No boot record when installing 13.04 from USB on WinXP

Posted by Phil Leslie on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Phil Leslie
Published on 2013-10-28T12:21:33Z Indexed on 2013/10/29 22:19 UTC
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I'm replacing WinXP with 13.04 on an older PC using wubi.exe on a USB stick. I had no problem changing the BIOS on another system that was a bit newer but when I change the settings on the older PC to boot from USB, I get a DOS message saying "Searching for boot record...Not found" & asked to try again. I don't have the ability to boot from a live CD so is there a reason why I can boot from a USB on a newer computer but can't from an older one? Both have options to choose to boot from USB, but the older one can find no boot record. The system was built on 12/13/01 by American Megatrends.

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