* [https://mashtips.com/best-portable-linux-distro/|Linux (7 Best Versions)]
Most importantly, you'll need to ensure that [http://www.boot-disk.com/boot_priority.htm|your BIOs are set to boot from a USB drive].
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''If you're running off a solid state drive, with Windows 10 in particular, it can be tricky to get to the BIOs menu -- fortunately, that shouldn't be an issue with the system you're using.''
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''(If you're running off a solid state drive, with Windows 10 in particular, it can be tricky to get to the BIOs menu -- fortunately, that shouldn't be an issue with the system you're using, unless an SSD was installed afterwards)''
You can also diagnose certain issues and troubleshoot by [https://paul.is-a-geek.org/aio-srt/|using a bootable toolkit], in order to see if there's damage to the hard-drive or file system.
However, if you never see any text display on the screen during boot-up, then it's likely to have much more extensive issues than just the operating system, or hard-drive.
* [https://mashtips.com/best-portable-linux-distro/|Linux (7 Best Versions)]
Most importantly, you'll need to ensure that [http://www.boot-disk.com/boot_priority.htm|your BIOs are set to boot from a USB drive].
-
If you're running off a solid state drive, with Windows 10 in particular, it can be tricky to get to the BIOs -- fortunately, that shouldn't be an issue with the system you're using.
+
''If you're running off a solid state drive, with Windows 10 in particular, it can be tricky to get to the BIOs menu -- fortunately, that shouldn't be an issue with the system you're using.''
You can also diagnose certain issues and troubleshoot by [https://paul.is-a-geek.org/aio-srt/|using a bootable toolkit], in order to see if there's damage to the hard-drive or file system.
However, if you never see any text display on the screen during boot-up, then it's likely to have much more extensive issues than just the operating system, or hard-drive.
You'll need a USB that's correctly formatted, and has a bootable version of the desired operating system.
* [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10|Windows 10]
* [https://softlay.net/operating-system/create-windows-7-bootable-usb-install-disk-drive-iso.html|Windows 7]
* [https://mashtips.com/best-portable-linux-distro/|Linux (7 Best Versions)]
Most importantly, you'll need to ensure that [http://www.boot-disk.com/boot_priority.htm|your BIOs are set to boot from a USB drive].
If you're running off a solid state drive, with Windows 10 in particular, it can be tricky to get to the BIOs -- fortunately, that shouldn't be an issue with the system you're using.
You can also diagnose certain issues and troubleshoot by [https://paul.is-a-geek.org/aio-srt/|using a bootable toolkit], in order to see if there's damage to the hard-drive or file system.
However, if you never see any text display on the screen during boot-up, then it's likely to have much more extensive issues than just the operating system, or hard-drive.
Best of luck.