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My personal Ubuntu (15.10) experiment just isn't working out; I found out the hard way that I know less than nothing about Linux. I'm completely at sea.

I have a bootable USB with Windows 10 ready to go, and my product key, but how do I get it to actually run? Is there a startup boot menu or something? I've seen posts that suggest holding down Shift or C during startup, but this didn't do anything.

Edit: I got a message that this is likely a dupe of this question, and one the answers suggests downloading Boot Repair. This seems to be what I need to do as I'm trying to boot from a USB, so I followed the instructions to do so through the Terminal, but keep getting an error message after the last command.

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Usually one gets to the boot menu by pressing a function key when the system boots. Try F8, F12, F1, <Delete>, <Insert>, etc. It's different on every system. You'll know you have the correct menu when it asks you if you want to boot to the hard drive, the DVD-ROM, or USB (assuming you have a bootable USB thumb drive plugged in). Put your Windows DVD in the drive first of course. Good luck!

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