
iso image of Windows 7 installed on it, but when after clicking the install windows button, I would get a notice that the installer couldn't locate the CD/DVD driver and I needed to browse to locate it. Well, I thought I would be smart and instead do the install via a USB device.

Type compmgmt.msc in the command prompt box > Disk management > Format (right click on disk). Today I noticed something with Total CMD. Insert the bootable USB drive into a USB port. Well, how does this make sense? It's asking for a DVD driver when using a USB device. Insert windows installation disk > Reboot your computer > Enter.

I always use TCMD, and I was very disappointed when I see the extremely slow copy speed to the USB flash drive. I was so disappointed I even made the shop replace the drive. As long as your USB drive is bootable, itll be easy to boot from it when restarting your PC. Make sure to run Explorer++ as administrator in Windows 10 or it will crash during right clicks. That's like your car throwing a CEL for the carburetor not working when you're using fuel injection. This issue is caused because the installer media doesn't have a driver to install through a USB 3.0 port. You might ask, well why did the DVD drive throw the error? Well, that's because the DVD drive was an external because there is no internal DVD drive on this model laptop. Step 'Install Windows' the sentence 'Open Windows Explorer and erase all files on the USB flash drive.' DO NOT erase all files, leave BOOT.INI, NTLDR, and NTDETECT. USB 3.0 drivers need to be added to the boot media. Follow this guide and I'll show you how to accomplish this using the CMD line and the DISM utility.
