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so, V-R, Vic? looks like Etcher wont work until I can give it an ISO file? mebe that is why my attempt with Rufus failed. So I told Etcher to ‘clone drive’, which was hidden.. i selected and chose it, as either system or source drive? i am not sure which or if it even matters.. now it want…

heya Vic. I plugged in a USB A thumbdrive into a second USB C expansion port through a dongle {A to C], and it worked! working on it now. gonna format the thumbdrive and Etch it! you helped me to get here. regards..

You’re welcome! Yes that is correct, you need an ISO to write to the USB, which is the disk image of which you will later boot from. So if you did not have an ISO that would be a reason it did not work for you. If you choose to clone your drive you must use a target that has the same size or large…

so, i realize i dont want to clone my HD.. duh. so, how do i get an iso of Win10 or 11 and put it onto a bootable thumbdrive?

Before you try to fix your Windows installation or reinstall Windows, I would recommend that you boot up your Windows computer with Linux Mint installed on a USB flash drive. This won’t make any changes to any files on your Windows drive but it will allow you to copy any important files from your Wi…

hey all, I have computer skills and experience, hardware and software, systems, networks and the internet, but i am not a programmer and I know nothing about coding. I toyed with BASIC in the late 80’s but wrote only a coupla short programs. I went to college for less than a year, and never le…

Hiren’s BootCD PE: https://www.hirensbootcd.org/

tried it earlier, trying again. haven’t gotten a cmd prompt yet! David

this is same David. i was able to rcvr my other Framework account.. same me, same problem..

Help! cannot find info here on creating a WinPE rescue USB thumb drive

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You get one from Microsoft’s download page, here’s another topic where I’ve put the basic instructions for installing Windows 11 with a link to the Microsoft download page.

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Help! cannot find info here on creating a WinPE rescue USB thumb drive

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