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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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Make internal card reader readable to BIOS
I have a tablet that only has one USB port and one internal microSD card reader. It runs Windows 8 but I want to install Ubuntu on it.
I've created an Ubuntu install disk using startup disk creator on ...
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win 7 installation issue "No device drivers were found..."
Just bought a new PC and I'm trying to install win 7 from USB. I had my ISO file on my other laptop, and I used windows usb tool to copy the ISO to the USB after formatting it to exFAT (tried NTFS but ...
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Asus EZ Flash sees my usb but does not see bios update file
I am trying to update BIOS on my ASUS transformer book T100TAM laptop on Version 300. After entering EZ flash, it recognizes my USB but not bios update file. I tried to download and use different bios ...
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Acer Aspire keeps rebooting when bootable USB inserted
So I have an Acer Aspire V5-131 and long story short (really, it's a long story!), I decided to do a complete wipe of the HDD (using dban). So right now the HDD is absolutely wiped, there's nothing on ...
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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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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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Toshiba Satellite (A660-11M) won't boot USB flash drive or a DVD for Windows installation
I've bought myself a new SSD for my secondary laptop (Toshiba Satellite A660-11M), due to a corrupted HDD.
After installing the SSD I've tried my bootable Windows 10 USB flash drive I always use but ...
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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