Issues downloading windows 10

[Mikelaw3499]

Okay guys and gals bare with me I’m new to the whole gaming pc stuff, I bought one off of a friend and I guess it was factory reset because it needed setup, I downloaded windows 10 on a usb thumb drive to put on the pc I just bought but when trying to download it won’t recognize the thumb drive, I get a “no device drivers were found make sure the installation media contains the correct drivers and then click okay” when I refresh

 

[Frindis]

Have you tried to put the USB in another port?

 

[Mikelaw3499]

Yea I have, this thing has a lot of them at that and two different usb thumb drives as well

 

[mjs warlord]

With the thumb drive plugged in click on " this pc " and it will show all the drives that you have , is the thumb drive shown , if not i would say its faulty , you obviously have a keyboard working so unplug it from the usb socket and put the thumb drive into that usb socket . If you dont get a doorbell noise or a new device found message look again in " this pc " if its still not listed then i would say the thumb drive is faulty.

Even if the pc was reset to factory settings you could still have a copy on windows without you knowing it.
I decided to reboot one of my pc's to a never used state , i typed reset pc into the search box and followed the prompts , it gave me a clean install of windows 10 and it did not ask me for the windows disc or media from a thumb drive which did surprise me. ........ Try it .... lets face it you got nothing to loose.

Did you ever see the pc working at your so called friends home , if what i have suggested does not work i think you need to the pc back to him ...... even if he is a friend he has your money

 

[Mikelaw3499]

The pc will just go straight to the windows set up like I guess a new pc would after just building it and having to put a software on it, when I get to the boot device menu it doesn’t show the usb, I don’t hear any noises when plugging in usb, no I haven’t seen the pc work, due to my lack of knowledge on computer I have a buddy of mine who is gonna take a look at it, but it’s gonna be about two weeks, just wanted to see if I could maybe figure it out, it almost sounds like the USB ports don’t work but you can plug a phone charger in to them and it would work but it still won’t recognize the thumb drive

 

[mjs warlord]

it would seem like your thumb drive could be faulty , do you have a spare one and do you know somebody nearby who has a pc.

If so ask them to use the other thumb drive and go online and type ..... create installation media for windows into a browser , you will see a tab to download windows 10 tool , some where through the process you will see an option to create tool for use on another pc .... choose that one.

btw if you cant use the pc cos you cant install the media how are you using this site.

If my suggestion does not work go to a site called toms hardware forum and post your problem their you will get a quick reply from somebody and they may tell you something i dont know about

 

[Mikelaw3499]

Yes I’ve tried two different thumb drives, downloaded windows 10 on the Microsoft website on both thumb drives, I’m on my phone on the website,tried both thumb drives in wife’s laptop and seem to work fine. And I will try toms hardware I appreciate it

 

[mjs warlord]

one last thing to try , turn of pc and take side off , follow wires from back of usb sockets and see if all wires are connected to motherboard

 

[ipman]

I imagine you're read this.

Install Windows from a Flash Drive

Install Windows from a Flash Drive

learn.microsoft.com

 

[mjs warlord]

hi ipman the problem seems to be the pc dont like his flash drives but they work on his wifes laptop

 

[ipman]

hi ipman the problem seems to be the pc dont like his flash drives but they work on his wifes laptop

I don't understand what's going on in this case, but wondered if he'd read that page because it might help.

 

[mjs warlord]

the website i told him to type in covers that link

 

[Mikelaw3499]

I imagine you're read this.

Install Windows from a Flash Drive

Install Windows from a Flash Drive

learn.microsoft.com

Yes sir and watched multiple videos, but me being not to familiar with it I’m probably gonna go back through it again when I get hoke from work tonight

 

[Mikelaw3499]

one last thing to try , turn of pc and take side off , follow wires from back of usb sockets and see if all wires are connected to motherboard

I will do this when I get home, the pc did sit for a while before me getting it, I’m just wondering if it’s got dust and stuff in the ports?

 

[Brian Boru]

I’m just wondering if it’s got dust and stuff in the ports?

Good thought. Open 'er up and do a Spring clean—tis the season, after all

 

[Mikelaw3499]

Have you tried to put the USB in another port?

Yes I have, and plugged my phone into each one to verify they work

 

[Mikelaw3499]

Just to give an update my buddy figured out why it wouldn’t work……………….. the pc didn’t have a hard drive in it 😂 buddy forgot he took it out for another and is gonna give it to me lol

 

[ipman]

Just to give an update my buddy figured out why it wouldn’t work……………….. the pc didn’t have a hard drive in it 😂 buddy forgot he took it out for another and is gonna give it to me lol

Just good to here you sorted it I think we all expand our PC knowledge a hundred fold from solving problems and researching solutions. Good luck with it.

 

[Brian Boru]

pc didn’t have a hard drive in it

Oh dear

Thanks for reporting back, you must be very brave

 

[Colif]

I get a “no device drivers were found make sure the installation media contains the correct drivers and then click okay” when I refresh

Hard drive not being in PC is a new reason for that error. Most of the time its caused by the actual USB drive being used. Windows has drivers for lots of USB drives, but not all. So you can get an error like that if it can't read from the USB.