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how do i make my CD drive a bootable device
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This has not CD drive and I would like to boot to Acronis to reload from an image that I created. I don't know how else to get the OS and all the drivers loaded. It doesn't seem to have Toshiba hidden boot partion on the HD.
It doesn't seem to recognize my USB external CD drive or my USB flash…
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Okay I'll try to write an understandable summary. Forgive me if I'll fail with that attempt though.
So. There is a Toshiba Satellite notebook. Got Windows 7 x86 Professional (OEM) installed on it, everything is fine (okay.. somewhat). The problem. If you put an audio or any kind of disc into the…
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I formatted C: after installing win 7 on F: partition. on startup reported missing NTLDR changed boot seq to CD. only bleep sounds and failing boot.
I could try to put the files on a USB stick and boot, but are there better options ?
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My laptop is not recognizing cd's when I put the in the drive.
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I have this problem where the PC only seems to boot from a floppy disk or CD if it was created as a Linux-based bootable media. If it was created as a DOS-based bootable media the system just freezes at the starting point of the boot process. I originally asked this under question 139515 for CD booting…
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I have this problem where the PC only seems to boot from a floppy disk or CD if it was created as a Linux-based bootable media. If it was created as a DOS-based bootable media the system just freezes at the starting point of the boot process. I originally asked this under question 139515 for CD booting…
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I have a Macbook Pro with a dead CD drive. I don't have easy access to a replacement drive.
I'm trying to install Ubuntu, and I can't get the MBP to recognize a USB stick as a bootable media (I believe MBP's have issues with booting from USB in some cases).
Is it possible to take a disk image and…
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My previous problem was describe here: Can't boot OS from USB drive, showing black screen with blinking cursor and there are informations about my laptot. So please look there and then read rest here.
I changed flash drive and it fix the problem but now when I boot to Ubuntu (or I tried Fedora…
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What's the best way of placing a bootable ISO on a USB drive? ISOs such as a live Linux preview disk, Windows installation ISO, etc.
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