Solved Dell Precision T1600 - Windows 10 installer stuck

[thwr]

Can't get a Dell Precision T1600 to boot from a USB thumb drive containing Windows 10 setup (created using Media Creation Tool). The stick works fine, installed another machine minutes ago from the same stick.

The machine starts to boot from the stick, but get's stuck at the blue Windows logo. No difference between UEFI and Legacy mode.

Ideas?

[dbeato]

I don't know if it is the USB, but have you tried using the DVD instead? I know is backwards but it would be good to test it. Also supported (Not that you cannot try) are below:
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln302709/computers-tested-for-windows-10-and-windows-10-november-update?lang=en#Precision-DT
Also update to the latest BIOS too:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/precision-t1600/drivers

[thwr]

@dbeato said in Dell Precision T1600 - Windows 10 installer stuck:

I don't know if it is the USB, but have you tried using the DVD instead? I know is backwards but it would be good to test it. Also supported (Not that you cannot try) are below:
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/sln302709/computers-tested-for-windows-10-and-windows-10-november-update?lang=en#Precision-DT
Also update to the latest BIOS too:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/precision-t1600/drivers

DVD? No, thanks. A UEFI capable system should be able to boot from USB drives.

But good shot with the firmware update. Will try that tomorrow

[jt1001001]

UEFI needs FAT32, and the standard Win10 .wim file is larger that 4GB so it won't fit correctly. I have found I need to split the wim file. This is a bit old but the script here works for me:
https://p0w3rsh3ll.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/how-to-create-uefi-bootable-usb-media-to-install-windows-server-2016/
I change the '/FileSize:4096' parameter to '/FileSize:2048' and that seems to work better

[thwr]

@jt1001001 said in Dell Precision T1600 - Windows 10 installer stuck:

UEFI needs FAT32, and the standard Win10 .wim file is larger that 4GB so it won't fit correctly. I have found I need to split the wim file. This is a bit old but the script here works for me:
https://p0w3rsh3ll.wordpress.com/2016/10/30/how-to-create-uefi-bootable-usb-media-to-install-windows-server-2016/
I change the '/FileSize:4096' parameter to '/FileSize:2048' and that seems to work better

It worked with a slightly newer machine minutes ago. So my guess it that the stick and the installer both work perfectly fine. But I will check that too, thanks

[thwr]

Just tried it one more time and after 20 minutes it suddenly showed the first installer dialog.

Installation is running ATM. Thanks guys.