Installation problem, done everything i can think of

[zenon809]

I was trying to help you, but you seem to know better, I rest my case

Well i still don't get what making a bootable USB with DD is gonna do when it works fine as it is just not on my own computer.....

Update
& I just attempted to use DD. I have no clue wtf im doing, All i was able to achieve with it was a 1GB useless file named D.

[christopher9]

Any BIOS settings that mention SATA, IDE, or AHCI ? Any other USB devices plugged in at the same time ?
Any way to burn the iso to DVD and install from that ?

[zenon809]

Any BIOS settings that mention SATA, IDE, or AHCI ? Any other USB devices plugged in at the same time ?
Any way to burn the iso to DVD and install from that ?

No.
The only bios settings that mention SATA, IDE or AHCI there are 2, AHCI and i cant remember the other option.
By defaut the BIOS is AHCI.

As stated in the first post there is no DVD drive so that's not even an option.
Otherwise i would of just burned a disc.

And no, No other USB devices are plugged in at the same time

[zenon809]

Can somebody help me out here?

[oldfred]

If system was UEFI that has gpt partitioning.
And if you did a typical Windows 7 install with BIOS and MBR, it converted drive from gpt to MBR partitioning. (You can install Windows 7 in UEFI mode but have to copy to flash drive and do some updates first).

Post this from a live installer.

sudo fdisk -lu

If that mentions gpt then you have the error that Windows does not correctly convert from gpt to MBR. Then Linux tools see both MBR and gpt and fail.

FixParts is the easiest way to remove the stray GPT data. GPT fdisk (gdisk or sgdisk) can do it, but the procedure's a bit more involved.
http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/

[zenon809]

If system was UEFI that has gpt partitioning.
And if you did a typical Windows 7 install with BIOS and MBR, it converted drive from gpt to MBR partitioning. (You can install Windows 7 in UEFI mode but have to copy to flash drive and do some updates first).

Post this from a live installer.

sudo fdisk -lu

If that mentions gpt then you have the error that Windows does not correctly convert from gpt to MBR. Then Linux tools see both MBR and gpt and fail.

FixParts is the easiest way to remove the stray GPT data. GPT fdisk (gdisk or sgdisk) can do it, but the procedure's a bit more involved.
http://www.rodsbooks.com/fixparts/

Yes it was a Windows 8 UEFI installation.
When i put windows 7 onto it i changed the BIOS to Legacy and formatted all the partitions then installed Windows 7.

I'll post the results when i can run a distro.. Gonna have to make a bootable LXLE USB now so i can run the query. Since LXLE is the only one that works....

[zenon809]

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The output of sudo fdisk -lu

[oldfred]

Better just to copy text from terminal to reply. If longer use Code tags which are easy to add with Advanced editor and # icon.

It seems to mention gpt at top? If so then you need to run fixparts to clear backup partition table.

[zenon809]

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Ok there's the full output.
I'm not copying and pasting because i don't have LXLE setup for anything. It's on a USB key.

The only reason it's even on my USB Key is so i can run the queries you may need me to run..

[oldfred]

Have not use LXLE as live installer, but you should be able to install and run fixparts. Link above to download it and it has instructions. You just run it and it should reset partitions, if you confirm they are correct with the w command.