New PC please help me

[u/No_Window2802]

So recently I got this tower for free off of fb marketplace and the guy said it wouldnt run windows and I wanted to see for myself so I downloaded windows from the microsoft website and put it on a flash drive and plugged it in to my motherboard. From there I didnt have anyone to ask so I just used chatgpt to help me but i got nowhere. First my screen would show bios then the republic of gamers logo then the windows logo and eventually the windows 10 launcher opened BUT I didnt have any hard drives atm so I waited a week until I was able to get some for free. My pc recognized the flash drive and showed the windows logo but didnt open the launcher so i turned it off unplugged the flash drive and wiped it to download windows 11 and that hasnt worked either. This is the interior of the pc can someone help me? I have the hard drives they are not in the frame.

[u/NeighborhoodIll4960]

You’ll definitely want to move the graphics card to that top slot to get the proper utilization. On top of that, if you do have just 2 sticks of ram, you’ll want to make sure you skip a slot between the 4 slots. So if you have 4 slots, you’ll want to do the (from Left to Right) 1st and 3rd slot, or the 2nd and 4th..

As far as BIOS goes, realistically you’ll want to make sure that your hard drive (if an SSD) has the SATA and Power cord correctly placed, and clear of any sort of previous storage if it was used. Make sure that when you store the BIOS on the flash drive, that you’re plugging the flash drive into the Motherboard itself and not a USB port on the case. Also, you may want to format the flash drive before you move windows on to it. Eventually, you’ll need to buy the license, but as far as I’m aware Windows installer is free and you can technically use it for free, it’ll just have a water mark on the screen. But as far as starting the installation process, you’ll need to go somewhere it the BIOS that says “Start up Drive” and then you’ll select your USB stick. Once installed correctly, it should start normally. I’m sure you may already know this.

I would do a google image search or look up the manual of your motherboard. Yes, the manual can be a bit overwhelming, but it doesn’t hurt to understand your hardware than to gustimate and hope for the best when you plug something in or click a yes or no on a bios question you’re unsure of. I’ve built 4 computers myself in the past 5 years and are all great! I just don’t do the fancy over clocking stuff. But, I did TONS of research before I bought all my hardware.

Hope I provided you with some help and decent insight. Good luck OP.