How to Boot from USB if not supported by BIOS

How to Boot from USB: goo.gl/HTt6Kk
In this tutorial we are looking at a few ways to boot from a USB flash drive or hard drive, even if it's not supported by BIOS.
Very useful if you want to clean install Windows, but you don't want to burn it to DVD.
I tried to install Windows 7 from USB on my old "HP" laptop that does not support USB booting. Everything worked great.
In this tutorial we are looking at 2 different programs (kind of 1 really)
"Plop Linux" LiveCD
www.plop.at/en/ploplinux/down...
and
"Easy BCD"
www.techspot.com/downloads/311...
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Thank you so much, I spent all day trying to convert my pc over to linux with no avail. I had no BIOS or UEFI with my windows 8.1 and this worked like a charm. You saved me from giving up

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[@Chuckberry30]

This totally works. I have been trying to boot from USB for two days. This video and software helped saved my pc. I was about to toss it in the trash. Thanks a lots.

[@donnie8266]

My PC was Xp in 2005, then windows 7 until now I've downloaded windows 10 pro with USB. 32 bit to 64 bit. Thank you, was having hard time enabling USB to be Bootable from the Bios. This worked great!

[@haskam9615]

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[@MikaelGreenFly]

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[@scuak337]

but I do not have a reader to record the XP program for usb does not work?

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[@RobertRussell.]

Install PLoP is grayed out and I cant press it. Not very usefull.

[@BlackWalker007]

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[@corey7219]

I have had easybcd 2.3 installed on my pcs for years and I've never found this option! Will test and see if it is able to boot :)

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[@edugio]

Very good tool, I could boot by usb with a pc that does not. Thank you very much for your video.

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[@train4905]

Absoolutely fantastic sir,this has helped me to be able to finnally install windows 11,on my freinds hp desktop which does not have usb boot in it.,thankyou so much indeed sir,steve from the uk

[@malajabaraja7911]

please help , i've did what u said ,but when i open the plop in usb section it says error and it didnot read my usb although i've conected it and burn it with windows xp installer

[@gamesturbator]

Great video! My dang Asrock x579 Extreme4 keeps losing the ability to see flash drives even in the bios and boot menu yet my keyboard and mouse work just fine. Not even my Inateck PCIe to USB 3.0 adapter can see them. Even cleared my CMOS. Any idea how that could happen?

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Thank you very much for the video. Anyway, none of the solutions worked for me. Unluckily i bought a NEC VersaPro laptopand it accept to boot only from the internal optical drive and from the hard disk. Nothing (till now) that i tried, make it to boot from usb. Sadly. I am another subscriber of yours!!!

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[@oskorps13]

hello, I've tried to use an external cd reader device with a USB conection to the computer (USB port), this device as your name says read cds or dvds but in the option of the software BCD Deployment doesn't appear, it just appear one partition (C:). How can I boot from my external cd reader device? Thankx in advance

[@MrCheeseMun]

i dont have os and i have tryed everything in bios just a flashing underscore everytime

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thank you brother!!!

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it works thank you

[@Ippadiku_Shiva]

i have HP g6-1312TU, when i switched on i see message like BIOS application Error (501) Could u help me on clearing that, Thanks in advance

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Thank you a lot.

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[@entertainmentdose5961]

Bro pls help me, yesterday i downloaded the windows 8.1 pro 32 bit architecture 9600 build and installed on my laptop successfully but 2nd day its stops working, i'll started troubleshoot and then it started working but some windows features are slow, so i attached the usb with my laptop and go to the windows setup then i installed windows again, but this time it dosent works, my laptop always get stayed at the windows logo and it is not starting, then i tried to boot with the usb flash drive, but now it shows message "remove disks or other media Press any key to reatart_" and nkw i am not able to use laptop or installing same windows again, what can i do, pls tell me, pls help me

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[@DougKoper]

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[@sauravdeore8186]

What will happen if I want to format the drive of older version of windows during windows installation?

[@juanpablopinoarauz]

Hi mate, got an old pc with the Phoenix award workstation bios v6.00pg won't allow me to install windows 10 1903, due it won't recognize the bootable USB. Any idea how to set up the bios? Thanks a lot appreciate. Regards

[@charliefirpo6844]

When I follow your steps, start plop after restarting the computer and select the usb option, it says 'Boot error, no boot device found, retry it' even though the usb stick is plugged in. I've also tried different usb sticks and different usb connectors with the same results. I'm running Windows 7 sp1 64bit, the usbs I tried were Kingston and Transcend. Where's the problem? Thanks.

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[@terente74]

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[@manoj2207]

many thanks

[@vasanthtamizh3440]

Remove disks or other media reset of press any key please help

[@williamtang5686]

Hi, I tried to connect my SATA HD to USB, I can install BCD but then I can't install PLOP. Help please ?

[@edugio]

It seems that if one installs the 64-bit program the boot is at 64 bits and if the machine is 32 bits it does not work.

[@michaelisenhour828]

Ive thrown out so many pc i thought were useless because i didn't know about this.

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[@ShakeTheFuture]

Cheers!

[@VDani16]

Thanks!

[@shawno66]

thanks! This still works in 2023!

[@themotor53]

Can anybody confirm if this still work in May 2021? Please I need to know because I'm on a Asus Pn5-D and I've been trying to update this thing from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 10 Pro for 2 weeks now. The media creation tool download keeps getting stuck on 30% and my PC won't even let me boot the Flash USB from my Bios so I think I'm just completely stuck at this point.

[@georgis6086]

well i tried to install plop to hard drive but the laptop runs at the windows 8 and the pc normally boots from UEFI ......as a result and due to UEFI, the programm easy bcd doesnt install plop to internal made external hard drivee...... any ideas?

[@lactomao]

Exelente, mil gracias

[@mazurthc]

Thank you. Now i can on my old laptop install Windows 2000.

[@ShakeTheFuture]

Good to know! Cheers!

[@mazurthc]

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[@injoped]

help pls,, bios corrupted of asrock ab350 pro4, no posting, failed update bios

[@sharadbarman1303]

please help me when i open my computer and mouse is on but dosenot work so how to create passbard and open my computer

[@syrnias2270]

Once I'm at the interface at 0:50 when I go to USB and press enter there's an error My USB is bootable-ready. Bought it today and put Ubuntu there

[@thiery572]

Good to know.

[@tanksherman8322]

How do you get rid of the software from the drive?

[@merphymehhh6588]

im booting a windows 8.1 and idunno why but still my usb cant be detected even if i already have this to my bios

[@chbabur2846]

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[@dalanxd]

This guy is a genius

[@shiburaj5804]

HI I have Dual boot windows 8 and Linux Now my Windows 8 is not booting. And I Don't have any drives in my Lenovo Laptop. I tried Installing new Windows 8 OS using My Pen-Drive. But, I'm not getting any start up for installation. Can any one please help me to Install Windows 8 OS using Pen-Drive. Thanks

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[@ARJUNTECH097]

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[@ssrinivas42]

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[@EliPorter456]

Dude thanks so much i can finally explore the world of linux without without my dad worring about me breaking is pc becuase of triple-booting a mac

[@EliPorter456]

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[@philzmw6124]

Bruh🤣🤣 Day Made!!! thanks for that

[@benny1035]

how about if im using an android tablet? this procedure only works in windows? any help please?

[@bidro4194]

Thank you

[@maelstrom0x877]

easybcd freezes when when i selected the USB option

[@woolsfather5385]

I have problem with ( unetbootin ) can this fix it ?

[@dankpenguin4205]

it also works if bios can't boot into legacy os?

[@bobbymunyavi5357]

DankPenguin 420 The same question that I have