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Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by BattleCruiser - June 18, 2026, 14:08:34 PM

Maybe the best solution is to put the hard drive into another computer and install Windows 11 without the features. Then put the hard drive back and see what happens.

Iv'e actually tried that. The hard drive Im trying to use i actually had just installed windows 11 on, on another computer that was only a few years newer than the one im trying to use. Out of curiosity I tried just booting off the HD when i first plugged it into the computer, it said attempting windows repair and then would just reboot. I just today tried plugging that hard drive back into the other computer where I ran the very first part of the windows 11 install, up to the point where it restarts the computer for the first time - I then put it back into the computer that I want to use, and then it just shows the windows 11 logo for 2-3 seconds and reboots.

#12

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by Elmar - June 18, 2026, 06:48:55 AM

Maybe the best solution is to put the hard drive into another computer and install Windows 11 without the features. Then put the hard drive back and see what happens.

#13

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by BattleCruiser - June 18, 2026, 04:01:13 AM

Yes I have a USB drive with the windows 11 installer that I have used successfully before with 2 other computers. This USB drive will boot with both PBM 5 and 6, the only difference is that with one PBM the computer will display the windows 11 logo for about 15 seconds and reboot, and with the other PBM the computer will display the windows 11 logo for about 2 hours and then reboot.

#14

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by Elmar - June 17, 2026, 20:48:36 PM

In your first post, you say that you have an USB drive with the Windows 11 installer. Just for clarification, this drive boots with the Plop Boot Manager 5 or 6?

#15

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by BattleCruiser - June 16, 2026, 13:13:11 PM

The iso from 1_native/cdrom/

Thanks for the assistance but this is still not working. I burned the iso you suggested to the cd, the pbm boots fine, but if i start the computer with the windows 11 USB already inserted, the computer will reset the moment i select the USB option from pbm. If i boot with pbm and im looking at the pbm menu, if i then insert the USB drive in the computer, watch it appear in the menu and select it - the computer will then display the windows 11 logo for about 15 seconds before rebooting. Also I should add that the hard drive im using originally came from another computer that had windows 11 installed so im not exactly sure if when I see the windows 11 logo if its from the new install trying to start or from the computer trying to boot from the hard drive.

UPDATE/EDIT: After originally posting this reply, I have gone through the computer and did a windows 7 install just to make sure everything was functioning properly with the hard drive and then to see what would happen when attempting the windows 11 install. When attempting the windows 11 install with the PBM from my original post with the mode 1.1, it just sits at the windows 11 logo after it attempts USB boot. With the PBM6, when i insert the USB after seeing the  PBM boot menu, and select USB it shows the windows 11 logo for about 15 seconds before the PC restarts.

#16

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by Elmar - June 16, 2026, 11:07:26 AM

The iso from 1_native/cdrom/

#17

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by BattleCruiser - June 15, 2026, 17:43:22 PM

Hello,

please try also PBM6.
https://www.plop.at/en/pbm6/bios.html

Best regards

Thanks for the reply. For installing Windows 11, I have downloaded the PBM6 as you have suggested. As I will be burning the ISO to a cd, should I use the iso in the 1_native folder or the 3_4blind folder? Also for either option, I assume I should burn the iso from the cdrom folder?

#18

Boot Managers / Re: windows 11 install issue u...

Last post by Elmar - June 12, 2026, 15:33:32 PM

Hello,

please try also PBM6.
https://www.plop.at/en/pbm6/bios.html

Best regards

#19

Boot Managers / windows 11 install issue using...

Last post by BattleCruiser - June 09, 2026, 16:54:33 PM

Hi maybe some one here can help me. I Have an old computer with an ASUS M2A-MVP motherboard, and just for fun im trying to install windows 11 on it for comparison purposes before I attempt a Linux installation (I have never used Linux before). Being that it is an old computer (but still with decent specs) it does not have the USB boot option in the BIOS so im using Plop. The only way I can get plop to work is by using the 'force USB 1.1 - mode 1' setting, otherwise it just freezes when it tries reading the USB drive. I have 2 USB drives, one with a normal windows 11 fresh install downloaded and installed right from the microsoft website (I know it wont work but it should still bring me to the install screen where it tells me it wont work), and the other has a modified windows 11 install created using WinBootMate that bypasses the windows 11 security features to allow you to install it on older systems. I have successfully used both of these USB drives to install windows 11 on different computers. With the current computer im trying - after I choose USB from the plop boot manager, it looks like its starting, but then it just sits at the windows 11 logo screen and I can't seem to get past that. Any ideas anyone?

#20

Boot Managers / Source code of either PBM 5 or...

Last post by mikeb - January 20, 2026, 14:32:12 PM

Good day, Elmar! 7 years ago I submitted this humble request to opensource PBM 5. Then I waited 5 years in anticipation checking your website from time to time, but it turned out that a new PBM 6 sadly is closed source too, with no obvious reasons in sight...

Considering that PBM 6 has been released recently, please could you opensource at least the 13 years old PBM 5 ? Hope you aren't waiting it to turn 18 before releasing him from the house Unfortunately, at the moment the Feature Table at Boot Managers page goes like this:

Code Select Expand

PBM 5: can be started from a floppy - YES, open source - NO
PlopKexec: can be started from a floppy - NO, open source - YES
PBM 6: can be started from a floppy - YES, open source - NO
coreboot+SeaBIOS opensource BIOS supports adding the virtual floppy images, and it makes me sad to see that none of your boot managers have "YES" in these two fields

Best regards,
Mike Banon,
opensource firmware enthusiast