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Cannot boot off a USB Drive

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I have created a bootable usb drive but I cannot get the tablet to boot off it. I saw in the release notes that the drive cannot be larger than 4GB and must be FAT32 formatted. I have done both and made sure the partition is primary and active but no luck. The same drive can boot another PC without any issue.

Friday, September 23, 2011 2:53 AM

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I just figured out a solution.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/samsungpcgeneral/thread/08821db7-bc29-443a-a7d8-d0aac5f60ed3
- Proposed as answer by Rafael - Escalation EngineerEditor Friday, September 30, 2011 3:27 AM
- Marked as answer by Marilyn-Support EngineerMicrosoft Support Sunday, October 9, 2011 11:13 PM
Friday, September 23, 2011 4:22 AM

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I get to the bios screen where you are given the option to Boot from USB but it says No bootable image found.

Friday, September 23, 2011 2:54 AM
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I just figured out a solution.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/samsungpcgeneral/thread/08821db7-bc29-443a-a7d8-d0aac5f60ed3
- Proposed as answer by Rafael - Escalation EngineerEditor Friday, September 30, 2011 3:27 AM
- Marked as answer by Marilyn-Support EngineerMicrosoft Support Sunday, October 9, 2011 11:13 PM
Friday, September 23, 2011 4:22 AM
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Thanks MosoLee! I was able to boot into WinPE and launch the installer for Windows 8 from the usb drive we got at the conference. Ended up being a great solution since winpe allows you to take out the usb drive after it has loaded and then swap in the larger usb drive we got from the conference to run the installer from there. Thanks again!

Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:28 PM