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Bootable device not recognised when connected to a USB 3.1 port
I have an external SSD that I'm trying to boot Hackintosh(macOS) on my laptop Acer Aspire 7 A715-75G but the SSD or any other device that I connect like USB its not recognised. But if I connected it ...
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Remove ubuntu and download kali linux
I'm trying to remove ubuntu and download kali from an old pc I have. I've downloaded the image and burnt a usb using ubuntu startup disk creator. I've used this link to get the iso. When I plug in the ...
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Can I install a Linux distro in WLS2 from a bootable USB stick?
I have multiple WSL2 distributions of Linux running side-by-side.
I also have this particular Linux distribution that only comes in the form of a bootable USB drive. I can install that distribution on ...
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Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard not working on USB in BIOS and bootloader
I have purchased Logitech MX Keys keyboard, it works well both on Linux, Windows and Mac but there is one problem. I have a multiple operating systems installed on my computer and when I boot up my ...
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How to get boot from USB only when present to work on Windows machine?
I have a Windows 10 laptop that I'd like to use to boot directly to an external USB SSD (Ubuntu), but only when it is present (physically connected) at power-up. Presently, I can only boot to the SSD ...
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Bios recognizes USB drive and partitions, but won’t boot from it
I bought a mini PC that had no ram or ssd and obviously no OS. I added my own 8gb ddr4 2400mhz and ssd connected by SATA. I can boot into the bios and it recognizes the ram.
I created a bootable ...
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Install windows 10 onto a laptop without access to USB booting
I've got a laptop with no OS on it and I want to install Windows 10 onto it but I can't boot from USB as it is not enabled in the BIOSand I can't change it because I don't have the BIOS admin password....
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I updated UEFI firmware and now can't even boot into Windows RE from a USB
My PC came prebuilt from a vendor when I bought it 2-3 years ago with UEFI firmware version 1823 on it, and two days ago I updated the UEFI firmware version to 3122 and this is what happened:
I ...
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How to boot an USB without acces to the BIOS
I've got here a laptop which has the BIOS protected by a password. I neither can't sign in any user from the system (Windows 10).
How can I boot an USB with a Windows 10 iso and reinstall the system?
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"System doesn't have any usb boot option" on corrupt dual boot
A friend of mine is asking for help installing Ubuntu on their laptop. It used to have a Windows 10 (upgraded from 8) and Ubuntu 16 dual boot, but they ran rm -rf / in Ubuntu for laughs to wipe all ...
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Windows 10 Media Creation Tool unable to boot in UEFI mode
I've downloaded the last Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/windows10) in order to install Windows 10 in UEFI mode (before it was Legacy)
The USB stick ...
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System won't boot from USB (x86)
I have a Lanner FW-7551
I'm trying to install OPNSense, but it won't boot from my USB.
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I was able to get into the bios and it recognize the USB.
https://i.sstatic.net/...
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Can't boot from USB on HP Chromebook -- not "valid" chromeos image
I have a recent Centos bootable USB and a new HP x360 Chromebook with an Intel Core processor i3 1115G4 and model number "14c-cc0013dx". I enabled developer mode and tried to reboot from the ...
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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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can I boot from an installed linux with secure boot enabled?
I know that it's possible to full install a linux distro on an external drive or a USB flash drive. But with Windows 11 and secure boot, things start to get more difficult: I'd like to have a full ...
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