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Why is USB stick not booting to update BIOS? Is this possible?

I want to update the BIOS for a system. I downloaded the latest ISO of the BIOS directly from the system's manufacturer. I used Linux Mint's USB Image Writer to make a bootable USB stick of the ISO. ...
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Need help making bootable USB

Here's what I've tried on my Ubuntu system: I downloaded Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft. I copied the files to a different directory and also copied an autounattend.xml file there for automatic ...
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Booting off an iso file or efi file on an UEFI-enabled computer with windows on it

The Scenario is something like this: I have an UEFI-Enabled computer with a clean installation of Windows 10 on it. I would like to dualboot it with Android x86 but without using any external usb ...
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Boot Windows 10 iso from USB made on OSX

I put together a PC using all new components. I burnt an image of Windows 10 (iso downloaded from MS website) on my Mac OSX both using terminal and using Etcher, on disks formatted on all possible ...
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Burn bootable iso image to USB stick using dd: Won't boot (despite USB first in boot sequence)

I have installed Ubuntu on a Lenovo Thinkpad R500 2732, and I must update the BIOS. On the Lenovo website, I am offered this: BIOS Update Bootable CD for Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit), Vista (32-bit, ...
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USB boot and newer BIOS and firmware

Is it safe to say that most newer (x64 2010+) desktop BIOS from major manufacturers can be configured for USB boot? I'd like to be able to boot from USB for GParted 10, Windows 7 pro, and Ghost 2003+ ...
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