How to install Windows with no CD drive boot option in BIOS?

Posted by Kris Hollenbeck on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Kris Hollenbeck
Published on 2012-09-27T00:30:53Z Indexed on 2012/09/27 3:40 UTC
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I have a new computer which I built from scratch and I am trying to install a copy of Windows Vista on it. I am able to get to the BIOS and change the boot options which are as follows..

-Built-in EFI Shell -SATA: ST31000528AS

I have searched around for and everything I find says to boot from the CD rom. However, as you can see. That is not an option for me.

So I am wondering if there is another way around this? Is it possible to boot the Disk from the EFI Shell?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks

EDIT:

I have tried this.. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744321%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

UPDATE:

I managed to make my USB bootable via the BIOS and I have copied my windows Vista disk onto my USB via drag and drop. However I am still not able to get the windows install to start. Also I have tried booting it from the EFI shell using the following command..

blk6:
blk6:\> \EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI

Still no luck..

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