Hey Todd, Hakan is right, and the way Lenvo ennumerates the USB Disk (as a hard disk vs some other type of disk) might be affecting you Cheers,
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 at 03:09, Hakan E. Duran <ehakandu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 20/10/12 07:44PM, Tom Smyth wrote: > I solved a similar issue by going into BIOS settings and into the boot > order list, where I could actually see the USB drive, which didn't show > on boot menu or anywhere else otherwise on a lenovo thinkpad X200. > > Good luck. > > Hakan > > Can you try a different USB stick some drivers for sticks may not work > > so well :/ > > > > AFAIK Secure boot I think will allow for an initial load but then > > crash (from my experience with windows installers half working) > > Emperically I think the boot loader will be fine but kernel loading > > might be stopped ) (im guessing loosely on that one and have not > > looked > > in too deep ... > > Check Secure Boot Mode to setup Mode ? (as opposed to user mode ) > > > > While you are in the neighbourhood and entirely irrelevant to the tread... > > while you are in the bios kill off the Hyperthreading too :) > > you may want to disable AMT : / (if you dont need out of band access > > to your laptop (or anyone else ) (levovo is cool that they can > > permanently > > disable AMT ) > > Hope this helps > > > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 19:23, Todd Brewster <toddbrewste...@icloud.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > Thank you for your reply. To answer your questions: > > > - secure boot is off > > > - TPM is off > > > - manufacturer TPM keys have been deleted > > > - there is no other OS > > > > > > If secure boot would be an issue, I would expect no boot at all. > > > > > > I am pretty much stuck at the moment. > > > > > > Thanks and all the best, > > > > > > Todd > > > > > > > > -- > > Kindest regards, > > Tom Smyth. > > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth.