[lubuntu-users] Packard Bell Easy Note Argo C2 (aka MZ 36) laptop

[David Roberts]

Have you tried this approach from the Packard Bell website?

http://packard-bell-scandic.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6814/~/enabling-the-boot-device-menu <http://packard-bell-scandic.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6814/~/enabling-the-boot-device-menu>

Dave


> On Aug 26, 2017, at 4:55 PM, Ian Bruntlett <ian.bruntlett at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I've been given this Windows Vista laptop to refurbish. It won't boot from USB. The optical drive believes that any CD-R or DVD-R or DVD-RWs that I attempt to access are all empty so I can't boot like that, either.
> 
> I can still download files or copy them onto the hard drive via external USB device.
> 
> One thing I could do is remove the hard drive, connect it to a working system and "do something" to get the lubuntu iso on to the hard drive, put it back in the laptop, boot the laptop from hard drive and install lubuntu by booting the laptop. Is this possible?
> 
> BW,
> 
> 
> Ian
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