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How to make one partition of a multiple partition USB flash drive bootable?
I have a USB flash drive and I created two partitions on it and I wanted to make one partition of it bootable.
I tried using Rufus and burned an iso file on it but it made the whole USB flash drive ...
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Computer restarts when booting from HD or USB
(I didn't add/remove any hardware)
Yesterday my ASUS Desktop PC couldn't manage to boot into Windows 7.
I tried to boot from an Installation USB too, with the same unsuccessful result.
I can use the ...
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Could I make changes to a bootable Ubuntu ISO by booting into it, making changes within the OS, and re-exporting the ISO?
Suppose I have a bootable Ubuntu ISO. I would like to make several changes to the image at the OS level. The changes I want to make include changing the default user password, as well as a few other ...
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Laptop boot manager
My laptop keeps going into boot manager with no options whatsoever.
I downloaded Windows ISO onto the USB stick using Rufus but when I plugin USB to laptop it still shows the same screen:
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Create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive (UEFI) from Linux
How can I create a bootable Windows 10 USB drive from Linux ?
Please note:
WinUSB doesn't work with Windows 10.
UNetbootin doesn't work either.
dd method didn't work as well.
Beside this, I've ...
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Cannot boot from GParted usb drive
I ran GParted from this USB drive on another desktop, so I know it's not the fault of the USB drive.
I get the main boot screen asking me to confirm loading up Gparted.
If I choose any of the ...
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How to fix dual boot Ubuntu/Win 10
I installed Ubuntu along Windows 10 on my Acer PC.
When I first inserted USB into the pc, I couldn't change the boot order and boot from it before I changed BIOS into legacy from UEFI. In Legacy ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 won't recognize my bootable USB
I'm currently using Ubuntu 13.04 on my ASUS F201E laptop. I'm trying to install a new OS that is meant to be more compatible with my harware.
I've already created a bootable USB with the new OS on it ...
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How to solve blue screen issue coming even after using a USB media?
I have an HP-i3-7th bought in 2018. I had dual booted it 4 years ago with Win default and Ubuntu secondary. A year ago it started malfunctioning because the boot would not work properly. If Ubuntu is ...
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My laptop (a Dell Inspiron) has started boot looping after I Connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop [closed]
My Dell Inspiron has started boot looping after I connected a 12v power source to my Arduino that was connected to my laptop.
I was trying to run a DC motor using the L293D motor controller, and I was ...
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How to indicate to Ventoy (Bootable USB) to ignore some content in the pen drive?
For some laptops where do not exist the CD-ROM, for boot purposes can be used Ventoy
A New Bootable USB Solution - sadly so far is mandatory apply just only once time a formatting process to the pen ...
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Trying to create a simple DOS boot USB stick [closed]
Pretty simple request. I'd like to make a bootable USB stick that contains DOS files to let me update the BIOS on an old motherboard.
I know about DOS boot disks from AllBootDisks - https://www....
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multiboot usb recognized by bios but won't boot
I'm really starting to accumulate alot of usb drives, so I decided to try and make a multi boot usb drive and I can't seem to get it to boot. I have tried using two different multiboot usb creator ...
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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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How to boot a Linux live USB on a Mac?
I have a USB stick with a Fedora 11 live environment on it.
It's booting fine on 3 PCs where I've tried it.
But I can't get it to boot on a Mac (Intel). When pressing the alt key (or command key, I ...
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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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Physically delay USB connection on startup
I've been trying to search for a physical adapter that would accept a USB (not a flash drive, but a software dongle) and connect into a USB port that would literally delay the pass-through of the ...
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How can I make this keyboard work in GRUB 2?
I'm using Windows 10 Home parallel with Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) on a Lenovo IdeaPad S400. Every time the GRUB bootloader appears, I'm not able to select the operating system, because the keyboard ...
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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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Unable to install Fedora 23 as UEFI
I Downloaded Fedora 23 workstation and created Live USB using these methods.
using command # dd if=Fedora-Live-----.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4m &&
sync.
Using Fedora Live USB tool.
using Rawrite32 ...
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USB with Kali Linux 2024.1 (not live) installed not visible in boot menu
Specifications:
Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 8)
CPU: i9 (13th Gen)
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060
USB B is a SanDisk Ultra Luxe (128GB)
For context:
Secure boot is off.
USB ports are working ...
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Why is Macbook Pro 2019 with Intel & T2 NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting Linux using T2Linux ISO image?
Macbook Pro 2019 is NOT recognizing live USB for dual booting linux using https://t2linux.org ISO image
If I use 'Option' key, it will just show the single option, Macintosh HD and boot into MacOS
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Asus netbook (Windows 10) *will not* boot from USB drive
I am trying to install Linux on my Asus X205T netbook from a USB drive. Recently I used the same drive to install Ubuntu on a relative's laptop.
I formatted the USB drive on my Macbook Pro using ...
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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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Macbook Pro is NOT showing up Bootable USB Drive
System: Macbook Pro 2019, Intel, T2 Chip, 16 GB RAM, No USB port (Using VIVA USB hub), Ventura 13.6.5
Issue: The bootable USB drive (EFI) is not showing up when restarting with 'Option' key
I had ...
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Windows 10 USB flash drive not booting, but linux (ubuntu) does
I have an bootable USB with windows 10.
I tried to install it on my laptop lenovo G50-80: I've selected the boot menu (after turning on the laptop via a small button: here), but the usb name wasn't ...
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After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook
My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to ...
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How to boot a USB to reinstall windows when I have ubuntu installed?
My ubuntu system is basically useless now because it always says the error "Errors were found while checking the disk drive for /". I can't do anything with it because of that. :( and I want to go ...
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How to boot an HP XW8000 from a USB flash drive?
I have an old XW8000 machine that I’ve been trying and failing boot from USB flash drive for the last week.
I’ve tried burning Ubuntu 6.0, 8.0, 14.0, 22.04 on USB media using PowerIso and BalenaEtcher ...
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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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Windows 11 installed on a refurbished HP so that I can't suppress Secure boot mode to boot on USB
I recently bought a refurbished HP Z4 G4 with windows 11 already installed. In order to dual boot, I have to change the bios/UEFI Secure Boot to disable (and legacy to enable). I am able to change it ...
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Still unable to install Windows 11 from boot USB flash drive. A media driver is missing
I have a new build (specs below) which is currently running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
motherboard: GIGABYTE B760M AORUS ELITE AX (manual)
GPU: ASRock Radeon RX 6700 XT Challenger D
CPU: Intel Core i7-...
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How to prevent USB-connected printer from causing delay in pre-POST startup?
The (intermittently-occurring) symptom: After pressing the power button there's one quick beep as normal, but then there's a long-ish delay (1~2 minutes) before the second beep that indicates the ...
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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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Create bootable USB flash drives [closed]
I want to create some bootable USB flash drives as per below.
Windows 10 Legacy BIOS (MBR) Bootable MS-DOS 6.22 USB Flash Drive that boots up to a DOS prompt, has access to MS-DOS commands including ...
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How to install full linux to a usb drive like unetbootin
I have recently looked into linux as my mac is currently at 10.12 and I need to run newer apps but currently cannot get a new computer. I have decided to move to linux but I don't want to touch the ...
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How to boot from a USB floppy drive on a UEFI BIOS
I have a RAAYOO USB floppy drive reader and some generic 1.44 MB floppy disks. I am trying to boot FREEDOS Floppy Edition using this reader on a computer with a UEFI BIOS. It shows up under legacy ...
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Windows 11 Blocking Linux Distro Installation HP Pavillian 500
Followed all pertinent steps, for proper install:
Created USB ISO Linuxmint-21.3-mate-64bit (Rufus).
UEFI settings, safe boot disabled, BIOS set up to choose USB.
At restart, hold Shift, choose USB ...
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Is it possible to download a Linux bootable operating system direct to a wiped HDD?
I am in the hospital and have no money so don't need advise me to get a USB drive please.
I purchased a laptop which ended up having BitLocker enabled when I disabled secure boot.
I have a 3.5GB USB ...
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Failed to install Fedora 39 on Acer Aspire 5
I have two notebooks here at home, one of mine (Acer Aspire 5 a515-45-r8w2) and one of my girlfriend (Acer Aspire 3).
I'm trying to install Fedora Workstation 39 on the Acer Aspire 5, by booting an ...
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Is there a way to edit the “syslinux.cfg” file to clear the screen then load the kernel with Unetbootin?
I'm developing an OS and for now I'm using UNetbootin to load it from a USB. I only have one option on the menu (boot) so I don't really need the menu to exist. I can set the menu timeout to nothing ...
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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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Can I boot Windows 10 installed on a SATA SSD/HDD from USB3 via SATA to USB adapter?
First of all I'm not trying to clone.
I just have a laptop with a dead internal SATA port. The drive is still alive and I want to boot via a USB3 adapter.
It gets part way through the boot when it ...
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How to get live USB to print verbose output during Linux boot
In the case of an installed Linux, such as Debian/Ubuntu or derivatives, it is possible to edit the Grub config file like this:
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
and comment out this line:
#...
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The device you inserted does not contain Chrome OS
The system is an HP Chromebook 11 G5 N3060 laptop.
I've flashed a USB flash drive with Linux Mint on it, first using the ChromeOS recovery tool, and secondly with etcher on an Apple computer.
I've ...
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Linux Laggy when booting over USB C cable
I've installed Linux on to a SSD disk and I boot it through a SATA to USB 2.0 cable, which works well.
I've tried to boot from this device using a USB C cable to boost performance but surprisingly the ...
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Boot 3.0 USB on Surface Go 3 works with adapter but not with USB hub
I'm trying to boot a permanently installed Linux from a portable SSD on my Surface Go 3.
The SSD has GRUB installed on it and basically works just line any other portable Linux. I have confirmed that ...
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"'Windows To Go' can only be installed on a GPT partitioned drive if it has the FIXED attribute set" when flashing Windows To Go on drive with Rufus
When I try to flash Windows 11 To Go (technically it's not actually Windows To Go, it's like a pseudo-Windows 11 To Go (it's still Windows 11, but it's not actually Windows To Go, rather something ...
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