Thanks David. I might use diskpart to format them, create the partition and make it active before doing the other bits.
It might not be setting it active. I might check that first. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com<http://www.sqldownunder.com/> |http://greglow.me<http://greglow.me/> From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2017 7:56 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: Win PE Boot USB Cherish the one that works. That is what I do with them. Old ones fail - no idea the reason why but I always blame UEFI for everything. I have more success with this manual process than any tool: https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Creating_Windows_UEFI_Boot-Stick_in_Windows On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 at 16:50 Greg Low (罗格雷格博士) <g...@greglow.com<mailto:g...@greglow.com>> wrote: Hi Folks, One for the local brains trust: I create WinPE boot disks on three different types of USB sticks. One type boots afterwards (every time), the other two types doesn’t. I’m struggling with what is different. • I’ve tried them formatted as either FAT32 or NTFS • I’ve tried removing an existing partition from them first, and letting the creation app (in this case Macrium Reflect) create them from scratch Every time, one type of USB stick works, the other two types don’t. I’m struggling to think of what else can be different. Curiously, when I boot the 2nd type, the laptop returns “No operating system”. With the 3rd type, it says “Missing operating system”. I would have expected the same words coming back from the same laptop. That has me puzzled too. I would have thought those words would be coming back from the BIOS so I’m wondering what different path leads to that. (Perhaps it’s from the boot sector of the USB sticks). Any thoughts welcome ! Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410<tel:+61%20419%20201%20410> mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913<tel:+61%203%208676%204913> fax SQL Down Under | Web: www.sqldownunder.com<http://www.sqldownunder.com/> |http://greglow.me<http://greglow.me/> -- David Connors da...@connors.com<mailto:da...@connors.com> | @davidconnors | LinkedIn | +61 417 189 363
