Lenovo X1 gen 10 i7-1280 32GB 1TB won't boot 16.3 installer

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Have created installer disks from both Rufus and balenaEtcher... no joy. From the boot menu select the USB drive... screen goes black and the boot menu reappears. I have run the hardware diagnostics and all checks good. I have used a 16GB USB and a 32GB. I have run the hash tool to make sure I have a good download and it is. Computer is just 1 year old and running Windows 11.

Appreciate any help.

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Hello,

  1. Make sure that secure boot is disable in BIOS.
  2. How long is the black screen appeared?
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Less than 5 seconds...

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Try hit ESC while in black screen. Does any text appear?

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Haven't tried that...will reply back in a couple...

Also noticing the USB is not appearing at all in the File Explorer. When I go to the disk manager the drive appears with a 5MB partition and a 29GB unallocated partition but balenaEtcher finished successfully and announced the drive.

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Rebooted the computer, pressed F12, boot menu appeared, selected USB drive and the screen went black pressed ESC and the screen flashed then booted me right into Windows...

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Apparently a combination of USB drive USB port and Secure Boot on caused the challenge. Loaded and operational now.

Thanks Storm.

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Just remember that eMMC based notebooks can easily become e-waste if any one component fails as everything is soldered to the motherboard. When you can save up for a 'proper' notebook, even a decent second-hand one from eBay, or save up even more pennies to get a dedicated GNU/Linux machine: