Can't install up Windows on USB flash drive during setup


  1. Toller
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    Can't install up Windows on USB flash drive during setup


    I have Windows 1803 and it keeps urging me to upgrade. I installed the windows upgrade assistant. It downloads 1903, but then tells me it can't be installed on a USB flash drive.
    Thing is, I don't have a USB flash drive on the system. I have a SSD, but Windows can be installed on a SSD, can't it?

    And, just recently, when I update the system and it restarts, it comes up with some error message about not being able to boot on an Flash drive. I turn the machine off and back on, and it boots up just fine.

    Any idea what is going on?
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  3. dalchina
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    Hi, there are various threads about SSD drives being regarded as USB drives/removable drives, if indeed that's what's happening here.

    What do you see if you use Safely Remove from the system tray?

    Just some examples I found:
    How can I stop my SSD drive from showing as a Removable drive?
    SATA HDD & SSD shown as removable

    Similarly, this may be useful: "You can't install Windows 10 to a USB drive using setup"

    "You can't install Windows 10 to a USB drive using setup" cure?
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  4. Toller
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    I changed a bit in the registry from 1 to 0 and it took. Thanks.
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  6. dalchina
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