can't boot from usb

24-03-2015 7:06pm #1

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?

mightyreds · 24-03-2015 7:10pm

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

antodeco · 24-03-2015 7:11pm

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.

mightyreds · 24-03-2015 7:13pm

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

24-03-2015 7:14pm

Has the flash drive been prepared properly? Marked with an active partition?

24-03-2015 7:17pm

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.

mightyreds · 24-03-2015 7:27pm

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

24-03-2015 7:29pm

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

can't boot from usb

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