Booting from a USB for HP laptop

Question

I'm trying to boot Ubuntu from my USB, but my laptop stays stuck at the black "hp" screen. I've tried tapping F9 to get to my boot menu, and even f10 to enter BIOS....but nothing seems to work. What should I do?

My notebook is an HP G61-429WM. I purchased a new harddrive so there is no current OS.

update:

Found an OS disc for Vista, going to try and install onto my notebook.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 30 '15 at 18:49

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Try to reset the BIOS by e.g. removing the CMOS battery and see if that works. It could also be defective RAM. I've had that if I had bad RAM the computer wouldn’t get past the BIOS loading screen.

edited Sep 30 '15 at 18:49

Byte Commander

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answered Dec 20 '14 at 16:37

ACluelessProgramer

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 16 '12 at 23:14

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Welcome Mari, BIOS key is mostly one of F2 , F8, F9, F10, F12, or delete.

edited Aug 16 '12 at 23:14

nanofarad

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answered Jul 25 '12 at 14:56

Ankit Haldar

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Booting from a USB for HP laptop

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