Move the mouse to the upper right side of the surface window and click settings.
Windows tablet usb boot.
Your computer will boot from the usb bootable drive only if it supports this type of boot.
Select the option that boots the pc from the usb flash drive.
Insert the usb device into the surface pc tablet.
Insert the usb drive into the usb port and then go to start select settings update security recovery.
Step 3 install windows to the new pc.
Not all the computers support usb boot.
While most modern computers today support usb booting there are some that do not.
If you re having trouble starting your surface with the bootable usb you can try booting through windows.
Turn on the pc and press the key that opens the boot device selection menu for the computer such as the esc f10 f12 keys.
For more information see automate windows setup.
Connect the usb flash drive to a new pc.
Only windows boot manager is available in your pc boot menu while trying to reinstall windows 7 over your preloaded windows 10 or windows 8 8 1 via a bootable usb drive or usb stick.
Install this on your tablet then back up the entire disk to your tablet s microsd storage before creating a failsafe macrium usb bootable drive for restoring the backup if required.
Under advanced startup select restart now.
In order to find whether your computer is usb bootable or not you will need to check the bios setup.
Ian knighton cnet it s easy to get intimidated when you hear terms like bootable usb or media creation tool.
Surface will boot from the usb device and run the program on the usb drive.