Tecra Z40-A stuck in Ironkey Preboot workspace loop

I have set up an Ironkey with Windows To Go and have managed to boot into it from several H.P machines and even 3-year old A.c.e.r.
However, when booting on my Tecra Z40-A, the Ironkey Preboot workspace loads up and shows the standard message that it is preparing to boot into Windows and will reboot.
Following that reboot, it boots again into the same Preboot workspace screen, same message, reboot, same workspace.
I'm assuming there is something in the BIOS which needs to be changed to get this working but have no idea what it could be.
Ideas? Thoughts?

Thanks for the reply,
Booting using USB isn't the issue as I was able to install an OS off a USB stick.
I posted this question on the IronKey forums too and someone there pointed me in the direction of why this might be happening and what to look for. Specifically he asked to check if the LED flashed red briefly in between reboots. I confirmed that it was which, he advised, was likely a BIOS setting causing the USB drive to lose power between restarts.
Looking through the BIOS, I changed the following setting which resolved this:
"USB Power in Off State" --> Needs to be ENABLED.

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