I wonder if PS/2 keyboards work; then 'f8' atleast works?
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Originally posted by oliver View PostI wonder if PS/2 keyboards work; then 'f8' atleast works?
The only way to access the Advanced Boot Menu is to boot into Windows, select Advanced Reboot and reboot the computer. Upon reboot Windows automatically brings up the Advanced Boot Menu which, for Microsoft's own Surface hardware, allows entry to the UEFI menus. I don't know how it works for the different OEMs of Windows 8 notebooks though.Last edited by Sonadow; 29 May 2013, 10:18 AM.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View PostUnless it's a soldered-down SSD.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View Post
As for the restore disc, there is no need for one. Having tested a fresh Win 8 install from the install DVD, i can confirm that the second you install Windows 8, Windows automatically creates a hidden restore partition that can be used to reformat the computer and reinstall itself if the need arises. Really, the installer DVD is quite redundant after the install process is completed. In the event that the restore/refresh process requires you to provide the install DVD, it will have automatically configured the firmware to allow booting from optical media prior to the reboot.
Moreover, I would wager that something which has borked your OS to the point of requiring a restore operation renders the automatic configuration of much of anything suspect. For critical operations such as this, I'm thinking a human needs to be in the loop rather tightly with a handy-dandy disk/USB key in hand.
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Originally posted by TheLexMachine View PostHardly anyone installs Linux from a USB thumb drive anyway so it's not really a problem except on Ultrabooks/Ultra portables, which don't have optical drives to begin with, and those aren't very popular amongst Linux users as it is.
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I'm sick and tired of the cancer that is Windows 8. I always like to have a windows partition so that I can play games, but I do all my work from Linux. Recently I've been looking at replacing my little Brazos netbook with something a little newer and faster. Windows 8 is making shopping a ridiculous experience since I can't run it side by side with Linux because of the pain in the a** that is secure boot. I can only get one running at a time. How is this not an infringement of our rights? If I want to run Linux and Windows side by side, why can't I? How come Microsoft gets to decide what I can and can't run? And now I just learned that USB drives won't even work so I can't install Linux from a stick?
Because of this, I can't even buy the laptop I want despite paying the Microsoft tax (I hate being obligated to pay it in the first place but I do it anyway just so I can get peace and put the OS I want after). At this point, System76 is starting to look mighty appealing. <End of rant>
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Originally posted by TheLexMachine View PostHardly anyone installs Linux from a USB thumb drive anyway so it's not really a problem except on Ultrabooks/Ultra portables, which don't have optical drives to begin with, and those aren't very popular amongst Linux users as it is.
but the second one i doubt too.
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