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I actually decided to bite the bullet and try Ubuntu and just use a flash drive. New issue...the tablet won't boot from usb. I see LICK Windows and UEFI but no option for USB. Either I'm more lost than I thought or there's a deeper issue
Since you say tablet. Is this one of those Atom processor tablets with a goofy 32 and 64 bit deal?
Are able to reboot to the bios and view hard drive choices? You'd have to have the usb installed prior to reboot maybe.
Also uefi can present hardware. That part is a known fact. What is not known is if any vendors have decided to present a different set of hardware than what might be expected.
It is the goofy atom processor, shoulda told you guys that earlier. Sorry. I cannot get access to the HDD in BIOS. I had to turn off quick load to find load from usb
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