Questions tagged [bootable-media]
For questions about bootable devices such as Flash Drives, CD/DVD or Hard Disks.
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Minisforum NAB6 lite mini pc - SSD is not detected in bios & can't make it boot from SSD (sata / m2). Why is that?
I bought a Mini PC - NAB6 lite by Minisforum (i5-12600H)
Installed ram (DDR4 3200) + SSD (Samsung Evo 860) via sata cable. The ram is detected - i can see it in Bios, but the SSD is NOT detected.
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Can I run a laptop with no OS from a bootable USB thumbdrive
I have a HP Stream 14 with windows 10 that's useless because windows takes up the entire 32 GB hard drive. Can I wipe it and run from a bootable thumb drive?
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What are my options for installing Windows (10/11) on an external m.2 ssd, to later be used on an internal one, and is using windows to go okay?
My friend's birthday is coming up, me and some mutual friends are planning on building him a computer. I have been given the SSD and have been tasked with preparing it so it's ready to go asap (we are ...
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iBook PPC fails to load HDD and most CDs and DVDs. What can I do to revive this iBook?
I have an old iBook that is having problems to load things. I want to revive the iBook and make it usable for some tasks and years.
Most times the OS from HDD boots ends on a blue screen without text/...
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Cant boot from ubuntu install media
I have a Surface Pro 7, currently running Windows 11 and want to install Ubuntu as a second OS. I can not get the install media, which I created using rufus on Windows 11, to boot. With the same ...
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grub rescue unknown filesystem
i am dual booting Win11 and artix linux(or trying to do so..)
i have celan installed win 11, shrunk volume of drive, and w rufus created USB to install artix with
after restart n selecting USB i just ...
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What path to write a Windows ISO to create a bootable thumb drive?
Was looking to use PXE, but now just directly downloading the Windows 10 ISO as:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ ll /media/nicholas/
total 18
drwxr-x---+ 5 root root 5 Feb 19 18:23 ....
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Where to download a Microsoft PXE image?
When I look for a Microsoft PXE image to download I can only find different tools which will build a PXE image.
Is it still possible to simply download a Microsoft PXE image directly?
Looking to make ...
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Installing Windows 11 with UEFI Firmware and ISO flashed with `dd`
I have a machine with UEFI firmware [Asus UEFI firmware version 3202] that previously ran Windows, later Ubuntu, that I now plan to install Windows 11 on, but the Windows 11 install media will not ...
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Boot loop and BSOD after attempting to reinstall Windows 11 on a brand new computer
Today I unboxed my new Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16ARX8H 82WSCTO1WW with RTX 4090.
Together with it I bought a WD BLACK SN850X 2TB SSD.
The evening went as follows:
Opened up the laptop and installed the ...
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Create Bootable windows 7 ISO from Windows 7 Installation for use in Windows 11 Virtual Machine
My windows 7 laptop had a motherboard issue but the removed HDD is still good. I want to create a bootable ISO-image of the windows-7 installation on this now external HDD that I can connect via USB ...
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Is possible update ventoy through Linux when it was installed from the beginning through Windows 10?
To load an .iso image through the boot process through a pendrive (or usb flash drive) is very useful Ventoy
I want to know if is possible, and mostly safe, accomplish the following scenario
Is ...
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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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Rufus ��Windows To Go” fails to boot and shows errors [closed]
I made tiny11 installation on my Kingston 64GB USB flash drive.
It was working for few days, but now sometimes it fails to boot and when it boots running programs I'm getting missing DLL errors.
Is my ...
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Windows does not come back into hibernation after booting to another Windows
I have Windows 11 installed on a partition of my computer. I also have Windows 11 and Ubuntu installed on a USB drive.
Sometimes I will put the Windows 11 on the computer to hibernation then boot up ...
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