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PC not booting from Windows 7 USB drive

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kr@tos Posted messages 27 Status Member -
Hello everyone,

I'm reaching out to you because I'm unable to boot my MSI CX61 PC on Windows 7 that I previously installed on a USB drive (32GB). I formatted drive C (4GB) and drive D (450GB) using the command prompt, and ever since I launch the PC with the bootable USB, it says "launch the disk"

What I've already tried:

-Creating the USB with Rufus (tried in FAT32 and NTFS)
-Creating the USB with the Windows 7 USB DVD tool
-Setting the BIOS to legacy
-Setting USB boot to 1 in the BIOS
-Plugging the USB into a 2.0 port

So if you have any advice for me, I'm stuck here, thank you very much for your help.

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Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 711
 
Hello,

Where does the ISO come from?
Because this computer didn't come with Windows 7?

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kratos
 
No, the computer was delivered without an OS, the Windows 7 is an official trial version that I found back in the day on a site (digital river, I think), and I have an official key purchased from MMOGA. What I don't understand is that I had already installed it before and I didn't have any problems, or maybe I forgot something...
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Malekal_morte- Posted messages 178136 Registration date   Status Moderator, Security Contributor Last intervention   24 711 > kratos
 
Sign up on the site so I can send you a private message: https://www.commentcamarche.net/infos/25881-etre-membre-de-commentcamarche-pourquoi-comment/

Regarding your settings, if the ISO is recent, you don't need to touch the BIOS.
Also, if you set it to Legacy and the disk is in GPT, you won't be able to install Windows.
To understand, read: https://www.malekal.com/differences-mbr-gpt-partitions-de-disque/

You shouldn't touch these settings, it only causes problems.
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