My drive is plugged in and yes I can boot into a live CD. For a while it allowed me to fix the grub bootloader. Not it says it found a GPT partition but nothing is on there but the OS. And when I try to format a bios_boot partition. It just throws up more errors. On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 6:57 PM, koder wrote: > > If you do not have the hard drive plugged in can you boot to your DVD? > > In other words can you boot up, say with Knoppix or equivalent? > > > > > On 12/17/2014 12:05 PM, Stephen M wrote: > > 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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