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What are my options?
by Jeff. on Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:33 pm
Ok well to start off I have Lm12 on my P.O.S lenovo laptop.. My disk drive no longer functions and I completley wiped the hard drive clean when I installed Linux, So i do not have a backup on windows . How can i get windows back on my laptop? my only option seems to be usb which is how I got Lm on there in the first place. But For myself seems damn near impossible to put windows on a usb from linux. Any suggestions would be great, because my laptop was running great on linux but it now has become extremley unstable after update and I can no longer deal with. Im going to be gettinga desktop soon so that way i will be able continue linux on that. but for now I need to get back to windows for specific work reasons.
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Re: What are my options?
by bimsebasse on Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:38 pm
Download a windows iso, you can find offical iso's here: http://www.mydigitallife.info/official- ... tal-river/
Use brasero or Startup Disk Creator to burn the iso onto DVD/USB
That done make sure your laptop is set to boot from whatever medium you chose (CD-drive or USB) and you should be sorted
Use brasero or Startup Disk Creator to burn the iso onto DVD/USB
That done make sure your laptop is set to boot from whatever medium you chose (CD-drive or USB) and you should be sorted
Thank you for this thread. That’s all I can say. You most definitely have made this forum into something special. You clearly know what you are doing, you’ve covered so many bases. Thanks!
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Re: What are my options?
by Jeff. on Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:12 pm
bimsebasse..Amazing, Thank you very much . I very much appreciate your help! you have a wonderful day
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Re: What are my options?
by Jeff. on Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:42 pm
And just to confirm, I do the exact same process i did when i installed Lm12 on my usb? except i select the windows iso?
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Re: What are my options?
by bimsebasse on Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:54 pm
Yes, but Windows iso's might work better burned to a DVD (than on a partitioned USB), been a while since I did it and can't remember the details.
Thank you for this thread. That’s all I can say. You most definitely have made this forum into something special. You clearly know what you are doing, you’ve covered so many bases. Thanks!
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Re: What are my options?
by Jeff. on Wed Mar 07, 2012 2:24 pm
Well a Cd/Dvd is not an option since my lovely daughter decided to demolish my laptop
But I tried to use Startup disk creator and it will reckonize my usb drive but when i browse to the iso and select it simply does not go into the box..I was able to get it on there the very first time but that was before i put in the flash drive.. now it will not do it at all.. Ive tried several restarts and tried alternating gettings the iso before plugging in flashdrive but with no success.
Does anyone have an idea of what I could do.. I simply do not have another computer that I can do this on or I would
But I tried to use Startup disk creator and it will reckonize my usb drive but when i browse to the iso and select it simply does not go into the box..I was able to get it on there the very first time but that was before i put in the flash drive.. now it will not do it at all.. Ive tried several restarts and tried alternating gettings the iso before plugging in flashdrive but with no success.
Does anyone have an idea of what I could do.. I simply do not have another computer that I can do this on or I would
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