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To: ShadowAce

I have a Windows 7 installation disc... but I can’t find my Puppy Linux Livedisc so I can use GParted to reformat the HDD and load Win 7. For some reason the last 3 distro’s I put on my USB refuse to boot. Something about invalid kernals.

I guess I need to buy some blank CD’s or DVD’s.

Or maybe my computer really doesn’t want to have Windows, maybe I should buy an ethernet cord.


41 posted on 01/24/2014 10:12:39 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL
For some reason the last 3 distro’s I put on my USB refuse to boot.


I had a similar problem a couple of months ago... For some reason, there is a difference when you make the USB bootable from Linux compared to Win7.. If you do it from Linux (both using UNetbootin), you need to format the USB to FAT16... Doing it from Windows, ANY FAT will work..
58 posted on 01/24/2014 7:34:34 PM PST by Bikkuri ( those would have been affected.)
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