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Can't boot from USB - even with BIOS set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my hard-drive....
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Boot from USB not working - Acer Aspire E1-522
I've been trying to boot a Windows 7 (yup) USB in this laptop, but neither using UEFI nor Legacy boot would work. In UEFI, always boot the HD even if it's last in priority list. In Legacy boot, ...
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Booting an Asus EeePC from a LiveCD USB stick
I have two identical Asus EeePC netbooks that are both installed with Ubuntu. One of them was sitting on the closet shelf and the battery went completely dead. When I charged the battery and tried to ...
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Is a hybrid Linux USB-Stick for UEFI & legacy BIOS possible?
my idea is to create an USB-Boot-Stick with Lubuntu that is able to boot on an older BIOS Laptop and an newer UEFI Systems.
This would be quite easy, when the Stick would be setup as a legacy boot ...
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How can one create a bootable Linux USB key that works on Mac (Intel 64 bit CPU) hardware?
I'm trying to create a bootable USB key with Linux (debian) and that can be booted on Macintel hardware.
I have read that MAC's EFI can only boot GPT GUID formatted disks. I'm desperately trying to ...
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USB only boots in other computers instead of mine
I don't have an operating system in my laptop, my CD-ROM was broken a long time ago, and for some reason, my USB won't boot. I keep receiving an error message about my BIOS not detecting any OSs while ...
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Getting UEFI BIOS boot order consistency when attaching/removing USB?
I'm trying to use a USB to determine which OS should be loaded; i.e. when the USB is plugged in, Windows should load, and when it's not plugged in, Ubuntu should load. Booting from respective media ...
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How to boot from USB on my Asus T101HA
I have a Asus Transformer Book T101HA and I am trying to boot a bootable USB stick to dual boot a 2nd operating system (it is currently running Windows 10 as it was out of the box).
When I press ESC ...
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Bootable USB flash drive not detected by the BIOS
I spent few days trying to install the Windows 10 ISO on my laptop:
I downloaded the ISO from the Microsoft official website.
https://www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/software-download/windows10ISO
I used the ...
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Why is my PC boot time slow when USB HDD attached?
I have a USB Hard disk that I am using as a secondary drive just for extra storage.
When this is attached and I start my PC the second screen says searching for mass storage dives for about 5 minutes ...
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Laptop won't go past BIOS splash when a USB is inside it
I am really stumped with this one.
It seems that my laptop, while it has a USB in any of the ports, won't go past BIOS splash, no matter if I try to do a regular boot or try to use the "Novo" or ...
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External DVD drive is recognized when Windows has started but cannot boot
I wanted to connect my external DVD drive to my old laptop and boot from a CD. But my computer doesn't show the DVD drive in the boot menu.
After trying to change BIOS settings and finally restored ...
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All boot options are tried loop
I have read several questions and answers from different sites including:
"All boot options are tried" after updating BIOS
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1dadf0b1-5c0f-4a6e-...
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How to fix "System doesn't have any USB boot system"?
I try all my best to get the boot bios to perform my upgrade in my laptop but It end to pain in my neck coz I cant get the right one process. It always said like this every time I try."System doesn't ...
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How to go to the BIOS setting of Packard Bell ENME69BMP laptop?
I want to setup windows 7/8 in my Packard Bell ENME69BMP laptop newly by an USB pendrive. It is currently running on windows 8 .
But can't go the BIOS setting to make the pen-drive bootable . I ...
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