I cannot boot to my USB hard drive with ubuntu as I do not see an option. I have rearranged the boot menu and it still hasn't worked I am using a gigabyte motherboard and at the top of my bios it says 1984-2008 I have been stuck on this for 2 days now
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I have a laptop with Ubuntu installed as the only OS. I also have a USB stick with a Windows 7 installation on it. I want to install Windows from the USB stick on my laptop but when I try to restart the laptop to get access to BIOS, I can't seem to find the command for it, its like it skips everything and just says Ubuntu and then takes me to the login screen.  How do I change the boot priority to USB in Ubuntu?
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I accidentally issued some commands I thought were safe in the terminal, and I ended up with no System Settings and lots of other missing functionality, but the OS still boots normally. I've decided I want to install Lubuntu instead of fixing Ubuntu for a fresh start and since my laptop is running on a 1GHz dual core AMD CPU.  I created a bootable USB as I usually do and placed Lubuntu 17.10 amd64 using Rufus 2.14.1086. I have GRUB that was installed with Ubuntu upon first install I still have Win8.1 which I still want to keep.  PS: I also tried creating a startup disk from Ubuntu  The question is: How can I boot from USB with GRUB2 so I can overwrite Ubuntu?
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I wonder if someone can help me? I am fairly new to trying to actually understand and use computers myself rather than just buying whatever Windows/Mac wants me to! You will get a giggle from my flawed attempts anyway :-)  I would like to start using Ubuntu on my PC, just got a new harddrive and did have a borrowed windows 7 disk as was planning to temporarily install it so i could get ubuntu. However I didn't have high enough spec hardware for win 7 (I think it is due to only 1gb ram, i do have 64 bit technology and a 1tb harddrive). I am quite happy to install 32 bit ubuntu and hear it is easier the use than 64 anyway.  So I have one other rubbish mini laptop (windows xp) which i am trying to use to get ubuntu onto a usb (laptop has no cd drive) so i can install it on the pc. First tried just downloading ubuntu 13.04 desktop onto a usb and trying to boot the pc from it which gave the message 'no operating system'. Then I tried this to create a bootable usb which sounded promising:  . However then it starting asking for my saucy desktop iso in order to install it onto the usb stick, can't really manage to find out what a saucy desktopp iso is, maybe a mirror image of an operating system, no idea why i would need that.  So in short, I'm lost. All I can think of is getting windows xp somewhere so i can get my pc to work and install ubuntu from the internet on that, or going to a friends house in the hope that creating a bootable cd is easier than creating a usb.  Sorry for my general ineptness and hope someone can help!
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Since some system updates, my machine can no longer boot properly. I am no Ubuntu guru. I do not have a week to spare diagnosing the issue. I just want to retrieve important data from this machine's hard drive and get a working computer again ASAP.  What should I do?
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For some reason I can't install Ubuntu from CD or USB, so that I had to installed Ubuntu via Wubi. But I install Ubuntu into partition 'D' and partition of Win 7 is 'C'. If I re-install win 7, how can I use pre-installed Ubuntu ?
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So it's time to ask my first question, something I've been struggling with for a while now. I know there are some questions around the same topic, however, none of them (which I could find) have been of any help.  Before you ask, I want to do some explaining of the core problem.  Why have I not just installed it in UEFI mode?  I was unable to boot the install (or live mode for that matter) in uefi mode. After some time spent searching on google I noticed that several people have had this exact problem: after the menu appears (the uefi one), whatever I do simply results in a black screen.  After reading this article , I though I'd try installing ubuntu in legacy mode, and then use boot-repair to convert my install to uefi.   NOTE: I am dual booting ubutnu alongside Windows 10. Currently I have to enter the bios settings to enable uefi boot in order to enter windows and vice versa.   What I have tried  Boot-repair  I then tried, of course, boot-repair while in a legacy mode session only to get this error message:     The current session is in Legacy mode. Please reboot the computer, and use this software in an EFI session. This will enable this feature. For example, use a live-USB of Boot-Repair-Disk-64bit (www.sourceforge.net/p/boot-repair-cd), after making sure your BIOS is set up to boot USB in EFI mode.   Boot-repair live usb  I tried creating a live usb with boot-repair 64bit only to encounter the same problem as when booting the ubuntu install  Why do I need to boot with UEFI?  Well I don't REALLY need too boot using UEFI, however, my current windows install does, and it would be great to be able to choose whether to boot windows or ubuntu without having to switch between legacy and uefi.  Need any more information?  Is there a way to manually create the /boot partition and do the necessary changes for my system to boot efi?  Other suggestions?  Thanks  EDIT:  While I have tried both on and off, secured boot has been turned off for most of my attempts.  Edit #2: (In response to Rod Smith and comments regarding more info)   I have tried rEFInd boot manager, it encounters the very same problem I have tried rufus (Windows) and unetbootin (Ubuntu) for creating the usb media, both of which producing valid media (for other computers at least) I have a friend with (almost) the same computer with the same problem Very few distros work, Arch and Gentoo are among those who do work I have a GTX 1060 card on a Multicom laptop Windows does indeed use GPT and UEFI boot   Many of my assumptions have been made after reading this post right here:   Especially the text right after something describing my problem:     There is no solution for these errors and the workaround is to disable UEFI to enable the Ubuntu installer to run in legacy mode; after which boot-repair can be used to install grub-efi which then allows/needs UEFI switched back on before Ubuntu will boot using UEFI.   I actually assumed I couldn't reach the F6 menu at all, but now I haven't had time to recheck that.
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When I use my laptop, I have no trouble at all accessing the BIOS and changing things like the boot order.   However I recently got an iMac and have found that not only do the usual keys not get me to the BIOS, but when I find one that gets me to a boot menu (holding option when booting up) it won't recognize my USB boot drive of Ubuntu!  How can I access the BIOS menu like I could in a PC?
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I am about to install Ubuntu on my new laptop, but I don't have access to a USB drive of any sort and it doesn't have an optical drive. Would it be possible to boot into the Ubuntu installer if I save it to a new partition on my hard drive and boot from there via the BIOS?  In case you need it, , which lists my system specifications.  Thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide. :)
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I have installed Ubuntu on my USB drive according to the instructions here   and the installation went successfully and Ubuntu was running on my mac. After I restarted the mac I couldn't be able to boot Ubuntu again from the Startup Manager, When I press (Option ⌥) key I only found the main hard drive that boots me into macOS.  How can I solve this problem and boot into the USB drive again?
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After considerable review of the options, I tried and failed to create a usable live Ubuntu USB with persistent storage using what seemed like "best practice" instructions at  I suspect I'm one step away from a full solution, but I need help.  I reviewed answers on AskUbuntu and other places before starting, including many responses by @C.S.Cameron and @sudodus. Answers for OS versions earlier than 18.04 are now of uncertain value for running 18.04 or later due to various issues. Hence I opted to follow the comprehensive and recent instructions at the URL above.   After following the instructions, I seem to have a USB drive formatted by mkusb as predicted. When I attempt to boot, the BIOS/UEFI process identifies the USB stick as a possible boot location, but when I select it for booting and proceed, I am returned to the same screen for choosing a boot location. For some reason, the USB stick is rejected as a viable boot option. I have tried the process 3-4 times using 2 iso images (18.04LTS and 19.10) and 2 USB sticks (Sandisk Extreme 64GB and Sandisk Cruzer Facet 16GB). Below are links to two screenshots of GParted analysis of the resulting USB sticks.
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I dual booted ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Windows 8, but I wanted to get rid of ubuntu. So I got EasyBCD (on windows 8) and removed Ubuntu following a tutorial on youtube, then I got rid of the Ubuntu partitions. After restarting my Sony Vaio, it went to grub rescue and I'm not sure what to do. Help please! Much appreciated!!  I installed ubuntu using a USB.
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My computer doesn't boot. I format my Toshiba laptop with a bootable USB drive. I make this , and when i restart the computer after the installation, my computer does not boot. Then i run boot-repair and finishes with this . I reboot ant nothing happens. I review some questions before, but could't find anything yet. Can someone help me please?
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I was using:  dd  if=/path/to/my/ubuntuiso/ubuntu.iso  of=/dev/sdb1  bs=4M  &amp;&amp;  sync   In order to create bootable Ubuntu USB drives on older Ubuntu versions. It was working perfectly. Sometimes I used the Startup Disk Creator program, which  worked well.  But when I use the same methods on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I get some warnings while formatting it afterwards.   The installation media works as expected, but when I try to format that USB stick after my work is done, I get the following warning :    The partitioning of that Pendrive looks strange :    And it also shows my 16GB pendrive as 64GB.  After struggling a lot with Gparted, I will somehow format it. But Why is it happening like this ?? Is there any better methods of creating bootable Ubuntu in 16.04 ?  EDIT : there is a related question . But my question is not about how to format it properly. My question is "How to create a bootable USB without that errors." &amp; "Wht are the causes of that error"
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I did a fresh complete install of Ubuntu 18.04 on my ASUS M32CD desktop.   Everything during install went fine. At the end it said it was complete complete, and would reboot. Popped the disc out. Rebooted itself back into bios so I changed it back from CD boot as primary to HD.  When it booted up for Ubuntu screen and then everything went black and can’t do anything now! Ugh. Help
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I have a dumb problem that I'm hoping that someone can point me in the right direction on. I'm trying to install ubuntu 16.04.1 on a windows10 machine. I've followed all the steps correctly (I think) all the way up to the point where I am supposed to go through the install program on the thumb drive. The first problem is that it does not show the option screen that has the partition the hard drive options (see here: ). The next page (here:) only shows that my "device for boot loader installation" is the thumb drive itself.  I'm confused. I've made sure that there is in windows a free partition with no drive assigned and every other step up till the point where I reach this dead end I've followed correctly seemingly. Can anyone tell me what's going wrong?
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I was having a time getting my bootable USB 3, 32GB W10 install USB to be recognized. It recognized one time but I had to restart for something and it never came up again. I eventually removed all other boot up options to make it easier and faster to try again (no F12 needed).  Finally I gave up and tried another drive (16GB this time FWIW) and then it worked.  HOWEVER, it's stuck on a reboot loop now. I can choose to install, then to select the right disk, then it says it's loading file and then next thing I know it's saying do you want to install or upgrade.
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I have a problem I have had before. When I create a USB drive to install Ubuntu 12.04 using startup disk creator, it won't work. It doesn't give me any errors, but when I restart the PC to boot into the USB drive (settings are correct in BIOS), I get the option to: 1) Try Live CD 2) Install Ubuntu 12.04 3) Check the disk  I choose option 2 and after that, nothing happens, just black screen no matter how long I wait.  I tried creating the USB using unetbootin, on both Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7, but same issue.  I have had this problem installing Ubuntu 11.10 too, but it was solved by creating the USB drive in Linux Mint. But I don't have Mint installed now, so I hope someone knows what the problem could be. Thanks in advance!