Today, I received my new Packard Bell EN TE69BM. The Laptop comes with garbage aka Windows 8. I want to install Ubuntu on it. Unfortunately the BIOS is set up to boots the flash drive in EFI mode and this setting cannot be changed. I've tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 and 13.10 but to no avail. (SECURE BOOT is OFF)  I get the options:   try ubuntu without installing install ubuntu check disk for defects   No matter what I select, I simply get a never changing black screen no matter how long I wait. I have the latest BIOS installed on the device.   I've tried the following:     but it did not work!  Any way to get Ubuntu working on my notebook?
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I'm absolutely new to Linux. I would like to know how to install Ubuntu alongside the pre-installed Windows 8+ OS.  Should I do it with Wubi, or through the Live USB/DVD?  What steps do I need to take to correctly install Ubuntu?
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I want to remove win 8 and install Ubuntu 16.04 64bit on a Samsung laptop with UEFI. I'm not interested in a dual boot setup.   With the intention of changing the boot order so that I can boot from a USB drive,  I swiped the top right screen corner (charm bar) in the win 8 start page,  going to  Settings>Power (shift clicking on Restart) >Troubleshoot>Advanced Options. However, there are no UEFI settings options on this page.   I would be most appreciative if anyone can offer any suggestions as to where to go from here.
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I have created a Live USB for Ubuntu 13.10 64 bit using Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.4.4  I have restarted and booted from the USB; tried Ubuntu without installing. Everything works fine there including web browsing, videos, installing new software etc. So I decide to install Ubuntu as dual boot option to Windows 8.  When I tried installing, the options do not show the existing Windows 8 OS. It shows only the option to install Ubuntu as standalone OS. The step by step installation instructions available online mention that it should show option like "Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 8"  I have a Dell Inspiron 3521 with Windows 8; UEFI boot. I have 3 options for the boot menu: "UEFI Security boot On", "UEFI Security boot Off" and "Legacy boot".   Please advise how I can get to dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu. I know that USB setup is good as I am able to boot and try from it without installing. May be boot settings?  Thanks in Advance! ~KK
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I'd like to install Ubuntu 13.04 on Lenovo g580 and I have this issue. After a few seconds of booting liveUSB screens gets black and nothing happens. I've read somewhere about connecting second screen to solve similar issue. Of course this didn't solve it, but it provided something like terminal with     initramfs>   and few basic commands ..  Is it possible to install Ubuntu on Lenovo g580 hardware? I also checked  Ubuntu 12.04: failed  Mint 13: SUCCEED (x32 and x64)  Is it because of drivers? Of course I want Ubuntu instead of Mint. :)
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I'm considering to upgrade my PC to Ubuntu v17.10, but I'm afraid because there's a BIOS issue has been confirmed for several different lines of Lenovo laptops also the reports of it affecting a few Acer, Toshiba and Dell laptops.  Should I upgrade or not? Also I can't download the Latest Ubuntu 17.10 ISO, the official website download link is currently discouraged.
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I want to install Ubuntu on my dad's computer. The trouble is his computer will not boot from the live cd. I think the trouble has something to do with the bios. It is an Acer,model number 4520 and currently it has Windows Vista on it. How do you find bios on this computer? Here are some more details about the computer:   120 GB harddrive 64x2 dual core processor up to 384 MB NVIDIA GetForce  Thank you all in advance for your kind and generous support.
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I resently installed ubuntu 14.04 on my ASUS X450L. It runs quite statisfactory, only the touchpad of the laptop does not function. Is there any solution for this?  The bios setting is 'enabled'
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Good day,  I just got an Asus Vivotab Smart with Windows 8 but the processor is actually a 32-bit type. I am kinda confused with the Ubuntu version to install (32-bit or 64-bit). I have read all the tips and guidelines on installing Ubuntu on a Windows 8 machine.  I have disabled fast boot, quiet boot, secure boot, and still cannot boot from the usb. I tried this with Ubuntu 12.04.2, 12.10, and 13.04 (the 64-bit versions only). I am yet to try a 32-bit version but I'm reluctant since Canonical says only the 64-bit version was developed to handle the Windows 8 UEFI issues.  Also, I have a boot-override field in my UEFI options which I think force-boots from the boot option one selects. I selected to force-boot from my pendrive containing Ubuntu, but the screen just blinks momentarily and nothing happens.  Please help me to figure out how to load ubuntu on my machine. I don't really want the Windows 8......just Ubuntu on my tablet.  Thank you.
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I installed Ubuntu through USB. Instillation was successful.  But when I restarted my laptop it didn't boot. So planed install it again when started selected install from USB. it booted my previous installed Ubuntu. So after went Ubuntu boots no need of that pen drive, so in short, every time I want to start my pc I need that pen drive to boot.
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Trying to install ubuntu on a laptop. The "bios/uefi" has no uefi boot options &amp; the windows boot manager just kicks in. The only "option" is "boot from hard disk". So we tried to use efibootmgr to put grub to boot first.  When we run an efibootmgr -o xxxx,xxxx,xxxx command it seems like the order gets fixed but on reboot the windows boot manager still has control, then when we re-opened the live usb &amp; checked the boot order it remains unaffected.  What are other ways to change the efi boot order? Maybe by mounting the efi partition (in mnt) and doing what?
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I've created a bootable USB of Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit with Rufus, setting the drive to be a GPT for UEFI. Then I booted my tablet PC and I ran the UEFI BIOS, from which I turned secure boot off. I then restarted and went again on the BIOS to boot from my key, but all I got was a black screen that lasted few seconds and then it brought me back to the BIOS. I read about a bootia32.efi file and other procedures that can be followed, but I didn't find a good explanation of what I need to get done. My tablet PC runs an Intel Core Atom Z3735F and has 2 GB of RAM. If you have the answer please let me know.
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I can buy Dell Latitude E7270 through my employer. It will come with Windows, but I would like to install Ubuntu (most likely 14.04). This model does not appear on the list of certified hardware, however. Does anyone know whether I should anticipate any problems with his laptop? Thanks!
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I'd like to know if there's a method to get Windows 7 or Windows 8 Developer Preview to install to a GPT disk on my traditional IBM PC BIOS setup. Windows 7, of course, rejects my GPT partition, because I don't have UEFI. Well, Debian and Grub 2 seem to work fine... So I want to know if there's a way to force Windows to work as well.  I'd seriously prefer avoiding hybrid MBR/GPT, because it's quite fragile and feels hackish, but it does work. I would assume the main blocker is that Microsoft is simply not adding support in their BIOS bootloader for GPT, which is understandable, I suppose. Is there any recourse?  The way I see it, there are a few potential solutions:   Having an alternate bootloader for the Windows kernel. NOT a chainloader. As far as I know, none exist. That's a shame. Storing as little as possible on an alternate MBR-based disk. Not liking this idea, but it's doable. I'm not sure I'd call this a solution to the problem as much as a workaround. Emulating EFI enough to get the EFI bootloader to work... I remember hearing a bit about a UEFI-on-BIOS emulator, but I can't find anything about it now. I assume this is doable, but there's probably not much demand for it yet, and it's probably no fun at all to setup. GRUB 2 seems to be able to boot a hackintosh with necessary EFI emulation, but I guess there's no interest/UEFI 2 is harder to approach (and I would assume other EFI emulators used for hackintosh are on the same boat.) Coreboot with TainoCore. Coreboot does not work on my motherboard (as far as I know,) and I'm quite sure the last effort to do this during GSoC was a failure. I'd absolutely love this solution, if it did work, though.   Am I missing anything?
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Here's my problem. I'd like to reinstall Ubuntu. My laptop is an old HP Compaq nx7400. The optical drive went wrong, it can't read discs. I would use a USB port instead but the laptop won't boot from it. (It won't boot even if I set USB the first in the boot order in BIOS settings. Also on start up after pressing F9 to choose boot device USB won't appear in the list, only optical disk, netbook disk and network if I enable it.)  I wanted to resize the boot partiton to make space for the installation but I couldn't do that because it seems that the whole HDD is the boot partiton so it can't be unmounted using Gparted.  My partition system is the following:  Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000e6661     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *        2048   486318079   243158016   83  Linux /dev/sda2       486320126   488396799     1038337    5  Extended /dev/sda5       486320128   488396799     1038336   82  Linux swap / Solaris   So how can I make a new partition to be able to install a "new" Ubuntu and get rid of the old one. Or any better solution for this problem? I hope it's not a catch 22...
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My computer is a Sony Vaio Notebook. I used Ubuntu and Win 8 with dualboot but windows somehow managed to remove the menu to choose the OS at startup. I think the BIOS is UEFI. Secure boot was disabled already and Boot Repair somehow fails.  How can I fix this?
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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 have changed my system to boot from UEFI instead of BIOS and have installed Windows 7 on my internal SSD which has GPT partition type.   I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 on my external HDD. My machine is a Lenovo . My HDD is a 1TB USB3 .  Here is some of what I have been trying:   My laptop is set to boot in UEFI mode. I have 64 bit version of Ubuntu, on my bootable flash disk    I took out my SSD before installing Ubuntu    Before installation my external HDD was also partitioned as GPT and it only had one 950GB partition   I tried two different methods:     First: When I let the Ubuntu to install itself automatically, without changing anything, the installation completed but Ubuntu did not boot. SSD was out and I am sure the systems boots in UEFI mode. Second: I tried to do the partitioning myself in the following order, but I still have the same problem, I am sure my HDD is partitioned as GPT:     /EFI Boot /(root)  /swap   /home     I chose to install the bootloader in /EFI boot.    Please let me know what I am doing wrong. Thanks  Update:  I was sure that Windows, on SSD, boots in UEFI mode. However, I disconnected my HDD and the windows did boot from SSD.I used the live USB to boot Ubuntu and let it do the partitioning and install Ubuntu on the external HDD. I still had the same problem and Ubuntu did not boot. Then I used the live USB and installed Boot-Repair. After running Boot-repair and a restart everything was good, and Ubuntu did boot from HDD. However, there is a line before booting into Ubuntu: ata_id[279]: HDIO_GET_IDENTITY failed for '/dev/sdb': Invalid argument But the system boots.  Boot Info Script: Here is a  I got after using Boot Repair.   I tried to change the partitioning and partition sizes. After reading , I changed the partitioning using Gparted. I also installed the bootloader in /dev/sda1 which is flagged as the /boot partition. As expected after installation and a reboot, Ubuntu did not boot. So by following  and  posts, I tried to register the bootloader to the EFI. But I was not successful. I even noticed that my machine might have  problem, and I changed the /EFI/Ubuntu/bootx64.efi name and location but no effect, Ubuntu did not want to boot.  Again, I used boot repair to solve the boot problem and it worked like the previous time and I am in Ubuntu. But I really like to know what is causing this problem. The interesting thing is that Boot Repair has created all possible folders and files. Is there a way that I know which folders are being used for boot? These are the different folders and files:   -/boot/efi/EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi   -/boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi and bootx64.efi   -/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu/bootx64.efi and grubx64.efi