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Can't boot to USB ASUS laptop, despite following recommendations
My sons ASUS laptop stopped booting correctly. It gets to the ASUS screen and stays there. Sometimes it comes up with the ASUS recovery message 'preparing automatic repair'. It eventually comes up with error 0xc0000185, saying I need to use recovery tools.
Gives me an option to Enter and try again (nothing), try UEFI boot (freezes)
Some more background:
So I'm trying to reinstall windows, assuming something is wrong with the boot files.
- I followed the full guide here Access Denied to install windows 10 onto Rufus and GPT
- switched off fast boot, switched off CMS
- My boot screens look the same as on here
Despite all of this, I can't get the boot to pick up the USB. On the rare occasion I can actually get the boot screen up, the USB is never there.
- I've tried to add a USB device in the boot options, pick the config file, but still the USB doesn't get listed.
Any other ideas? It's under warranty so I guess I can RMA is to ASUS, but I'd prefer to fix it if I can.