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I got a 32 bit computer from my school and I fixed it up with a graphics card and HDD (cause the school took them out before giving it to me). Obviously a brand new HDD has no OS so I've tried booting from a CD, DVD, and USB, all with no luck. The bios doesn't even give an option to boot from USB.
I've tried changing boot order in bios, still no luck. All I get when I start the computer is first the Sony Vaio logo then a screen giving all the hardware specs and finally a screen saying "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device". Please help :`(
How old is this PC and what Vaio model is it? Unless it's ancient it should boot from USB. Insert your bootable USB stick and then start the PC and go into the BIOS. Can you select the USB stick now as your first boot device? – Karan – 2015-06-07T19:12:22.460
For some reason the BIOS doesn't show the USB is even available. The only choices I have is the HDD or CD/DVD. Im thinking I don't have the right iso. All I did was download the ubuntu 14.02.2 and copy paste the download into the blank flash drive (the flash drive is MS-DOS (FAT32) ). – user3591665 – 2015-06-14T01:08:51.413
Well there you go. That's not how a bootable USB is created. Just use Rufus instead to transfer the ISO to your USB stick.
– Karan – 2015-06-14T14:33:03.677I used rufus this time to make the USB (still FAT-32) and with no luck. Still no indication that the new computer is even recognizing thee USB. Is there an alternative to rufus that works well for DVD/CD? – user3591665 – 2015-06-14T23:36:23.840
Did you download the 32-bit ISO? Did you specify that Rufus should create the USB for a BIOS system that uses MBR partition scheme? Can you confirm that the USB stick can be booted from using a different PC? – Karan – 2015-06-15T02:01:14.017