linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux and Windows 10 problems

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux and Windows 10 problems

I can't do anything with a cd or dvd since I can't boot from the optical drive. I pressed f-12 and got nothing. This is a Lonovo G580 ideapad computer. As to what happened that might have caused this I have no idea. I have had windows 10 update change settings to their defaults and I have had the problem of where "the start menu and cortana are not working." These problems cleared up on their own. Somehow I have to get the dvd drive back so I can run the mint install live disk.

Jim

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 7:06 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] <LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 11:41:55AM +0000, Linux Canuck linuxcanuck@yahoo.ca [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>
> A bit of history. I had windows 8.1 and Mint 17.2 installed side by side...everything worked fine. I got my upgrade to windows 10 and things work til this week. I lost my grub boot. That would not be so bad, but I also lost the boot menu where you pick what drive you want to use. So, I tried to run the Mint live disk and can't get it to run....can't get into the bios either. This has me stumped. I have to get access to the bios or I can't do anything. F2 and f12 don't work either. Some help please.
> Jim wa9arb
>
There is probably some way to get into the BIOS. You might try doing that
and seeing if secure boot is enabled. Or, perhaps Windows 10 has some new
thing or changed the partitioning enough to break things.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/665445/upgraded-to-windows-10-on-dual-boot-and-cant-boot-to-ubuntu-partition

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