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I'm trying to install Ubuntu and in BIOS there is no boot from USB drive or anything like that. I would boot it from disk, but my laptops CD/DVD reader is broken and it can't read anything. Please help?

bain
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user250527
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Have you tried finding your USB in the hadrdrive list in the BIOS. Make your first boot device as harddrive and under harddrives you should be able to find your USB.

The Prenx
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Sometimes USB sticks will appear as hard disks in the BIOS menu. There may be a section called "Hard Disk Priority" or something similar where you will see your USB stick. Also post the specs of your computer because some old computers do not support booting from USB.

user250071
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As I suspected, according to this thread your laptop does not support booting from USB. See post # 16:

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=306565

All I can think of trying to do would be to remove the HDD and install Linux directly on the HDD using another computer.

user250071
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