Cant get system to boot from USB or CD!

Nevakonaza · 18 Jul 2014 at 21:09

Hey guys,

Im having right problems trying to get my sisters PC to boot Kubuntu USB or a Burned CD!

I've done plenty of these so know you have to make it bootable,and i've tested my created disks on a different system and they are indeed bootable..so i'm unsure to why this system wont boot from them!..wont even boot from an proper Windows 7 disk!

I've checked in Bios,selected both USB and CD to check for bootable media,also manually selected them to boot at startup..all that comes up is that message when you don't have no OS installed to the Drive (which is hasnt currently its a blank hard drive)

Cables are all connected snug.

Its a basic system for internet use.

Core 2 Duo E6300
2GB 1333Mhz ram
GA-G4M1-Combo Motherboard

Appreciate any help.

Its

ExRayTed · 18 Jul 2014 at 22:52

Could be the drive itself

Nevakonaza · 19 Jul 2014 at 00:11

You mean hte Hard drive?

This is at a point before the HDD..its as if the ssytem does not want to boot froM ANYTHING!

CD or USB.

d_brennen · 19 Jul 2014 at 00:18

f12 on boot?

ExRayTed · 19 Jul 2014 at 00:22

Hmm, scratch my idea then. I meant the optical drive but if it won't boot from the USB either then that's a bit odd. Assuming the boot order is correct (as suggested above) then I'll suggest a CMOS reset

Nevakonaza · 19 Jul 2014 at 01:33

d_brennen said:
f12 on boot?

Of course,Im not a complete noob i've built many pcs and can diagnose a lot of issues but this one has left me scratching my head.

ExRayTed said:
Hmm, scratch my idea then. I meant the optical drive but if it won't boot from the USB either then that's a bit odd. Assuming the boot order is correct (as suggested above) then I'll suggest a CMOS reset

Yeah,At first it just wouldn't boot from any USB port..so i thought id try the old fashioned way and burn a Bootable ISO onto Disk.

Still the same situation.

wazza300 · 19 Jul 2014 at 01:53

if its gigabyte its usually f12 for boot menu then usb/hdd to boot from

it should work,latest mb bios?

deano-5 · 19 Jul 2014 at 02:54

Are you using the motherboards usb ports or front case ports?

IC3 · 19 Jul 2014 at 03:31

The funny thing is, that for me the only way making an bootable usb (for windows at least...) is by doing it through cmd as admin. That's the only way it works for me, did you try through cmd? Remember to mark it as USB-HDD

P.s
Did you try these? UUI or RUFUS These work flawless with linux and my patriot 8gb usb 3.0 stick

Nevakonaza · 19 Jul 2014 at 11:56

Found the problem,The USB wireless dongle!

As i was selecting to boot from USB it must have been trying to boot from that,Still i cant understand why it didn't try to boot from the other USB i had the side of it with the bootable ISO on..

But removing the USB wireless dongle seems to have sorted the issue,It now boots from USB!...Currently got Lubuntu installing.

thanks for your help though guys greatly appreciated.

ExRayTed · 19 Jul 2014 at 12:20

Excellent result.

IC3 · 19 Jul 2014 at 16:03

Nevakonaza said:
Found the problem,The USB wireless dongle!

As i was selecting to boot from USB it must have been trying to boot from that,Still i cant understand why it didn't try to boot from the other USB i had the side of it with the bootable ISO on..

But removing the USB wireless dongle seems to have sorted the issue,It now boots from USB!...Currently got Lubuntu installing.

thanks for your help though guys greatly appreciated.

I had a different issue with Wifi card on windows 7, while playing mafia II the wifi card made it exit the game to the screen after 2 minuets. When you turned off the software and killed the process everything runned smooth