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.

-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.

 

[Teddy7]

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.

I guess I'll have to call ASUS since I don't see any setting in the UEFI to change it to BIOS.
There's a CRAP-LOAD of options in there!
I'm hoping someone on this forum will have this same Laptop and help me with this.

Thanks for reaching out anyway!

 

[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/

 

[Teddy7]

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!

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.

 

[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.

 

[Teddy7]

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.

That's what I said.

 

[Teddy7]

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.

I do not have the option to turn off secure boot. I'm going to use the auto-unattended method and see if that works.
Windoz's looks for a "little known" file called: autounattend.xml Search for this and you will find all about it.