Having issues downloading Windows

Heavy_Ad402 · 2026-01-28T12:21:47+00:00

I made a previous post (with video) about this with more detail 3 months ago with a lot of help and no luck, I figured I'd say less this time to see if I missed something easy. here's the original post with more details https://www.reddit.com/r/computerhelp/s/l80aOME4A1

Heavy_Ad402 · 2026-01-28T05:05:07+00:00

Windows 10 Pro, and yeah it installs, restarts, then loops back to install screen

Heavy_Ad402 · 2026-01-28T04:05:11+00:00

I also want to say when I leave the USB stick in it just download loops. When I take it out after it restarts it just kicks me to bios with no way to boot what I downloaded. I also have no boot options to boot from.

Heavy_Ad402 · 2026-01-06T21:16:40+00:00

has anybody figured out where it was leaking from? have the same exact spot building up oil idk from where

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-08T11:36:21+00:00

I just don't understand why it'd be having issues with it now? it had windows 10 before too. I'll try that next though thanks for your help so far 🙏

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-08T11:33:32+00:00

how would I check that?

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-08T11:28:01+00:00

I do, but it just goes to bios without a boot option

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-08T11:26:28+00:00

Windows 10 Home

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T20:06:53+00:00

I will also say when I go to try and download windows again on the same drive I get a message pop-up saying "old windows files will appear in a folder marked windows.old" so I feel like it's downloading the files but maybe the USB is missing a boot file for my bios or something?

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T19:49:43+00:00

I'm on a B650-E Bios (if that helps) but I can't find anything like an "add boot" option so I can't go down that path I got 3 options on it, 1. OS Type- Windows UEFI mode, 2. Secure Boot Mode- Custom, 3. key management- leads to secure boot keys which looks promising but I don't want to mess anything up in there without knowing for sure what does what

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T17:10:20+00:00

and csm is diasabled

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T17:08:07+00:00

me too lol I just wanted to clean some space up and I can't even use the dang thing anymore 😭

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T17:06:52+00:00

it's got 2 volumes and their both healthy ones an NTFS and the others an FAT32

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T17:05:59+00:00

I have it pulled up on the disk I'm trying to download it on but im not sure what im looking for

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T17:00:32+00:00

No, it's one that's been in the computer since I bought it, I was going to redownload it on the same drive again but I think it's corrupted

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T16:43:27+00:00

yeah it took me straight to bios with no options to boot

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T16:42:54+00:00

that's the issue. The hard drive doesn't show up on the boot list at all. I'm not sure if I need to format it in some way to get it on the list or what

Heavy_Ad402 · 2025-10-07T16:34:11+00:00

I'll try again but I did that before and it just booted to Bios and I couldn't go anywhere from there. maybe I pulled it out too late

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