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After formatting the SSD in my laptop, I am trying to install Windows 10 on it using a USB created from the Windows Media Creation Tool (I have tried multiple USBs). When I do this, the process does not get farther than 'Copying Windows files (0%)'.

I have formatted it, cleaned it, and checked it for write protection through the Windows commandprompt but it still does not proceed. I know ubuntu can be installed on it, but not Win 10.

CDO
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Try booting off a Windows DVD if your system has a DVD R/W available. It should work like a charm. Let me know about any troubles throug comments.

Rezn0v
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Right, this solution may sound really far-fetched, but bear with me as this worked for me.

  1. Grab the tool Rufus and an Ubuntu ISO, both are available online.
  2. Use Rufus to burn the ISO to a USB. Choose the FAT32 option and if your partition table is MBR, choose the option that has 'BIOS' in it else choose one of the UEFI options.
  3. When it is done, boot from the Ubuntu USB. When asked, select Try Ubuntu.
  4. Once you see a desktop, press CTRL ALT T to load the terminal. Keep this open in the background.
  5. Search for a program called Disks, open it and navigate to your SSD. Make a note of its path, eg /Dev/D

  6. Going back to the terminal window you should have open, type in the following commands, where [path] is the path of your SSD, so something like /Dev/d:

    sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass passkey [path]

    sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase passkey [path]

    sudo hdparm -I [path]

  7. At the end of the last command, you should see some lines of text. Look for the line that says 'not frozen'. That means it has been done correctly. If it says 'frozen', this fix probably won't work for you.

  8. Turn your computer off, and boot to your Windows 10 USB.

  9. Go through the options, then press 'Custom Install'. Delete all partitions shown, highlight the unallocated space then press Next. The installation should go perfectly.

Pierre.Vriens
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Edward Adams
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Also just try waiting a long time on older machines. The copying files percentage may just stay on 0% for the entire copy process, but then continues with installation as normal when finished copying.

Michael
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I know this is an old question but playing around with an old server I got given which I am re-purposing, I just ran into this.

The device, when I got it, had Win 7 installed but locked out credentials. So I did a clean install and thought of using an SSD as system drive. Having an Intel serverboard S5500BC fitted I could not get Windows to install from USB, it kept getting stuck at copying files 0%.

I tried different images, different usb sticks with no result. I tried the Ubuntu solution below, no success (not frozen and got to see the drive).

In the end I got an old sata drive, and made a 10GB partition, with Rufus (CTRL + ALT + F) I loaded the iso on that drive.

I installed that HDD conventionally in the target PC and ran the install from there and it all is going smoothly as we speak, Copying files was less then 2 seconds.

Burgi
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RensM
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