Laptop not detecting bootable USB stick

[Nick T.]

On 25/10/2014 07:07 μμ, Nick T. wrote:
> I am trying to install ubuntu server 14.04.1 on my laptop... I 
> downloaded the 64bit version off ubuntu.com, checked the checksums(all 
> matched) and used disk-destroyer to copy it on a usb stick (dd 
> if=/dev/drive of=/path/to/iso). However when I tried to boot from my 
> laptop it just failed saying that no bootable devices have been found. 
> I tried rewriting it using disk-destroyer but same result. Got any 
> ideas what is happening?
>
I reversed the sample command I typed in the email its dd of=/dev/drive 
if=/path/to/iso typed too fast to notice that, sorry about that... 
Anyways the problem is still the same