Daughter has a cheap AMD based HP laptop for general school duties. Originally running Windows 8 and was running on Windows 8.1 which she duly filled with garbage and stupid search bars.
Today she comes to me saying its not booting, and on further review, the HDD has undergone the click of death.
HGST drive. Dead. All school work along with it.
I am leaving for conference so I don't have time to mess around reinstalling Windows 8 OEM and resetting it. Pull entire computer to bits to get to the HDD - right at the bottom of the computer. Sigh.
So, downloading Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Download linux USB creator and run sticking the Ubuntu install on the USB stick.
Place USB stick in HP and boot. Nothing shows up. Stupid UEFI blocking everything.
Google HP startup site, figure out startup menu.
F9 gives menu that is pretty much blank :|
It says BIOS is F10, so do that.
Go to system settings.
Change legacy to enabled.
Change boot order to ensure it does what i want.
Restart.
It tells me to type in a code (that it provides) and then enter.
Ubuntu kicks into gear, loads startup, connects wifi with a password (oh, that is sooo much better than my old Ubuntu install. Pretty pain free.
Reboot
Its going....
wifi
sound
Thats pretty nice.
