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I have a HP Pavilion g6 and I have burned a Linux Ubuntu 15.10 ISO to a DVD. I entered the BIOS to change the boot option so that the computer boots the CD/DVD drive. However, instead, it's always booting to Windows 7. My CD drive is normal because it is displayed in Windows. I have no idea what to do next, My BIOS chipset is running the Insyde H2O firmware which is version 03.72.05F.08.

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  • Yes, I have downloaded Ubuntu 15.10 from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop, extract it then burnt it to a DVD. Mar 20, 2016 at 21:08
  • I must have burn the iso file directly into the DVD? Mar 20, 2016 at 21:11
  • yes, in your answer these are extracted files. Right? I'm not using any downloaded software, I burn the DVD normally by right click on it. Mar 20, 2016 at 21:18
  • Plz explain more because I'm new to these things. Mar 20, 2016 at 21:23

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  1. Your issue is you extracted the DVD contents and then burned them on DVD
  2. Windows 7 Out of box DVD/CD software doesn't burn it as bootable

It needs to be a bootable DVD

Burning bootable Disc on Windows 7 using power iso

http://www.poweriso.com/tutorials/iso-burner.htm

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This can be caused by two things.

  1. Either in the BIOS it is not set to boot from CD/DVD
  2. The CD/DVD you're booting from does not contain a boot loader.

If you're sure the BIOS is setup correctly, then its likely something went wrong in burning the cd/dvd. You can test this by attempting to boot using another cd/dvd that you are sure to work. Just burning files to a cd/dvd is not enough. Normally these cd/dvd's are ISO and they have the bootloader embedded int hem.

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