Problem still exits on Bios not seeing my CD/dvd drive

[Larry]

On 11/23/2015 3:43 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
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> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Larry <larryesu at gmail.com
> <mailto:larryesu at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     I have an Asus Laptop model x553ma, yet for three days I have tried
>     peoples different solutions yet none have worked for me...So I again
>     tried to install Linux on my pendrive but once again it's a no go...
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>     I downloaded different .iso's burned each one to my pendrive, upon
>     booting up Linux now starts but stops at a point of not being able
>     to find a certain file...
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>     So I am now thinking that the .iso's are missing something, my
>     question is there a good program to download an .iso to make sure it
>     is a good one...
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>     Thanks for any help on this...
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>     Larry
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> Normally you would compare the "hash value" aka "MD5 checksum" or
> "md5sum" of the iso file you downloaded to a md5sum published on the
> server (usually in the same download directory, but it may not be
> visible from where you downloaded). However I don't know how to tell you
> to do that in Windows; maybe someone else can. If you had gotten linux
> running, the process is straightforward.

I do have a MD5 program, but I will need to go back on sourceforge where 
I downloaded the .iso and see where the md5sum is located...

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> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM
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> However it's very likely you aren't burning the iso to the disc properly
> or using the correct utility to copy it to the USB stick. You cannot
> 'just' copy the iso file -- your DVD burning program needs to know it's
> an iso image and to put the CONTENTS on the disc. In a similar fashion,
> you need to use a special utility to copy the CONTENTS of the iso file
> to the USB stick AND the utility needs to add a special bootloader
> utility so the computer can boot from the USB stick.

NO I am not burning the .iso to a CD only to my USB Pendrive...

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> Here are some steps for creating a bootable USB stick from within Windows:
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> http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
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  I have looked at the page above yet it still is giving me problems...

I do have 6 or 7 cd'S that worked on my desktop, but since this laptop 
doesn't see my CD drive in the BIOS, I can't use them...

> If this matches what you did, please write back to the list saying
> exactly what error message you're seeing. What is the missing file your
> computer is complaining about? What are the messages that appear on the
> screen BEFORE that?

I will try and see what that missing file said, when I try to install 
linux..

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP Larry

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