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The stick that currently boots and works is a SanDisk Ultra 3.0 16GB, the same model sticks of 64GB, and 128GB, will not boot.
The laptop is an HP 15 271wm, so yes it supports USB 3.0, with 3 USB ports, 2(3.0) and 1(2.0).
I won't have access to another computer, for at least another month. We left it at my wife's dad's house, which is out of state.
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08-21-2021, 08:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-21-2021, 10:31 PM by hapEcat.)
It appears that the stick, I'm trying to use, is not being recognized as a bootable USB device.
Other USBs that are bootable, are recognized and boot as they should.
Ventoy, as it would seem, is not creating this USB device as bootable.
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probably fake USB drives.
Can you see any files on the second FAT partition?
If you have a Windows system, test the USB drive using FakeFlashTest.exe.
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Evidently the 128GB stick I was trying to use has some bad sectors in it.
I just found a 32GB Ultra 3.0, I didn't know I had, and the Ventoy install went perfectly.
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read the posts!
You probably have a fake USB drive - it is very common!