1. The target machine is one of those mystery (Why?) machines with 16 or 32GB drives. Very painful to install as you may need a driver from the maker.
2. It's a "Signature PC" which you need special instructions from the maker. These for a time locked out Linux as well as Windows.
3. The drive is not blank. Sometimes folk format a drive. Start with the drive blank, no partitions.
4. The PC is defective.
I have windows 10 on a usb (downloaded for free through the Microsoft website) and when I plug it into my new pc and I go through the windows download setup it stops me when j chose the drive and says it doesnt work (I dont have a hard drive) what do I need to do?

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