No bootable usb and no SSD showing up in yhr booting menu. Only this EFI PXE thing. SSD is recognized in the BIOS info. The usb does light up when connected and the laptop is brand new. Any suggestions on how to install Windows ?

I have a Lenovo Ideapad Gaming 3 that crashed about 2 years ago. After being a paper weight for the last two years, I finally got around to get it running. It boots into the Boot menu no problem. Boot menu detects my SSD with no issue.

The only option in the Boot Menu is EFI PXE Network. It does no recognize the USB. USB is enabled in BIOS. Secure Boot is Disabled. I made a Windows 11 Boot Disc on the USB.

Still doesn't seem to recognize the USB. However, My HP Elitebook recognizes it with no issue.

Any ideas?

I recently purchased this Lenovo Ideapad 3 15IHU6 and I can't install Windows 10 because the laptop won't boot from my USB flash drive. The USB flash drive is formated using NTFS and I used the Media Creation Tool to put Windows 10 on it. I tried disabling Secure Boot from BIOS and enabling boot only from usb flash drive. Any advice on how to install Windows 10 on my laptop? I'm stuck.

So, I just bought a new IdeaPad 3 15 I TL6 Lenovo. When I start it, it gives me "Default Device Missing or Boot Failed" , even with my definitely bootable USB.

When I go to BIOS , under the boot tab, there is no single option to change either boot sequence or boot mode (Already know about Legacy and other stuff). I turned off safe boot option as well, USB boot is definitely enabled.

I tried every option of booting USB there is, and still nothing.

Has anyone ever had this problem and what's the solution. Thanks in advance.

Hey guys,

I've built a few PC's in the past and have never had any issues like this. I was having issues with Windows 11 out of the box with this laptop so I installed Windows 10. I think it restarted during which caused issues but for a short period of time it was booting just fine into Windows 10 and updating. When I plugged it into the charger though it was randomly restarting and having additional boot issues. At first I thought it was the charger, bought a new charger, and I haven't had issues with it randomly restarting so I narrowed it down the the SSD or the Windows 10 I installed being corrupt. I bought a new SSD, installed it, it recognizes in the BIOS but not as a boot device. Make sense, I don't have Windows installed on it.

So I got a new USB drive and installed Windows 10 on it and now the Laptop won't boot off the USB. It just continues restarting to the Lenovo screen or "Preparing Automatic Repair" that goes nowhere. I feel like anything I do there's more issues with this things it's driving me crazy. I really want it working properly before I travel for the holidays.

My last thought is to use a USB Transfer Adapter with the new SSD, install Windows 10 from my desktop, reinstall the SSD into the laptop, and hope the laptop recognizes it as bootable. Thoughts?

Could it be bios? Faulty Mobo? Can I completely wipe it somehow without booting into OS and fresh install Windows (hoping it will boot off the USB)? Please if anyone can help this has been a nightmare. I took it to Microcenter and their Lenovo testing found nothing wrong with the hardware and had it until the warranty ran out.

Edit: Some additional info, I tested the new USB with Windows 10 on my desktop and it boots off it as normal, just not on the laptop. I also tried it with Rufus still nothing.

Edit 2: I'm trying to Factory reset it with the tiny button on the side, "System Recovery". Just showing a Lenovo logo and "Please Wait" for the last 15 minutes. I'm going to let it do it's thing for a bit but I am not hopeful.

Edit 3: Some additional information it doesn't list either of my SSD's as bootable it just lists Windows Boot Manager or whatever. Also, I do not care about any data on the laptop I just want it to boot.