Laptop refuses to boot

[Karl Auer]

On Sun, 2020-09-06 at 16:47 -0700, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> The laptop will load the DVD (or USB), but nothing ever appears on
> the screen after the grub prompt to Try without installing, install,
> etc.

So you do get the grub prompt? Does "safe graphics" get you any
further?

Also try using a boot stick with the same version of Ubuntu as is
installed on the broken laptop (if you are not doing that already).
 
If you can boot a stick or CD, you should be able to rescue files. But
seriously - who doesn't have backups these days?

Regards, K.

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