External USB devices are not recognized by WinPE

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I am attempting to push a .wim image through the latest version of WinPE and although WinPE boots up, no USB devices are recognized at all, including the one that WinPE booted from. I tried changing the formatting, NTFS nor Fat32 seem to work, I updated the BIOS (Dell OptiPlex 7040), and I tried different USB devices, and no luck. What can be causing this issue? Also, when I list disk, only the hard drive is listed.

I had initially thought USB 3.0 might have been the issue, but I also tried USB 2.0 and I ran across the same problem. I have also changed the boot method between both UEFI and Legacy with the same result. Please help.

Fnavarro7309

Posted 2016-04-19T16:41:18.940

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USB 2.0 or 3.0??? – Moab – 2016-04-19T16:48:48.773

Similar Question – Moab – 2016-04-19T16:49:09.243

WinPE 3.0 and WinPE 3.1 do not support USB 3.0 devices unless the require driver is supplied to it. – Ramhound – 2016-04-19T17:13:57.367

Even if I put the USB devices in the USB 2.0 ports it will not work. I have used the same 3.0 setup with several new HP desktops and laptops and it works successfully. – Fnavarro7309 – 2016-04-19T17:57:44.600

USB 3.0 is what I have used. Without problems. – Fnavarro7309 – 2016-04-19T17:58:41.930

Additionally, I tried a USB 2.0 device and the problem persisted. – Fnavarro7309 – 2016-04-19T18:02:22.813

Update: I have downloaded the latest version of WinPE and the problem is still there. It is really odd but no USB devices are picked up. – Fnavarro7309 – 2016-04-19T19:00:51.117

Answers

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If you want to install windows anyway then simply create small partition and copy .wim file into that. After you have done it simply revert back. Also I want to know how are you making WINPE image exactly ? When you are making Winpe, is your pendrive connected ?

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