cannot install unetbootin

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 07:55, Nils Kassube via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
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> The machine in question is a HP Compaq Elite 8300 Ultra-Slim Desktop which came with Windows 10 Home preinstalled with GPT and UEFI. After the initial setup and Windows updates I created an installation USB stick, just to be on the safe side if I made a mistake with the Kubuntu 24.04 installation. With the Kubuntu installer I reduced the partition size of Windows and installed on the free space. Of course I could boot to Linux and Windows with GRUB. However after booting Windows that worked no longer and Windows started instead of GRUB. I tried various things like installing Kubuntu first and then Windows or trying to start with the Windows boot loader, but nothing helped. Probably I just didn't find the right info on the web.
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> So your mail came just at the right moment. :)
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> I reinstalled once again, but this time like you described, with legacy boot and MBR partition table (the disk is 500 GB, so no problem). I installed Kubuntu first and then Windows. IIRC Windows overwrote GRUB, so I had to repair it. From then on dual boot worked with Kubuntu and Windows. This is the disk layout according to fdisk:
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> Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1  *         2048 488282111 488280064 232.8G 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2       488282112 488384511    102400    50M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda3       488384512 975617513 487233002 232.3G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda4       975618048 976769023   1150976   562M 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
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> But there might still be a disadvantage: Windows didn't want to install two updates. I had to retry several times until finally on the update page it said I'm up to date. BTW: Now it is W10 Home 22H2, not sure which version it was originally.
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> If you need further infos, feel free to contact me by PM. I think it is a bit OT here on the list.

Nice! Thanks for this -- it's good info. I am really happy to hear it worked.

By the way, for what it's worth, I usually just delete the Windows
recovery partition. I have never yet seen Windows recovery work
successfully, and Windows doesn't seem to notice or care if it's gone.
Then you can reuse that partition for Linux.

By the way, the latest BIOS seems to be 3.08A from 2019 in case that helps.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/swdetails/hp-compaq-elite-8300-small-form-factor-pc/5232852/swItemId/vc-229772-2


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