santiagothemusician
New Member
Hello
Thank you for letting me into the forum.
I apologize in advance if my query seems very random and all over the place, but I'm trying to summarize as best I can all the steps I've taken.
I made (and I've tried making various bootable USB's) on a HP laptop (i think purchased 2014) running 18.04.3 LTS using StartuDisk.
(I don't have Windows on any of the two computers.)
I have enabled USB boot on the target computer, and I get to the screen asking to "Install" or "Run Without Installing".
If I run "Try UBUNTU without installing" or "Install UBUNTU" or "OEM..." or "Check Disk for Defects", I get a black screen.
I only have these four options. (Some answers I found online gave me a fifth option, but I don't have that one.)
I found some resolutions including typing 'e' at this menu, then adding "nomodeset", that made no difference.
( https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029624/ubuntu-18-04-live-boot-leads-to-blank-screen )
I did also follow some steps on how to disable/enable things like Legacy Boot and boot orders etc. Some pages seemed to suggest that this was part of the problem. I couldn't find the instructions specific to my HP, so if anyone out there has HP specific suggestions, by all means.
The back story, and part of the other dozens of steps I've taken, is that the computer had jammed, and I had to cold reboot.
I came to screen that made me do a manual check of the disk, basically being asked about 1000x times y/n/repair etc.
I really just want to be able to mount the hard drive to save some files. If I could get to the point where I could mount it, and copy to a USB (or email myself), that's my best case scenario.
I'm not even sure how to get to a command prompt that has mount or cp (not to mention where I could mount a USB drive) under these circumstances.
Again, I apologize in advance for the randomness of my post. Thank you in advance for any suggestions / help.
kind regards
//Santiago , North Dakota
Thank you for letting me into the forum.
I apologize in advance if my query seems very random and all over the place, but I'm trying to summarize as best I can all the steps I've taken.
I made (and I've tried making various bootable USB's) on a HP laptop (i think purchased 2014) running 18.04.3 LTS using StartuDisk.
(I don't have Windows on any of the two computers.)
I have enabled USB boot on the target computer, and I get to the screen asking to "Install" or "Run Without Installing".
If I run "Try UBUNTU without installing" or "Install UBUNTU" or "OEM..." or "Check Disk for Defects", I get a black screen.
I only have these four options. (Some answers I found online gave me a fifth option, but I don't have that one.)
I found some resolutions including typing 'e' at this menu, then adding "nomodeset", that made no difference.
( https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029624/ubuntu-18-04-live-boot-leads-to-blank-screen )
I did also follow some steps on how to disable/enable things like Legacy Boot and boot orders etc. Some pages seemed to suggest that this was part of the problem. I couldn't find the instructions specific to my HP, so if anyone out there has HP specific suggestions, by all means.
The back story, and part of the other dozens of steps I've taken, is that the computer had jammed, and I had to cold reboot.
I came to screen that made me do a manual check of the disk, basically being asked about 1000x times y/n/repair etc.
I really just want to be able to mount the hard drive to save some files. If I could get to the point where I could mount it, and copy to a USB (or email myself), that's my best case scenario.
I'm not even sure how to get to a command prompt that has mount or cp (not to mention where I could mount a USB drive) under these circumstances.
Again, I apologize in advance for the randomness of my post. Thank you in advance for any suggestions / help.
kind regards
//Santiago , North Dakota