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Pointer to Flat Panel Invalid message?
I have recently installed 13.04 on an old Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 powered tower with a 500GB Hitachi hard drive and been experiencing problems with it freezing and or becoming unresponsive to any command ...
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Crash on startup
I have a computer running 13.04 64-bit. It used to work fine. Today, however, I pulled open the case and put in some more RAM. After I did this, I put things back together, started up, and experienced ...
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Ubuntu freezing during installation
I planned on upgrading my PC to Ubuntu from Windows 7, and erasing Windows 7 completely. I ran through the installation, choosing to erase my current OS and install Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.
After a while, ...
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Boot problem after format [closed]
I like testing things but I screwed up this time.
I had ubuntu 12.04 + win 7 installed but didn't like ubuntu so I deleted the partition.
However, I forgot to fix mbr.
Also I am unable to access ...
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Ubuntu does not boot, but windows does
On my old computer I would like to install ubuntu 12.10. Now the strange thing is it does not boot the dvd disc from ubuntu. The windows disc however boots normally. If I disable the harddisk in the ...
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Why won't my netbook read by USB drive?
I have a problem installing Ubuntu via USB storage using unetbootin:
My notebook BIOS does not read the USB key, instead of another notebook that I tried that does.
I think the problem is that USB ...
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help with ubuntu in boot from .efi file *windows 8 problem
http://paste.ubuntu.com/5627076/
my problem is that after doing the boot repair i get this message > Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sda2/EFI/ubuntu/shimx64.efi file! i think that ...
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I just bought an HP 4t-1000 and cannot access the BIOS to change the boot order and install Ubuntu from a USB
The F10, F9, and ESC keys do not do anything. I called HP support (terrible), and when I press the ESC key during startup, it brings me to a RAID reconfiguration screen and not the BIOS.
Specs:
14" ...
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My ubuntu partition was deleted and I can't boot from either a DVD or USB
It's my first time installing ubuntu. I have Windows 7 and 8 before in my laptop (Acer Aspire 4752z). After Ubuntu (12.04) installed in my laptop, the Windows boot loader didn't recognize my Ubuntu so ...
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After using the ubuntu disc, the computer will not boot, only long beeps
Under the impression that having the disc image in while the computer boots would take me to a menu screen where I could choose to boot ubuntu or windows, it just went to a loading screen.
It stayed ...
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Will i get a Multiple OS boot choice after installing Ubuntu with Windows 7?
I have Windows 7 operating off an HDD and am going to install Ubuntu on to another seperate HDD.
How will I determine the boot options? through Bios by the HDD each time I start, or is there a bit ...
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How to boot external drives on a Acer C7 Chromebook
I want to run a plain Ubuntu install, but the BIOS does not easily allow for booting into USB drives. I currently have the Chromebook in developer mode and I found a USB command on the chromium ...
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Computer froze during Ubuntu install and now computer won't post and no BIOS
A few minutes ago I was installing Ubuntu 12.10 on my Windows 7 machine and it froze during the installation. I waited awhile then rebooted. Now the monitors never turn on and the BIOS never shows. It ...
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Ubuntu taking forever to boot off of USB flash drive
So I just built a PC, and tried to boot Ubuntu off of a USB flash drive. It has been at the purple Ubuntu screen with the loading dots for over 30 minutes, what should I do?
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How can I get my keyboard to load sooner?
I'm not sure if I'm wording this correctly, or if it's even possible, but is there any way to make my keyboard available sooner? I can use it once Ubuntu's purple screen comes up, but I can't use it ...
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WUBILDR.mbr file error on windows 7 and windows 8 : UEFI boot
0 down vote I am having 64bit windows 8 machine. I have tried a lot, installing the wubi and still it shows the wubildr.mbr file missing during boot. I installed Win7 and did the same, the problem ...
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When I boot I do not get asked which OS I want
I just installed Wubi on my computer which is running Windows XP. Everything went exactly like the official guide said it should, and I was told the installation was complete and to restart my ...
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My USB is blank on boot screen
So I just got a new Toshiba Satellite, running windows 8. I made sure to use the universal USB maker, (Forgot the name but it was the one recommended) And it seems to be fine.... It has all the files ...
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Ubuntu install removed BIOS option
Two days ago I installed Ubuntu 12.10 from a liveCD. for some reason, the installation changed or deleted the option to enter the BIOS screen, and also changed the boot options so the only OS the you ...
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Hi ,I just bought an asus F55A but i can not enter bios?
Hi everybody I just bought an Asus F55A but I can not enter in bios or boot the linux usb before startup as i did before with my old asus k50c by pressing F2 for entering bios and CTRL+ESC+F1 to ...
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Laptop won't boot or enter BIOS after deleting partition in Windows 7
I dual boot my computer and later decided to delete one of the Ubuntu partitions while using Windows 7. After my computer hibernated and I tried restarting my ASUS laptop it stopped at the logo and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 “No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!”
Every time I install Ubuntu 12.10, my computer can't find the boot partition and I always get this message:
SYSLINUX 3.85 2010-02-20 CBIOS Copyright (c) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al
No DEFAULT or ...
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Using Wubi to Install Over Windows
due to a broken laptop screen, I can't access BIOS to change boot priority (checked, impossible to load external screen from BIOS unless someone knows how to blindly tell me the keystrokes to change ...
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How to change boot priority?
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 ...
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BIOS is not showing device booting list after installing ubuntu12.10 64ibt
Bios is not showing device booting list after installing UBUNTU12.10 64 bit and because of which I am unable to install another OS through my bootable usb.
Installing ubuntu12.10 64 bit has changed ...
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Ubuntu replaced BIOS boot list
I've just started with Ubuntu and reach total dead end. After installing Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on laptop Lenovo B580 (freeOS), I found out after few days that the BIOS boot list is lost. All available ...
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Ubuntu wont recognize my internal SSD
I just bought a Lenovo u310 and installed Ubuntu 12.10 with Wubi to try it out. After a couple of days I decided to fully replace windows 7 and installed Ubuntu 12.10 fully with a usb drive in my HDD. ...
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Cannot boot from USB to install 12.10
i am a long time user of Ubuntu and this is the first time a such thing happens to me.
I usually upgrade from a version to an other, but this time i wish to do a clean install.
I want to totally ...
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How do i boot any ISO from a USB flash drive?
So I know in my bios theres this settings in USB labled "Emulate device" HDD/CDROM/FDD
But im not even sure I understand what it means and I cant find it on the internet.
Do you remember the old ...
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System doesn't boot when ubuntu is installed on an SSD
I've recently discovered Ubuntu and decided to give it a try.
I am using a Samsung Series 5 p530u3c-ad1 which comes with a 24gb SSD and a ~500gb HDD, My intention is to set the system files to the ...
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Can't boot from CD now that Ubuntu is installed?
I ran across an older toshiba laptop with a pentium 4 2.66 ghz cpu and 464 mg of ram.
I thought i would try out Ubuntu 12.04 on it instead of running live on another computer to test it. So anyway I ...
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Just installed Ubuntu onto blank hard drive from disk but now won't boot
I just installed ubuntu onto a blank hard drive with a 10GB partition and it went fine. When I restarted the PC (when it asked), I quickly changed the BIOS so that it booted from the HDD not the disk ...
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Why does Ubuntu only boot when I have the installation USB stick plugged in? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can't boot without Flash Drive plugged in
I made a USB image from Ubuntu's main website, for Ubuntu 12.4.1, and it installed and ran perfectly off the harddrive. It ...
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Operating System not Found after installing Ubuntu in a Sony Vaio
I just bought a Sony Vaio SVS15115FLB that came with Windows 7, after enjoying the PC graphic power for a little, I decided it was time to install Ubuntu 12.04.
First, I inserted a USB stick, ...
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UEFI/GPT Win 7 Load Failure in Dual Boot and no GRUB2 [Ubuntu 12.04]
Configuration:
MBB: ASRock X79 Extreme6
Win 7 installed on a INTEL 40GB SSD (GPT partitioned)
Ubuntu 14.04 on a CORSAIR 30GB SSD (Ext4 and SWAP)
I had Windows 7 installed previously in UEFI ...
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ThinkPad T420s won't boot in NVS 4200M enabled
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my Lenovo ThinkPad T420S.
In BIOS I have an option to select graphical card: integrated intel card or NVS 4200M (or NVIDIA Optimus which is out of scope now).
When I ...
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How does ubuntu live/install disc jack boot/BIOS?
When you put the Ubuntu 12.04 Live CD/Install CD in and start the computer, instead of saying "Press any key to boot from disk.........." and going to hard drive boot upon no key press, which is what ...
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Acer Aspire 5610 only boots with acpi=off (possibly broken ACPI firmware) [closed]
So I'm trying 12.04 on Acer Aspire 5610 and was only successful at booting it using acpi=off kernel parameter. Booting without it throws a long machine check exception at a very early boot stage and ...
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No boot, no bios after Reformat, Dual Boot install
PC needed reformat so completed this with just after installing Ubuntu onto my 2nd drive and had Dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04 going fine (Except slow Win, hence reformat). Reformated, reinstalled ...
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How can I tell if my system was booted as EFI/UEFI or BIOS?
How do I determine whether a particular running Ubuntu system was booted using EFI/UEFI, or BIOS?
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edit BIOS to boot from USB
I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from USB. I've made a bootable flash drive by startup disk creator.
To use the flash I tried to add a USB option to BIOS, it recognized the device and asked for a name and ...
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Asus 1018p dead after upgrade to 12.04
I was successfully running 11.10 and upgraded through the software update. Everything was running perfectly until i did a reboot. Now when i hit the power button the light comes on and the wireless ...
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Why isn't ubuntu installing on my Asus EEEPc 900a?
I installed ubuntu on my Asus EEEPc 900a twice and it doesn't boot.
I even disabled all boot sources except the hard drive in BIOS.
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Why Won't my computer turn on? [closed]
Yes, as dumb of a question as it is. This is the only place I knew of to get a fast answer.
Pressing the power button does nothing. Power cord connected and circuit is getting power. If I flip the ...
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Can't boot from USB after installing Ubuntu
I bought a Samsung series 5 notebook and a very strange thing happened: I installed Ubuntu 11.10 from a usb pen drive but when I restarted (I cleared the existing partitions) I stopped being able to ...
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How to fix “Disk drive for /boot/efi is not ready or not present”? [closed]
After I updated BIOS/UEFI version to 1101 on an Asus P8Z68-V PRO motherboard Ubuntu (11.10) did not boot. After POST all I saw was a black screen with a blinking cursor in the top left corner.
I ...
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Bios clock reset on every boot.. hardware or software failure?
I am running crunchbang (#!) linux on my netbook (which uses an ubuntu core).
When I start my netbook (running on battery) I am prompted to reset my Bios settings.
This causes some problems with my ...
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Cannot boot live USB with Ubuntu on a specific PC, on others the USB works fine?
What I do:
I prepare Ubuntu live USB and boot with it. I select the USB pen drive. The PC tries to boot from it.
What happens
I receive an error message: boot error.
What is expected:
A normal boot ...
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Updating Bios and Ubuntu 11.10.. seem like they don't mix
I recently update mi Bios Firmware, and when I try lo load up Ubuntu 11.10, it stays halted at a purple screen, it wont even boot. If I then Reboot and go to my Vista Partition, everything is working ...
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How do I remove “Ubuntu” in the bios boot menu?
See this ubuntu appears in BIOS menu
I have this on my Lenovo s205 too.
Is there some way to remove "ubuntu" from the menu? I don't even have it installed anymore.
