Installer No Images Are Available

[coax256]

I need some help please. I'm trying to install windows on my sisters older dual core Asus A53U laptop. Loading from a USB I keep getting No Images Are Available where you normally would select the OS. I can see the USB and SSD in Diskpart as well as the DVD drive. All drives partitioned as GPT. I'm using Win 10 22H2.

I'm baffled. Is the installer looking for a DVD?

 

[francis11]

Most likely the processor is not supported to install Windows 10/11.

 

[Hellbovine]

...Loading from a USB I keep getting No Images Are Available where you normally would select the OS...

Some USB sticks that are newly out of the package aren't formatted in a way that they are bootable, and may be the issue.

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The fastest way I know of to fix this, is to use the Rufus tool. Run it, accept the permission that allows Rufus to get updates, point to the USB drive in the Device box, then choose the "FreeDOS" option from the Boot selection. The default options are likely good for everyone, but for the 64 GB Samsung 3.1 USB drive I used, it chose MBR for Partition scheme, BIOS for Target system, Large FAT32 for File system, 32 kilobytes for Cluster size, Quick format checked, and the option of Create extended label and icon files checked.

When ready, click start on Rufus and after the format is complete, exit the tool. Now, open Windows File Explorer, right-click on the USB drive and choose Format, change the File system to NTFS or exFAT, the Allocation unit size to Default, type in W10 or W11 for the label, and select Quick format, then start. After it's complete, you can now paste mounted ISO files into the root of this USB drive, and Windows can boot into it.

If anyone knows of a more efficient method to achieve this, such as doing it all at once using command prompt and diskpart, or anything else that saves time, please let me know.

 

[garlin]

When your PC has an OEM product key, Setup defaults to looking for the same install image (Home/Pro/EDU) as the license. I would guess you're trying to install Pro on a Home machine.

The workarounds are:
1. Pick a specific image edition in Unattended mode, overriding Setup's match.

2. Create sources\EI.cfg on the ISO folder, to allow every image to be installed:

[EditionID]

[Channel]
Retail
[VL]

Even if you override the selection, there's still a problem that you can't upgrade editions without acquiring a license.

 

[coax256]

When your PC has an OEM product key, Setup defaults to looking for the same install image (Home/Pro/EDU) as the license. I would guess you're trying to install Pro on a Home machine.

The original was an oem Win 7 Premium. It was running a version of Win10 when I got it. Silly me didn't look at that. I just wanted a clean fresh tight install for her. I did clone the drive before I started this ordeal so that's good.

 

[francis11]

Be sure check out following with NTLited Win10 then:
Settings/ System:
- Local user account setup (BypassNRO) = no internet connection (for forced MS account)
- Setup requirement - RAM = Disabled (if still have 3 mb)
- Setup requirement - TPM and secure boot = Disabled
- Setup requirement - TPM and secure boot - host = Disabled (default)

 

[garlin]

This isn't the HW requirements problem, which creates a different error message. Setup has always behaved this way with respect to OEM keys, by removing all selections except for images that match the key's edition.

When there are no selections remaining, Setup fails with "No images are available."

 

[coax256]

Setup has always behaved this way with respect to OEM keys, by removing all selections except for images that match the key's edition.

So what that's saying is if the key doesn't match up with selected version that it what will be shown? That must of been it. I redid everything and double/triple checked the product key. I got a successful boot.

Thank you! Google searches were all over the place for me.

Settings/ System:
- Local user account setup (BypassNRO) = no internet connection (for forced MS account)
- Setup requirement - RAM = Disabled (if still have 3 mb)
- Setup requirement - TPM and secure boot = Disabled
- Setup requirement - TPM and secure boot - host = Disabled (default)

Thanks. I was poking around for that for a Win11 install too.

Some USB sticks that are newly out of the package aren't formatted in a way that they are bootable, and may be the issue.

Thanks. I definitely had an issue with that at first when I had a flashing cursor. It's not my first rodeo but i overlooked that one for sure. It's been a long day. I spent more time on this what I anticipated. I should of known because that's how it always goes with something simple.