<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/01/2013 18:50, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50E9C780.2040707@gmail.com" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/01/13 09:38, Rowan Berkeley wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:50E9462B.5050400@gmail.com" type="cite">No, it won't.</blockquote> <font face="Calibri">That's probably because your Windows 8 machine has <font face="Calibri">UEFI - ak<font face="Calibri">a "secure boot". You need to disable secure boot before you <font face="Calibri">can boot from anything other than the HDD...</font></font></font></font><br> <br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="LibreOffice 3.5 (Windows)"> <meta name="CREATED" content="0;0"> <meta name="CHANGED" content="20120221;10330714"> <style type="text/css">  </style> <pre class="western">Registered Linux User no 240308 GBP's alternative computing: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/">http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/</a> Say No to OOXML <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8">http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8</a> I only accept odf or pdf documents by email</pre> </div> <br> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br> </blockquote> I did that. And I switched off the "quick boot" option in the Windows 8 Control Panel. too -- this is another essential which other sufferers might miss because it isn't part of the boot options. i think I did all the things recommended by those who say it should boot given these settings are set properly. But it still didn't. <br> </body> </html>