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    Help with overwrite install of Linux

    Wizardfromoz, thanks so much. I would not have known that I could go back without your help and am running good. I have reinstalled 16.04 and am stable and booting smoothly. Since I am just starting out I am sure that 16.04 will suit all my needs till I get a little further along. Again I...
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    Help with overwrite install of Linux

    When I overwrote windows I "blew it away". After I upgraded, via download, to 18.04 I started getting the GRub menu. As I understand it, the Grub menu is for dual booting OS's. The selection list I got in the Grub menu was Ubuntu as first choice, second choice was memory test, third a memory...
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    Help with overwrite install of Linux

    I do have the stick with 16.04. I don't have any data yet that I need to worry about. If I install Ubuntu again from the stick does it take me back to a clean 16 version? Shane
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    Help with overwrite install of Linux

    Wizardfromoz, thanks so much for chiming in. I did disable TPM in Bios and that fixed some issues with failure messages in the boot, but I am still having booting issues and having to re try and go to set up to get the GNU Grub that lets me select Ubuntu and boot. I believe it must have to do...
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    Help with overwrite install of Linux

    Hi, I overwrote Windows 10 with Linux Ubuntu 16 from a bootable USB. Worked great. Then I decided to upgrade to Ubuntu 18.4 via download. Now I am having difficulty booting the laptop. (Acer, core i7-6500U 2.5Hz, 12 GB DDR3 L memory, 1000 GB HDD). Now I start up, screen goes orange like its...
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