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Question

Laptop recognizes linux but not windows

Aug 22, 2016 2:10AM PDT

Hi all,

I was asked to repair a friend's computer he said that his laptop was broken and he brought the computer back to the shop for repair. The repairman said that it was only possible to install linux and not windows (the laptop had windows pre-installed). I found that odd so I made a live Windows USB and plugged it in. There was no option to boot from USB/CD/... the BIOS had no boot priority so I searched to find a solution. You have to enable/disable legacy mode and safety boot.. Now this BIOS doesn't have that option so I can't get the priorities to show up. After long searching I took the HDD out of the laptop and installed windows with another laptop, that worked perfectly on THAT LAPTOP! I plugged the HDD back in the broken one and it doesn't boot windows he just goes straight to BIOS...

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Here are the specs of the laptop:

http://robbe-claessens.be/pics_laptop/1.jpg
http://robbe-claessens.be/pics_laptop/2.jpg

Thanks in advance!

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I think that read Asus R704V
Aug 22, 2016 8:04AM PDT

If it's going straight to the BIOS you may be in luck. I had a few PCs over the years that did that.

What was it? A stuck key on the keyboard.

Test? Unplug the keyboard.
Fix? Replaced the keyboard.

Do not replace it without the test step.

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"main" is all it has?
Aug 22, 2016 9:33AM PDT

No other selections? That doesn't seem right.

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not good
Aug 24, 2016 1:30AM PDT

unless it is the exact same laptop that you installed windows with, most likely it will not boot. different computer, different motherboard, different drivers... the os must be installed in the computer it will run on.

are you trying to install the os that came with the computer or another?

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Laptop recognizes linux but not windows
Aug 24, 2016 10:28PM PDT

The file system of both OS are different that is why you are facing such issue. You need to format your hard drive in NTFS. I hope that will work.