<div dir="ltr"><div><table class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-cf gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-gJ" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-acZ gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-xD"><td colspan="3"><table class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-cf gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-adz" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-ady"><div class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-ajy"><img class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-ajz gmail-CToWUd" id="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-:rn" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Mike,</div><div class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-"><div id="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-:rb" class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-ii gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-gt gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-adO"><div id="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-:ra" class="gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-a3s gmail-m_-7368082558912839151gmail-aXjCH"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Here is your manual for your machine (and others)</div><div><a href="http://images10.newegg.com/user-manual/user_manual_83-147-552.pdf" target="_blank">http://images10.newegg.com/user-manual/user_manual_83-147-552.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>From
the manual, it would appear you must press F10 to access the BIOS where
in theory you can set the boot order. The manual seems to suggest that
the USB is not one which you can boot from BUT it is possible the BIOS
has been updated since that manual was written. OR you may need to kid
it somehow to boot from the USB. In practice, constantly tap the F10 as
you switch on so that you can access the BIOS.</div><div><br></div><div>Should
it not boot from the USB and/or it is incapable of booting from the USB
I would suspect a faulty USB stick - whatever corrupted your hard disk
could well have corrupted the USB also. You could get another ISO image
onto an old USB stick to see if that works. <br></div><div><br></div><div>As
the machine powers up you may also be able to tap the Escape key which
if it works should allow you to choose where to boot from.</div><div><br></div><div>I
am unclear whether you have a DVD or CDROM drive in this device. If
the former then burning an Linux ISO to a DVD drive maybe able to then
boot from that BUT if you only have a CDROM drive you will need to
choose an ISO that can only fit on a CD disk.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps.</div><div>Come back if you need any further help.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>