Hi All,
I'm trying to do a clean install of windows 10 (specs in signature). I upgraded my PC already using the free upgrade from win 8.1 to win 10. I created a win10 bootable usb drive using the MediaCreationToolx64 tool from microsoft.
I have a Kingston DataTraveler usb thumb drive, formatted to FAT32.
When I select to boot from USB-HDD, I get an "invalid partition table" message.
I googled around and found that a lot of people have this issue with gigabyte motherboards,
I know that my USB is bootable because I tried on my laptop and it does boot fine off my USB stick.
I've tried all the solutions from my google searches, but with no luck. More specifically, I tried rearranging the boot orders, all the USB controller/legacy options in the BIOS are enabled, I tried expanding the HDD menu but I only see my 3 internal hard drives listed as options to boot from. Some suggested formatting my USB thumb drive to FAT instead of FAT32, however I don't have the option for that. The only option I see when I go to format my USB drive is NTSF, exFAT, or FAT32.
Any help? Or do I just need to buy an external dvd-rom drive? I can't be the only one with this issue. DAMN YOU Gigabyte !!!
Thanks
I'm trying to do a clean install of windows 10 (specs in signature). I upgraded my PC already using the free upgrade from win 8.1 to win 10. I created a win10 bootable usb drive using the MediaCreationToolx64 tool from microsoft.
I have a Kingston DataTraveler usb thumb drive, formatted to FAT32.
When I select to boot from USB-HDD, I get an "invalid partition table" message.
I googled around and found that a lot of people have this issue with gigabyte motherboards,
I know that my USB is bootable because I tried on my laptop and it does boot fine off my USB stick.
I've tried all the solutions from my google searches, but with no luck. More specifically, I tried rearranging the boot orders, all the USB controller/legacy options in the BIOS are enabled, I tried expanding the HDD menu but I only see my 3 internal hard drives listed as options to boot from. Some suggested formatting my USB thumb drive to FAT instead of FAT32, however I don't have the option for that. The only option I see when I go to format my USB drive is NTSF, exFAT, or FAT32.
Any help? Or do I just need to buy an external dvd-rom drive? I can't be the only one with this issue. DAMN YOU Gigabyte !!!
Thanks