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I ran GParted from this USB drive on another desktop, so I know it's not the fault of the USB drive.

I get the main boot screen asking me to confirm loading up Gparted.

If I choose any of the options (including failsafe) I get the following error message:

unload module index
modprobe: can't load module ntfs (kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko): Invalid argument
calling: test-builtin
load module index
unload module index
modprobe: can't load module ntfs (kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko): Invalid argument
modprobe: can't load module ntfs (kernel/fs/ntfs/ntfs.ko): Invalid argument
calling: test-builtin
load module index

This text then repeats.

Any ideas?

I tried a few other Linux distros, but no luck. None of the others gave much of an error message, and GParted is the distro I need.

error message

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  • What was the operating system of both systems? and how was the gparted usb device created? I was thinking bios/uefi
    – Logman
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 0:14
  • It worked on a Windows 7 + bios system. It won't work on a Windows 8 MBR system.
    – Iain
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 6:44
  • Is secure boot turned on ?
    – Vamsi
    Commented Sep 12, 2014 at 8:19
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    Is the ntfs.ko module actually present? Were there messages that indicated that any other kernel modules loaded successfully?
    – mc0e
    Commented Sep 14, 2014 at 8:01
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    @Vamsi if it's got as far as the kernel trying to load modules, then it's gotten past secure boot.
    – mc0e
    Commented Sep 14, 2014 at 8:02

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The problem is, you boot from the flashdrive in UEFI mode. If you load the boot menu at the start, choose the flashdrive boot in legacy mode and will be fine. In the boot menu the flashdrive should appear twice, once in UEFI once in Legacy. Usually the UEFI is the default.

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If you have an nVidia video card, try booting in VGA mode. UEFI or classic USB mode didn't change anything for me, but going around the bad nVidia driver support made it boot right up for me.

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