Initially, they indicated an up to 24 hour wait. Chat specialist directed me back to same options and I tried them again, with same result. Chat specialist said if not 24 hours, then maybe 72 hours. This would be disasterous. Seems like I have the classic Catch 22 here. This is taking security a bit too far when I have to try to hack into my own computer. Every other online account provides a simple solution for a forgotten password. Obviously, this is not a priority for them.
This is crazy! I need to get Ubuntu on my Lenovo Erazer desktop since I basically wanted the power of a gaming system to run my research code on. It might be safer to do that for the Erazer system since this is a pre-built system with warranty issues.
My computer tries to reboot i guess and keeps saying checking media fail then no no boot please restart what should i do. I see Ray beat me to the comment though. Hi i have an acer aspire with a 32bit and 2gb memory now its currnetly runing on win xp but how do you load win 8 on it pleas help…. Hi, i had same problem with HP Pavillion g6 notebook.
Hoping to be a help to someone. I was just wondering… You are all talking about booting from a cd and going to bios to change the boot order. In my case though Samsung laptop, windows 8 the laptop starts up, Samsung logo appears, and the laptop restarts after about 2 seconds.
Though it appears to be a bad board or hard drive, this happened before and by pressing the F buttons chaotically, a couple times it has actually booted up. Systems often respond this way when the RAM is faulty or has come loose in its slot.
I am trying to reinstall windows 8 on a dell desktop and it kept going to start up repair. I searched for a solution and unfortunately did not come upon this site first. The instructions said to disable secure boot and restart the computer. It left out the next instruction of changing the order of the boot drives. Now when I turn the computer on, I see the power light on the tower, no power light on the monitor and nothing happens.
Nothing loads, just a black screen, f8, f2, f12, esc, nothing. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I tried holding down the shift key and clicking restart. The system just starts a normal, the window you are showing does not come up.
As I said, this varies greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer — check with the manufacturer of your computer for instruction specific to your model. I have no idea.
So I have been wanting to load ubcd from my usb, but I think I need to change the setting from enable to disable in the secure boot. Will I be able to enable the secure boot again?
This depends on the specific computer, but secure boot can normally be turned back on. I have the CD in. What should I do? I would check with Lenovo. Thank you in advance. Any suggestions. After i select uefi it asks me to restart pc to change settings arter i restart it starts normally. By far the hardest part of using Macrium is getting the damn computer to boot to a CD. Hi Leo. I have the same problem of booting from a cd.
I downloaded dban, burned it to cd thru Windows burner, but could not get my HP Pavilion to boot it. I have been working on this problem all day and have looked at many articles and videos on the internet. Your article makes the most sense.
I am about to pull my hair out. Please help! I removed the secure boot but no other options besides the one it already had popped up…. In regards to your comment rules, I would say that not only do a lot of people just comment without reading the article, but I bet many more comment after merely skimming the article, which in my opinion is just about as bad.
The same steps worked for Windows 10 as you describe for Windows 8. I was able to get into my Ubuntu CD, so hopefully it will also get back into Windows It is software that is part of your specific computer that is present even before Windows or any other OS is loaded. I not changed the Secure Boot turned option to on. Although we guarantee that every product key on this page is verified and should work, it might fail due to corrupt download file or incompatible hardware.
To do this, you will need a Windows activator. But Microsoft does not provide these activators and you are likely to download malware if you opt for one of those options available online. When Microsoft released Windows 8.
They said they would no longer support Windows 8 by , but customers are still using the old operating system. So, it might be difficult to buy this version at this particular moment. Yes, it is possible. For more information about codecs, see Codecs: frequently asked questions. Windows 7 Windows Media Player More Need more help?
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