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‎08-01-2023 05:29 AM

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Product: HP EliteBook 830 G8 Notebook PC (26D50AV)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Hi, my basic issue is I cannot boot from my USB drive that holds my OS installation, which I wanted to install Linux Ubuntu.

 

Thus, could I just take out the M2 SSD from my HP Elitebook 830 G8 and put it in my desktop computer, then boot off USB and install Linux, then put the SSD back into my Elitebook; would this work? I wasn't sure if specific metadata, drivers per the hardware when installing are stored on the SSD, making a flawed/non-operable OS installation once I put it back into the Elitebook.

 

Thank you.

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‎08-01-2023 10:09 AM

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You can use RUFUS to create a bootable Ubuntu installation. It is easier to do than you think, as long as you have a laptop that is compatible with Linux.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/rufus/9PC3H3V7Q9CH

 

The days of being able to remove a hard disk with an installed Windows OS, or an M.2 SSD to another PC and just boot up are gone, so nope, that will not work. 

 

Here is lots of information on how to install Ubuntu and how to use RUFUS.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=USE+rufus+to+install+Ubuntu

 


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‎08-02-2023 01:26 AM

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I did create a bootable media with RUFUS. When I press F9 to get the Boot menu, the USB used to show up, but I formatted the Windows 11 via the Command Prompt on the "Automatic Repair" screen (My Windows 11 was corrupted). But even when the USB with linux iso created with RUFUS showed up, it would just open the Folder structure of the USB thumb-drive. Nothing was executable or booted into the install; it would just boot back into that screen with all the F"X" keys (e.g. F1, F2, ... F9, F10, etc...) in a column and a small description as to what they did.

 

As I said, after formatting in the Windows 11 Automatic Repair screen via command prompt, the USB does not appear to even show up.

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‎08-02-2023 09:26 AM - edited ‎08-02-2023 10:21 AM

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Did you create an EFI installer or MBR?

 

It makes a big difference, especially if your BIOS is an MBR type.

An EFI installer will be invisible to an MBR BIOS, but an MBR installer will be recognized as useable by an EFI BIOS.

 

From your description of the issue and my own experience with RUFUS and Ubuntu,  I believe that you must have missed a step.

 

The video has  some annoying music, but it is useful tutorial for Ubuntu and RUFUS.

 

 

Have you used Windows DiskPart on another PC with the UBUNTU installer USB flashdrive to see if there is a boot flag on the flash drive?


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