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This creates a functioning GRUB menu that will show up on re-boot and send you straight into Linux Mint 15.Īll this on an Asus laptop.

Follow the instructions exactly, including opening a terminal window and typing (because copy & paste doesn't work) four long arcane linux commands that they show you, where the distinction between one hyphen and two hyphens makes a difference.

(And marvel at the funky graphic design.)

Boot the afflicted machine from the Boot-Repair CD and select "Recommended repair".

All-in-one and touch-screen computers often have a drive in one. The laptop above has a combined DVD/CD reader/writer on the side of the keyboard. These are actually drawer-like trays, into which a DVD or CD is laid and then the tray is closed.

How to install a dvd drive in an asus x551m laptop Pc#

(I had to install Free ISO Burner on an old Win XP machine in order to do this.) The PC above has two drives: a DVD reader at the top, and a combined DVD/CD reader/writer underneath. ISO file of the Ubuntu Boot-Repair CD and burn it to a disc. On another machine that isn't currently autistic, download an.Here's what I did to get an apparently problem-free install of Linux Mint 15 to actually boot when I turn on my laptop. It installed without a hitch but then would not boot.

How to install a dvd drive in an asus x551m laptop software#

But then I ran into a bug in the installation software for Linux Mint 15. My troubles thus far were due to a buggy and undocumented BIOS. The above steps worked to get Linux Mint 14, the second-newest version of that linux distro, up and running.

Boot the install DVD you made and install Linux.

My drive is named "HL-DT-STVRAM GPZON AP00".

Under the Boot menu, Add New Boot Option and make your DVD drive boot option #1.

Save the BIOS parameters, re-start and go back into BIOS setup.

This is an obvious bug in the Aptio setup utility.) Then the item spontaneously became not just visible but selectable. In order to make the menu item accessible, I had to save the BIOS parameters, re-start and go back into BIOS setup. This menu option was visible but inaccessible – "greyed out" in effect, though with no visible indication.

Under the Boot menu, enable Launch CSM – if you can.

Under the Boot menu, disable Fast Boot.

Under the Security menu, disable Secure Boot Control.Reboot machine while pressing F2, to get into BIOS setup.Disable Windows Fast Startup (in Windows' Control Panel).Download Linux Mint and burn a bootable DVD.

How to install a dvd drive in an asus x551m laptop windows 8#

Here's what I did to replace Windows 8 (boo) with Linux Mint (yay) on a 2013 Asus ultrabook with the problematic UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware, using an external DVD drive linked to the machine with a USB cable.