop to load the operating system?
  How to make this connection?

  Hello

  You usually have an external USB CD/DVD drive to boot from the Windows XP disc or the Toshiba recovery disc.

  But there is a method that allows you to install Win XP using the 2 GB USB key.
  This is possible because the NB100 BIOS supports booting from USB key.

  Pease check this Web page:

  + Installation of Windows XP using a USB Flash Drive.
  http://www.pctipsbox.com/Installing-Windows-XP-using-a-USB-flash-drive/

  Hope it could be useful.

• Envy 13 d001ne: cannot install Windows 10 from usb flash drive

  Summary of the problem:

  The laptop SSD has a GPT format. I am trying to insall a Windows 10 ISO I have on it from a flash drive. Formatting a usb startup as TPG manually or using Rufus drive will not make the unit visible non-traditional mode. Formatting the drive in the MBR on the other hand I cannot install on a GPT disk.

  I've tried everything. I disabled and enabled secure boot. I updated the BIOS to the latest revision F.35.

  What's wrong?

  The ISO had problems with it. I used another and then I could install Linux Mint and Windows without any problem.

  I solved my problem here.

• x 61 does not start from usb flash drive

  I don't know that I did several times before, but for some reason any my x 61 does not allow me to boot to a usb flash drive, I use normally to install the operating system.

  Any suggestions what might be wrong and what I could do about it?

  I should mention that USB is enabled in the BIOS and usb flash drive install works on other computers.

  Update seems to be an incompatibility with wintoflash, I used the Microsoft DVD/USB tool and it starts the flash player and finished the installation. Strangely the wintoflash installation worked fine in a HP dv3000.

  Consider this resolved.

  Wow I never saw your post until that earlier.

  Situation is resolved in the first post

• HP 15-af131dx: laptop does not start from usb flash drive

  
  

  Hello:

  A few suggestions you can try... If they do not, unfortunately, I don't have any other suggestions.

  1. go into the BIOS and enable mode inherited, that must disable secure boot.

  2 boot from a USB 2 of the laptop ports.  It won't boot from a port USB3.

• USB Flash Drive 16 GB Write Protected v210w

  Hello!

  After a week of use, my new USB Flash Drive 16 GB v210w key appears as write protected.

  Cannot add a new file, delete the old file, same format any USB Flash drive.

  I have tried various procedures described on the forums, as

  • My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePoliciesWriteProtect > data of the value set to 0
  • \devise\harddisk1\dr2

  and the normal formatting (properties > Format) and the low level of implementation in the shape tools, as

  • http://www.Softpedia.com/progDownload/HDD-low-level-format-tool-download-37794.html
  • http://www.Apacer.com/en/support/downloads/Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip
  • http://www.transcendusa.com/products/online_recovery.asp
  • HP USB disk storage format SP27608 tool - 2.1.8.exe

  but in vain.
  
  That's happened? How to resume normally using my USB Flash drive?

  I use a mini 311c on XP SP3.

  Thank you for your help and best regards.

  
  -rei_vilo

  Hello!

  Get help from hp support.

  The technician suggested I make a test disc with http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/sd_formatter.htmlformat.

  He failed and prompted the 'Protected disc' message, so my USB Flash drive was considered dead.

  I went back to my dealer and proceeded to an Exchange. The dealer was not surprised: according to him, large USB Flash Drives seems to be subject to this kind of malfunction.

  I hope to be luckier with the new!

• Satellite U400-10j - how to boot from a USB flash drive?

  Hello

  I have a Toshiba Satellite U400-10j.

  I have Ubuntu on my USB flash drive, now I want to boot from it.

  I can't find the option in the BIOS to boot from the Usb flash drive.

  Second, I noticed that the phone also has an internal memory card reader.
  I could load Ubuntu top then to start the memory stick as well?

  Your help will be very appreciated.
  Thank you.

  I think that it s not able to boot from a USB key on this laptop.
  The best way is to use a CD. There, you can start on this notebook and all other laptops.
  In the Internet there are many versions of CD of Ubuntu and other Linux systems.

  And as said Feliks, it s not able to boot from an SD card because it is not in the BIOS.

• Envy Touchsmart Ultrabook - boot from Usb Flash or optical drive

  I just this envy Touchsmart Ultrabook (14 inches) with 8 win and it works very well, but one thing that I can't make it work is to be able to boot from a USB stick or a cd usb player.  This system doesn't have a built-in optical drive.

  I changed the configuration Bios Boot UEFI for Legacy and also re arranged the boot order so the USB drives are before the internal hard drive.  I also tried to change setting USB 3 auto... still not able to boot from a usb device.

  Both the usb flash drive and cd drive to boot on my HP desktop and I recently tried the usb flash drive on a new laptop Lenovo comes with Win 8 and it worked.

  I need to do so that I could run my backup - Acronis True Image software.

  Any suggestions on what then try?  Thank you.

  Yours is a laptop very different mine - so this may not apply... but you can try what I posted here: http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Notebook-PC-Questions/bios/m-p/2260991

• You are looking for a SIMPLE, EASY to USE, USB flash drive password protection

  Hello everyone,

  I scoured the Internet looking for a SIMPLE, EASY to USE, method of Word to PASS-PROTECT my flash drives TOGETHER.  I don't mean something that protects just individual files & folders (such as MS Word, Excel & can do).  Or I'm looking for a program that involves having to read page after page of instructions on how to ENCRYPT the drive.  ENCRYPTION is a topic that is really beyond my ability to understand.  I'm sorry.

  Programs like Truecrypt, Axcrypt, etc. are simply much too complicated for me to understand... a lot less!

  My question: are there flash drives available (size 8-16 GB preferably) who have a means of securing the disk with a password?

  The USB key remains in my USB port at ALL times!  I have no other computers here and live alone, so that no one else could access the flash player (or computer).  Otherwise, I would be willing to consider a VERY SIMPLE, EASY to UNDERSTAND AND USE application, either free or something that does not cost me dearly.  (I subsist on a limited monthly disability income).

  Thank you for your time and any recommendations!

  It seems that the solution for you would be to purchase a secure Flash drive.   Security is built-in and it asks for your password when you insert your disc into the computer.   Can't get much simpler than that.  They are a little more expensive, but you pay more for practical reasons.   See the following article:
  'USB Flash Drive Security '.
     <>http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive_security >
  To find one, just Google for "Secure USB flash drive", there are a lot of them out there.

  If you have a non-secure flash drive and do not want to replace, then your easiest option would be a program like Truecrypt which you already have reduced as being too complicated.  Don't let the word"encryption" you scared - it all comes down to "enter a password to access".»  Once established, however, it is almost as simple as only to enter a password so if you can find a computer or a local high school computer nerd literate member of the family who would volunteer to set up for you, then it wouldn't be that hard.

  HTH,
  JW

• photos of transfer from windows on a USB flash drive photo gallery

  How to transfer photos from windows photo gallery or my images in a USB flash drive.

  Thanks for your reply, I did as you suggested and tried this. USB appears as a removable drive!

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  OK... is it recognized as a hard drive or a mass storage device?

  If you have more than one USB port, try the others.

  If you have several USB devices... it can help
  Unplug everything except the Flash Player.

  When you insert the flash drive into a port USB AutoPlay starts?

  Windows Vista-
  How to change the auto run settings
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Change-AutoPlay-settings

  Windows Vista-
  Troubleshoot AutoPlay
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Troubleshoot-AutoPlay-problems

  Windows Vista-
  AutoPlay: Frequently asked questions
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/AutoPlay-frequently-asked-questions

  Volunteer - MS - MVP - Digital Media Experience J - Notice_This is not tech support_I'm volunteer - Solutions that work for me may not work for you - * proceed at your own risk *.

• USB flash drive inviting with message 'write protected '.

  Recently I bought a 32 GB usb flash drive. I used it ok until 3 days ago. Now, I get a message saying "write-protected". There is no switch on the device write protection. How to remove write protection.

  Hello
   
   
  You can remove your usb flash drive write protection using the method below:
  a. open the start menu, in the search bar type regedit, and then press ENTER. This wil open the registry editor.
  b. navigate to the following location:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
  Note:
  If StorageDevicePolicies registry key does not exist, you must create it manually.
  c. highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a new DWORD called WriteProtect (32-bit).
  In the right window, double-click the registration key and set the value to 0 in the value of d.
  Data area, and then press the OK button
  e. restart your computer and try to copy files to your USB drives.
   
  Important note:
  Sometimes, this problem is due to two Windows that have been corrupted registry entries. To resolve this problem, you must use the registry editor to remove the damaged registry entries.
  However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
  For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, proceed as in the KB Article:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756/
   
  I hope this helps.
   

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• When I transfer files from my hard drive on a USB flash drive, the transfer rate is very slow, about 250 KB / second. Is it possible to increase the speed of transfer rate

  When I transfer files from my hard drive on a USB flash drive, the transfer rate is very slow, about 250 KB / second. Is it possible to increase the speed of transfer rate

  depends on the speed, support USB 2.0, USB 2.0 ports, and with active BIOS settings

  (2) you can increase the speed, if your motherbaord has a USB 3.0 port and must be enabled in the BIOS

• USB flash drives from the manufacturer, not even identifiable in a unique way

  I often buy handle USB flash drives when they are on sale. Readers differ only by serial number. If I have several USB flash drives plugged into the host (LINUX Xubuntu 11.10) I have no way of knowing which drive is which, when I want to connect (disconnect from the host and connect to the virtual computer) at the prompt. Devices simply show the disc by manufacturer name. Also if I have a USB drive connected to a virtual computer and insert a second identical disc it is automatically attributed to this same guest VM, which presents the problem backwards. Can I be sure which drive I delete.

  There must be a way to identify devices. Because all operating systems allow discs to be named or labeled could we not have the name of the label or label/manufacturers to identify the USB devices. In the heat of the action to remove the incorrect device could easily result in loss of data.

  A feature on your status request is open. Thanks for your good suggestion!