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Boot ubuntu from USB option not available?

rated 0 times [ 0] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2686 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 2, 2021, 11:06:38

So I followed the steps here and downloaded Ubuntu onto my 32gb usb drive and I am trying to figure out how to boot up from the USB.

When I go to my boot menu on my laptop I get boot from notebook hard drive and boot from live cd/dvd. No option to boot from external hard drive. I went to my bios and added network boot to the options but none of those seemed like what I wanted to do so I didn't select those, i did not want to mess anything up.

My machine is an HP x16-1025nr entertainment notebook PC Current OS is Windows Vista.

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I also have a blank CD, if anybody knows how to boot from a blank CD I will try that too.

I have a program on it to download the *.iso to the disk , it says mounting image, but when I boot from CD nothing happens it goes straight to Windows Vista which makes me think the image was not mounted correctly. I don't really care which way, USB or CD I just want it to work without wiping my hard drive.

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answered 2 Years ago oargrou · Accepted Answer

Try the "boot from the hard drive" option. On my computer I do that, it then shows two options, one for the internal hard drive and one for the USB. Try and feed me back

oh yes, you should be using the boot menu in the first place. sorry, forgot to say that. you should find an instruction to press some button (normally del or f11 or f12), you should see something like "press del for boot menu" right after you start your computer.