The text above is from page 3 of the link to your UEFI-BIOS
Have MSI really locked this firmware to prevent the use of other operating systems?
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The text above is from page 3 of the link to your UEFI-BIOS
Have MSI really locked this firmware to prevent the use of other operating systems?
Given the age of your PC, perhaps Xubuntu may be worth a shot.
You could try an installation with only one partition (without a BIOS Boot partition):-
Remove all disks – only the target disk...
sudo apt gnome-tweaks - missing command here
sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
I would doubt if this is an Intel/AMD issue.
More likely something concerned with UEFI settings - more specifically Security Configuration or TPM or Platform Management
e.g. Platform Trust...
Splendid, don't forget to mark the thread as solved - very helpful for other users/searchers.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/SolvedThreads
You do not add "USB option" to your internal Grub menu.
Booting from external USB device is controlled by your PC UEFI settings.
Although, you have set (and forgotten) your UEFI (BIOS) password,...
Access your UEFI settings
Disable Secure Boot
Disable TPM (and other similar-named security settings)
Boot into a "Try Ubuntu" liive session and try to install again
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/
This info may help with superblock problem.
As mentioned by oldfred, backups are your safety belt.
Yes, good spot, oldfred - I completely missed it.
I can't quite believe that the Microsoft folder in the ESP was removed by the Ubuntu installation process?
os-prober is used in your grub file.
Assuming that your Windows 10 is working OK and neither hibernating nor encrypted
Boot into Ubuntu and open a terminal
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
...
Navigate to https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html
Open Downloads tab
Click ventoy-1.0.98-linux.tar.gz
This will take you to the sourceforge page where the file is located.
Download...
Ventoy uses exfat and there is no 4GB filesize limitation.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/doc_linux_gui.html
Have a look at post 8 option 1 here https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=364944
I played around with the suggestion and seems OK.
The beauty is that it's quite easy to revert to defaults by...
Is this the file you wish to edit?
~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested...
Difficult to answer without knowing what the errors are.
Depends on the unknown errors
Not really a long term solution but why not give it a go?
I suspect that you wish to do this to see if Grub picks up the Windows Boot Manager?
Microsoft has mandated for many years that Windows...
Line 333 - LegacyWindows detected
Line 56 - /efi/ubuntu/shimx64.efi /efi/ubuntu/grub.cfg
Line 105 - The firmware is EFI-compatible, and is set in EFI-mode for this installed-session.
Line 145 -...
After you have re-installed/repaired Windows 11, I would expect that the Windows Boot manager will take precedence over Grub
After you have established that your Windows 11 OS is working OK, boot...
Good - one problem shelved
Even better
Learn how to physically remove/add disks (it will be easier to install Ubuntu when the Windows disk is inaccessible)
Explore your PC UEFI settings – you...
Not making much progress yet, but never mind, let's see where we are?
During the installation process, when do you see "Something went wrong" message?
Also, in a "Try Ubuntu" session, can you...
Error: /dev/sda: unrecognised disk label
Model: WD P40 Game Drive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition...
Power off the PC
Boot your installation flash drive into a "Try Ubuntu" live session
Open a terminal and enter:-
[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "UEFI" || echo "Legacy"
Hopefully, the response...
It is recommended to use Windows tools (chkdsk) for Microsoft file systems.
For ext4, you can boot into a live "Try Ubuntu" session and use fsck.
Whether the repair is successful depends on the...
Lines 14 > 18 - No OS to fix, repair file systems and backup data recommended.
This does not bode well.
Boot-repair cannot see Windows nor your Linux OS.
It appears that your disks/filesystems...
Ubuntu 16.04 is now unsupported.
Back up all the data from both Ubuntu and Windows
Remove the disk sda, where Ubuntu is located
Boot Windows via PC boot menu
If Windows does not boot, you'll...