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Help me get my mini HTPC setup

Wag

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OK, just got my Zotac Ci320 nano, and I'm trying to install Win8 on it off a USB stick. I downloaded Win7 USB Download Tool, formatted it, created a boot disk and copied the files to it, yet it still won't boot. Just what am I doing wrong?
 
Assuming you followed the Microsoft directions to the letter (including the cmd stuff), have you set your BIOS to boot from the USB?
 
Yeah, I did all that. I get all sorts of text messages and get kicked to the shell. I tried installing from a disc and I got the same deal - it just exits at the shell.
 
Usually those types of text messages explains what goes wrong. Surely you understand that asking "something isn't working, what's the solution?" makes it very hard to offer any real help other than the standard answers to the most common problems, and those are still just jabs in the dark based purely on prior subjective experiences, and might not even apply to your situation.

What does these text messages say? Something wrong with the USB/discs, the information stored on them, something wrong with your computer, etc?
 
What format is the USB stick, NTFS or FAT32? Needs to be FAT32
 
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What format is the USB stick, NTFS or FAT32? Needs to be FAT32

nah, ntfs is fine, just dont use that shitty ms piece of crap software, i thought that crap was blacklisted in 2010 already but no, 2014 and theres still people trying to use it.
 
nah, ntfs is fine, just dont use that shitty ms piece of crap software, i thought that crap was blacklisted in 2010 already but no, 2014 and theres still people trying to use it.

It's UEFI that requires it, I've seen other people with same problem when I was investigating it a year ago. Ended up just getting a cheapo ASUS USB DVD.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e7ed293e-b565-44ee-a536-166dddf32205/how-to-create-windows-8-installation-bootable-usb-for-uefi-samsung-slate?forum=samsungpcgeneral
 
MS is irrelevant

omg, seriously, what-the-fuck, let me try slowly to see if you understand:

download this: http://joshcellsoftwares.com/products/zotacwinusbmaker/

wave the mouse pointer and click where it asks to

done.

going through that ms crap and having to end up using an usb dvd driver is something you'd expect from someone who bought his first pc and discovered the internet today, jeez.

sometimes i think i should just laugh at peoples problems instead of helping and go read something else, what an annoyance, ugh, well its fucking friday and im going out to have fun, good for me, bye. ;)
 
omg, seriously, what-the-fuck, let me try slowly to see if you understand:

download this: http://joshcellsoftwares.com/products/zotacwinusbmaker/

wave the mouse pointer and click where it asks to

done.

going through that ms crap and having to end up using an usb dvd driver is something you'd expect from someone who bought his first pc and discovered the internet today, jeez.

sometimes i think i should just laugh at peoples problems instead of helping and go read something else, what an annoyance, ugh, well its fucking friday and im going out to have fun, good for me, bye. ;)

I get that you have a problem with ms, but the issue is the UEFI spec. You need to follow much the same procedure for an Ubuntu USB boot, download an installer tool

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
 
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