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I can go and and play with the boot orders all I want but my computer will always read my hard drive first. What do I do to get Ubuntu on my computer?

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It would be great if someone could help me figure this out!

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  • Are you using a DVD or a USB stick? Some computers aren't capabale of booting from stick...
    – s3lph
    Dec 10, 2013 at 19:36
  • @the_Seppi I was trying to boot from a DVD. Dec 10, 2013 at 19:38
  • Have you tried changing the boot order while DVD inserted? Or hit F12/F2/... on bootup.
    – s3lph
    Dec 10, 2013 at 19:39
  • @the_Seppi Yes and yes.... Dec 10, 2013 at 19:44
  • Can you access the BIOS setup menu? Or try hitting F12 WHILE pressing the power button.
    – s3lph
    Dec 10, 2013 at 19:44

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First make sure in BIOS that you have USB option boot-up above Harddrive or simply put HDD all the way down.

Second use unetbootin for writing image into USB stick.

That should do it.

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  • Thank you I'm trying that now. I puts add. I was watching a YT vid on it and in the vid their Ubuntu file had a cd as the icon and mine was a file. Dec 10, 2013 at 20:30
  • It didn't work man!!! Dec 10, 2013 at 20:53
  • check this video and can you attach photo of your BIOS settings ?
    – ricky
    Dec 10, 2013 at 21:09
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I guess you want to boot from a Live USB. So what you have to do is to plug in your Live USB, then turn the computer on, enter BIOS and check how is your USB stick read/considered by BIOS. Sometimes it is not considered/recognised as a Removable Device but as a Hard Disk Drive, so enter Boot tab and check if your USB is recognised as a HDD, if it is so, then set it as first HDD (place it at the top of the HDD list, 1st. priority). Save and exit.

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  • So drag and drop the file onto a usb? correct? Dec 10, 2013 at 19:46
  • No. you have to "burn" the ISO file to your stick like you did with your DVD. -> www.pendrivelinux.com
    – s3lph
    Dec 10, 2013 at 19:49

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