USB not booting on ASUS VivoBook running Windows 11 23H2

[Teddy7]

USB not booting on ASUS VivoBook running Windows 11 23H2

I made a USB Drive with BootAble, put the USB Drive in, held down the ESC key, (which is used to choose Boot Device)
Restarted Windows, USB Device came up in the list of Devices to choose: Pressed the Enter key, but it just flashes
quickly, and just comes back to the same screen! It just won't boot the USB Drive!!

If I put in Windows USB Drive, it starts up Windows Install, no problem! Any suggestions on this?
I'm not very good at forums, so hopefully I put this in the right place.

*** I found out that you have to go into UEFI and set a Master Password. This then opens up a whole 'new' set of OPTIONS!! ***
Why hasn't ASUS, (and others) published this before!?!?

-Ted

 

[AlanD]

It sounds as if your ASUS is set to UEFI boot. If you go into the UEFI/BIOS settings, there may be an option to do "Legacy Boot" or CSM. That might allow BootAble to boot. Otherwise you will need to wait for SpinRite 7 which should be UEFI capable.

 

[ColbyBouma]

Legacy/CSM isn't available on many newer machines. You could try the steps in this article, but it looks like it's mostly for desktop motherboards.

How To Enable Or Disable CSM On ASUS?

You'll find the CSM option in the 'Boot' section of your ASUS motherboard or laptop. Let me guide you with the step-by-step process.

www.technewstoday.com

I recommend checking to see if BitLocker is enabled before you change any BIOS/UEFI settings. If it is enabled, make sure you back up the recovery key!

 

[Scott]

Most PCs made since 2019 do not have a legacy / CSM mode. If that’s the case, you could:
1. Pull the drive and connect it to an older system that can boot via BIOS, or
2. Create a bootable OS USB (Windows or Linux) and run SpinRite in VirtualBox from that drive.

https://forums.grc.com/threads/how-to-run-spinrite-on-a-uefi-only-machine-part-1-of-5.1613/

 

[Bplayer]

Back to the drawing board! F7 does nothing. I hate to call ASUS, but that might be my only recourse.
Note: Bitlocker is not running.

I have an ASUS Zenbook 2024 and there is no Legacy/CSM. Calling ASUS will be pointless and a waste of time.

The closest you might get to booting a USB is to turn off Secure Boot. This allow my Ventoy USB to boot, but the Bootable.iso will not run, as expected.

 

[Magician5881]

Most PCs made since 2019 do not have a legacy / CSM mode. If that’s the case, you could:
1. Pull the drive and connect it to an older system that can boot via BIOS, or
2. Create a bootable OS USB (Windows or Linux) and run SpinRite in VirtualBox from that drive.

https://forums.grc.com/threads/how-to-run-spinrite-on-a-uefi-only-machine-part-1-of-5.1613/

To follow up, as of fall 2024, Intel has put the nail in the coffin for CSM mode. AMD may not be far behind.

All of the new Z890 and beyond system board makers (Asus, Giga, Asrock and MSI, plus OEM Intel) have dropped CSM.
After the Z790, the requirement to run a 16-bit BIOS overlay has been removed, so it's UEFI all the way now for Intel system boards.

So the path of Ventoy using a bootable OS ISO image that runs SpinRite in a VirtualBox from the image is likely to be the only option until Steve gets around to SR7 Pro that is UEFI bootable. Unfortunately, that still means users will neet to manually attach the underlying host system drives to the VM before being able to boot unto the VM (in BIOS mode) and run SpinRite.