Questions tagged [boot]

The process and events beginning with power being supplied to the processor and ending with the operating system fully loaded and ready for use. Questions about specific parts of the boot process should be tagged with, e.g. [bios].

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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE when booting Windows 2000 after dual booting with Windows XP [closed]

Apparently, I'm having a troubleshoot with both W2K and WXP. I'll try to summarize: I just got a new PC, and, because it supports both XP and W2K, I had a nice idea to dual boot both of them. I then ...
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Trouble booting SeaGate's "SeaTools Bootable" on a Dell laptop

W11; Dell Latitude. I'm having difficulty using SeaGate's "SeaTools Bootable" software. I'm able to put it onto an USB-Drive as per the instructions. But when I try and boot it the sequence ...
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How do I change Motherboard firmware settings from UEFI to Legacy boot so that I can use Paragon Hard Disk Manager?

I have been using this excellent software program, Paragon Hard Disk Manager, for many years for backing up and restoring select files. In order to use its recovery media (created on CD or thumb drive)...
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NVMe m.2 drive refuses to boot on its original HP ProBook

Background (I apologize this will be long): I received this laptop from an end user after it stopped booting. Laptop is an HP ProBook 640 G5. NVMe M.2 contains Windows 10. Problem is, when the laptop ...
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Macbook Pro is NOT showing up Bootable USB Drive

System: Macbook Pro 2019, Intel, T2 Chip, 16 GB RAM, No USB port (Using VIVA USB hub), Ventura 13.6.5 Issue: The bootable USB drive (EFI) is not showing up when restarting with 'Option' key I had ...
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Linux won't boot with f2fs

I recently had a hardware failure and replaced by old HDD with an SSD. Therefore I used f2fs for my root partition. But now I am unable to boot properly due to fsck failure. I keep getting the ...
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Booting a LUKS-encrypted drive with a flash drive, falling back to keyboard

I have some systems configured using GRUB as my bootloader, with an unencrypted boot partition and everything else using LVM-on-LUKS. Right now, the only way to unlock the system is for me to ...
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Drive boots on physical machine but doesn't on any virtual machine

Some time ago I got a request of making a fairly old (Windows 7 64bit) machine into a virtual machine. I was given a hdd clone of the machine in question however when this drive is used in VirtualBox ...
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USB with Kali Linux 2024.1 (not live) installed not visible in boot menu

Specifications: Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 8) CPU: i9 (13th Gen) GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060 USB B is a SanDisk Ultra Luxe (128GB) For context: Secure boot is off. USB ports are working ...
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Windows 10 Stuck in a Recovery Mode Boot Loop

Problem A friend asked me to repair his wife's computer, which "wouldn't boot". The computer is stuck in the infamous Windows boot loop, where it will just boot to Recovery Mode over and ...
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Cannot boot after applying OpenCore Legacy Patcher Monteray for a MacBook5,1 (Late 2008 Aluminum Unibody)

I'm attempting to use OpenCore Legacy Patcher to update an Late-2008 aluminum unibody MacBook (MacBook5,1) to run Monterey (macOS 12). What I did: On the target MacBook5,1, I downloaded the OpenCore ...
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After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook

My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to ...
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Ubuntu (ZorinOS) boots only into tty1 terminal after delering all default keyrings

I am attempting to boot my computer after utilizing Seahorse to remove all of the default keyrings. Regretfully, the only thing I receive in return is a terminal that appears only on my secondary ...
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How to start tomcat at boot time as a systemd service?

This is my Unit file: # Systemd unit file for tomcat [Unit] Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container Wants=network.target After=syslog.target network-online.target [Service] Type=forking ...
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How to boot an HP XW8000 from a USB flash drive?

I have an old XW8000 machine that I’ve been trying and failing boot from USB flash drive for the last week. I’ve tried burning Ubuntu 6.0, 8.0, 14.0, 22.04 on USB media using PowerIso and BalenaEtcher ...
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Why is USB stick not booting to update BIOS? Is this possible?

I want to update the BIOS for a system. I downloaded the latest ISO of the BIOS directly from the system's manufacturer. I used Linux Mint's USB Image Writer to make a bootable USB stick of the ISO. ...
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UEFI/BIOS password not working anymore after BIOS update

I had a BIOS password set up in the past and it allways worked fine up untill now. The BIOS for my computer ( Dell Inspiron3505(the keyboard is the latin american one))) got updated ( I updated it ...
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grub rescue unknown filesystem

i am dual booting Win11 and artix linux(or trying to do so..) i have celan installed win 11, shrunk volume of drive, and w rufus created USB to install artix with after restart n selecting USB i just ...
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Long delay before Windows 10 launch screen

When booting I've noticed the past several months an extremely long delay (10-15 seconds) after the intial boot prompts. Just a blank (black) screen, before the Windows launch screen appears. Just ...
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Problems with duplicate startup items in Task Manager

I have problems regarding the startup list on my Task Manager in Windows 10, as seen in the picture below: You can see the duplicated entries that I marked in red circle. I have tried to find the ...
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Bootx64.efi not working from EFI

I have followed this tutorial to dual boot my Windows 11 because I have done dual booting before from USB (which doesn't mean I am good at this), I just wanna learn how to do this without an external ...
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Why is my hard drive not found in boot priority order? ”No bootable device found”

My hard drive is not found in boot priority order. When I open the laptop it gives me an error “no bootable device found.” My hard drive is enabled in drive configurations screen inside my Phoenix ...
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Can't find installed linux in bootmenu

I just tried to install Linux server to my ThinkCentre m92p. First I tried to install Ubuntu server. Installation was completed successfully, but I couldn't find anything to boot in my boot menu. Then ...
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Recovering non-booting Windows from overfull partition

Windows demands a minimum amount of free space on its partition. It reserves this space, so it cannot be used. So, Windows would say, the partition is completely full, the free space is zero. But it ...
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Cloning system to new SSD - adjusting partition layout

I want to clone my current Windows installation to a new, larger SSD. My current system drive had 3 partitions: 16 MB microsoft reserved, OS itself (C:) and recovery. However, due to my previous ...
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Invalid signature detected: Check Secure Boot policy

I had an old setup with Windows 11 and Ubuntu on my Gigabyte X370. I installed Windows with only one SSD in the system, then removed it, installed Ubuntu on another SSD and plugged them both in. If I ...
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No boot entry and can't enter safe mode (but otherwise the system boots - Windows 10), how to fix the boot record?

When I need to enter safe mode with my Windows 10 system (2004 build 19041) I found out that I cannot as the only item available in the advanced boot menu is UEFI settings. I think this is why: But ...
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ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\SB.UBTC.RUCC]

I've just bought myself a fresh new mini pc with a pre-installed Windows 11 Pro. After setting up Windows 11 with the first boot just to check if everything is fine, I tried to install Ubuntu 22.04.4 ...
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New SSD slow boot ~1m30s to boot

I have an old NP530U4B-S01FR that had HDD. I replaced it by a crucial 500Gb. Installed new Windows 10 on it, after upgrading all drivers and updates, the boot time takes around 1m30s. I tried ...
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Is there software to boot BIOS-related ISOs on UEFI-only systems?

I've not enough reputation points to comment on this (outdated) question and it has no answers, I am aware of that one existing: Bootloaders - Booting an MBR only OS using a UEFI only BIOS After 8 ...
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Hp 14-dk0xxx BIOS update, but just how?

I have this 14-dk0xxx notebook where I have installed Ubuntu 22 LTS. I just wanted to update the bios but it seems a mess. Ok I have no Windows like the other 90% of the users do, so I dowloaded the ....
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Delete PK key from terminal when secure boot is disabled

When secure boot is disabled, is it possible to delete the PK key from terminal? I know that to change the keys, you need to enter setup mode. And to enter setup mode, you need to delete the PK key. ...
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Bootable USB flash drive doesn't seem to boot

I want to wipe my hard disk on my computer with a disk wiper included in Ultimate Boot CD. I therefore prepared an USB flash drive to boot from. I tested on another laptop and it can boot the Ultimate ...
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How to fix grub menu entry for Windows 11

I have Win11 and Manjaro systems. I manually added menu entry for Win11 into 40_custom grub's config (MS's and linux EFIs are on the different partitions): menuentry 'Windows 11' { insmod ntfs set ...
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My (windows) PC is giving me the black screen of death after a power outage

As the title says, my computer is just a black screen when I boot it up. This problem started after the power went out when the PC was on, and it was only out for about 10 seconds. I tried turning the ...
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Computer not responding to power changes after hardware upgrade

I upgraded my computers CPU/Mobo/RAM/GPU, and afterwards the power options are being strange. It won't fully shutdown, after Windows stops, and there's no video output, the computer wont actually ...
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Intermittent Boot Failure on Windows After Forced Shutdown

The problem started when my computer froze while playing a game, forcing me to perform a hard shutdown. Since then, booting up has become a gamble; it sometimes boot up and works normally and other ...
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How to enter factory mode on Insyde bios (acer)

I was disassembling an Acer Helios 300 317-52 and noticed after it sat for a long time with the CMOS, battery, and a module labeled "vendor" being unplugged from the motherboard, it would ...
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Can't boot from NVMe PCIe card + M.2 drive [duplicate]

Installed an NVMe PCIe card and 1TB M.2 drive on an older desktop (Sabretooth 990FX mobo + AMD FX-8320 CPU). The drive is seen by Linux and Windows, and I can read/write to it. The problem I have is ...
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Windows 10 doesn't boot

Windows 10 stopped booting. I changed the size of the system partition and created a new partition. And now, right after the BIOS screen, the message appears: Reboot and Select proper Boot device or ...
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Rebuilding Windows Server 2019 Boot

I have a Windows 2019 Server that has been in service for about 8 months. It is an MSI 670P motherboard and implements a RAID10. It won't boot. Apparently there was a power failure, and the system ...
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Machine is not in committed state in boot. How to fix?

I have HP ProBook laptop OS windows it worked correctly before I install an Linux ubuntu with dual boot. After that when my system boot show the this: error: warning machine is not in committed state!...
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After unplugging my PC from the outlet, sometimes it won't boot for a long time

Before I go to sleep, I unplug my PC from the outlet, due to concerns about power spikes or something of the sort frying my computer. However, sometimes, when I wake up and plug it back into the ...
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Can't boot without acpi=off

First: this might gonna get a long one, but I‘m desperately looking for help! Second: I‘m a total newb on Linux, so I have really limited Linux know-how. Specs: Asus ROG Strix G15DS-R7700X088W AMD ...
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How to put Windows 10 on a thumb drive with Ventoy to install?

As suggested, I've downloaded Ventoy and did run the shell script. It's not clear to me what "install ventoy" does, but I did install it to a USB stick. How would I then get Windows 10 ...
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Failed to enable unit: Invalid argument systemctl enable .service

I have made a startup_test.sh with the following contents cd /home/xyz/Desktop/ gnome-terminal -e "bash -c ./efg" #desktop folder contains an executable named efg. If I run gnome-terminal -...
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Recovering NTFS / GPT partition after failed "Automatic Repair". Now shows as "RAW" in diskpart

My Wife's Windows 10 laptop seems to have suffered some critical failure on her primary system drive (c:). I didn't loose the whole disk since I'm able to get into WinRE and spawn a WinPE shell from ...
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How to automatically run WINE GUI app after boot?

I need run GUI wine app automatically after boot, to securityze run after unexpected reboot, shutdows, etc... I am considering add shortcut to "autostart" for GUIs maganers, but it require ...
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No completly encrypt and mount LVM during boot after update to bookworm

few day ago I update system and then problems begin to happen. During boot I were thrown to initramfs (no drive found), so only option to continue is to do command below: cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/...
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Debian 12 install failed to install grub boot loader and now will only boot into grub and won't dpkg

Hardware: Mini PC Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake- N95 8GB DDR4 RAM 256GB PCIe 1X SSD Tried to install Debian 12 on whole system from flash but failed to install boot loader and now only boots into grub. ...
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