Converting To Linux From Windows Issue Please Help

[Karl_Wheezer]

So I burned Ubuntu ISO Imange onto my usb stick, and when I tried to boot into Ubuntu all that happened was it went straight to windows and I cant access my uefi I because for some reason when I hit del and/or f2 it dosent register

[HanZie82]

1 minute ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

So I downloaded an Ubuntu ISO Imange onto my usb stick, and when I tried to boot into Ubuntu all that happened was it went straight to windows AND I cant access my uefi I NEED ANSWERS PLEASE!!

You NEED to explain better thats what you NEED!

 

First let us begin with you sharing some information about what system we are talking about.

^{Putting pls help in title works exactly opposite of what you would think we are not payed employees!!!}

 

Next explain us how you put the ISO on the USB stick, there are several ways and some are incorrect.

 

Also please explain what you mean with cant access UEFI. (Do you mean you cannot get into your UEFI-BIOS?)

[Jumballi]

Well here’s the first part to make it a bit simpler.

The uefi/bios determines boot order, which means we need to access that.

 

The first thing we need to know to assist with that is to know the model of the device or motherboard, as the ability to access the bios is different amongst all of the options.

 

Another option is to remove the hard drive, so that the only drive attached is the usb drive.

 

[pythonmegapixel]

3 minutes ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

So I downloaded an Ubuntu ISO Imange onto my usb stick,

Did you burn it properly, or just copy and paste the file onto the USB drive?

 

3 minutes ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

and when I tried to boot into Ubuntu all that happened was it went straight to windows

Most systems will do that unless you specifically tell them not to - the internal hard drive is prioritised over an external storage medium.

 

3 minutes ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

AND I cant access my uefi

What do you mean "I can't access my UEFI"?

 

[Karl_Wheezer]

3 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Did you burn it properly, or just copy and paste the file onto the USB drive?

Yes

Most systems will do that unless you specifically tell them not to - the internal hard drive is prioritised over an external storage medium.

I dont know how to do that

What do you mean "I can't access my UEFI"?

The UEFI dosent registor when I hit del or f2 on my pc when booting up

 

[Karl_Wheezer]

7 minutes ago, Jumballi said:

Well here’s the first part to make it a bit simpler.

The uefi/bios determines boot order, which means we need to access that.

 

The first thing we need to know to assist with that is to know the model of the device or motherboard, as the ability to access the bios is different amongst all of the options.

 

Another option is to remove the hard drive, so that the only drive attached is the usb drive.

 

how risky would it be to take out my hard drives? Ive never dabled with ISO stuff accecpt a year ago when I built my pc

[Karl_Wheezer]

11 minutes ago, HanZie82 said:

You NEED to explain better thats what you NEED!

 

First let us begin with you sharing some information about what system we are talking about.

^{Putting pls help in title works exactly opposite of what you would think we are not payed employees!!!}

 

Next explain us how you put the ISO on the USB stick, there are several ways and some are incorrect.

 

Also please explain what you mean with cant access UEFI. (Do you mean you cannot get into your UEFI-BIOS?)

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[WhitetailAni]

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Did you burn it properly, or just copy and paste the file onto the USB drive?

Yes

Yes to what?
Yes to that you burned it properly, or yes to that you just copy+pasted the files?

[Karl_Wheezer]

2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

Yes to what?
Yes to that you burned it properly, or yes to that you just copy+pasted the files?

 

I used a tool to burn it, I think it's rufus

 

[WkdPaul]

* your thread was moved to the Troubleshooting section *

[C2dan88]

32 minutes ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

I cant access my uefi I because for some reason when I hit del and/or f2 it dosent register

You can get Windows to boot to bios by clicking Start button > Power > hold down shift and click restart

From the blue screen that shows click Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware settings

Your PC should reboot and show the BIOS.

 

You can disable fast boot so you can enter BIOS from pressing the required key for your motherboard.

[Karl_Wheezer]

2 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

You can get Windows to boot to bios by clicking Start button > Power > hold down shift and click restart

From the blue screen that shows click Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > UEFI Firmware settings

Your PC should reboot and show the BIOS.

 

You can disable fast boot so you can enter BIOS from pressing the required key for your motherboard.

Thank you!

[Karl_Wheezer]

5 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

* your thread was moved to the Troubleshooting section *

Okey

[Karl_Wheezer]

10 minutes ago, Karl_Wheezer said:

Thank you!

But the uefi thing isn’t showing

[C2dan88]

Umm. Looks like when win10 was installed you drive was not formatted as gpt (used for uefi) but mbr (legacy bios mode). So you wont get the option to boot to uefi firmware from that screen. This can be converted if you wanted to

 

But you should be able to get to the bios by disconnecting your drive and turning the system on surely?

 

 

[Karl_Wheezer]

2 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

Umm. Looks like when win10 was installed you drive was not formatted as gpt (used for uefi) but mbr (legacy bios mode). So you wont get the option to boot to uefi firmware from that screen. This can be converted if you wanted to

 

But you should be able to get to the bios by disconnecting your drive and turning the system on surely?

okay

[Karl_Wheezer]

23 minutes ago, C2dan88 said:

Umm. Looks like when win10 was installed you drive was not formatted as gpt (used for uefi) but mbr (legacy bios mode). So you wont get the option to boot to uefi firmware from that screen. This can be converted if you wanted to

 

But you should be able to get to the bios by disconnecting your drive and turning the system on surely?

 

 

Its been like this for 30 min is that how long it should take?