scimonster wrote:

scratchisthebest wrote:

I'm stuck with Window$.

No you're not. You can dual-boot. You don't even need to be an admin on the computer. *wicked grin*

somelia wrote:

I love Linux, but my dad won't let me install it.

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

16Skittles wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

No, having a laptop shouldn't make a difference. If anything, it's more important for laptops now to boot from USB since the CD drive is beginning to disappear.

Were you hitting the fn keys? (By this I mean the f1-f12) Most computers are configured to boot directly to the HDD by default, so even if there is bootable media available it would still go straight to Windows 8.

cobraguy wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

No, having a laptop shouldn't make a difference. If anything, it's more important for laptops now to boot from USB since the CD drive is beginning to disappear.

Were you hitting the fn keys? (By this I mean the f1-f12) Most computers are configured to boot directly to the HDD by default, so even if there is bootable media available it would still go straight to Windows 8.

I have to do an advanced startup that will allow me to get to that menu thing by pressing f12. It will let me select the USB to boot from, when I select it, it just boots back up to Windows 8.

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

jji7skyline wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

No, having a laptop shouldn't make a difference. If anything, it's more important for laptops now to boot from USB since the CD drive is beginning to disappear.

Were you hitting the fn keys? (By this I mean the f1-f12) Most computers are configured to boot directly to the HDD by default, so even if there is bootable media available it would still go straight to Windows 8.

I have to do an advanced startup that will allow me to get to that menu thing by pressing f12. It will let me select the USB to boot from, when I select it, it just boots back up to Windows 8.

Your USB drive might not be ‘burned’ correctly. Make sure you've actually burned the .iso image onto the USB, rather than simply moving the files from inside the iso, or moving the iso itself onto the root of the USB drive.

instructions for ubuntu

cobraguy wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

No, having a laptop shouldn't make a difference. If anything, it's more important for laptops now to boot from USB since the CD drive is beginning to disappear.

Were you hitting the fn keys? (By this I mean the f1-f12) Most computers are configured to boot directly to the HDD by default, so even if there is bootable media available it would still go straight to Windows 8.

I have to do an advanced startup that will allow me to get to that menu thing by pressing f12. It will let me select the USB to boot from, when I select it, it just boots back up to Windows 8.

Your USB drive might not be ‘burned’ correctly. Make sure you've actually burned the .iso image onto the USB, rather than simply moving the files from inside the iso, or moving the iso itself onto the root of the USB drive.

instructions for ubuntu

Those are the instructions I followed.

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

The installation probably formatted the USB as the Linux file format (ext or something), so it would be best to format it.

nathanprocks wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

The installation probably formatted the USB as the Linux file format (ext or something), so it would be best to format it.

The installer didn't format the USB. The file system is FAT32 otherwise I wouldn't be able to use it on Windows.

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

The installation probably formatted the USB as the Linux file format (ext or something), so it would be best to format it.

The installer didn't format the USB. The file system is FAT32 otherwise I wouldn't be able to use it on Windows.

Then just delete all the files (there's probably a few invisible ones too, so watch out), and use it.

EDIT: Not sure how it works on windows, but on mac when you delete files on a drive, it goes to a trash folder on that drive, so make sure you empty the trash, otherwise the files aren't deleted and you don't free up any space.

jji7skyline wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

16Skittles wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

Yes, Windows 8 was already installed. I disabled it but it still boots to Windows 8.

16Skittles wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

cobraguy wrote:

I want to boot Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb, because I've never used Linux before, but Windows 8 just keeps booting to Windows 8.

Did you buy the computer with Windows 8 already installed? If you did it probably has secure boot enabled.

If not, remember to bash the fn keys until it goes to the BIOS screens and you can select to boot from the drive. Alternatively if your device is too old, it may not support USB booting at all.

I just got the laptop (would the fact that it's a laptop make a difference) a couple months ago.

No, having a laptop shouldn't make a difference. If anything, it's more important for laptops now to boot from USB since the CD drive is beginning to disappear.

Were you hitting the fn keys? (By this I mean the f1-f12) Most computers are configured to boot directly to the HDD by default, so even if there is bootable media available it would still go straight to Windows 8.

I have to do an advanced startup that will allow me to get to that menu thing by pressing f12. It will let me select the USB to boot from, when I select it, it just boots back up to Windows 8.

Your USB drive might not be ‘burned’ correctly. Make sure you've actually burned the .iso image onto the USB, rather than simply moving the files from inside the iso, or moving the iso itself onto the root of the USB drive.

instructions for ubuntu

Those are the instructions I followed.

Try redoing it, or doing it manually. If it still doesn't work, it might be a problem with your computer. I'm not familiar with Windows 8 so I can't help you there I'm afraid.

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

The installation probably formatted the USB as the Linux file format (ext or something), so it would be best to format it.

The installer didn't format the USB. The file system is FAT32 otherwise I wouldn't be able to use it on Windows.

Then just delete all the files (there's probably a few invisible ones too, so watch out), and use it.

EDIT: Not sure how it works on windows, but on mac when you delete files on a drive, it goes to a trash folder on that drive, so make sure you empty the trash, otherwise the files aren't deleted and you don't free up any space.

Harakou wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

jji7skyline wrote:

nathanprocks wrote:

Does anyone know how to remove Ubuntu from a USB without formatting it? Do I just delete the files or is the something else I have to do?

The installation probably formatted the USB as the Linux file format (ext or something), so it would be best to format it.

The installer didn't format the USB. The file system is FAT32 otherwise I wouldn't be able to use it on Windows.

Then just delete all the files (there's probably a few invisible ones too, so watch out), and use it.

EDIT: Not sure how it works on windows, but on mac when you delete files on a drive, it goes to a trash folder on that drive, so make sure you empty the trash, otherwise the files aren't deleted and you don't free up any space.

I believe Windows simply erases the files (though it may simply mark them as erased and over-writable.)

Keep in mind though that if you simply delete the files, your drive might still have boot flags on it that you'll want to remove.