Zorin OS, can't boot from USB
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I recently installed Zorin OS on my Lenovo Yoga 2. I completely got rid of Windows and am not dual booting. I am now trying to get back to Windows 10.
I created a Windows 10 USB drive, but I can't get the computer to boot from it. When I change the UEFI boot order, it still boots into Zorin, and when I go back to the UEFI, it has changed the boot order back.
I also created another Zorin USB drive, thinking I would boot from it, then format the Zorin partition so it would have to boot from USB. Same thing, it just won't boot from USB.
Is there a way to trigger booting from USB from within Zorin? If not, any ideas on how to get rid of Zorin some other way?
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asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
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I recently installed Zorin OS on my Lenovo Yoga 2. I completely got rid of Windows and am not dual booting. I am now trying to get back to Windows 10.
I created a Windows 10 USB drive, but I can't get the computer to boot from it. When I change the UEFI boot order, it still boots into Zorin, and when I go back to the UEFI, it has changed the boot order back.
I also created another Zorin USB drive, thinking I would boot from it, then format the Zorin partition so it would have to boot from USB. Same thing, it just won't boot from USB.
Is there a way to trigger booting from USB from within Zorin? If not, any ideas on how to get rid of Zorin some other way?
windows usb uefi zorin
asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
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I recently installed Zorin OS on my Lenovo Yoga 2. I completely got rid of Windows and am not dual booting. I am now trying to get back to Windows 10.
I created a Windows 10 USB drive, but I can't get the computer to boot from it. When I change the UEFI boot order, it still boots into Zorin, and when I go back to the UEFI, it has changed the boot order back.
I also created another Zorin USB drive, thinking I would boot from it, then format the Zorin partition so it would have to boot from USB. Same thing, it just won't boot from USB.
Is there a way to trigger booting from USB from within Zorin? If not, any ideas on how to get rid of Zorin some other way?
windows usb uefi zorin
asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
1
I recently installed Zorin OS on my Lenovo Yoga 2. I completely got rid of Windows and am not dual booting. I am now trying to get back to Windows 10.
I created a Windows 10 USB drive, but I can't get the computer to boot from it. When I change the UEFI boot order, it still boots into Zorin, and when I go back to the UEFI, it has changed the boot order back.
I also created another Zorin USB drive, thinking I would boot from it, then format the Zorin partition so it would have to boot from USB. Same thing, it just won't boot from USB.
Is there a way to trigger booting from USB from within Zorin? If not, any ideas on how to get rid of Zorin some other way?
windows usb uefi zorin
asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
1
asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
1
asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
Seth Taft
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asked Nov 29 '17 at 5:25
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Reinstall windows using an installation disk.
If you're using optical drive for installation set that as highest priority bootable device in BIOS.
In case of installation using USB drive configuration should be BIOS specific. Some allow explicitly selecting bootloader. Windows bootloader is named something like win64.efi. If your system allow chose that as bootloader. Otherwise in BIOS set the USB drive as highest priority hard drive to boot.
Reboot the system. Your system shall boot into windows installation.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
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This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
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I don't have any experience in Zorion OS, but in my Gnu/Linux experience in general this issue is caused by the secure uefi. Here are my 3 cents:
- Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS - try disabling it and boot again from USB
- Try enabling legacy boot in BIOS - (if applicable to your machine) and boot again from USB
- Verify if the usb image that has been flashed is bootable
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
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Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
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2 Answers
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2 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
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Reinstall windows using an installation disk.
If you're using optical drive for installation set that as highest priority bootable device in BIOS.
In case of installation using USB drive configuration should be BIOS specific. Some allow explicitly selecting bootloader. Windows bootloader is named something like win64.efi. If your system allow chose that as bootloader. Otherwise in BIOS set the USB drive as highest priority hard drive to boot.
Reboot the system. Your system shall boot into windows installation.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Reinstall windows using an installation disk.
If you're using optical drive for installation set that as highest priority bootable device in BIOS.
In case of installation using USB drive configuration should be BIOS specific. Some allow explicitly selecting bootloader. Windows bootloader is named something like win64.efi. If your system allow chose that as bootloader. Otherwise in BIOS set the USB drive as highest priority hard drive to boot.
Reboot the system. Your system shall boot into windows installation.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Reinstall windows using an installation disk.
If you're using optical drive for installation set that as highest priority bootable device in BIOS.
In case of installation using USB drive configuration should be BIOS specific. Some allow explicitly selecting bootloader. Windows bootloader is named something like win64.efi. If your system allow chose that as bootloader. Otherwise in BIOS set the USB drive as highest priority hard drive to boot.
Reboot the system. Your system shall boot into windows installation.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
Reinstall windows using an installation disk.
If you're using optical drive for installation set that as highest priority bootable device in BIOS.
In case of installation using USB drive configuration should be BIOS specific. Some allow explicitly selecting bootloader. Windows bootloader is named something like win64.efi. If your system allow chose that as bootloader. Otherwise in BIOS set the USB drive as highest priority hard drive to boot.
Reboot the system. Your system shall boot into windows installation.
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
answered Nov 29 '17 at 5:51
Abhik Bose
1,5341217
1,5341217
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
add a comment |Â
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
This answer suggests courses of action that were indicated as tried already in the question.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:22
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
I don't have any experience in Zorion OS, but in my Gnu/Linux experience in general this issue is caused by the secure uefi. Here are my 3 cents:
- Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS - try disabling it and boot again from USB
- Try enabling legacy boot in BIOS - (if applicable to your machine) and boot again from USB
- Verify if the usb image that has been flashed is bootable
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
I don't have any experience in Zorion OS, but in my Gnu/Linux experience in general this issue is caused by the secure uefi. Here are my 3 cents:
- Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS - try disabling it and boot again from USB
- Try enabling legacy boot in BIOS - (if applicable to your machine) and boot again from USB
- Verify if the usb image that has been flashed is bootable
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
I don't have any experience in Zorion OS, but in my Gnu/Linux experience in general this issue is caused by the secure uefi. Here are my 3 cents:
- Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS - try disabling it and boot again from USB
- Try enabling legacy boot in BIOS - (if applicable to your machine) and boot again from USB
- Verify if the usb image that has been flashed is bootable
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
I don't have any experience in Zorion OS, but in my Gnu/Linux experience in general this issue is caused by the secure uefi. Here are my 3 cents:
- Secure Boot is enabled in BIOS - try disabling it and boot again from USB
- Try enabling legacy boot in BIOS - (if applicable to your machine) and boot again from USB
- Verify if the usb image that has been flashed is bootable
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
answered Nov 29 '17 at 6:32
gat1
467
467
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
add a comment |Â
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
Secure Boot didn't fix it, but for some reason legacy did! This is weird, because UEFI even recognized my USB as an EFI bootable drive, and the "legacy" list was empty. Can't argue with results, though.
– Seth Taft
Nov 29 '17 at 14:21
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
EFI has always been weird from my perspective. superuser.com/questions/801515/… You can try to check if the flags mentioned there are set for this usb drive.
– gat1
Nov 30 '17 at 13:14
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