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I am trying to install Windows 10 on a Dell PowerEdge R630 with 2x Intel Xeon E5-2690v4.

I do not have physical access to it, I have IPMI access.

I loaded a Windows 10 official ISO file in virtual media, but when trying to boot with it:

  1. The Windows logo appears for a few seconds and then disappears, leaving a black screen with a blinking cursor.
  2. Then, nothing happens.

And, this is with legacy boot.

If I try UEFI boot, I get an error saying that:

Boot has failed.

I also tried a Windows 7 ISO in legacy boot mode and the installation does start.

Later edit: I tried two ISOs obtained from Microsoft in two different ways: one using Media Creation Tool, the other from a direct link generated on an Android device (you cannot have access to such a link on a Windows device, they force force you to download the Media Creation Tool). The both ISOs behave the same. They were also loaded differently: the MCT one was loaded via the IPMI java interface from my computer, the other one was downloaded on the remote computer and loaded using the iDRAC interface.

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  1. verify your Windows 10 ISO file hash with microsoft official checksum
  2. Disable advances hardware features like Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV), Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and Hyper-Threading
  3. Instead of IPMI, use anouther boot method like PXE boot (Network Install)
  4. Use Rufus to build another boot media and use GPT for UEFI boot
  5. Try anabling Verbose boot mode for windows and check if you see any reason for the freezed installation process.
  6. Test the ISO file on another device (with physical access)
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