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Subject: [ale] Fwd: Re: ot: if you have spare time
From: DJPfulio at jdpfu.com (DJ-Pfulio)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:27:06 -0400
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On 03/18/2015 05:16 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> I tried our dell laptop that has windows 8.1 on it. It wouldn't boot the CD.. I
> tried F2 and boot options, but it is new to me. all I see is EUFI options, no
> options to boot CD/USB..
> 
>> Yep normally is hit and miss. Try on some newer hardware if you have sticking
>> around.
>>

"Legacy boot"? If you enable this, Win8 won't boot until you change back to EFI
booting.

You must disable "secure boot" first.  This you can enable/disable at will, just
know that disabling it will make Windows less secure.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI has lots of background information.

References:
- [ale] Fwd: Re: ot: if you have spare time
  - From: pbcartwright at gmail.com (Paul Cartwright)
- [ale] Fwd: Re: ot: if you have spare time
  - From: bugyatl at gmail.com (Boris Borisov)
- [ale] Fwd: Re: ot: if you have spare time
  - From: pbcartwright at gmail.com (Paul Cartwright)

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