Installing an OS over the existing OS

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 23:38, Phil <phillor9 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I replaced
> Windows with a 32 bit OS which although slow was at least useable.

Windows XP _was_ a 32-bit OS.


> That laptop would not boot from  USB and it's DVD drive was dead. I
> bought an external DVD drive and made a bootable disc which solved the
> problem.

So get the Plop boot manager from http://plot.at and put it on a
floppy. Or, just replace the DVD -- they're about $5 now or something.

> What options do I have and, by the way, I have USB at the top of the
> BIOS boot options and I have tried selecting USB from the boot list
> after pressing F12?

If USB is on the boot menu, then it can boot from USB.

Maybe check the BIOS is up to date, and if it's not, update it?

> It seems that unetbootin no longer installs an OS onto the hard drive,
> instead it's now used to make a bootable USB drive which I already have
> and the laptop won't boot from USB.

That is what Unetbootin _always_ did.


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