How to boot from USB in Asus K55Vm-SX068D

Hi Friends,

I've purchased ASUS K55VM-SX068 (dos based)... but i'm unable to get it boot from usb as i don't see any usb boot option in BIOS(plz see attached screenshot).

Whenever i plugin a bootable usb it shows as one of the boot option but does not boot from it
I've tried following options:
windows 7 64 bit (original)
Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit(i created bootable using free tools on net like unetbootin)
but system does not recognizes these two options.

Please help me as to what I'm doing wrong here...


Thanks

 

What happens when you go into the lower sub menus like HDD priorities?

 

What about "Add New Boot Option"?

 

Hi friends,

I panicked in the beginning...

After 2-3 days of rigorous research i was able to dual boot my Laptop with windows 7 and linux (using USB) and here's how (for those who are interested).

1. My motherboard (ASUS K55VM-SX068D) supports UEFI which is much more advanced then BIOS and claims to boot system much faster. I don't have a windows 7 dvd so i created a bootable USB using a tool called as 'Windows 7 usb/dvd tool', unfortunately it formatted the USB in NTFS format which is not recognized by UEFI.

2. I used various tools available on net to create a bootable usb from windows 7 iso... but each of them formatted it in NTFS. So finally
1. I extracted contents of Windows 7 iso to a folder
2. Formatted my USB to fat32
3. Copied all files from step 1 to USB
Now i was able to boot from the USB to successfully install windows 7

3. Then i downloaded Ubuntu 12.10 iso file, burned it to USB using Livelinuxusb creator (this tool formatted USB in fat32)... i was able to boot from it then successfully installed Ubuntu. But when i
restarted laptop it directly booted Windows 7 without going to GRUB (the linux bootloader)
Reason as i found after some research was - my windows 7 iso was not UEFI compatible so it was installed in Legacy mode or BIOS mode... but Ubuntu was installed in UEFI mode, due to this discrepancy Windows was booting directly.

4. There are some tutorial on web as to how to create Windows 7 UEFI compatible... I tried with my windows 7 (original iso) but on booting it said some files are missing, so to experiment i downloaded a new windows 7 just to experiment (illegal copy)... i created the UEFI compatible windows 7 but when i tried to write it back to my fat32 USB, one file install.wim was not copied to USB as its size was greater than 4 gb (in my original windows 7 iso this file was less than 4 gb) and this step failed.

5. I was frustrated by now so what i did was
1. Disabled UEFI and installed my original Windows 7 iso using fat32 USB
2. Disabled UEFI and installed Ubuntu 12.10 using fat32 USB
I restared my system and there i saw the GRUB2 showing both windows 7 and ubuntu side by side

PS:All OS I've used only 64 bit.

Also going through various articles i found that i can live using legacy boot mode instead of UEFI (need your opinion on this guys) Also results of above experiments are based on my assumptions after going through various articles.

Thanks

 

You can legally download a windows 7 ISO to burn to disc, it can be easier as you don't have to worry about the formatting.

 

Certainly glad you overcame your obstacle.

Regarding UEFI and legacy BIOS: If you don't have a particular need for CSM or legacy BIOS, stick with the UEFI for the purpose of functionality.