"Missing Operating System" when booting from USB flash drive

Question

Arrghh...So frustrated with this problem.

Today I downloaded the most recent Ubuntu, being completely new to Linux. My plan is to run it on a partitioned drive with Windows 7 on a separate SSD.

Anyway I downloaded Ubuntu 13.10 ISO and THEN downloaded the Pen Drive Linux USB Installer. After using that to format my USB drive properly and then put the ISO on the drive, I restarted and entered the boot menu via the POST screen. I selected USB-HDD and it restarted as usual. But after POST it came up with the message "Missing Operating System" on a black screen. I have also tried putting the flash drive to highest boot priority in the BIOS, to no avail.

So does anyone have a solution to this problem? I've seen many questions on this before but nothing helps.

Regards

Solution 1

Try using etcher:

and make your own bootable ubuntu flash disk in 3 easy steps ...

Solution 2

You shuold take an eye on these things:

• Don't connect other disk to your computer.
• Don't use unreliable tools.
• Don't download incomplete system files.

Comments

[SystemBuilder2211]

I used unetbootin but exactly the same thing happened. Anyway, what do you mean, msy? I haven't done anything like that. Are you sayin I should download another Linux distro?

[Budget Tech]

you should use a newer version of Ubuntu, if your on 64 bit machine then use 18.04 LTS or 18.10, if on 32 bit then use 16.04.