Plus rufus doesn't see my USB drive when my laptop does. As for trying to open an EFI shell, thats not happening. On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Nevermind missed that this was post dban. > On Dec 17, 2014 11:58 AM, "Stephen Partington" > wrote: > >> Well that's strange. We're there any recent changes? >> On Dec 17, 2014 11:26 AM, "Stephen M" wrote: >> >>> Yes the BIOS does see them both. The trouble is that it was booting to >>> EFI first now it won't boot to either legacy or EFI. It just sits there >>> after the setup screen. >>> Ya thats what I am trying to work with. I have a copy of WINs7 but it >>> doesn't want to load. This computer doesn't have a floppy and I don't have >>> access to one at the moment. So I need to find other solutions. >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Stephen Partington < >>> cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> 2 thoughts, >>>> >>>> 1 - Does the bios see the drive physically? >>>> >>>> 2 - you will need a boot disk (freeDOS or something similar) to run the >>>> executable. or a windows environment. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Michael Butash >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> HP is notoriously horrible about supporting linux on desktop or >>>>> laptop's, so you won't get help there. They're also quite proprietary acpi >>>>> implementations, so likely still (haven't looked in a while) no one bothers >>>>> to figure out and support them. >>>>> >>>>> My first, and subsequently last, hp laptop I kept the original windoze >>>>> disk for this purpose alone, and just loaded new ssd's with linux. About >>>>> 6mo ago I sold to a friend, but flashed the bios from windoze luckily >>>>> having kept it as the only option I could find to get a current bios on >>>>> it. Install xp long enough on a temp disk to flash it? >>>>> >>>>> This is why I've usually decried HP to the good folks on this list - >>>>> they're just not linux friendly, and hardly worth a darn for anything but >>>>> servers anymore. >>>>> >>>>> -mb >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 12/17/2014 11:03 AM, Stephen M wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I need help again to be able to reflash my BIOS. The reason is that >>>>> my computer is having trouble reading my drives, CDs, or USBs. I know this >>>>> is the case with the desktop because it works fine in my laptop. I have >>>>> tried to reset the BIOS and thought at first to reinstall GRUB. Nothing is >>>>> working but my HDD does show it does have a OS on it. >>>>> >>>>> i already downloaded the BIOS version from HP but it is an exe file. >>>>> Could anyone help me to see how I can fix this problem? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Stephen Melheim >>>>> 602-400-7707 >>>>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Melheim >>> 602-400-7707 >>> SMelheim85@gmail.com >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Stephen Melheim 602-400-7707 SMelheim85@gmail.com