# Forcing an HP laptop to boot from DVD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 17, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724 "2015-06-17T05:53:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724/1 "2015-06-17T05:53:36Z")

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OK, I have a new HP laptop and I want to put Ubuntu on it. I’ve downloaded the .iso file, burned a DVD, but now I can’t force the laptop to boot from it. Hitting F1 while it boots does not do it. All I get from that is the system info. Any other ideas?

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724/2 "2015-06-17T07:51:51Z")

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OK, it’s possible (even likely) I didn’t burn the DVD correctly. Sorry to bother everyone.

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**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724/3 "2015-06-17T09:12:28Z")

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I would guess it is due to the laptop using UEFI, which you could roughly call a replacement for BIOS.

I had this problem myself with a new HP, and after hours of playing around, just got vmware and installed ubuntu under a virtual machine.

google uefi linux boot will tell you everything you want to know.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forcing-an-hp-laptop-to-boot-from-dvd/722724/4 "2015-06-17T10:38:54Z")

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Thanks. You’re right that it does have UEFI, but I had no idea what that was. Much appreciate your info.