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How to start from USB bootable drive

rco55

Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:59:05 pm

Hey guys,

I am terribly sorry to say, but due to the fact that video and audio on skype keeps lagging and i've gotten no support on my past questions regarding to this, i have no choice but to revert back to windows.

Now even in that im having issues.

I have a bootable usb drive with windows ready to work, but whenever i start my computer instead of recognizing the usb drive it just shows me this screen right away:

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How do i set it up so it starts from the usb drive and not the OS?

thanks!

Swarfendor437

Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:30:12 am

Hi, you need to make sure that your computer's BIOS supports booting from USB/External Devices! If it doesn't see if there is an update available or you will need to use PLOP Boot manager:

http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager/index.html ;)

rco55

Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:57:26 am

Thanks! well, i did have to use Plop to be able to install Zorin on my laptop, but i learned how to do it on windows.

Do you have any idea how to do it on Linux? i'm completely lost when it comes to that!

Thank you for all your help, means a lot!

Swarfendor437

Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:51:21 am

If you mean create a bootable USB in GNU/Linux - sure - video here (apologies for quality - saved to wrong format - need to redo!):

https://vimeo.com/104187694