How do I get a usb stick with linuxlite 3.4 to boot up on a windows 10 HP?

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@ pingball57,


Going to expand on what firenice03 said.


LL can not (easily) be installed in UEFI mode, but can be installed in Legacy mode.  Result -- you won't be offered choice of which OS to boot on each startup.  Instead, to boot Windows set computer to boot in UEFI mode; to boot LL, set computer to boot in Legacy/CSM mode.  However, you said:

There is a comments box next to all this that reads:
When legacy  support is enabled, UEFI Boot order & legacy boot order are both avaiable and UEFI boot order has higher priority than legacy boot order.

So, I'm not 100% sure that computer will allow booting LL after install if it automatically looks for an gives priority to UEFI installed systems.  (Only way to find out is to install LL and try booting to it afterwards.)

EDIT:  Just saw trinidad's post after posting this.  Maybe info he posted would solve problem booting LL in Legacy mode if you run into any problems.

My recommendation is to NOT select any install option for LL to automatically install to the disk, because it might wipe out Windows accidentally.  Instead use the "Something Else" manual installation choice where you can manually direct exactly where LL gets installed.


BEFORE INSTALLING, boot into Windows and do the following:

• Use disk management to shrink main Windows partition (probably "C:drive") to make room for LL installation.  Free up at least 20-25GB; 50-100GB or more is preferable if you have room for that.  DO NOT create any partitions in the resulting free space -- leave unformatted and unpartitioned.
  
• If you haven't already done so, create a Windows Recovery USB to have in case of emergency.
  
• If you haven't already done so, create a Windows Installation USB to have in case of emergency.
  
• Turn OFF Windows Fast Startup, which is on by default in Windows 8-10 systems.
  

To install LL follow this tutorial for installing in Legacy mode to GPT formatted disks.  Skip warnings about Windows in the tutorial.  Go straight down to "Instructions" heading for the install.  Skip first few steps about wiping out current partitions on the drive and creating a new GPT partition table.  You do not want to do that in your case because you're keeping the Windows OS on the computer.  Instead, open GParted program as described, then skip down to "Make your new partitions" step and proceed from there.