Notebook won't boot USB drive
Solution 1:
According to the article How to format Medion Akoya S2218 Laptop with Windows 10 using a USB and the EFI Shell, the procedure is as follows:
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Prepare the Windows 10 installation media, using the Windows 10 Installation Media Tool
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Boot with the option of "Internal Shell" (EFI Shell) from the Boot Menu
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From the displayed "Device mapping table", find the removable disk, named for example
blk1
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Switch to the disk using the command
blk1:
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Switch to the "/efi/boot" directory with the commands:
cd efi cd boot dir
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Find the
.efi
file that corresponds to your hardware, probablybootia32.efi
, type its name and press Enter -
The normal setup of windows will now start, so follow the prompts.
The above linked article has more details, with screenshots for every step.