[peterm]

that will work

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RE: Post 14.

I have access to another same model working laptop as the one I'm working with.  Is it as simple as removing the hhd in question and installing in the working machine to test ?  Will it affect the good machine upon re-installation? 

 

To test if the HDD works it should be installed as second drive avoiding booting the Windows System on a different machine.

[SleepyDude]

RE: Post 14.

I have access to another same model working laptop as the one I'm working with.  Is it as simple as removing the hhd in question and installing in the working machine to test ?  Will it affect the good machine upon re-installation? 

 

To test if the HDD works it should be installed as second drive avoiding booting the Windows System on a different machine.

[peterm]

Any luck

[JohnGo]

I have downloaded (ubuntu 22.04 desktop-amd64.iso   3.4 gb) onto a flash drive.  I don't have a new hard drive yet. Is there a way to retrieve my win7 OS from the old 

hdd ?

[peterm]

We need to see if we can see your old hdd with ubuntu.

Ubuntu is to see if we can access the old HDD

Old hdd into laptop

Boot from Ubuntu - No install

Can you see the data on old hdd

 

Do you have a win 7 dvd

[JohnGo]

I'll try to access the old hdd shortly.

I don't have a win7 disc because i had a new hdd and windows7 installed at a computer shop a few years ago.

[JohnGo]

There is a  "System Volume Information" file on the new flash drive along with Ubuntu that i can"t delete. Will it interfere with the attempted boot from the the drive?

 

Do I insert the flash drive before I turn on the computer on to see if it will boot? 

[JohnGo]

The machine is set to boot from USB but it still reads no boot device found. 

[peterm]

Hmm

Could be the usb

Try it in a working comuter to see if it works

Just to see if it starts to boot then at the first screen pull out.

Your other laptop with the same model what os is on that

[peterm]

yes flash drive in before boot

[peterm]

F12 > Change boot mode setting > Legacy Boot Mode, Secure Boot Off > Yes > F12

[JohnGo]

I have not been able to boot from ubuntu. I've tried several times.  Two times randomly it has booted as normal on it's own. Those times it operates and navigates as it always did. Both times when I shut down and tried to reboot it would display the "no boot device found". 

 

Are the settings in the attachments correct? 

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•  Bios.zip   3.01MB   114 downloads

[peterm]

It is showing boot from cd/dvd

did you have the usb plugged in when yo opened the bios

If no 

insert usb go back to boot manager screen and see if usb shows up

If not 

go to Boot screen and go to Add Boot option

Does it show usb

if yes

add

go back to boot manager screen

change to boot from usb

[JohnGo]

In Boot Manager the top one is LEGACY; the 2nd one down is USB STORAGE DEVICE highlighted in black.

[peterm]

not in this pic

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