Unable to boot from USB stick, or anything to be honest

[OLS]

I installed Ubuntu last night but with failure. Today it seems like my laptop doesnt event want to boot from a USB stick. I am able to see it in the BIOS but when booting it just seems to skip it. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 7730 (Old junk).. I have tried burning the ISO's straight to the HDD itself but with no luck of booting. Anyone got any ideas on how to get it running?

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Jonas

[imPixelTV]

16 minutes ago, OLS said:

I installed Ubuntu last night but with failure. Today it seems like my laptop doesnt event want to boot from a USB stick. I am able to see it in the BIOS but when booting it just seems to skip it. The laptop is an Acer Aspire 7730 (Old junk).. I have tried burning the ISO's straight to the HDD itself but with no luck of booting. Anyone got any ideas on how to get it running?

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Jonas

have you changed the boot order lol

[pwn_intended]

Ubuntu can mess with your bootloader. GRUB (the default Ubuntu bootloader) can cause issues sometimes if your HDD configuration was changed or partitions were re-sized after the install.

I would try actually disconnecting the drive that Ubuntu is installed on, and seeing if you can boot off a USB key that way.

[OLS]

20 minutes ago, imPixelTV said:

have you changed the boot order lol

I have changed bootorder.. I even removed the internal HDD from the BIOS to see if it would try booting from the USB stick

[OLS]

14 minutes ago, pwn_intended said:

Ubuntu can mess with your bootloader. GRUB (the default Ubuntu bootloader) can cause issues sometimes if your HDD configuration was changed or partitions were re-sized after the install.

I would try actually disconnecting the drive that Ubuntu is installed on, and seeing if you can boot off a USB key that way.

Does not work. I connected the HDD to another PC and formatted it. Still no luck

[SCHISCHKA]

EFI or legacy boot?

[OLS]

8 hours ago, SCHISCHKA said:

EFI or legacy boot?

Unable to change anything. The BIOS is changing time and choosing boot order..

[SCHISCHKA]

23 minutes ago, OLS said:

Unable to change anything. The BIOS is changing time and choosing boot order..

is your bios battery installed?

[OLS]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

is your bios battery installed?

Yeah

[SCHISCHKA]

2 minutes ago, OLS said:

Yeah

does it have any charge left in it?

[OLS]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

does it have any charge left in it?

Very unlikely, but then probably it's been like it for years. And this worked 1 day ago, then the other day it just didnt.

[SCHISCHKA]

15 minutes ago, OLS said:

Very unlikely, but then probably it's been like it for years. And this worked 1 day ago, then the other day it just didnt.

if its old and the bios cannot save settings or clock then your battery is dead. can happen anywhere between 5-10 years old