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by Apr 22, 2018 9:00PM PDT

Hi..
I am preparing my desktop pc for sale and was just trying to do a clean instal of Windows to get rid of my file history .

I have just tried to re-instal windows 10 from a USB thumb drive but come up with a message "Operating system wasnt found. Try disconnecting any drives that dont contain an operating system"

I am able to get to the BIOS by pressing F2 but not sure what to do next

The PC was working well before I tried this

Thanks in advance

Post was last edited on April 22, 2018 9:16 PM PDT

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You attempted to boot to the USB stick?
by James Denison Apr 23, 2018 12:16PM PDT

If so, then something wrong with how you installed the bootable media to it. Has this stick worked before with the same bootable program already on it?

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Give this a try
by Apr 23, 2018 12:46PM PDT

Enter the BIOS and make sure "Secure Boot" is disabled and that the boot mode isn't restricted to UEFI. If you have access to a PC other than Windows 10 or 8, try booting your USB stick from that.

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Re: OS not found
by Forum moderator Apr 23, 2018 12:45AM PDT

- What did you do with the PC between the last time it worked and this message?
- How did you make that stick?

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