How do i repair a windows 8 OEM laptop with no access to windows 8. The only things i see is the bios menu when i push F2 and a black screen with the message, "No bootable device -- Please restart system" i change some settings in bios and the next message is "Missing Operating System." then it lists my build and how the product is covered by the following patents. Again in bios i changed my settings to first check usb, i left it in UEFT boot mode and disabled secure boot. Then plugged in a USB with ubuntu iso 12.10_Live_x64 burnt to it. Three menus popped up one to install, one to demo the OS and the last to check the hard drive for any issues. I did a check and it came back as one file is messing it up, then i tried to install and it wouldn't install (probably because of that one file). lastly i ran the OS in demo mode and it worked... I've been working on this for 2 days now and haven't gotten anything really other then ubuntu hates me and won't show me the GUI, it now takes me to a command module. I burnt DBAN to a USB to totally annihilate the hard drive but the computer won't boot from usb! If anyone has any ideas or can help that would be awesome!
Brutal WIN8 problem
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cal90
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switch to legacy boot ubuntu dl the torrent for windows 8 core use winusb sudo apt-get install winusb. creat the usb and install under legacy or uefi it will auto detect the key as for boot to command run sudo service lightdm restart and it should work if not start a tty purge your drivers and try again. just so you know ubuntu 12.04/10 cant uefi boot even though it says it can it is a bug with that versions kernel and the gpt structure. disable uefi and re enable legacy and proceed with the dl and after that you should be fine
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Are you trying to replace win8 or repair it?
Secure boot needs to be off for all of the following.
If you want to replace it download ubuntu 13.10 for latest drivers and features and burn to dvd.
UEFI is fine but secure boot needs to be off.
Click try first to make sure all hardware is working like you want.
If it is then click on the install and replace windows when it asks.
If you want to repair, then you need to get into a repair console. Check your computer's website for how to do that. If you do not have a repair console installed then get one from the MS website or another computer with the same version of windows on it. Instructions on how to create one from another computer will be in the help files there.
If you want both then repair or reinstall windows first then install Ubuntu. Under no circumstances do you want one installed in UEFI and the other classic in the BIOS. If you do that then you'll have to switch each time you wish to change from one system to the other.
Secure boot needs to be off for all of the following.
If you want to replace it download ubuntu 13.10 for latest drivers and features and burn to dvd.
UEFI is fine but secure boot needs to be off.
Click try first to make sure all hardware is working like you want.
If it is then click on the install and replace windows when it asks.
If you want to repair, then you need to get into a repair console. Check your computer's website for how to do that. If you do not have a repair console installed then get one from the MS website or another computer with the same version of windows on it. Instructions on how to create one from another computer will be in the help files there.
If you want both then repair or reinstall windows first then install Ubuntu. Under no circumstances do you want one installed in UEFI and the other classic in the BIOS. If you do that then you'll have to switch each time you wish to change from one system to the other.
Thanks ish416, i've tried that with a windows 7 iso in a usb, the only thing that booted from a usb is ubuntu and some how i got fedora to work (partly).
I wanted try DBAN with it so i mounted it to a usb and the bios won't read the file.
cal90 I'm currently trying your method, i've thought of doing that but didn't want to install windows 8 again just because of the hassle but if it works i know i can navigate to a new OS. I'll give an update to see if it works. Thanks!
stillblue: I'm trying to repair and replace. thanks for the advice.
I wanted try DBAN with it so i mounted it to a usb and the bios won't read the file.
cal90 I'm currently trying your method, i've thought of doing that but didn't want to install windows 8 again just because of the hassle but if it works i know i can navigate to a new OS. I'll give an update to see if it works. Thanks!
stillblue: I'm trying to repair and replace. thanks for the advice.
cal90
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i hope it works for you. If you want to get Ubuntu working you may want to try 12.04 and then upgrade as if i am correct 12.10/13 installs grub 2.0. if thats were the issue is. Usually terminal output will display a message like "failed to install gub to dev/sda" Grub is grand unified bootloader essentially windows bootmgr with 12.10 and up canonical started using grub 2.0 which goes psychotic over the simplest of things and will stop installing if say ubiquity stalls for a second. so 12.04 usuing the depreciated will install and update as nessesary. either that or install till it fails and run
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair
run boot repair and it may fix grub.
hope that helps,
keep us posted
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