Fresh Install loads to command prompt with error

[reylas812]

Put a blank HDD in laptop formatted to Fat32
USB thumb drive with install files copied on to it
loads to grub_(can't remember the rest) and no command entered will have any effect...

[ubfan1]

FAT32 is not a suitable filesystem for installation of Ubuntu. Use ext4 unless you have a specific reason to use something else.
Copying files onto a USB to create an installation media is not what I'd do. You use a program like rufus or mkusb to burn the media.
Take a look at:
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials?topic=desktop
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI