I'm trying to install Windows 10 in a laptop, but when I boot Windows 10 from a bootable USB stick, vertical orange and white stripes appear in the screen. I've been looking for information on this and it's said to be caused by Bitlocker.
If I typed the correct password, this screen would dissapear. The problem is that how am I going to type my bitlocker password if I haven't set it yet?
P.D. I can't solve this either by running a command in the CMD as I don't have any OS installed in my laptop.
Thanks
Best Answer
That looks as if the internal harddisk (or SSD) in the laptop isn't empty.
It already has a Windows installation on it with BitLocker. (Or a not correctly wiped leftover of such an installation.)
And you are trying to boot into THAT install instead of booting from the USB stick.
2 things to do:
- Make sure the BIOS is set to boot from USB FIRST, before trying the internal disk.
- Get a copy of DBAN or other wipe tool en use that first to properly wipe the internal disk.
On or the other should solve your problem.