Andy;
Same thing happens to me; the only solution I know of is to start it over again. I have tried over 8 times each time getting to different stages. One place I saw restart with a clean boot & I...

This is the answer! I needed to disable the secure boot. Thanks Dude!

I've just read some information on Secure Boot option with in HP Bios setup and people say this should be disabled. Does anyone know if this could be the reason?

Yes I tried all the options with Rufus. I thank you for the suggestion.

Yes I tried with MBR for Bios or UEFI and NTFS.

Very helpful reply. I'm going to try the middle choice 'MBR partition scheme for UEFI computer'. When I tried NTFS with 'MBR for Bios or UEFI comp' it didn't work. The tuff part is the pc has no dvd...

What happens when I restart is that the pc just boots to the normal Win8.1. The light on the usb drive flickers like it tries to read it but then it just goes to normal boot screens & then win8. I...

Here is my model # HP Pavilion x2 K3N13UA#ABA

this is a good thread ill refine my question on this one. i guess my main issue is im not able to install. the reason i started the others is they were slightly different questions. i thank you and...

when attempting to install win 10 from a usb drive is there a difference between restarting the pc with usb as first in boot order in bios

vs in win8.1 control panel recovery options advanced...

ive tried over 10 times now. ive used rufus with the settings above and also with fat32 as shown below. ive also created the usb drive with the classic windows 7 usb boot tool from codeplex.
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thank you for the info

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the error message reads the boot drive failed.

Ok FAT32 I'll try it tonight. Sounds good. I remember changing that drop down to FAT32 and the Rufus app automatically changed it back to NTFS so I went that way. I'll reply when I try that. I...

So If I have windows 8.1 32 os and want to go to 64-bit Windows 10 a clean install in needed?

After downloading the Windows 10 Tech Preview I've made a bootable USB drive.

Am I able to just double click the setup.exe when the pc is on and at my desktop?

or do I have to restart & boot...

Another Idea I had that I'll try tonight is that it's a HP pavilion 2 in 1 and I was trying without the keyboard. Tonight I'm gonna try it with the keyboard plugged in. Does anyone know if that would...

I used the :
GFT partition scheme for UEFI comp - ( the default one)
NTFS
4096 byte - ( default cluster size )
I pointed it to the iso and the radio button was standerd windows installation.
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I did open the USB drive and saw the setup.exe. I will try to just click that tonight; I guess I didn't think that would work but it's worth a try. I'll reply tonight. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hello;

The resolution for me was to 'Disable Secure Boot'!

I thank everyone for the assistance.

Here is my original question:
I'm unable to install the windows 10 tech preview. Any...