Windows 11 Won’t Boot from USB! How to Fix It?

When Should You Boot Windows 11 from USB?

On the other hand, you could alsoreinstall Windows 11 using the bootable USB drive.

In this post, we will show you how to repair Windows 11 using different methods.

it’s possible for you to select one or more methods according to your situation.

Of course, there are other situations when you oughta boot Windows 11 from USB.

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Windows 11 Wont Boot from USB!

This issue can happen to both desktops and laptops.

When it happens, you will be unable to take further actions to deal with your Windows 11 issues.

An ordinary USB drive is not bootable by default.

Otherwise, your gear will not boot from that USB drive even you set it to boot from it.

But you may not find that USB drive in BIOS.

Here are some reasons for this situation.

For example, the USB port or cable may be broken.

Or the USB drive may be damaged or corrupt.

Your Windows 11 computer doesnt support old USB devices.

However, if your equipment is using UEFI boot mode, the USB drive should be formatted with FAT32.

you gotta firstboot your gear into BIOSand move the bootable USB drive to the first boot queue.

After that, your Windows 11 computer will boot from USB.

If not, you will be unable to boot Windows 11 from USB.

We collect some effective solutions and show them in this article.

Click theStartbutton in the taskbar and select thePower

2.

Press and hold theShiftkey and then click theRestart

3.

Your Windows 11 computer will restart and then boot into the Advanced Startup Options screen as follows.

Then, clickUse a deviceto continue.

4. go for the target bootable USB drive and test whether your PC can boot from that USB drive.

If your box can successfully boot from the USB drive, everything will be OK.

If not, it usually means that the USB drive is not a bootable equipment.

In a situation like this, you oughta create a bootable USB drive for your Windows 11 computer.

Here we will show you how to create a MiniTool bootable USB drive using this software.

You should do this on a normal working Windows computer.

Connect a USB drive to your box.

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Download the software on your system.

4. initiate the software and use the license key you receive to register the software.

MiniTool Media Builder will pop up.

ClickWinPE-based media with MiniTool plug-into continue.

The connected USB drive will show up on the next page.

Select it and a message pops up sayingthe data on the USB disk will be destroyed.

Are you sure you want to build a USB boot disk?

MiniTool Media Builder begins to build a bootable USB drive.

The whole process will last for some minutes.

You should wait until the whole process completes.

Rescue Your Files Using the Bootable USB Disk

Now, you get a bootable USB drive successfully.

Then, you could use it torecover data from your unbootable Windows 11 computer.

Here is how to do this:

1.Go to the Windows 11 software download pagefrom Microsoft.

Click theDownload Nowbutton under the Create Windows 11 Installation Media section.

Plugin the USB drive.

When you see the Windows setup interface as follows, you should probably clickNextto continue.

After all, USB 1.0 or USB 2.0 drives are not suitable to be a bootable USB drive now.

you might connect the USB drive to a normal working computer and make a run at open it.

If it is inaccessible, it’s possible for you to try tofix the corrupt USB drive.

If the USB drive cant be repaired, you better use another normal USB drive to have a try.

If you use the Windows built-in tools to change the format, you gotta format the USB drive.

This software has these two useful features:Convert FAT to NTFSandConvert NTFS to FAT.

They allow you to complete the format conversion without data loss.

This thing is not automatic.

you gotta do it manually.

Here is a related tutorial:How to Boot from Burned MiniTool Bootable CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive.