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can't boot from usb

  • 24-03-2015 08:06PM
    #1
    Victoria Late Hallway
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Victoria Late Hallway


    I went into the BIOS and set the USB drive as the first device but it still completely bypasses my usb....anyone got any ideas please?

    After Googling I'm thinking I might have to disable UEFI and enable legacy or failing that use something called PLOP Boot Manager.

    What do you guys think?


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  • #2
    mightyreds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭mightyreds


    if its ubuntu or some variant you have to disable UEFI before trying it and i think for older windows too


  • #3
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    Had the same issue before. The USB wasn't formatted properly firstly, and then didn't have a boot.INI on it to get it to start booting.


  • #4
    mightyreds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭mightyreds


    good free prgram for making them is poweriso never had to do anything other than click create and find the iso


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
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    Has the flash drive been prepared properly? Marked with an active partition?


  • #6
    Victoria Late Hallway
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Victoria Late Hallway


    mightyreds wrote: »
    if its ubuntu or some variant you have to disable UEFI before trying it and i think for older windows too

    It's got Linux Mint installed on it alright. I used it in another computer at work and it worked fine. Went to another workstation and can't get the laptop to boot from it at all!! Can't go back to the other computer either. It's definitely not a problem with the USB cos I was able to boot from it at home too. Pesky BIOS settings are the problem.


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  • #7
    mightyreds
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭mightyreds


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's got Linux Mint installed on it alright. I used it in another computer at work and it worked fine. Went to another workstation and can't get the laptop to boot from it at all!! Can't go back to the other computer either. It's definitely not a problem with the USB cos I was able to boot from it at home too. Pesky BIOS settings are the problem.

    yeah i had the same problem alright going in changing the bios everytime


  • #8
    Victoria Late Hallway
    Posts: 8,317 ✭✭✭ Victoria Late Hallway


    Ok so I'll try disabling UEFI, Secure Boot and enabling CSM....I think that's everything!!!


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