

In the BIOS of my Samsung (the bricked computer) I disabled Fast Boot, disabled Secure Boot, disabled "boot option 1" which includes Windows Boot Manager. Use UNetBootIn to download a "live" version of Linux (whatever type, I used Mint) and load it to my USB PenDriveģ. Download UNetBootin, using the link below.Ģ. Here is what I had to do, start to finish, in case someone is as unlucky as me:ġ. Update I used UNetBootIn, but the first time it failed, using the. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. More info: This computer has no CD/DVD drive, so the install MUST be from thumbdrive. Has anyone run into this before? How do I get past this?īear in mind, I have no way to access a C: prompt or Windows, unless someone knows how to get to a prompt from the black Windows Boot Manager screen. iso to the thumbdrive, which has been formatted for boot) I get a windows boot manager error. Whenever I try to run the boot from USB (I loaded all files from the. The tool is specifically designed to create bootable Live USB drives for.

It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux but with a separate file for each OS. I tried installing a Windows 7 image from another computer then decided I wanted to go Linux instead (I am a total newbie to Linux, but always wanted to get into it). UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. UNetBootin is a free USB Bootable Software that has a collection of predefined distributions and system utilities. It was originally Windows 8, then got wiped by a virus (or something similar, I'm not positive). I have a Samsung NP510R5E laptop on which I am trying to install Linux Mint 15 (Cinnamon, if it matters). I've been searching for days for an answer to this, hopefully someone can help me out.
