Converting a NUC from ROCK OS to Windows 10

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Hi guys

I have an INTEL NUC with ROCK OS installed. I am trying to install windows 10 on this NUC as I want to use it for HQ Player server. I copied the windows iso file to a USB and trying to boot the NUC from the USB. However my PC goes to Roon labs ROCK and says “Searching for network…”
How do I overcome this? Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

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Don’t you need to spam an F# key while the nuc is booting to go in to the bios screen?

I’m not completely computer literate so I may be mistaken.

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Yes I am hitting F10 and selecting the boot drive as my USB. But still the “Roon labs” screen comes up and says “searching for network address”

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Have you swapped the bios back to UEFI boot from Legacy boot. You’ll usually need to do this to install W10.

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@Danny_Bower Should the UEFI boot be checked and the legacy be unchecked?
Right now i see both options are checked

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I’d untick legacy boot. Are you sure you’ve flashed the USB stick to be an boot device with the Windows image on it.

I use Rufus or Etcher for such things

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Actually may be I am not doing that. All I did was formatted the USB as a exfat and just copied the iso file. That’s why my boot Disk is not being recognized. Didn’t realize I have to use a different software to do it.

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That’ll be your problem. Download Rufus and flash the USB. Dead easy to do.

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It needs to be fat32 to UEFI boot from usb

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If you have another win machine download mediacreationtool and follow directions to create bootable install usb flash drive.

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So I have a Mac, and looks like Rufus is only for windows. So downloaded uubyte iso editor. Too bad it’s not working lol. When I hit the burn icon, it spins for a while and then nothing happens. Any other alternatives ?

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Balena Etcher is the Mac equivalent of Rufus.

I would encourage you to try Jussi’s bootable image optimized for HQP.

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I downloaded balena etcher. Seemed like it worked but got the following error:

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You might try this workaround I found with someone who had the same issue:

  • If you are installing with USB drive, when it asks for driver, click Cancel. Once you are at the welcome screen, insert the USB drive to a different USB port . Then click Install Now to install.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-windows_install/windows-10-clean-install-a-media-driver-your/3068a127-f088-44a2-af36-ba90a1604855

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ok I’ll try that. thanks

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No luck, when I use balenaetcher, it gives me a message in the beginning saying its not the best software for windows image and asks me to use Rufus, however I dont have a windows machine to download rufus.

The other options for rufus are not working. I am stuck at this step for the past 4 hours lol

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Bbq’ing now but i saw on google a way to make bootable usb with mac by using boot camp installer. Give that a google.

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.windowscentral.com/how-create-windows-10-installer-usb-drive-mac%3Famp

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Thanks for all the help folks. I am officially giving up after trying for atleast 7 hours now. I am not able to install Windows 10 on the NUC (Getting that stupid windows error) Atleast I managed not to corrupt of delete the Roon ROCK on the NUC. So I am officially waving goodbye to HQ Player, Just gunna stick with Roon lol.

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That’ll probably last 2 days tops before the tinkering begins anew. Make sure you have the latest bios / driver package installed on the NUC. Haha

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It’s tricky to build a Windows 10 installation bootable key without a Windows computer to build it. BalenaEtcher DOESN’T work. These steps are a bit complex but work. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-make-a-windows-10-usb-using-your-mac-build-a-bootable-iso-from-your-macs-terminal/

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