Mounted new hdd and usb win10 installer No bootable device found

I replaced a failing os drive, mounted a new wd hdd blue sata.

USB win 10 installer gave error "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one"

I tried a fix,

"At the custom advanced window, do the following:

Press Shift + F10 on your keyboard

type the following commands

DISKPART list volume

Next you will select the volume where you would like to install Windows 10

Type: select disk #

# represents the number the volume

Type: clean

convert mbr

create partition primary

active

format quick fs=ntfs

exit"

and now usb installer won't load and I get a black screen with "No bootable device found." with "Press F1 to retry boot, Press F2 to reboot into setup Press F5 to run onboard diagnostics"

I went into F2set up and changed boot order to usb at top, restarted and still returned with "No bootable device found.

I can't find a way to get to cmd, where I would try to reformat drive without MBR,

or put drive in another pc, clean it, and start over with a better fix. Any suggestions, please.

SOLVED Install Files on flash drive had disappeared. after cmd hdd format so nothing to reboot to.

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Dear shpongle_room23

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Last updated January 20, 2025 Views 0 Applies to: