ASUS Laptop USB Boot System/WINPE error. Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause.

Recently in the entire Asus notebook, about 5 years of life, the quality is OK, because the system has a problem, intends to use homemade U disk WinPE to repair it. According to personal experience, the USB boot option is enabled in the motherboard settings, and the USB boot sequence is set to the first, but the incoming system actually gives an error, as shown in.

Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause. To fix the problem:

1. Insert your Windows installation disc and restart your computer.
2. Choose your langugae settings, and then click Next
3. Click "Repair your computer."

If you don't have the this disc, the contact your system administrator or computer manufacturer for assistance.

Originally thought is the boot disk problem, but on another computer can be normal use, and then speculated that the computer is too old, not support my boot disk, ah, if not support why there is a USB boot option. Later ruled out all the possibilities, Baidu a bit about the ASUS motherboard and USB boot problems, finally found the answer.

On the boot page of the motherboard BIOS setup, in addition to the boot option priorities boot order, there is a hard drive BBS priorities, which has two options to move the generic to the top, The item is then moved to the top of the boot Option priorities.

Only then found that the original set UEFI startup item is a U disk, but can not start, as to why do not understand.

Summarize:

Test environment: ASUS Motherboard Aptio Setup Ultility-copyright (c) American Megatrends, Inc.

Startup USB flash Drive: 8g,win7 64-bit PE

You need to set the item, not necessarily correct, refer to it:

1. Advanced page, Legacy USB support-enabled
2. Boot page, UEFI boot-enabled
3. Boot page, hard drive BBS priorities, go in and set generic as the first item
4. Boot page, boot Option priorities, set the USB boot disk as the first item, specifically which one to judge it.

ASUS Laptop USB Boot System/WINPE error. Windows failed to start. A Recent hardware or software change might be the cause.