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Bootable Windows USB UEFI and GPT table
I have an Windows 10 iso
I have an SD card with an SD card reader (basically a slow pen drive)
I have created an GPT partition table on the pen drive* with one partition of full space.I have copied ...
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Trouble booting Windows 7 from USB on Dell Inspiron 660
I had a Dell Inspiron 660 desktop that I had taken the hard disk from to put in my new rig. I recently put a blank hard disk in the Inspiron and am trying to boot Windows 7 on it from USB, but I'm ...
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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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Boot from USB on a HP Chromebook
I'm trying to swap operating systems on a Chromebook I have, going from ChromeOS to Tiny11 (originally gonna be Linux Mint 21). I have done the needed steps to get USB booting to work but I have to ...
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Arch Linux USB installation media reboots to Windows after few minutes
I made an Arch Linux bootable USB drive using Ventoy. After booting into the USB drive, everything was fine until it gets stuck on "Wait until kernel time synchronized" session. Then it ...
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Can't boot Win 10 from USB disk
I have a Win 7 32-bit system which I'd like to upgrade.
For that, I got a running copy of Win 10 education 64-bit from my university and my plan was to install it on a new SSD.
The problem now is, I ...
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Can't boot windows usb-stick with UEFI
I currently have win10 laptop, so i created bootable usb with MediaCreationTool, FAT32.
And when Im trying to boot it from totally clear pc, UEFI doesn't recognize flash. In case if I clear CMOS, it ...
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Missing "Use a device" option to boot a live distro from usb on a Windows 8 (UEFI) notebook
I have a new notebook with Windows 8.
I need to boot a Linux live distro from USB disk. However, when I access the boot menu which I expect to be like the following:
in Windows 8, the entry "use a ...
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Windows XP install using USB not booting
I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop, instead of it I want to install Windows XP. I have created bootable USB using Rufus from Windows XP iso file (GetIntoPC website). My first boot device is set ...
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The selected boot device failed. Press any key to continue
I am attempting to create a bootable USB drive to install Windows LTSB on my computer. To do so I have taken the following steps.
1) Procured an ISO file containing Windows LTSB
2) Tested that this ...
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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 delete partition
I have the same trouble with an Acer Switch 10 with windows 8 that wouldn't boot after downloading updates.
I have gone through numerous attempts to no avail.
I first made a bootable USB stick that ...
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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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