[Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook

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Sent from my GalaxyThat's a bit scary for me Paul. My record with hardware is not good!Peter
-------- Original message --------From: Paul Stenning via Swlug <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> Date: 06/05/2025  17:31  (GMT+00:00) To: swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk Cc: Paul Stenning <paul at paulstenning.com> Subject: Re: [Swlug] Install Linux on ASUS Vivobook 
    Hi Peter,
    
    If all else fails and you have another PC, you could perhaps remove
    the SSD from the Vivobook, connect it to the other PC (via a USB
    dock or enclosure) and wipe it. The Vivobook should then boot from
    USB as there's no other boot devices (you can test with the SSD just
    removed before wiping it).
    
    Dismantling modern laptops is quiet fiddly though and obviously not
    an option if it's still under warranty.
    
    Paul
    
    
    On 06/05/2025 17:24, Peter Bradley via
      Swlug wrote:
    
    I have a
      reasonably new ASUS Vivobook with Windows 11 installed. I would
      really like to get rid of Windows 11 and install a Linux
      distribution instead.
      
      
      I've downloaded Ubuntu onto a memory stick, but can't get any
      further because I can't find any way to alter the boot order. The
      BIOS  screen appears when I repeatedly hit Esc on startup, but as
      far as I can see there is no option to allow the machine to look
      for a USB stick before it boots from the hard drive. Searching the
      internet came up with any number of suggestions, but none of them
      works for me as the options they mention don't appear on my BIOS
      screen.
      
      
      Does anyone know where I can find the option to boot from USB, or
      any other way of getting Linux installed on  this machine?
      
      
      Thanks in advance
      
      
      Peter
      
      
      
    
    
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      Paul Stenning
      paul at paulstenning.com
        www.paulstenning.com
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