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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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Windows won't boot after power cut. Windows installation USB won't boot either
A few months ago, a very brief power outage occurred while I was using Windows 10. It lasted less than a second and when I turned my computer on again, it booted into Ubuntu, which was installed on an ...
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Unable to boot, bootable USB doesn’t show up
I am trying to make an old computer work again with Arch. I did install arch on it a long time ago but totally forgot what the set up was. Now I am trying to start over.
When I turn it on, it shows me ...
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Deleted BIOS boot options on laptop can't boot from anything
I was messing around with BIOS, and I ended up accidently removing all options from the BIOS boot priority list including USB/CD option.
After a reboot it asked me which boot option I would like to ...
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Persistence usb drive debian not working correctly on bios legacy
I tried installing debian lxqt with persistence partition on usb by selecting persistence partition on rufus (bios and uefi mode) and also from this thread link, but i end up getting the same result - ...
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Installing windows 10 on blank thinkpad
i am helping a freind install windows on their thinkpad using a usb stick i went into the bios and put usb on the top of the boot oreder turned it on and lo and behold ubuntu booted so i went back to ...
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Cannot update the BIOS on a Zotac EN1070K
TL;DR: I can't set USB as priority boot device, and thus cannot enter the Debug Mode necessary to update the BIOS from USB stick.
Long version:
I was kindly given a Zotac EN1070K second hand, ex-...
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I can't enable legacy boot mode in my Noblex SF20BA; the option does not show up
I need to enable legacy boot mode in order to install Windows 7 as dual boot with Windows 10.
I already have a bootable Windows 7 USB drive; which does not boot because I can't enable legacy boot mode....
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ASUS P6T SE will not boot from USB
Just shows insert valid bootable media as if there's nothing. USB is the only boot option in BIOS. I've tried different USBs and the media works on another machine. Even with no other drives attached ...
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My USB boots on a laptop, but not on mine
I have a recently bought a laptop. ASUS VivoBook 14 with a i5 11th gen.
I wanted to do some tests with wifislax, I used rufus to create the boot device, when I select the USB bootable disk I see a ...
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Windows 10 Boot from USB stuck
I've downloaded the windows.iso file and used rufus to burn a Windows image on the go to a portable USB Drive.
When it was finished, I unplugged and re-plugged the USB into my computer.
I used SHIFT+...
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Confirmed working Windows 10 USB, BIOS settings, and repaired boot. Why won't Windows 10 USB boot?
I have a bootable Windows 10 USB stick that does not boot from my desktop. In the BIOS settings, I can see the USB stick listed. I select it for boot override, and then the screen goes black for a few ...
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USB Ports are not working in BIOS
I have a Lenovo H530S desktop with 6 USB Ports. 2 USB 2.0 (Black) Ports at the front, 2 USB 3.0 (Blue) Ports and 2 USB 2.0 (Black) Ports at the rear.
Only 1 USB 2.0 (Black) Port is working in BIOS or ...
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IBM Thinkpad T43 boot USB not detected
Yes, it is a positively ancient 32 bits laptop, but the library it's used in has no money for anything better, and well, it works as a simple internet box.
I managed to install a few versions of Linux ...
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Lenovo B50 OS windows7 need USB to boot every time
I am facing a strange problem. I installed Windows 7 on my laptop (From DVD) after installation system did not boot just Lenovo and the black screen again and again.
I re-installed Windows from a ...
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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.
https://i.sstatic.net/GiClG.png
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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Unable to recognize bootable usb
I formatted a USB to a bootable usb with windows 10. Now when I enter BIOS mode, this bootable usb is not recognized. First, I tried the fat32 type, but the .iso file from windows is to large to be ...
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How Flash Bios Nokia booklet 3g
I would like to know how to flash a bios mod that have extension .rom
This guys, of "bios mod forum" made this modded bios
Link to download the modded bios: here
I searched but nobody says ...
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BIOS only shows Manjaro installed usb devices
I have a laptop that came with Windows 10 and I wiped the disk to install Arch. But I screwed up on the bootloader or grub stuff (probably) and It didn't boot. So after that I decided to install ...
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I am stuck on the motheboard's logo after trying to boot from an USB drive
I recently build my own computer and I want to install Windows 10 on it so I created a bootable USB drive with the Windows "Media Creation Tool" but when I try to boot on the drive in UFI I ...
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Computer won't boot if I connect an externally powered USB hub to it when the PC is powered off
As the title suggests, today I ran into a rather unusual problem: If I connect an externally powered USB hub with the computer turned off, the power button stops working despite the fact that the PC ...
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Same screen keeps loading when trying to boot from USB
I installed Slax Linux onto my USB drive and used the Universal USB installer to make it bootable. I ran the bootinst.bat file and it said I was good to go. Then I changed the boot sequence in my BIOS ...
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Can't install Windows 7 on GPT partition
I am at my wits end trying to figure out how to solve this problem for over ten hours now. I am trying to install Windows 7 on an old computer from a usb, and when I get to the partition selection ...
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Notebook won't boot USB drive
I purchased a Medion Notebook Education E11201 Intel Celeron N3450/4GB/64GB. When I try to boot a USB drive, it just shows a black screen with a non-blinking cursor. The funny thing is that I've tried ...
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Booting Linux mint from USB - device not listed
I've recently gotten a new Linux box (HP Z4 G4 Workstation) and I'm trying to boot up Linux (Mint cinnamon 1.9) from a USB and I cannot get it to work. I used rufus portable (https://rufus.ie/) to ...
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Cant access/change BIOS
I have a Mecer ET15-T. I cannot change setting in the BIOS.
I endeavored to change the HDD for an SSD. Sadly the machine only has one USB port. Installing windows from a flash drive and having a ...
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I’ve created a bootable Windows 10 USB Drive, but my desktop will not load it
I followed a tutorial online to create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive on Linux, but it does not boot when I choose it from the boot menu. I’ve been waiting for a while, hoping it just had to load, ...
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Boot loop, never got past Windows logo when installing from a USB drive
I'm trying to get Windows 10 on an old PC (Xeon E5430, OEM motherboard G41 chipset) using a bootable USB drive I created with Microsoft Media Creation Tool. On the only HDD connected to the PC, I ...
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Can't boot from USB stick on Dell Vostro 15 3000 (series 3591)
I have new LapTop Dell Vostro 15 3000 (series 3591) with factory installed Ubutnu 18.04. I would like to Install Windows 10 and I can't do that because I can't boot from USB stick, I can't boot from ...
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Cannot install Windows 7 in native Windows 10 machine
I'm not able to install Windows 7 from a bootable USB in a Windows 10 native machine I recently acquired. I tried all the alternatives I guess to prepare the USB, disabling Secure boot, using GPT/MBR ...
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Please help installing Zorin OS 15.2 on Asus Eee PC 1001PXD running Windows 7 from USB
so the laptop mentioned above is quite old and runs on Windows 7 (32 bit)very poorly. I figured a lite version of Zorin would do the job, as the computer will only be used for leasurely purposes (...
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Boot options doesn't contain second partition of a usb
I want to create two partitions on my USB memory and I also want to make the second one be bootable with an ISO file of an ubuntu image. By using fdisk, first I created a DOS partition table, then I ...
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Windows 10 will not install on new PC build no matter what I try
Yesterday I built a PC and it turns on and everything is recognized in the BIOS. However I CANNOT get Windows 10 to install.
I bought a disc drive and tried to install that way. Once I press install, ...
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Asus UX21A Zenbook (Win 10): how to boot from a USB flash drive
Asus UX21A updated from original Win 8 to Win 10 (Asus site shows last BIOS for Win 8, in 2012). I'm trying to do a one-time boot from a USB flash drive formatted for booting, but in BIOS > Boot I'm ...
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How to re-install Linux from bootable usb stick?
I’m trying to re-install Linux with a bootable usb stick. After I entered the bios model and saw the device under the submenu of boot, I just couldn’t open it or enter it to start the installation. ...
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Phoenix Award BIOS won't boot from USB
I have installed several OSs in the past very easily on my system, but recently I've been trying to format Windows 7 on my pc by reinstalling it, just after a few seconds after I enter the BIOS ...
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